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 !!