THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS
Swimming in the sea connects us to nature – the seasons, its secrets, its treasures.
And today there was a visit by dolphins in the early swim. I saw them. They must have been keen to swim with the early swimmers who are an impressive group.
Dolphins Manly 16/08/2019 from Ruby S on Vimeo.
It is always lovely to see the sunrise and the moon up in the sky doing its job on the tides. It is winter and the water is cooler but will soon warm up. A swim is a great start to the day, letting us feel the different conditions.
Look at that jumper
Watching the dolphins. The videographer
the dolphins
Danny reliably amazing
No wonder the dolphins want to swim with this lot
The shorts
Sarah is finishing her job today. Good luck in the future. great to make deliberate decisions!
two caps strategy
Two beautiful people
The shower scene
Look at the beautiful tribal pattern on the wetsuit and a handy early swimmer Duncan to help with the zip.
One may think people at Manly have seen it all and are unimpressable BUT here they are, dolphins in the sea and all heads are turned to see these beautiful wild creatures.
Calmly walking in while I shriek at the cold water touching my elbows
The A team start after everyone and finish before. I synched up by procrastinating on entry and swimming a fifth of the distance they did. Nailed it
I very much enjoyed the talk at the BB dinner on Tuesday by Duncan. One thing of many that I struck me as worth recalling is that improvements can be marginal. That is good advice. One day at a time or one action at a time. Thinking of the elbow now.
Who was the guy filming ALL the swimmers exiting today
Swimmers: 120
Newbies: 1 (felt like 2)
Temperature: 16.2
Winter swimming
The B&B Winter swimming season starts on 1st June. Although the water temperature may be a little colder than you might like, there are several advantages of swimming in winter, including flat seas, good visibility and no bluebottles. Perhaps the biggest advantage is that you can also qualify for a winter badge by swimming a minimum of 20 times between 1st June and 31st August. You must also swim in at least 7 different weeks. If you manage to do all of your qualifying swims without a wetsuit (or other thermal enhancing equipment), you will also qualify for the coveted WWW badge (Winter without wetsuit). Start now, and don’t forget to log your swims to qualify.
reading
I am reading a Emmett Parker mystery, Sky Woman Falling. The investigator is an American native Indian and the themes relate to affairs with the indigenous people in the USA and the crime is behind the scenes
I have been watching an engaging show called Black Spot translated from the French Zone Blanche. It has a French-Belgian remote forest setting, a prosecutor who is eccentric and has been punished by being sent to this remote location where there are locals who have not been out and there are awful crimes and something almost supernatural about the forest.
5 comments
Anne
16/08/2019 at 11:18 am
Dolphins! Always a delight and a privilege.
Sounds like a good read, your current book.
Shelley K
16/08/2019 at 11:58 am
You think a lot about the elbow but you never tell us what it is you’re thinking. What do you do with it? What should we be doing with them? Do you have any inside info? Please share. This is my only complaint about your blog, otherwise lovely as always
Elizabeth
16/08/2019 at 12:57 pm
I don’t know and that is why I don’t swim well. There is something in it though.
Juliette
16/08/2019 at 6:27 pm
I love your blogs Elizabeth, but I too am mystified about the elbow. Is it supposed to be the highest part of your arm when it comes out of the water? Probably Murray could tell us – he used to teach my boys to swim. I should have paid more attention instead of reading books at the side of the pool….
Elizabeth Stewart
18/08/2019 at 5:24 am
As far as I know the elbow should be high so that the fingers graze past the ears on the way past. So the arm can get the best reach possible. But do tell me what you find out