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The Swimming and the Writing Viruses – Kindred Species
Forget the Rottnest and English Channels, Galway Bay, Watson’s Bay and the rest of them, Surfmuppet’s big goal this year is to get a novel done and dusted, ready to go out into the world for better or worse. Yes. … Continue reading
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Last Session of the Holidays
Not too many in the pool this Friday morning, 3rd January. Lane one has Jai, Emily and Laurie. Lane two a few of the fasties including the Dragon and the Ghost. Lane three, the numbers thicken out and there’s more … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, John
Swimming pool in the morning sun. A line of four men swimming up the second lane from the left. Going in unison at a fast pace. First two and the last man are nut brown from the sun. Third guy … Continue reading
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Solstice 10Km Swim at Chinamans Beach
Surfmuppet likes to use the summer solstice each year as a benchmark of time and place. Used to be 21st of June. Then moves down to the southern hemisphere and the summer solstice lands on the 21st of December. This year, … Continue reading
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Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy
Friday 20th December 6pm on the last day of the working week and the corporate world is now on leave until early January for the Christmas break. Walking around the floors and not a sinner to be seen. A day … Continue reading
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First Week of Summer
Summer kicks off in Sydney with the annual Bondi to Bronte 2.5kM swim. By 9am the sun is high, the ocean benign and the 2,000 odd swimmers, in waves of age and gender, melee around the southern end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Balmoral Beach Club, Erik Mather, Keil Shillington, The Telling Bones
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Awesome day in the sun at Coogee
Stroke for stroke with Rumpole goes Surfmuppet out to sea in the 2.4km at Coogee last Sunday. Eyeball to eyeball. Mano a Mano. Mexican standoff with Rumpole forcing the pace and the muppet keeping up with him. Squad mates once … Continue reading
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Tagged Aqua Sphere, Coogee, Rumpole, View, View V820S, Wedding Cake, Wiggle
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Dawny Swim around Cockatoo Island
Surfmuppet gets there early through all the lashing rain thinking what kind of disease will be the most prevalent amongst the cadre of swimmers out this dreary November day when the rest of the citizenry of Sydney are coddled up … Continue reading
Bush fire smoke, dead mutton birds and the heebeegeebees
There’s a blue Toyota Yaris with a yellow kayak on top in front of the surfmuppet coming down the hill into olde Manly towne. Should have twigged it is the Vlad meister himself on the way to Shelley beach for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ocean Swimming, Reef, Shelley, Squad, Tasmanian Mutton Birds, Vlad
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Clovelly Washing Machine
After missing Saturday’s surf swim at Bondi due to a sick wife, SM decides to go to Clovelly on Sunday for a bit of a session. Checks the weather and tides and gets there just after four in the afternoon, … Continue reading
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