Not your normal Saturday today , it started with a sleep in which is unusual for me, then I made my way to James’s bakery for some necessities. We have to keep supporting the local businesses while we can . James has the distance issue sorted with signs and guides
Then I made my way to manly for a swim and bumped into plenty of swimmers coming and going mid morning
Claire always happy to stop and smile and pose for the blogger. Star swimmer and human
My view as I entered the swirly surf and bay .
Mark was swimming as was Elizabeth , we three had a wee chat then mark continued on. As Elizabeth and I exchanged thoughts amongst the swell and swirl I thought I heard an alarm and announcement. So we sprinted to halfway and went our separate ways. Our version of a sprint if you can imagine that 😂
I was lucky enough to see the McKnight’s who have completed their isolation post cancelled holiday
the ranger was around as was Marco
some wildlife from a swim after work during the week
Apparently my footage of crowds and people at manly and balmoral have created tensions and conflicts within the swim group. That’s not my intention naturally and I feel bad that it’s divided people. I also feel bad that people are misunderstanding the guidelines from the government, I’m ok even if an asymptotic carrier of covid 19. It’s the sick positive people I worry for. I guess people will do as they please anyway. I’ll continue my blogging duties until asked to stop but I’ll avoid manly otherwise.
i have no internet so can’t paste the notices here but for the moment the official swim group is closed.
stay safe everyone 🙏
10 comments
Elizabeth
04/04/2020 at 2:40 pm
Gorgeous photo of the sea. Lovely to see you from a distance in the swim and thanks for alerting me to the alarm so I could get out. Keep blogging and doing the right thing as always and leave others to themselves.
Jac
04/04/2020 at 3:04 pm
Yay the Cubans are back!! We missed you.. any everyone!!
Edwina harrison
04/04/2020 at 3:17 pm
Thank you Elizabeth 🙏💖
Veena
04/04/2020 at 3:58 pm
Thanks Ed for making the effort…was pouring with rain when we thought of coming down-so stayed warm in bed instead. Love your wobby pic & the McKnightys!
Edwina harrison
04/04/2020 at 4:24 pm
Thanks so much Leveena 🥰🐠
Anne
04/04/2020 at 4:51 pm
Excellent blog. I only did an afternoon swim myself.
Edwina harrison
04/04/2020 at 5:41 pm
Hope it was a bit calmer
Anne
04/04/2020 at 5:50 pm
Very windy!
Edwina harrison
04/04/2020 at 6:40 pm
🙄😬
Juliette
05/04/2020 at 1:38 pm
Thank you Edwina and all the bloggers! Hopefully we are all trying to do our best to be kind to one another (there’s a Colin Buchanan song about that that always comes to mind with that phrase), obey all the guidelines that the government has given us and stay healthy and sane. Thank God that at this point in time the guidelines do say that you’re allowed to leave your home to exercise and that exercising by swimming in the sea is still allowed. And that with the current guidelines in place Australia seems to be flattening the curve https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-03/fact-file-are-we-turning-coronavirus-corner-flatten-the-curv/12113410 although we won’t know definitively for years apparently.