Wednesday 22 June 2011

chasing the dragon


On present evidence we seem to have had much of our summer sometime in April, it certainly was a better month for sun and swell than june so far. I spent a week of it on the pembrokeshire coast, a little surfing snuck in on a family break with my parents and sister.

 Most of my childhood holidays were in this part of wales. I rode my first wave on a polystyrene bodyboard at saundersfoot (quite how it got even knee high waves in summer i'm not sure!) first became aware of people actually surfing and it's really here that my love affair with the beach got started. Ironically i've only properly surfed up here a couple of times and i can honestly say it's the first time i've ever seen Newgale without blustery 4 foot onshore slop. This time i lucked into some quiet logging waves and light winds, both there and at Whitesands. It's a beautiful part of our coastline and it was fun to revisit, fun to go somewhere different than the well worn track down the A39

2 comments:

Steve PP said...

ha ha! I remember some of the first " Dawn patrol" paddles in the sea with my Mum and brother at Tenby, in my parents' old Dormobile, good memories indeed!

Anonymous said...

Funny that CP, bought my first 'Coolite' at Rhossili in 82. Also camped in my parents Dormobile, visiting rellies in Merthyr Tydfil. Happy Days !

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