Friday 27 August 2021 Hankering

Elaine provided this condition report:

Friday conditions report 16.8 water temp. Few sets going out but flat in the bay. Murky only about 3 metre viz.

Which is useful for anyone who is going to swim at Manly today. I have a hankering for Manly, the changing conditions, the reports of earlier swimmers (and whatever time you swim, there seemed to be some swimmer who went earlier), the “Let’s Go” that John Kelly used to do at the point, singing happy birthday to a swimmer, stressing about getting to Shelly while everyone else was still there and the leisurely swim back. All the fabulous photos of sea creatures taken by Anne, Elaine, Edwina, Alanna and Fiona and all the lovely swimmers. 

I did not see the following people today – Jenn, Alison, Margie and Brian, Inez, Peter, Fiona, Alanna, Anne Edwards of Anne Edwards Beach, Mark and his twin girls who used to accompany the swimmers when little, Allan Bicknell, and Alan and Kathy Thomson and Shelly and Belinda and Edwina. Anne H will send out swimmer vibes through her blogs and photos. Andrew D and the other 630 swimmers with smiles and a friendly wave. Mary and Gemma may have swum – who knows. I also did not see Dom who used to drive out from Liverpool on Sundays leaving at 4 to swim, Peter and Angela and Alison Bernhard and Monika from Lane Cove. How exciting to see Di and Jonny in photos from, it seemed to me, the UK. How did they get there. Time seems to have slowed and sped up and my small world has grown smaller still – globalisation means little to me just now. 

here is a downloaded image of Shelly beach