good on him
Sounds like a good trip. Plus aurora! Did you go up and back on the east side? Too knackered for bouldering?Try outer hebs next time. Best wave quality / crowd ratio in Europe I reckon.
Your last comment about crowds is probably the reason why us northerners get pissed off with groups coming up from Cornwall. 15 people IS busy, especially on the reefs and they wont handle many more people. When pasties turn up they just think is quite so all paddle straight in.If you remember its not Cornwall and that 15 is a crowd you will get on fine up here and Scotland.
And re the Hebs i disagree with Chris about the surf, its much better on the north coast, more consistent and with better options for the wind. I have been to the Hebs a few times and its never lived up to the hype yet. Too wild and windy. Amazing place though but if your wanting to surf hit the North.
Quote from: gme on April 22, 2014, 02:23:26 pmYour last comment about crowds is probably the reason why us northerners get pissed off with groups coming up from Cornwall. 15 people IS busy, especially on the reefs and they wont handle many more people. When pasties turn up they just think is quite so all paddle straight in.If you remember its not Cornwall and that 15 is a crowd you will get on fine up here and Scotland.Yes fair point but to be fair whenever there were more than 6-7 people on a break we left it and moved on, plus when we did go in we made sure we didn't all paddle out at once and always gave way to folk already on it. Sorry Ben i didnt intend to come over critical of you. I was more commenting on how its easy for people from the SW to think its quiet up north as you are all used to the zoo like waves in the SW. My point was more an observation of how quiet these waves are, we never surfed with more than 2-3 other people in the water even on a sunny easter weekend with pumping waves
many thanks gme - plus it seems to have a large bloc sat out the back in the dunes, bonus
Newquay is easily avoided, plenty of other beaches get good surf and have hire stuff available; Croyde, Bude, Sennen, etc etc etc. In fact hard to throw a stick in the SW and not hit a surf school. Can combine it wit h a bit of climbing too, just bear in mind skin gets soft in the sea, and "gritrash" stings like buggery in salt water. Septemeber is a good time too, the mob has gone home after summer, but often good waves, and water not yet too cold.