the water temp today was 18.8 and the air was 17. warmer than the 10 from last week. Science. But somehow it did not feel that warm. once in though it was just lovely. Look At these swimmers who have rugged up so that they do not miss the swim
Here is a swimmer that is half keen to sit on the beach but half keen to get into the water
Early swimmer encounters
Look at those lovely cossies – sunset here sunrise over there
Mark
Just keep seeing John because he is always swimming. lovely new wetsuit
Sad face because like all good BBs, collecting plastic is the thing to do but in a wetsuit, where to put it?
this swimmer showed me a fiddler ray
Bernhard
Management notices
Monthly Dinner – 12th June 2018 – Guest Speaker
The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria; “Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire”, has been critically acclaimed around the world.
Julia’s talk is about ‘ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS”. In it she will be answering the following three questions:
- Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn’t she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
- What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
- What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?
In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON’T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!
The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential: To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book HERE.
Newbies:
B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:
NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀
– Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛
– Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍
And…
– NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.
Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:
https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel
Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!!
Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.
Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.
Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.
Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date.
Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.
https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi
Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog. It’s very interesting and attached here;
https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill
4 comments
Anne
25/05/2018 at 12:26 pm
Very entertaining blog, makes me wish I was there
Fiona
25/05/2018 at 1:49 pm
Another enjoyable read which captured the mood beautifully.
Elizabeth X
25/05/2018 at 3:34 pm
Another great blog as always thanks Elizabeth
Can we call the B&B towels what they are SYNTHETIC which will deposit more microplastics in to the ocean and then our food chains – and us!!!. Maybe next time we can not endorse unnecessary plastics etc.
Management can you please keep this in mind for ocean and ocean animal loving swimmers who are trying to cut down on plastics. Some things eg swimming costumes are the exceptions we make but for things like merchandise can we perhaps try for all natural fibres for clothing and non plastic keep cups etc. For those of us who have already seen Blue the movie the plight of the Shearwaters of Lord Howe is compelling so can we please do our bit where we can or at least keep it in mind Thanks
Fiona
25/05/2018 at 6:57 pm
Thanks for pointing this out Elizabeth…I had no idea the towels were synthetic 🙁