So I had a winge to Carol & Edwina last week about the blog. ‘No one reads it’ I said ‘My best effort was 7 likes.’ Edwina cheered me up by saying ‘There are people reading from all over the world.’ And Carol agreed and recommended ‘Why not ask people in your next blog where they are reading it from? And give a prize to the most distant reader.’ I’m thinking am Ï’m Gonna Be (500 miles) by the Proclaimers or am I 24 hours from Tulsa?
So in the interests of reader engagement lets answer the question. How far away are you reading this from? Let’s go by county and postcode. Now I know we’ll get lots of Australia 2095 but lets find out where you readers are. In the name of research and science and global community can you simply put your country and postal code in the comments below. Now if you are reading this locally but have read the blog internationally make a note of that too. Let’s see how far this blog goes…
There were 139 swimmers today looking for that distant reader….
The boys…
The WOW girls…
Anne recommending we Shelly from clockwise counter swim
And one of our newbies Corinne..
Now put your name and the place furthest from Manly where you have read the blog or are now reading the blog.
See you in the water.
Pete Anthony
Stats
Swimmers 139 (23.767% from the beach and 72.345% counter clockwise from Shelly)
Newbies 27
Temperature 21 (Felt like 20.09897)
SUMMER SWIMS
10km swim [Date TBC]. 7am. Bring own food/water.
As the Summer long distance swimming season approaches, it seems appropriate to explain what it takes to earn a Summer badge. Three long distance swims are on offer:
- The 6 km swims are held every summer Saturday morning at 7am until Feb.
- There is a 10 km swim once a month over summer. Next one inFeb.
- If these swims are too long for you, you can try a Triple Manly to Shelly swim any day during Summer (distance 3.5 km) from 6.30or 7 am.
‘Try a Triple’. Do the Manly to Shelly return swim 3 times non-stop and earn a triple badge.
Please note, Badges will be awarded to swimmers completing any and/or all of the 3 swims at the times and dates stated above and throughout the Summer months.
You will earn a badge if you complete these swims and log them in iLog. The system will only record authorised 6K or 10K swims that are logged on the appropriate days. Badges will be presented at the Summer Badge Ceremony in March. If you are unsure of the routes and protocols for these swims, please ask at the desk before you swim. When swimming these longer distances, we request that, for safety reasons, you stay with the group. We also request that you do not swim in dangerous conditions. The quest for a little cloth badge is not worth putting your life at risk. Enjoy your swimming.
Operation Crayweed Grass planting in Cabbage Tree Bay
If you are interested in supporting/assisting this initiative by way of signing up to be a CV (Citizen Volunteer) please read on.
The SIMS (Sydney Institute of Marine Science) Project Team expect to start the preparation work in late January and in February.
Assistance could take the form of on-land prepping as well as snorkelling assistance helping the netting get secured etc. SIMS/U.NSW do however have strict compliance paperwork to be prepared/signed off on before commencing such assistance.
If you are interested in becoming a CV to help the marine regeneration initiative could you please send your full name, mobile number and email to Dorset Sutton (Project Sponsor) at suttondorset@gmail.com.
Dorset will forward you by email the paperwork required to be completed. At this stage actual prep/dive dates are not know, but we are interested in seeing how many potential CV’s we’ll have.
Forms will also be available at B&B Board each morning at our swim. See Dorset at the swim.
98 comments
Sue Marinan
17/01/2019 at 11:47 am
Ok Pete, I’ll be the first to comment on your blog. Well Done!! I’m sure I’ve read the blog overseas but can’t remember where!! 😩😩 I do read it every day even if I don’t swim.
Balgowlah 2093. Bondi. Cheers. X
Luce Things
17/01/2019 at 12:12 pm
Hi Pete, I try and read it as often as I can but do go for periods of time where I don’t seem to get a chance. I mostly read it from computer at home. Sadly not a 2095 local but not too far away at 2063! Keep up the great work!
Jill
17/01/2019 at 12:22 pm
I love reading the daily blogs! Don’t always comment but do always read them…
Toni Wood
17/01/2019 at 12:32 pm
I always read and like the blog – 2204.
matt
17/01/2019 at 12:37 pm
I swam this morning, and regularly read the blog. Came all the way from 2040, that is at least 15km from Manly….
Anne E
17/01/2019 at 12:39 pm
OK, Pete. Today from 2060. But previously from Broken Hill, Alice Springs, Tasmania, Midlothian, Virginia, LA, New Zealand, Peru, Chandagrah, India. Basically it’s on my daily reading list no matter where I am including Parramatta. Shout out to all bloggers. Just keep feeling the invisible love!
