I reminded myself of Batgirl today. It wasn't because I was stylishly carving S bends on the face of waves, and it wasn't because I was doing the grapevine along my board, hanging ten, then doing the grapevine back. It was because I had a child on the beach eating their breakfast before school while I went surfing!
She poured her hot milk out of the thermos, sugared the weetbix and contentedly sat in the light of the rising sun and ate brekky. God love her, then she did her homework! Thats the kind of place we live in. One person walked past with a dog, the noisy swimmers (you know who I mean?) were down the beach a little, and other than that, the place was ours.
Of course Champagnekate caught the first and best wave, while middle child and I watched in awe. Her hair was blown back by the speed of the wave and we just saw her disappear off towards shore. Noice.
What of the Acturvs? Where are you Cathy? Can you post...or comment? Post a picture if you can.
Had a surf in the middle of Blackie the other afternoon. Husband (bless im) rang me at work to tell me he was going surfing with Middle Child. I was to get home quick and run down the beach in my wettie, then he would give me his board and he would run home in order to go and pick up Youngest from school excursion. Franbaby saw me run off down the road like a mad woman and politely refrained from telling me that Id forgotten my board. :) Its days like these...
SM
Ah, sound just lovely, i was still in bed, thinking would i surf today.... but decided tide was too low.... bugger had to do other things instead..... You go girls!
ReplyDeleteWe had a few waves on Tuesday - which has been declared by other's as Ladies Day! Yes we have a 60+ x-surfer thinking about joining us!
Julie tried a real surfboard - yep a 9'2" fiber glass one and was making turns on a wave - "commented that she didn't know she could do it"
Miss You Surfermum and yes I saw you cracking a fast run past the house down the beach without surfboard - thought you'd gone mad! or madder, by the time i got there it was all finished..... just keep running girls.
see you next Ladies Day!
Annie