Ok enough's enough!

Winter.. I love and hate it pretty equally the same amount. This winter has really tested that theory, on one hand its been pretty much the best winter of waves i can remember (2 months of constant lynmouth before christmas followed by pretty much constant offshore swells on the main beaches since anyone?). On the other it has easilly been the consistently coldest winter i can remember - and this with all the new fangled wetsuit gimmicks coupled with not getting changed at the beach since december, its still been bloody freezing.

Its this time of year that really starts to hit home, holes in boots from walking over (and getting dragged over) rocks too much, wet, unwashed wetsuits starting to feel the burn of constant use and a new car that has a top heating temparature of just above zero!

However me and Ash came up with a theory to overcome this today (no, not going to bali for jan - april) basically wear your shit old winter stuff until january then break out the new gear for feb and march -that way you might be slightly warmer for the coldest time of year.... simples!

Moan over and no doubt i'll be blowing a bloody gasket come july when its been flat for 3 weeks and begging for winter to arrive.

Charley 'local celebrity*' Charlesworth over and out!

* source: North Devon Journal 18/02/2010 !!

A day in leau....

So this weekend promised much and pretty much delivered on all counts! Surfed a fun little slab (as pictured) on Saturday with just one mate and got some nice little barrels in the process.

Then in the evening my band played a private party at the blue groove in Croyde, unfortunately this is where things took a turn for the worse. The gig was great, we all rocked out but i got over excited and maybe injested slightly more alcohol than required. This meant Sunday was a day in leau (a day with surf but a no surf day) i looked at it but couldn't summon the energy to enter the frey. Sometimes this is a good thing as it fired me right back up for today. On a subnote, does anyone know when its going to warm up round here, my feet seem to have developed permanent frost bite!!

Over and out.

To beard or not to beard....

So with no waves to speak of for almost a week now its got me thinking about other things... such as beards! I love growing a beard (or hate shaving, not sure quite which) but i'm getting to the stage where i have to question whether to go forward with this bad boy or call it a day. Thing is, beards are great for winter water time face protection, my girlfriend quite likes it and it has that kind of 'rough and ready' image that you kinda think is quite 'ard!! But on the other hand it makes me look more of a hobbo at work than i already am and its starting to itch my chinny chi chin off.

What to do, or what not to do.. or if this is all i actually have to worry about then maybe the question should be.... WHERE IS THE BLOODY SURF???? over and out!

Floating Around....

Remember the days of sun and waves? When are they coming back...

The start of something big.....?

My first post as a blogger! Here it is, i've boredly jumped on the blog bandwagon started by Lloydy and have become a blogger. Expect few updates, no pictures and occasional illiterate musings when i've had a good surf or something.

Stay tuned.....