Patricia Duffy
17/01/2019 at 12:42 pm
I always read the blog, part of my daily routine no matter where I am. Currently reading from my hotel room in NYC where I am for work and it’s freezing and I’m missing the swims!
Danny Lucas
17/01/2019 at 12:51 pm
I read it daily from wherever. Always when on holidays as well. Last year was keeping in touch while in Cambodia and Vietnam. At the moment I’m reading from Corlette in Port Stephens area.
Jenny McTackett
17/01/2019 at 1:14 pm
I read the blog every day too. Mostly from home in San Francisco, to see what I’m missing, and from manly when I’m here and actually swimming.
Jon C
17/01/2019 at 1:31 pm
Keep on bloggin’!! 😀 2000
Lainey
17/01/2019 at 1:41 pm
It’s emailed to my Dad Trevor, in Knowle near Birmingham UK and it’s the first thing he reads each morning B91 3LJ! I’ve read it in Turkey, Greece, UK, Holland, NZ and Bali this year! Good idea for a blog Pete! It’s great for us bloggers to hear that’s its read and enjoyed 😊
DWSS
17/01/2019 at 1:45 pm
Sorry Pete. I didn’t read it.
North Curl Curl 2099
Anne
17/01/2019 at 1:59 pm
Right now 2217 at work (thanks for brightening up my day), but have read it from further afield.
Melbourne
Daylesford
Launceston
Hobart
Auckland
Hahei
Vavau, Tonga
Abu Dhabi
Spain
Go on, call me a wanker
Portugal
Sooze
17/01/2019 at 2:00 pm
Was inspired to start swimming B&B from reading the blog whilst in the UK!
Read it nearly every day even if I didn’t swim that day. Always entertaining and informative.
Thank you bloggers. Freshy 2096
Edwina harrison
17/01/2019 at 2:01 pm
Omg 😮 I’m glad you wrote that 👍
Edwina harrison
17/01/2019 at 2:02 pm
I’m so glad you remembered this pete 👍
rh
17/01/2019 at 2:06 pm
I read it in the toilet
richard lacey
17/01/2019 at 2:19 pm
On the Throne 2094
LozBobs
17/01/2019 at 2:22 pm
Long bay jail ..it inspires me to break out one day and come and swim wiv youse
LSA aka HKTQ
17/01/2019 at 2:24 pm
Pete, always feel the loving vibes from us all! Thx for great blogs x
HK, no postcode!!
Josie
17/01/2019 at 2:38 pm
2065 today but have read it from the Netherlands before!
JeffwithaJ
17/01/2019 at 2:45 pm
I was recently in Jordan and read the blog. I always do wherever I am. Good blog Pete!
Melissa Simpson
17/01/2019 at 3:02 pm
I read it as I plan for my next B&B swims. Enjoy the updates. 2047
Michele Franks
17/01/2019 at 3:13 pm
Currently 2095 but have read it in New York, the Bahamas, Niagara Canada, New Zealand,
Bali, Perth , Greece, Dubai, India , South Africa , Botswana, Zimbabwe , LA , Seattle, Perisher,
Whistler Canada, Budgewoi , Newcastle, Vail Colorado .Frenchs Forest
On the ferry to the city ….
fiona.horn1@gmail.com
17/01/2019 at 3:28 pm
Love the blog…2046…the Inner West of Sydney town
Coz
17/01/2019 at 3:29 pm
2099 and read it when I can
Kara
17/01/2019 at 3:54 pm
Just for you Pete… Palau 🇵🇼 96940
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:02 pm
First in Sue but probably not a winner…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:03 pm
Hi Luce… I love 2095 but that’s not the winning entry…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:04 pm
Hi Matt… better than 2095 but we need somewhere away from Australia mate
Shelleyk
17/01/2019 at 4:05 pm
Checking in from the ‘burbs #2119
Thanks Pete
PS nice comment count!
Shelleyk
17/01/2019 at 4:06 pm
And Dapto
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:07 pm
…Peru is a finalist… stay tuned..
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:08 pm
…Patricia NYC is a finalist
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:09 pm
Thanks Danny … but Cambodia may be too close to Manly…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:10 pm
Thanks Jenny San Fran is a finalist…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:11 pm
Thanks Jon..
rh
17/01/2019 at 4:11 pm
🙂
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:14 pm
Hi Lainey… Birmingham is definitely a finalist..
