Sunday morning, praise the dawning

Another spectacular sunrise rewarded those of us who left the warm comfort of the doona today. The chilly air just served to spice things up. Weather app, I have a bone to pick with you, I don’t for one second believe your report of a 12.8 degree morning.

My drive down to Manly (via Curly) was a continuous display of stunning sun, sky and ocean. If I’d been any earlier I would have stopped for photos. Maybe next time. Manly looked ok, though, don’t you think?

Some people will do anything to be in the blog…

Even this guy

Did someone say let’s go?

It was Brendan’s 500 today. Here is is looking happy  at Shelley and then doing the let’s go for the return run. Congrats!

If you want to see happy faces, look no further

For me, a leisurely scenic cruise back to take in the underwater wonders

These were not far from Shelley

Port Jackson shark, close to the half way pool

Crimson banded wrasse at the white rocks

old wives close by

Fellow wanderers

Quite a bit of turbulence at the Point

Some of the WOWs enjoying a coffee and a chat in the warming post-swim sun

And now for some plugs and other information.

Last night, Mermaid Cheryl and her competition partner Kelly picked up this gold medal

B&B MONTHLY DINNER – GUEST SPEAKER

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 8th August at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. The guest speaker on the night will be travel agent Brett Goulston, whose talk is entitled “20 places you should visit even though you may never have heard about them and probably can’t pronounce them”

Brett is co-owner of Blue Dot Travel (with two of our B&B swimmers, Brod Brennan & Joanne Coughlan). All three are travel tragics who have travelled to most of the corners of the globe and are passionate travellers, swimmers and walkers.

Blue Dot Travel is a boutique travel business which has generously signed on as a B&B sponsor. The business focuses on mature/young at heart travellers who are looking for unique experiences (think Madagascar, Kamchatka, Nagaland, Ethiopia, Caucuses, Iceland, etc). To celebrate the occasion they will be giving away 5 lucky door prizes on the night as well as offering Bold & Beautiful members a $250 discount off any trip they book in the next 60 days.

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.

B&B Badge info:
The winter swimming season runs from 1 June to 31 August, and to qualify for your winter badge, you must:

• swim at least 20 times during this period
• swim in at least 7 different weeks
• log your swims

To qualify for the WWW badge (winter without wetsuit) you must complete all of the above without wearing a wetsuit or any other form of bodily thermal enhancement (don’t forget to check the “without wetsuit” button on the log in screen). Why not give it a try?