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Hallowe’en surf trip 2022
We had a blast. In the end there were 27 of us staying at Retorrick Mill. The weather was a real mixed bag. Saturday morning the waves were a bit sketchy and the current was insane, but a few of us went in in the afternoon also and found some good ones, while the others…
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Trip to the Steam Rally?!
It’s not normally top of our activity list – we try to do active, exciting and sometimes ‘extreme’ things… but, we went on one of our regular surf weekends to Mawgan Porth last weekend and it turns out THE thing going on locally was The Annual Mawgan Porth Steam Rally… we had to go. There…
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Boardmasters weekend
OMG – Boardmasters is a cool festival. Perched on the clifftop above Watergate Bay this has to be one of the most beautiful, dramatic, epic settings for a music festival. And we are going to be there (7th Aug 2020). Well, at least the Saturday. Which (in my opinion) has the BEST lineup; Kings of…
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Surfing, the next step
Loads of people go surfing – have a few lessons, stand up, ride into the beach, in the frothy water, in a straight line. Completed it mate… not quite. This is the first step though and brilliant fun that it is, you’ve work to do before people will mistake you for Kelly Slater. The next…
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Shall I buy a wetsuit?
If you are going in the water regularly (particularly in the UK) you should definitely get your own wetsuit. The better the fit, the warmer you’ll be and the better time you’ll have in the sea / lake / river / puddle. Also, there are two types of people in this world: those who pee…
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Learn to surf in the UK
We just got back from one of our weekends away to Cornwall – there was 28 of us! A bigger crew than normal, I think due to the fact it was May bank holiday and the campsite we stay at hosted the Chill at the Mill festival. Frankly it was epic. Our normal surf weekends…
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chill at the mill
Music festivals are two-a-penny these days and with the big ones meaning large price tags, long walks, rubbish camping, long queues and miniscule views… I’ve gone off them. Luckily for us there is a tiny (some might say boutique) festival that for us is how a festival should be. Chill at the Mill is held…
