Saturday and the wind pulled round to southerlies, offering a warm wind and a decent swell size and period. Taking a trip up the coast I drove through fog, low cloud and bright sunshine almost every few minutes. There were a few guys in at the point sharing some mid size waves. It was great to watch them in the …
His and Hers
View PostMidwinter Blues
December and early January saw a weather pattern that remained in place for weeks. Storms heading south from high in the North Atlantic swept straight across the country, and we on the west coast seemed to take the brunt of it. Huge seas with such strong winds that the sea scape was a swirling mix of white, greys and blues. …
And still swells keep pouring in
This has been one of the best runs of surf I can remember, with autumn swells back to back and the predominant wind from the south. Warm temperatures have remained constant, and every few days the swell picks back up and the points, bomboras and sheltered spots light up again. This is from last weekend, a seldom breaking wave that …
A late autumnal afternoon
View PostPoint Surf
We have had a great run of surf all autumn, so much so that I have not had much time for any other interests. Full service should be resumed shortly. In the meantime here are a couple of shots of Chris Hartop on his mini simmons. Chris makes boardsocks, handplanes, and surfboards. Here he is jamming down a windswept wall …
The Joker
Recently Tim Stafford leant me one of his boards, a 9’0 longboard with a bonzer tail and shovel nose, called ‘The Joker’ Having never ridden a bonzer I was interested to feel how the tail set up rode in the water. Generally with a longboard I prefer a single fin. Whenever I ride a 3 fin setup I find it …
Old Smithy Surf Invitational
Autumnal days in Welcombe and the Old Smithy Surf Competition.
fishing 6 miles out of Newquay
[slickr-flickr tag=”newquay”] Yesterday I went fishing off Newquay, caught a nice big bunch of black bream. Great fishing, you feel them on the line and then pull up ever so gently or they will slip off the hook. Happy day. looking forward to finding two nice people to share them with- pan fried and a beurre noisette anyone?
a jaunt around cornwall and devon looking for wells
This was a great find, a silver chalice, had been left, glimmering under the cool water. Some wells are well kept, some are lost, some can just be worked out, almost lost under foliage. Their history is tantalisingy obscured, full of half hidden meaning and legends. I have researched and searched all over the counties of Devon and Cornwall …