Gwilym's Adventure Blog

After a morning of admin, I headed to Sennen for a surf with the SUP. I was in the water for a few hours and had one of the biggest wipeouts I have had for some time. Complete nose dive with a 10' 6" board. Fortunately it is inflatable so the collision I had with it was no great deal. The water clarity was amazing and a number of times I tried to swim down to the bottom that I could see so clearly but the leash stopped me short. With 40 mins left on the parking ticket, I popped round to the crag and soloed a route I had not done before. Seniors Route (Diff) was a nice little number to climb on sight and I got back to the vehicle with 8 minutes to spare. To be honest I now regret not putting another hour on and doing a few more of the low grade routes but as the aim for the day was a surf, even 1 route was a bonus.

Working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd in the sun down in Torbay with Marcus for a 1:1 SUP experience. We had a paddle round Thatcher Rock and the Shag Rock before heading round under London Bridge to Torquay Harbour. On the way back we looked at pivot turns which were a little tricky in the irregular swell and the increasing wind before visiting the café at the end of Meadfoot Beach.

As winter is having a little holiday and Scotland is warm and summer like, Rich and I headed to Cummingston on the Moray coast for some easy stress free seaside cragging. 7 routes climbed during the day with the obligatory coffee and cake afterwards. You know it will be a good day when there is a slide from the car park down to the old railway line (pic one) which we obviously had to use on the 5 min walk in