In a dream come true for Eoin the Hacker, Mad Moz, The Bull and Mr. Finbarr, the flag has been locked up.
Fantastic picture of John Kiely in Alcatraz. That’s a keeper!
The flag in jail
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Saturday Swim time change – 09.00
Heading into the Winter and after five years of 08.15 swims every Saturday morning, we’re going to move the regular time to 09.00. This will give people a little longer in bed, if they want it!
Of course some swimmers will still be going earlier for work reasons etc. but the main group swim will be at 09.00 from now on.
A Flock of Seagulls
I’m usually a big fan of Siobhan’s work, but one of her latest pics really isn’t up to standard. This one is supposedly of A Flock of Seagulls – in fog by Roches Point.
A Flock of Seagulls? Ah, Siobhan!
In fairness, what’s the point of a picture of A Flock of Seagulls, if you can’t see Mike Score’s hair? That was the main selling point. Here’s a better one.
The Flock in their heyday. Who wouldn’t have wanted Mike Score’s hair?
Here they are on TOTP in 1982. De Berries.
Try and get more of a close-up next time, Siobhan.
View from a bridge
Just another quiet Saturday afternoon for Myrtlevillians – in Copenhagen. Jealous much? Yes.
Keeping it real, down Myrtleville way
The LoneSwimmer himself, Mr. Buckley, succumbed to a moment of pique a while back when confronted with the Lidl ad for togs. He threw down the goggles/gauntlet publicly (or on twitter anyway) and challenged the model to an open water swim. No response from the model.
The unwittingly offensive Lidl ad, with the non-responsive male model who won’t race the LoneSwimmer.
I was reminded of the LoneSwimmer’s challenge by another togs ad from H2Open:
More common or garden open water swimmers, like you’d see around the beach any day. Perhaps not our beach, though.
As the advertising industry is clearly interested in realistic portrayals of open water swimmers, I did a quick trawl of some of Siobhan Russell’s pictures. I’ve pasted below a suitable portfolio of models, all available to pose for togs ads at any time. Just come calling H2Open, Lidl et al – we’ve got what you need to shift togs by the bucket-load.
John and Frank – who wouldn’t want to buy their togs? John is available for assignments in the US while he’s over swimming to Alcatraz shortly.
Togs-R-Us – a range of options here for the ad agencies. As an aside, I wonder how the models would have got on with Brenda for 13k across Galway Bay.
As Christmas products appear in shops already, the Festive togs advertising market should be sown up by K. Murphy. Ad agencies will be beating down his door. He’s already well know in the wetsuit marketing arena – Huub, specifically.
And finally, for any togs marketer looking to corner the grey dollar in togs – the main men for the mature market: Pat and Tom – keeping it real, 365 days a year.
All enquiries for modelling work for any of our portfolio above should be addressed to Condons’ Cuties Model Agency, Slip Top, Myrtleville, Cork.
Note: Models shown are for illustration only and may not be actual size, but they can all swim in the sea. Quite well, actually.
Hat Holidays
The Hat never rests – trotting the globe to keep Myrtlevillians company. Some keep it closer to home – the 40 Foot in Dublin, for instance.
Others head for more far-flung destinations. Around Europe….
The Hat at Lake Garda in Italy – brought Alan Wilkie along this time.
The Hat with Caroline O’Leary in Rotterdam – definitely not relaxing on holiday: – 4th in the world in Elite Class T3 Para Triathlon World Championships. Photo by Natalia Guzenko, from Triathlon Ireland site.
No matter how far it’s flung, the Hat keeps going.
The Hat with Eamonn Hughes in the Caribbean for his 50th!
It’s a bit of a cultural icon, really. Even in the Ganges.
The Hat with Claire Canning in the Ganges. Look at the local version of Siobhan Russell just behind her!
The Hat with Claire Canning in the Himalayas.
We’re not even in August yet. Wonder where else it will go this year?
Jellyfish in Myrtleville
Siobhan Russell took this picture of a jelly about 100m off the beach this morning. Doesn’t look like a compass jelly – looks like a Lion’s Mane. Be careful out there, folks. We’d be delighted to hear from anyone who can tell us it’s not a Lion’s Mane, of course!!
No, this isn’t one of my jokes.
Lion’s Mane? Sighted in Myrtleville this morning. One to avoid.
Great day in Galway
Congratulations to everyone involved in Galway on Saturday – swimmers and crew.
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Galway Girls – ready to go!
Brenda Sisk and Marie Watson have left no stone unturned in their preparations for the Galway Bay swim next Saturday. While many of us have seen their efforts in the pool and sea right through last Winter, there’s more than just training needed to make a swim – and swimmer – successful. Thankfully, the Galway Girls seem to have it all in hand.
They’ve got the promotional posters and star paparazzi to record the events.
They’ve got the nails painted aerodynamically and also to look good for the aforementioned paparazzi person.
Marie Watson – attention to detail is admirable.
They’ve had a kiss for good luck from the main man, Mr. Redmond (Brenda has to share it – Marie grabbed it).
Finally, they’ve recognised the risk that their spirits may flag in mid-swim, so they’ve employed the services of Ann “The Dominator Motivator” Smyth as crew.
I’d keep swimming if I was ye, girls. Ann Smyth as boat crew…
Barbara Anne Richardson and Brendan O’Brien are going for the swim on Saturday too – but I didn’t have incriminating photos of them, so they’ll have to make do with “Good Luck!!”. Good luck to all four, in fact 🙂
Tea by the Sea
Here’s one to completely piss off anyone stuck in an office. Me.
Hardcore Myrtlevillian swimmers sticking rigidly to their training diets at Tea by the Sea in the Pine Lodge, Myrtleville. Yes, I do wish I was there. Yes, I am jealous.
Myrtlevillians enjoying Tea by the Sea at the Pine Lodge.
Myrtleville Swimmers 