Surfing improvement

Had a great surf yesterday down at my local beach, Whipsiderry. The wave was small and clean, the water was warm and there were only about 15 other surfers out in the line-up, so loads of room for everyone! It was very beautiful out there in the water. As a surfer, you see aspects of […]

What dropping out means to me

I’ve just come across a very thoughtful essay about “dropping out” by a chap called Ran Prieur. It chimes with a lot of things I have been thinking about in recent days. I don’t always agree with or entirely understand everything in the essay but it is so good (and all too rare) to be […]

Paying yourself first

My current temping assignment is coming to an end and I have decided to have a week off before going back to work. I had been planning to go straight on to another assignment. But even though I could do with the money, getting caught up in yet another 9-to-5 maelstrom is so not the […]

Property development in Newquay

The local paper this week has done a big spread on all the luxury, multi-million pound development that is going on in Newquay. Now that the season is over, construction work is starting in earnest. Two companies in particular, Acorn and Penpol have spent millions buying up sites in the town for development. Most of […]

From temping hell to temping heaven

Well, not quite heaven, but good enough. I started a new temping job in Truro a couple of weeks ago and it couldn’t be more different from my last experience. Everyone is relaxed and friendly and best of all, they genuinely seem to think I am doing a good job - which is a huge […]

Sea fishing off Newquay

Recently I went fishing for the first time - sea angling, to be precise. I booked on one of the regular trips out of Newquay harbour. Our boat was the Mystique with her skipper Wayne, a nice chap. I was the only woman on board out of a group of fourteen. Most of the guys […]

Another coasteer and close encounter with a seal

Did a full day of coasteering today. Rich and Phil from Breathe Adventure were taking out an army regiment from Southampton and invited me to tag along. I must be some kind of adventure activity charity case…..but I’m not complaining! Last time we left rather late so the tide was not high enough to do […]

New surfboard christened today

I took my new board out today, even though the surf is rubbish. I thought I might as well get it wet and paddle around a bit. I did try paddling into a few waves but I still suck at this. The conditions were not ideal but I just wasn’t getting enough speed. Practise, practise! […]

The 2007 season is over

We’ve hit September and the season is over, as suddenly as nightfall in the desert. It builds and builds from Easter onwards until the peak on the August bank holiday weekend - and then everyone goes home. I was out in Newquay a couple of weeks ago and the bars were packed. Last night I […]

A bad moment

How do I say this? I am having a bad moment. I had a temp job for a couple of days with a solicitors in Truro. I thought it was all going fine but I found out on Friday afternoon from my recruitment consultant that they were really unhappy with me. I have no idea […]