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:18 pm
… thanks Anne…maybe Portugal is in the early lead…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:18 pm
… this is all your fault Edwina…:)
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:19 pm
may you be dethroned…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:20 pm
…this Throne is a popular place…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:24 pm
… not guilty of that one…
Lesbubs
17/01/2019 at 4:24 pm
43 + comments – that is a RECORD !! .. i think I had 30 once…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:25 pm
Hi Sara …we miss you Sara…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:26 pm
….Netherlands is a bit too close Josie… ^only 16,619k away
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:27 pm
Hi Jeff… Jordan is a bit too local mate
Dory Johns
17/01/2019 at 4:27 pm
Canberra 2606
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:29 pm
…thanks Melissa…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:32 pm
…wow….lots of options…but we have some more remote finalists now…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:32 pm
….Hi Fiona… we are out to Spain now…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:32 pm
Thanks Coz
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:34 pm
…hi gorgeous…sorry we cant award Palau the winner
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:34 pm
…thanks mate…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:35 pm
…thanks Lesley but sadly the idea came from Edwina and Carol
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:35 pm
Thanks Dory…
Mary
17/01/2019 at 4:35 pm
what a hoot! And gosh what a travelling lot we are.
Today it is Frenchs Forest, 2086. However have connected from Tokyo, Kyoto, a monastery in a mountain top village in Japan, Paris, Champagne, Burgundy, Isola d’Elba, Tuscany, and Lake Garda
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:39 pm
…that’s an impressive.. Isola d’Elba is a finalist…
Bernhard
17/01/2019 at 4:40 pm
new record for blog comments. Congrats Pete. How do you want to celebrate – with champaign ???
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 4:44 pm
So folks we have 3 finalists…and like the Academy Awards I’m asking Arthur Andersen (my mate not the auditors) to check the voting and keep the winner in a sealed envelope.
Contest will close at dusk and the winner and prize will be announced. I’ll also announce the runner up in case the winner is dethroned due to death or scandal…
Alexandra
17/01/2019 at 4:57 pm
I read the blog every day and like it on fb but rarely comment. Don’t give up! I read it from 2086 or 2065. ✌🏼✌🏼
tara_julieann_1969@live.com.au
17/01/2019 at 5:29 pm
I love reading the blog…… Australia 2088
Lips
17/01/2019 at 5:32 pm
One swimmer once reported that the blog is not accessible in Saudi Arabia. Too much nudity apparently.
Can someone confirm this please?
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 5:40 pm
….we have a fresh set of finalists… Arthur Andersen (my mate) is auditing results…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 5:41 pm
…stay tuned for the big prize announcement – you will be shocked at what we have secured from our major sponsor…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 5:42 pm
Hey mate I only ever read the blog in the nude but I didn’t know those Saudis were watching…
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 5:42 pm
thanks Tara.. but way too close..
Bold & Beautiful Swim Squad
17/01/2019 at 6:12 pm
6160 and literally people read the blog from all over the world, you guys rock all of our worlds, keep on keeping on please 🥰😘
This must be a record blog for the number of comments too… both here and on Facebook !
Well done !!!
Hope you’re feeling rejuvinated 😛
The effort you guys put into the blog is always appreciated, thank you 🙏
P.S. Jenny and Brian Lyle also sent an email to say they are reading it in Spain 🙂
Joanne Coughlan
17/01/2019 at 6:44 pm
I read most days from 2095 on mobile. Have read overseas but can’t remember where from.
Julia Willberg
17/01/2019 at 7:01 pm
I have read it EVERY DAY from Hannover Germany (30938)since July 17th 2017
Mel Holand
17/01/2019 at 7:03 pm
Hi Pete,
I’m reading it from Norwich England! Post code is NR8 5DS! Can’t wait to join you all when ai’m in Aus next month!
Mel Holland
Lindakamchevski@icloud.com
17/01/2019 at 7:07 pm
I love the blog and read it most days also.
I’m reading from 2095 so not a finalist 😁
Wendy Barlow
17/01/2019 at 8:05 pm
Hi… I’m reading it from Groomsport, Northern Ireland, BT196LR.
I swam with the B&B in April when over visiting family.
Swim daily here, skins only 🥶❄️. Today sea temp is 8.2 and air temp 5 and big winds!
Love your blog but do giggle at your temperature!
Right now it would be good! 😜
Wendy Barlow
17/01/2019 at 8:08 pm
Forgot to add…. I’m a Donaghadee Chunky Dunker!!🏊♀️
Gemma
17/01/2019 at 8:31 pm
Top idea, Pete. Right now I’m in 2095 but I read the blog whenever I go back to the UK – either staying with my family at the far southwestern tip of Wales, or my partner’s family just half an hour from Land’s End, which is so remote it’s famous for its interbreeding!! That’s got to be worth a place in the final, surely??
