What’s the story behind your nickname?

No nickname ever and so no backstory. The closest I get to a nickname is ‘Bobber’.

As a founder member of a swimming group of just under 20 people including past members who predominantly swim in one location we, as a group are recognisable, we have named sweatshirts, and have  a certain positive notoriety in the swimming boom at Firestone Bay.

Groups are not for everyone and ours is as unstructured as a group can be. Just a WhatsApp group to organise our swimming time so no-one has to swim alone.

” So are you a bobber” is a fairly regular question.

Followed by ” Why are you called Bobbers”

Because mostly we just bob about nattering, some focused swimming is involved, but actually the most valuable thing is the bobbing and nattering. Putting our many worlds to rights and our sense of belonging to a supportive and caring community.