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28 June 2006

Windsurfing

Windsurfing

I had a busy but bloody good weekend. I appear to have taken up windsurfing, we went for the second time last weekend. We did our RYA Course a couple of weeks ago and now just hire the boards / wetsuits with FC Watersports down in Poole Bay by the Sandbanks Hotel.

Windsurfs are classified by volume. It seems that larger volume and larger boards are used for beginners. We started for the RYA starter course with 240, which are big wide boards which are more difficult to fall off. We were on the intermediate 180 boards which, with a tad more wind, certainly go forward a lot faster.

Many of my earliest memories are of being on the beach in France watching my father windsurf. Its nice to keep up the family tradition! Our wetsuits have been delivered and I can’t wait to go again. The only problem is that it certainly makes you feel stiff the next day!

I went to a BBQ at my little brother’s and stayed there for the rest of weekend. I took him, Andy Muggeridge et al geocaching and left both of them looking at buying gps units!

Work is rather hellishly busy at the moment and I’m looking forward to qualifying in September. Natty appears to be enjoying her new employment and seems to be coping with the daily commute to Blandford (the town built by the brothers Bastard!). We still haven’t done much in the way of wedding organisation, but looking forward to going off to Tallinn half way through July.

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