Congratulations to Sterling – his 1000km milestone reached this morning!
From holidays in hot humid weather
To heaters and wearing a sweater
The temperature drop
Has been a great shock
I hope I can cope a lot better!
This was me this morning:
Now I know it wasn’t that cold (5 degrees outside and 17 degrees in the water), however, all this talk of cold fronts and wintry conditions had me envisaging this ‘thing’ upon entering the water this morning… A riddle in photos for you today:
Despite thinking about icebergs, it was a really clear and lovely morning! The cloud had a gold lining:
And an awesome glow:
Everyone was keen to get a move on:
Have a warm day!
Signing off, Anna
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Staying safe
Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits. Also, if you have a bit more experience, keep an eye out for new swimmers who might need company. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here.
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Social Agenda One – B&B Monthly Dinner
Social Agenda Two
Local businessman Jim Stackpool is having a “business re-naming” launch in Manly next Thursday night, and Pink Cappers are most welcome
Art Hub Manly – 44 Market Lane (between beach end of Corso and Sydney Road)
Thursday 16th July
6 p.m. – For free drinks and nibbles (Don’t dawdle – it ends at 7.30)
“And a boring ten-minute speech,” says Jim 🙂
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Social Agenda Three
Drinks with Drinky: “For just this once, start time is 7 pm – not 6.30,” says Andrew.
Friday 17th July
Havana Beach Restaurant (upstairs) – across road from Sunny Benches
8 comments
roger
11/07/2015 at 12:15 pm
I love your fish purse 🙂
And why did yoj go to Philippines?
Elizabeth X
11/07/2015 at 3:17 pm
OMGoodness Sterling looks hilarious in that gear. Congratulations to him. More than 10,000 people have swum with the B&B but only 50 have reached the impressive milestone of 1,000 kms swum. Congratulations to all our Top 50 you only reach 1,000 km swum by showing real and sustained commitment. Well done
Jenny Holmes
11/07/2015 at 3:56 pm
Gorgeous blog. And a truly stirling achievement, Sterling… Re iceberg temperatures – the tingling skin’s the thing…so abandon you wetsuit if you dare. And another thing,fellow B&Ber, Colly, says that the best time to backstroke is when it’s cloudy and you can look up at their fascinating formations, but so was to-day gazing up at blue sunlit skies and then flipping over doing freestyle looking at the sandy seabed through crystal clear waters and then round the point to shore enjoying the rocks, seaweed, vivid green sea grass and heaps of little fish. Why would you not roll out of a warm, cosy bed for joy such as this?
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DWSS
11/07/2015 at 5:04 pm
Sterling-
This morning he entered the water as a swimmer and exited a LEGEND!!!
(With a pimp stick)
Congratulations, well deserved.
Anna, lovely blog, nice signoff pic. We should introduce you to Shelly.
Simon
11/07/2015 at 8:49 pm
Riddle – all photos linked to “ice”
1. Ice block 2. Ice Cube
3. Ice cube
4. Ice hockey 5. Ice skaters – Bradbury
6. Iceberg with penguins 7. Iceberg sank the Titanic
8. Iceberg lettuce
Anna Bananna
11/07/2015 at 9:11 pm
Simon don’t forget the ice sculpture of ice hockey! 😉 Bradbury -> slip and slide just like the penguins ‘skating on ice’. Everyone can be a winner!
Anna Bananna
11/07/2015 at 9:20 pm
Thanks Roger! I went to the Philippines to visit family and friends, escape the cold, and participate in my first overseas triathlon race. Unfortunately the swim leg was cancelled in lieu of typhoon swell. It was strange and wonderful to bump into Sandra – a B&B regular! How small the big wide world can seem.
Simon
12/07/2015 at 4:48 pm
Anna
Can’t resist a good riddle, thanks for the exercise. Thought there’d be more takers.