Pacific Jules

5.12.2020 Where do you draw the line? Are you swimming in your lane? Have you crossed the line?

First blog since March...

A 5.15am drop for eldest son for a cadet camp has provided my thought for today. Off for a ‘drop in’ the Colo Valley, a couple of days of camping on ones own. My son said” it the end of year ‘Think Out’.”

It occurred to me my swim is my regular ‘Think Out’.

Roger, Danny, Clair and Mel helped me out with seeing how the

new lines could be used, swim lanes, running lanes, balance

beams and yoga lanes. ( thanks team for your excellent participation)

Roger drew my attention to Chalk Man ...

Our Super Hero temperature tester 20.7 today.

This man appears sideways to protect his identity.

These are the Freshwater Braves ... 

Lily, Mandy and Louise ready for a swim, I joined them

for a crossing, younger and fitter, I had them only just

my sights, but appreciated the company.

And here is Suz and Simon...they begged me to be in the blog !!!!

How could I say no....??? such gorgeous smiles

Lastly ... here’s to Jackie, a dedicated B&B swimmer her much rescheduled birthday 2020 is on tonight !!’ Happy birthday Jac.... just keep swimming ...the healing affects of the water may be required tomorrow.

Have a great day

Barb

 

B&B Business

Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead... we are offering the following badges:

• Triple Manly to Shelly - swim 3x laps of Manly to Shelly Beach and back, any day during summer - distance 3.5km

• Covid Summer Challenge - swim 30 times over 7 different weeks of summer 

• Corona Super Swimmer - swim 50 times over summer (check out the badge below)!

• I asked Ian this morning and he confirmed that any swim anywhere counts, but if it's a COVID swim you only clock up 19 metres

* Summer: 1st Dec - 28th Feb

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

 

 

 

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

Friday 4 December 2020 Hashtags

What is it all about ? the area outside the surf life saving club is cross hatched and as it was done overnight, was it done by the council or by the club or by aliens? Who can know. Like the mysteries of the sea and the boat that appears on the horizon sometimes as well as the creatures of the reserve, we can just look and wonder. And sometimes hit social media to wonder aloud.

Beautiful conditions to swim today as Russell and Cathy from Shellharbour (near Wollongong - and I was born in Wollongong Hospital so we are practically related) found on their weekend in Manly

 

The boat on the horizon - might be spotting elbows

 

What could these swimming costumes be heralding??

Getting in

Matt showing the waves




Just as I was complaining to myself about the glare of the sun it dipped behind a cloud. Michael agreed that this was good 

Looking forward to knowing more about this... Interestingly, we use "hash" tag but I think it it related to hatching which is not pronounced the same way.  

Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead... we are offering the following badges:

• Triple Manly to Shelly - swim 3x laps of Manly to Shelly Beach and back, any day during summer - distance 3.5km

• Covid Summer Challenge - swim 30 times over 7 different weeks of summer 

• Corona Super Swimmer - swim 50 times over summer (check out the badge below)!

• I asked Ian this morning and he confirmed that any swim anywhere counts, but if it's a COVID swim you only clock up 19 metres

* Summer: 1st Dec - 28th Feb

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

“Weather” to swim or not to swim! Thursday 3rd December

If you have ever been privy to the *W.O.W messenger chat you would know we talk about wind...a lot!!! 
Not the kind of wind you may experience from chowing down on too many baked beans...( although I think there may have been one conversation a long time ago about that kind of wind😳)  the other kind, the weather kind.

Gone are the days one would simply lick a finger and hold it in the air to decide which direction the breeze or tempest is hailing from. Now we have instant communications with the **B.O.M! We study little arrows on screens that are pointing in all directions and graphs of curvy lines. We discuss swell and tides and metres and knots.  We can predict the conditions from the comfort of our own beds the night before a swim and make informed decisions about whether to set the alarm or not!  

And once we are there, more discussions ensue about waves, currents, jimbles, blue bottles...and more often these days...SHARKS! 

But, none of the above seems to matter once you are ocean side, greeted by your swimming buddies...all of the predictions and chats about conditions slip away and you dive in to the deep, with your mates anyway...and happy that you ignored the alarm! 

Here are todays blog pics of some very delighted swimming buddies. The water was 19.9 degrees. Conditions we choppy, but fun.  

Fin Yoga xx

*W.O.W ...Women of the wall

**B.O.M...Bureau of Meteorology 

***H.A.G.D***Have a great day ( I made this one up ) 

 

Oops...sorry about the tipsy turvy photo above! But It was too nice not to pop it in the blog :) 

Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead... we are offering the following badges:

• Triple Manly to Shelly - swim 3x laps of Manly to Shelly Beach and back, any day during summer - distance 3.5km

• Covid Summer Challenge - swim 30 times over 7 different weeks of summer 

• Corona Super Swimmer - swim 50 times over summer (check out the badge below)!

• I asked Ian this morning and he confirmed that any swim anywhere counts, but if it's a COVID swim you only clock up 19 metres

* Summer: 1st Dec - 28th Feb

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

1/12/2020 - First Day of Summer- Seal of Approval

Yesterday's seal was still at North Steyne this morning looking like he owned the beach and giving our swim playground the seal of approval! Conditions were great this morning. A few waves, bit of bounce but warm and clearer water.

I asked the wardens guarding the seal what their usual role was.Their answer was...'Street Sweepers!'

These ladies urged me to join them with a glass of champagne for the first day of summer. The party mood starts early with our swim!

It's also Jane from the WOWS birthday today so there will be cake too!

These guys are always in a great mood after their 6.30am swim!

Although these guys have called themselves 'The Grumpy Old Men' they always seem in party mood to me!

Some have to race off to work though but I caught them in the shower. Our hard-working solicitor John doesn't really have time to party after the swim!

Some of 'The Merpeople'. I'll be seeing Lyndell in the middle at Manly West school in about 20 minutes. She'll be telling her class about the turtle she saw this morning I'm sure.

Although there were a few Blueys on the water's edge swimmers didn't report seeing any swimming to Shelly and back. Only a few at halfway. Dave and Kara

Midge, Nan and Anne E

The lovely Fiona standing infront of the 'Please Pick up here' sign at the cafe!

Jimmy is also hopeful!

Errol Abbott is out of hospital and back swimming but his good friend Derek Dreyer has asked me to ask if anyone can possibly help get Errol to and from the swim maybe once a week for a few weeks or so. His sons can't do every day. Errol lives at Wesley Gardens, Raglan Street. Please call Scott Abbott on 0434 950 908 if you could.

It's been murky and milky the past week or so so not any great underwater photos. I did spot these strange looking creatures though. Penny thinks the Leatherjacket may have an eye infection making his eyes look so bulbous. The Catfish aka Cobblerfish always looks a bit scary if you ask me!

Eagle Ray

I was pleased to see this big Blue Groper recently as we had feared he may have been speared but he was alive and well and looking for tasty sea urchins!

A Grey Nurse last week deep in murky water. Hope they re still around!

The photos above were of a few regular swimmers on Sunday. It's another quick blog as I'm off to work. School holidays will be here soon though!

Have a great day folks!

Lainey x

Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead... we are offering the following badges:

• Triple Manly to Shelly - swim 3x laps of Manly to Shelly Beach and back, any day during summer - distance 3.5km

• Covid Summer Challenge - swim 30 times over 7 different weeks of summer 

• Corona Super Swimmer - swim 50 times over summer (check out the badge below)!

• I asked Ian this morning and he confirmed that any swim anywhere counts, but if it's a COVID swim you only clock up 19 metres

* Summer: 1st Dec - 28th Feb

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badges if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log