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 […]

Rip Curl Boardmasters Finals at Fistral beach

Newquay has been hosting its most high profile festival this week: the RipCurl Boardmasters, a heady mix of surf, skate, music and chicks in bikins. I’ve only popped my head round the door a couple of times this week but I thought I would go down to Fistral for the finals.

First up was the surfing […]

Coasteering in Newquay

Yesterday I tried coasteering for the first time. Coasteering is about making your way along a coastline, exploring and having fun. You get from A to B by a combination of swimming and scrambling over the rocks. Every so often you stop to jump off the rocks from as high as you dare or explore […]

Surfing and kitesurfing

Went down to Fistral Beach on Sunday to watch a surfing competition, held in memory of a local surfer, Adam “Spike” Goode, who died a few years ago in a mountain-boarding accident. It was a pretty chilled contest really. The waves weren’t much good but the surfers made the best of it. In surfing competitions […]

My first outdoor climb

Today was a big first for me - my first outdoor climb. I have been climbing on indoor walls for about six months, so I know some basic technique and how to belay, but that’s about it. I got a phone call on Friday night from a guy I met at the local climbing wall […]