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When in doubt, do it anyway!
... the next morning after yet another French breakfast and ride around town back to Blaye.
Lessons I learnt: We often wonder if we could do something or not and a thought of doubt can stop us so quickly dead in our tracks when all we need to do is just get in the water or get on the bike and amaze ourselves!! I'm excited to still amaze myself many times more over during the next three months and maybe I can also say one day: "Look Mom, no hands!!
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Narly surfing time dude!
... deeper water and it massively freaked me out! Tried to swim back into shallower water but was no where near strong enough! I have such a huge amount of 'respect' for the sea and the big animals in it that I am very much scared of it! If my Dad/ Si or an inflatable isn't there to hang onto then I'm not great. Give me a pool any day :) any way I got back in after being pushed into better water by Si and we went back to sunbathe. ...
Still no Narly Surfing!!!
... my coaching.. We took the bikes for a spin before dinner to the main touristy bit by the first campsite we were going to stop at to have a wander around and a bit of a mooch!!! We looked in a few souvinery shops and some of the surfy shops but found nothing that really took our fancy. We had a good wander for over an hour and then thought it was probably a good time to get back to get some dinner sorted, we're gonna get our glad rags on tomorrow and go out ...
Happy Birthday Jimmy!!!!
... as inn Lorna's last 20 mins it had started pelting it down again even harder than it had done all night, it wasn't as much of an issue for me as I was in the sea cooling down playing in the massive waves!!! After our run we headed back for showers and while I completed Man-ly outdoor duties of building a Damn to make sure the rising water that was imminently about to flood our tent, Lorna sorted out an eggy bread breakfast. As there wasn't much else we could do we ...
Off to the Surfing Capital!!!
... and we managed to get a spot, pitch was good, one thing we have found is that all beach side sites, the pitches are much smaller than others and they really cram you in but we did manage to pitch the awning without any trouble and still got space around us so all OK!! We cracked the beers open and played some celebratory cards and ping pong after that which smashed Lorna at but she is getting better!!! We also had a wander to the beach ...
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