Empty Waves
Who says there are no empty waves left in North Devon. Scored 2ft offshore Combesgate on Saturday morning this week – totally empty except for the seagulls and myself. Riding the Saltrock Fish, the left hand bank was ‘suckey’ but fun with some nice little moments stored away for the long winter ahead. By mid morning the peak had filled up with some of the other locals and a good banter was enjoyed to fill the gaps in the swell. A fantastic sunset and finally a dry evening saw the family and friends down the bottom of the garden. Deck chairs out, beer in hand, bonfire burning it felt like summer had finally made an appearance! Joel had caught a bass snorkelling off Baggy Point in the afternoon so we wrapped in foil, added some sliced lemons and fresh thyme from the garden and struck it on the BBQ. Mmmmm nothing like the taste of freshly caught fish to the accompaniment of a little bit of Jack Johnson in the background watching the sun go down.
Sunday was dry enough for the kids to skate the quarter pipe in the garden – no chance for a quiet read of the Sunday papers. Words was out in the Neighbourhood that the ramp was in use and the entire population of mini ‘skater dudes’ turned up to chew the fat and pull some moves…. Knarly stuff! New mountain bike arrived mid –week and the evenings are still light enough to get out and about. Took four bikes, two kids and one dog down to Marine drive and cycled along the path the Putsborough for a hot chocolate in the beach café before cycling back again. Everyone slept well that night! A spot of rock pooling on Friday afternoon and a chance to pick up some driftwood washed up by the summer storms. Looking for Lobster on Grunta reef, no luck with the lobsters but disturbed a very grumpy spidercrab! Took the driftwood home to add to our collection. At least that’s one thing the wet and wild summer has provided – a good selection of wood washed up by the summer storms to keep us warm through the winter ahead!
Who says there are no empty waves left in North Devon. Scored 2ft offshore Combesgate on Saturday morning this week – totally empty except for the seagulls and myself. Riding the Saltrock Fish, the left hand bank was ‘suckey’ but fun with some nice little moments stored away for the long winter ahead. By mid morning the peak had filled up with some of the other locals and a good banter was enjoyed to fill the gaps in the swell. A fantastic sunset and finally a dry evening saw the family and friends down the bottom of the garden. Deck chairs out, beer in hand, bonfire burning it felt like summer had finally made an appearance! Joel had caught a bass snorkelling off Baggy Point in the afternoon so we wrapped in foil, added some sliced lemons and fresh thyme from the garden and struck it on the BBQ. Mmmmm nothing like the taste of freshly caught fish to the accompaniment of a little bit of Jack Johnson in the background watching the sun go down.
Sunday was dry enough for the kids to skate the quarter pipe in the garden – no chance for a quiet read of the Sunday papers. Words was out in the Neighbourhood that the ramp was in use and the entire population of mini ‘skater dudes’ turned up to chew the fat and pull some moves…. Knarly stuff! New mountain bike arrived mid –week and the evenings are still light enough to get out and about. Took four bikes, two kids and one dog down to Marine drive and cycled along the path the Putsborough for a hot chocolate in the beach café before cycling back again. Everyone slept well that night! A spot of rock pooling on Friday afternoon and a chance to pick up some driftwood washed up by the summer storms. Looking for Lobster on Grunta reef, no luck with the lobsters but disturbed a very grumpy spidercrab! Took the driftwood home to add to our collection. At least that’s one thing the wet and wild summer has provided – a good selection of wood washed up by the summer storms to keep us warm through the winter ahead!
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