Ah....lunch

Lunch is at 12.30pm at the Mediterranean on December 6th and I have booked for 20 but of course I will need to confirm.

Oh, nearly forgot - there is a swim too! hehehehe

The Chelsea swim starts at 10.15 so I figure prize giving is at noonish, so 12.30 should be right for lunch or should it be 1pm ? Of course you can come for lunch without swimming...

Let me know who and how many are coming so I can give the restaurant more accurate numbers...
jmp100@vodafone.co.nz

This is my 20th year and 18th swim having only missed the two years the swim was canceled. It was my very very first ocean swim and the one that gave me the bug.

Chelsea Swim

The conditions were perfect, the sun had the heat of a February day and we all had a happy time in the out of the water, finished off with good company, good food and a few beers.....

Brave Tuesday

The water was colder and the sharp wind across the surface was even colder, but not enough to deter three brave souls on Tuesday evening... next week will there be more ???

St Claire Hot Saltwater Pool

This is one of my favour pools in New Zealand and if you are down south make sure you take time to have a swim here. The saltwater pool on the St Claire Esplanade cops its share of wild seas and the site is spectacular. Located on a rocky shelf the pool is open to the ocean on two sides. To the east is the long sweep of St Clair and St Kilda beaches popular with surfers who zip past the pool just metres away. To the south is the southern ocean, pounded by high seas that occasionally break over the protecting walls into the pool causing the pool to close. A pool was first built in1884, and has developed over the years and at one stage in the 1940s even included a hydrotherapy clinic. Thankfully heated since the early 1960s, St Clair was thoroughly renovated in 2003. St Clair pools today are a modern swimming facility particularly popular with those of mature years keeping fit and it is claimed that some older local folk walk down to the pool early in the morning still clad in their pjs and dressing gown. A small café, part of the pool complex, offers good coffee, wraps, cake and the ubitiquous cheese rolls. Added to the charm is nearby renovated Hydro Hotel and several good cafes and bars.