Friday 10 July 2020 Everything above average

All the people who swim at Manly are above average* in some sphere of activity. Manly beach itself and Cabbage Tree Aquatic Reserve is well above average. For myself, I have a well above average ability to untangle yarn and thread which came in handy when headphones had thin wires. They have gone but I may get another opportunity in the future.

Here is a well above average teller of dad jokes Paul with his lovely daughter who is still smiling. Coincidentally a great couple of swimmers

Today there was a smidgen of rainbow amongst the clouds looking for all the world like an artwork above us. And during covid lockdown it is art (TV, books, virtual tours, funny sketches on youtube) that we have turned to

Also sea life abounds for our wonder and enjoyment

This triathlon group are excellent triathletes and can also bake. Well above average

More than above average, the A team are excellent swimmers. I had tried to also photograph the ghost but his speed is beyond the laws of nature so my ordinary camera could not catch his image. Here are the others

Pauline with Emily – both well above average in every important sphere of life but Emily also manages to know TWO people who are fans of Jacques Brel. Only at BB

Announcing the 3000km badge

Are you amazed by our wonderful swimmers that day in day out log nice long swims. Well now, not only can you claim a 500km 1000km and 2000km badge but a 3000km badge will be available.  Those eligible swimmers who have logged approved Bold and Beautiful swims will be able to claim the 3000km badge, the first of which will be awarded at the Winter Badge Ceremony.

Dry July

Regular swimmer Emma Grose is one of many Bold and Beautiful swimmers currently raising funds for people affected by Cancer by going dry and July.  If you can contribute please visit the link below

http://www.dryjuly.com/users/emma-grose

Thanks ladies.

Swim Anywhere, Any time to qualify for your 2020 Once Off – Unique – Covid Winter ChallengeDue to Covid-19 and the current government guidelines limiting the number of people allowed to be in a group, Bold & Beautiful is still currently suspended.

But we recognise many of our swimmers are still swimming at various times and locations, and it is more important than ever to remain fit, healthy and connected.

As such, B&B is offering this unique, one off, Covid 2020 Winter Challenge Badge, kindly designed by our amazingly creative swimmer, Linda from Manly Mac Art.

To qualify for your Covid Winter Challenge Badge you need to swim 20 times across 7 different weeks of winter, between 1st June – 31st August.
If you are swimming at Manly, any time of the day, please continue to log your swim as Manly – Shelly Swim, this swim will not only count towards your Covid Winter Challenge Badge, it will also continue to count towards the Pacific Challenge.

If you are swimming in any other location, anywhere in the world, please tick your swim as ‘Covid Swim’, this will give you a special 19m on the Pacific Challenge and will count towards your Covid Winter Challenge.
Log your 20 (or more) swims without a wetsuit and you will be eligible for the special 2020 ICC (Ice Cold Corona) badge.

YOU MUST LOG YOUR SWIMS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR COVID BADGE(S)

NEW B&B MENS AND LADIES BATHERS ONLINE & IN BUDGY SMUGGLER STORE
Complement your B&B merchandise range with these hot of the press, brand new B&B Budgy Smuggler Bathers designed by one of our own swimmers, Georgina Hart.
They are totally gorgeous and we’re confident you will LOVE them!!!

NEW B&B BATHERS – ORDER HERE

What I am reading

Yrsa Sigursdottir Childrens House series – I am up to The Reckoning. Scary but satisfying resolution

*Reference to Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion radio program and his book Lake Wobegone, an oldie but a goodie