This morning, all the super heroes, super for a range of reasons, dropped their capes and enjoyed their natural activity, ocean swimming. Here are Lilleen (All the way from South Africa – Margot, that is even further than the Blue Mountains!) Deanna and Julia. Lilleen has travelled so far to swim with her son – he is doing an early swim and kindly posed for a photo below at Shelly. Deanna is our own fantastic swimmer super hero and here is Julia. Not only doing her third swim and thinking, on approach, what will the water be like, bu also VOLUNTARILY teaches teenage girls!!! I tip my hat to you. She is addicted to ocean swimming now I am sure.

 

Super Steve

 

Super Sophie

 

Jerome showing a super stretch

 

Super Michael

 

Super Melissa, Jenn (I am glad it is school hols so she can be here on a Friday!!), Julia, Beck and Margaret

 

Super Marije showing that Super John Bond arranged for water temp today of 22.2

 

 

Some of the better known A team that are super speedy

 

Justus and Charl.

 

Super Mark – swimming since 6 and now ready to move among mere mortals

 

Errol and super swim pal

 

Super Adam got in to the wet suit without help

 

Super Inge filling in newbies Paul and Ella about the swim. welcome.

 

Luke is waiting for dad to join him in a further swim at 7. Super mum spectating

 

 

Super heroes at rest

 

I was trying to get to the beach by 6.30am to catch these super swimmers getting into the water but they started at 6am!! No chance of that so they kindly posed for a photo at the end of their swim. Super heroes of speed, stamina and excellent technique

 

Super heroes getting in even though there was a lot of sea weed. A LOT. What is in it? How can we know it does not have eels in it? How?

 

More super early swimmers training for this and that. Port Macquarie triathlon is one thing – 2km ocean swim, 90 km bike (the distance between Sydney and Wollongong just by the way) and 21 km run. That is probably the warm up

 

Luke and dad setting off

 

Super colours and super swimmers with great smiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diving in under the wave and I got a face full of weeds!

 

Who is this swimmer? did he plan to swim?

 

A super swimmer above the surface

 

Mermaid below:

 

Easter suburbs of Shelly beach where the super heroes relax like John and Ross

Father and son super heroes

 

Jenn and Ali

 

Ross and Bryan. Bryan has kept his super gloves for the swim

 

Alison and some flipper wearing swimmers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You think it is easy for super blog tarts. It is not. It is hard to get the pose just right especially when the photographer has timing a bit out. Here is Ian shortly before he was worn out from repeated jumps in the air. Who needs boot camp?

 

Lilleen and her son Dave ready to swim back

 

Here is a super thoughtful swimmer who was trying to return his cap. Not because he does not want to come back but because he has another one.

 

I noted again on my return to the beach that there was a lot less rubbish about after the BB swimmers had been through. We enjoy the swim and the water and each do a bit to keep it clean.

I love swimming despite being quite bad at it and more slow than seems physically possible. Also I am scared of waves. And stingers and sea weed. I know swimming is an individual activity but I think I get a huge benefit swimming amongst (ok, behind) all of these great super hero swimmers. Here are my two super girls Ruby and Miranda at beautiful Govett’s Leap. If ever I think I know anything, I spend time with them.

 

This week I have been reading a book by Luria on a man with extraordinary memory, the Mnemonist and the second Marani book The Interpreter. Both short. Now I am getting through Karin Slaughter’s latest crime fiction for some junk reading. I am looking forward to seeing the Sherpa movie if I can find a session.

Poppies. Rosemary.

 

ANZAC Day is Monday 25 April 2016. BB will mark the solemn occasion at 7 am before the swim.