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

I'm still here but to be honest, there's just not a lot going on

Work is bloody busy and the weather is starting to turn to winter (wow, the wind is strong and for the first time, I would actually say that it's cold out there ).

Times are still very sad and I'm really starting to miss dad. The fact that life just carries on is one of the hardest things to get use to It was mums birthday today but I can't say that it's a happy day for her, The first birthday she will be celebrating on her own for 40yrs.

Hey ho .... life goes on. Think I'll go out for a beer or two after the gym

Take care y'all.

Went to a BBQ at Steve's new house last night (great house) and even though I enjoyed the entire evening, it was a culture shock Apart from a couple of the guys, all but Lisa and I have kids! If they weren't running about (being followed by their relevant dad) or playing with Tilly, they were being passed from arm to arm. I personally spent about 30-mins with Amy (Steve and Kates little one) on the grass, while she sucked and slobbered all over me and my thumb.

As I said, it was a great evening (although I might have had a cider or two too many ) but it was a first for me ..... to have almost as many kids as adults.

How things change ........ good times

The last month at work has been a complete blur! To be honest I think it was pretty pointless me being there .... apart from being a body to fill a classroom

Anyway, the summer is now upon me and I am so relieved that I can just have a few laid-back days to myself. Have loads to actually do (work/DIY etc) but I'm going to take my time getting into it

Think I'm pretty much over my mini-swine-flu case. With just 4 weeks 'til we head to Santorini I need to get back into my training Think I might even be healthy enough to hit the gym this evening .... Lisa tells me I should gibe 'body balance' a go. I usually do general running, cardio and weights, so a bit of core stretching etc would actually be a good idea but I fear it might be a tad outside of my usual comfort zone



Some quality rain hitting the ground here at the moment. One advatage to having the 2nd level apartment .... you can stand on the balcony in the dry and feel part of any weather that is happening. Thunder storms are ace!














Luckily the surf is completely blown-out at the moment back in Devon, so I'm not missing anything (apart from ) -

SATURDAY: 1-3ft - Messy with light to moderate onshore winds.
WINDS: 10-15mph Westerly.
WEATHER: Cloudy with sunny spells, should stay dry.
TEMP: 17-19C.
TIDES: 7.5m.
LOW: - 8.45am.
HIGH: - 3pm.
LOW: - 9.30pm.

SUNDAY: 1-3ft - Messy with light to moderate onshore winds.
WINDS: 8-12mph Westerly.
WEATHER: Mixed bag of sunshine and showers.
TEMP: 18-20C.
TIDES:8.0m.
LOW: - 10.10am.
HIGH: - 4.15pm.
LOW: - 10.45pm.

OK, it's now almost been two weeks since I was with dad when he passed but I can't say it's getting any easier. Midnight on a Friday and I'm up listening to tunes and drinking whiskey ..... can't say that was a habit prior to teh last couple of weeks
Man, I miss him