Surfer Blog

It's been an age since I was last at the beach. Time and the sad side of life has been getting in the way this year

Anyway, so long as I don't catch the bug that's going around college, then I sould be good-to-go on Friday for a couple of days of beach and surf fun.

Checked the conditions yesterday and it's actually looking good for a spot of wet action

It's the End of Summer Ball up on the hill but I think I'll give it a miss in favour of a more laid-back weekend. Don't want another hang-over that lasts for half a week. Felt like death for several days after the night out with Marcus the other weekend

Looking forard to the end of the day ....... then it's a week and a day off for me - Yay!

Listening to Ellie Williams. Not my usual music taste but man-alive it's so mellow

Wow, being back in the real world is oh so boring It's not that I haven't got loads to be getting on with but I think the lack of sunshine gets you down

Usually start to struggle as the days get shorter but this time around I'm going to make an effotr to try and avoid letting it get me down. Could have easily sat infront of the TV all last night but at 8pm I managed to get my trainers on and ran to the gym for a quick session ...... felt a lot better for it

Trying to find a weekend that I can hit the beach and have a bit of a surf but it looks as though we have something going on each weekend for the next month or so .... might have to sneak off for a quick session when I'm down visiting mum. Also trying to work out if I should enter the Blenheim Triathlon next year. I'd be ok with the traning (probably fit enough to do it already) but I'm a little short on kit ..... triathlon wetty and racing bike

Going to give up with this computer in a minute as everytime I touch the mouse, the brouser seems to refresh and deletes my entry ...... Grrrrr!

Anyway, Santorini is amazing. Beatiful in an extreme sort of way. As an extinct volcanoe it isn't traditionally beautiful but it is amazing. We took a sail boat around the old volcano the other evening. Just off the boat and into the warm sulphur springs - which turned us all Homer Simpson yellow and then watched the annual Volcano Fireworks (lucky to be here for that event).

Plans for later in the week ..... walk up the mountain that surrounds us, get a bus into the capital and even possibly hire a quad to expore the coast line.

Oh yeh ...... building a tan (very important).

Man alive, a 3yr old and 7yr old are fun but hard work .. .. although as Uncle, it was pretty much Go-Go for the 3-4 days they stayed over. Teaching Mark to skateboard in the rain was moist but fun (followed by a hot choc in the Broadface). Going swimming with both Mark and Joe was rewarding - especially the second time, when Joe was really getting into his swimming/splashing around. The 'special trip' to Woburn Safari Park also went down very well. A Black Bear pretty much nudged the car as it wandered pass and the monkey (actually there were two) on the roof was a real highlight

At one point I ran to the gym prior to Lisa and the boys joining me for a swim in the pool. The idea was that they walked to the sport centre after a 10-minute delay to give me some time for a workout. Apparently the boys couldn't wait and so were out of the door pretty much 60seconds after I had left and then ran/dashed after me. Even the girl at the desk commented on the short length of my gym session Again .... little guys are time consuming

I think as they get bigger, I'm going to need a bigger apartment as suddenly a two-bedroom apartment feels really small when it's shared with two noisey boys

They're back home with their mum and dad now. Hopefully Mark will keep his skateboarding practice going and his dad will take him swimming from time-to-time

Going to have the a mellow day, with out having to worry about entertaining two little lads .... Yay!