Cheryl
17/01/2019 at 10:05 pm
Read the blog almost daily but guilty of not hitting the like button, sorry, I really do love all the effort so many of you put in. Currently reading from Belrose, but have read it from all over NSW (Yetman, Bourke, Lightning Ridge, Broken Hill, Hay, Deniliquin, Griffith, Wagga, Tumut…and lots of little towns in between)! Australia wide I’ve read it from Perth, the Gold Coast, Mildura and Melbourne. Overseas, the hardest to reach place….my parents live in rural Arkansas, and when their internet works, I do read it from there! For what it’s worth, I think it’s actually harder to get to several NSW towns than New York!
Cathy Wright
17/01/2019 at 10:33 pm
I read it every day when home at Balgowlah 2093, mostly to find out if there were any bluebottles and how clear it was. You didn’t comment on either today but good work for getting engagement and probably a record number of responses
Pete Anthony
17/01/2019 at 11:21 pm
We are getting some last minute entries so we will announce the winner in the morning.
Eva
18/01/2019 at 4:14 am
The Czech Republic 783 57;)
Eva
18/01/2019 at 4:18 am
The Czech Republic;) 78357
Eva
18/01/2019 at 4:21 am
I’ve read it twice😉
Kristin Zado
18/01/2019 at 4:53 am
I read this from 19003, Ardmore Pennsylvania, USA.
No open water swims for me until April, so I enjoy reading and dreaming about AU.
Paula Daly
18/01/2019 at 6:18 am
Reading currently from Dublin but normally from 2094 Fairlight
Bob
18/01/2019 at 7:34 am
Bob from Dallas, TX 75028
Sheena O'Beirne
18/01/2019 at 8:45 am
I read the blog when on yoga retreats in Europe – so Italy, Spain and England, thanks to all of you for your hard work writing the blogs that keep us informed and entertained
Trevor Bayliss
18/01/2019 at 9:16 am
Trevor (Lainey’s Dad) Every morning in the UK I read my E mails. Because of the time difference ;the B and B blog is always top . So I read it 365 days a year from Solihull, Birmingham UK
Gabj
18/01/2019 at 11:14 am
2088 – Mosman
Just over the spit!
Bill Carrington
18/01/2019 at 12:22 pm
Hi Guys
Love the blog and I read almost every day. I live in Sacramento California. US 95746. I used to fly for United Air Lines so I can say I’ve read it everywhere from most places in Europe to most places in Asia, and of course lots of the US at various times. One of my best moments was getting in the blog with my wife last year around this time. We were big swimmers as kids and my wife hadn’t done much swimming since then, but 1 morning with B and B really got her back into swimming again. it’s been great for both of us. We’ve both just retired and hoping to get back to Manly for a much longer vacation and a lot of swimming soon.
Peter Anthony
18/01/2019 at 1:21 pm
Looks like Portugal is the big winner … thanks for the entries… we are a real world community
Peter Anthony
18/01/2019 at 1:23 pm
Hi Bill, water is warm and bumpy this morning but a few blueies around.. would love to see you down for a swim soon..
Peter Anthony
18/01/2019 at 1:24 pm
Hi Wendy, you jusy got pipped by Portugal…
Peter Anthony
18/01/2019 at 1:25 pm
Hi Cheryl, nothing wrong with Belrose but Portugal was yesterday’s winner.
Peter Anthony
18/01/2019 at 1:26 pm
… of course beautiful Eva… we all miss you
amkermode@gmail.com
18/01/2019 at 8:41 pm
Hi am reading from Otaru, Japan.
Thank you for keeping me posted on swim life in Australia.
Hope the skiing keeping me fit for the Cole Classic!
Amanda Garland
19/01/2019 at 1:47 am
Venezia, italy 30173
Amanda Garland
Moved to Canberra several months ago and miss B&B…love reading the big and seeing pictures Peter.
Wendeth
19/01/2019 at 1:05 pm
Lisarow 2250. But read it recently in Melbourne.
I always enjoy it. We did our first swim with you on a foggy friday a few weeks back.
Jen
26/01/2019 at 2:47 am
I’m reading it from Sun Peaks Canada 🇨🇦 great to see what’s going on in Manly when I’m over the other side of the planet 🌍 great blog 👍🙋🏻♀️