It is nice to have the boards with you when you travel even if at times you're tempted to throw them them overboard and be done with the burden of lugging them around. While in England, after spending some time in London seeing some cool sites and doing some speaking engagements, we ended up at the coast later in Cornwall and found not only some beautiful sunny days—quite rare in England—but also a nice swell running with glassy, fun conditions. We grabbed our boards and headed out for a fun unexpected surf session on the English waves. Traveling with a board can be a pain like I said—at times I thought why not just throw it in the Thames and be done with the burden—however, when you come across some fun waves in these little nooks and crannies you are glad you have your own equipment. A few waves here and there definitely refreshes things. At that time the grace you experience in the waves make all the enduring you’ve gone through carrying the blasted things around worthwhile.
We got some killer offshore wind conditions later on in Devon that were reminiscent of our California Santa Ana winds; however, without the ten thousand people surfing it at the same time like in So Cal that happens every time an offshore wind slightly blows. Offshore conditions with only a handful of people out felt a little strange but no complaints here while pulling into a few bowls.
We headed out and met with a friend in Wales and got lost on the Welsh roads afterwards. While trying to find our way back to the right road we somehow, by the sheer grace of God, ended up at a great surfing pointbreak which had waves similar to San Miguel in Mexico and grabbed a few fun Welsh pointbreak zippers--a real gift after getting so lost! We even got some surf on the East Coast later, around Newcastle. Pretty amazing!
SURF, SOUNDS, AND SCENES OF SCOTLAND
Getting a few fun one's along with some great scenery further up north.
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