Anzac Day overlooking Mt Martha from Bruce & Jill's deck at Sorrento.   The weekend was the ideal relaxed long weekend starting on Thursday. 

Golf at Portsea was fun although Bruce, Al and Dave are not talking scores.  Meanwhile the girls were at home cooking up a storm.  Brent and Jane joined for the pre-Anzac day supper.

On Anzac Day Brent, Jane and Dave helped Bruce with his "Paris" jigsaw puzzle while the other girls headed for the shops.  Evening nibbles at the Foster's, early movie (The Great Budpest Hotel) and late dinner at the Yatch Club rounded out a great relaxing day.

The weather may not have been perfect but the thought of wandering the bustling roads of Sandy Point and exploring the beaches was too hard to resist.

We spent a great weekend of wine, food, games and even went walking with Fi and Norm at Al & Kev's house at Sandy Point.

I am sure that most of the world problems were resolved around the fire and the bottles of red wine.

Steph is thrilled to announce a PB for the 10km run in Canberra on Saturday 12 April.

54min 25 secs

In the top 20% of the nearly 200 in her age group and of all the 749 girls and women who competed.

Well done Steph

What about a word of encouragement.  Use the comment tag at top right hand corner to pass on your message of support. You just need to put in a name (don't worry about email address and website) and then leave your personal comment - that everyone can see.

No, this is not dave mortified by the spending spree.

Bruce Longden and his Malvern/Harold Holt ocean swimming buddies had their ‘end of swim’ season day out at the end of March.

This started with a swim at the Harold Holt pool, breakfast at Mr Fox in Malvern, then a leisurely drive down to Sorrento, coffee and morning tea at Stringer’s café on the corner.  From there a leisurely swim from Portsea pier to old Franklin Point and return. All this followed by lunch at the Portsea pub, much food and drinks consumed.
Usually venue has been at Lorne each year but the other side of the bay members held sway this year.

Bruce has been making full use of his current assignment being based in Sydney with a swim in the Cronulla Shark Island Swim event on the previous weekend.

Seriously though, a little scary and time to take stock.  But do not fear...this means a refocus on the things I love...like footy tipping.

Keeping up the contribution to sand in the bathers, saddle sore and blisters on the feet, Steph has competed in another triathalon in southern NSW waters in Shoalhaven Bay near Jervis Bay.