The craziness continued today with someone suggesting we head down to the baths and hug the shore, all […]
Chris set the course today and what a doozy it turned out to be for the gang of […]
Hug the Shore swim route 1.82km
Tried sleeping in this morning but alas the habit of early morning swims appears to be ingrained as […]
Saturday Odyssey 1.76kms
It was Around the Bay Mark II this morning with some notable differences. Ed and Bevan returned to […]
Around the Bay MkII
One topic of conversation raised by Rob this morning at coffee was, “What are the lyrics for the […]
A Break from our Regular Programming
It’s just delightful with the sun shining brightly, bringing a cast of thousands to the beach. In 10 […]
Blinded by the Light
The course set by Rob today was a leisurely swim Around the Bay. For those not in the […]
Around the Bay 1.08 kms
1 Beautiful morning up here on Central Coast, locals reckon water temp is about 18 deg; today quite a […]
Blue Sky Day in Terrigal
The RI crew consisting of Rob, Stephen, Judy, Ed, Dave U., Chris and Dave sweltered in the early […]
Got a Monday Barrel on my mind
Greetings from Terrigal Hi all, thanks for the mention yesterday Dave, it was a grey morning in Terrigal […]
Greetings From Terrigal
Dinner at Bistro Mosman last night (not to be confused with Bistro Moncur in Woolhara) for the family […]
The Hangover Cure Swim Route
A not too shabby finish to the week with the “Anywhere but Chinaman’s” swim totalling 1.56kms give or […]
Anywhere but Chinaman’s swim – 1.56km
The course set this morning was Around the Bay (Dirty cone, Far cone (Raglan St.), Woody, through a […]
New Swim Route – Around the Bay and Beyond 2.17kms
A smaller showing this morning but still an enthusiastic bunch when you see the distance these idiots swam. […]
New Swim Route – Belleandback
It’s hot, sunny & not London. In the week we’ve been here I think I’ve heard 2 foreign […]
Idiots report from Puglia
Ed and I ventured down for a leisurely Sunday swim at the very reasonable time of 7.30am. I […]
Sunny skies and a warm 15C
4 Shook my wetsuit out at home after this mornings swim & this is what I collected.....so added it to the Vodka I was pouring myself to warm up. Geez....6 degrees out...with a cooling westerly breeze....apparent temp. 4 degrees reportedly....Those two big sluggo' models who got out before us (Judy...you know the gents)..took a water temp of 12.4 degrees....and told Dave where to shove his reading....hahahahaha. IDIOTS ! Bravo to all the brave souls...Dave U, Dave S. and Ed (our best wishes to your Mum/grand-ma guys), Bevan,Chris & of course Sutho chasing up the rear...who then took off for another kilometre swim without us... We finished off after "polar bear' with a sensational swim down the coast & hugging the clear shoreline before the rain arrives this weekend..... ps. That cold shower felt like it was raining nails this morning . pps. Didn't see those 3 lady 'Imposters' this morning eh ?
Ice Ice baby
With Ian joining in on the morning swims and trying to avoid the crowds (thanks COVID!), the swim […]
No distance too great…
Heading down the road this morning, Ed and I observed that the air temp was comparatively mild. We […]
Nothing beats a Sunday Post.
After the swim, a well-earned coffee at Pasture served by the wonderful Kylie (or HK to some) even […]
Wet Wednesday
What a welcome to the dawn Idiots…..stunning.
Stunning Autumnal Morn’
4 The moods of Balmoral were on full display this morning ….in and out of the water. After one […]
Moody Balmoral
In case anyone is interested, here’s my compilation of Balmoral seascapes from Jan – March this year. It’s […]
My Balmoral pics – Jan – March
2 Judging by the sleek boats on the visitors moorings, they were either owned by drug runners or executives […]
Round the island via the “drug boats”
1 With the last “daylight savings” sunrises upon us, we’re witnessing some stunning dawn vistas.The only issue being, it’s […]
Stunning Sunrise….attracts huge ‘WFH’ crowd
4 Stunning & ominous sunrise from the top of Upper Almora Street this morning…. It was two by two….as […]
A Covid 19 Sunrise
In a surprise turn-up, the idiots were joined on Wednesday by Rowena, newly returned from rowing camp in […]