The Tsunami cup - a charity comp/ fundraiser at Porthcawl was postponed due to lack of swell but down the coast at Swansea - Baefest was kicking off once more!
I know a few otl'ers had some of their photography featured and others were selling their wares so hope it went well for everyone.
'Baefest' beach festival got under way on Saturday down in Swansea Bay and the guys were hoping for a new surfers chain world record attempt.
152 surfers turned up and there are some lovely shots floating around. Here's one from Alun Morris Jones:
You can see more on my BBC Wales Nature blog
Autumn is definitely here. My pears are dropping like flies now so if anyone has any good recipes - let me know!
Seems a shame to drive the lawn mower them so I'm picking as many as I can.
I woke up today to a lovely sunrise, not a breath of wind but you could definitely sense a change coming.
The clouds were stirring and there was a wintry light to the skies over the Bristol channel and as they say only a surfer knows the feeling...
The forecast is okay for the next few days with a decent NW swell tracking in over Ireland and 'lightish' onshore winds.
The low heads North up towards Bloody Forelands and over to Scotland fairly quickly so it will be a short window of opportunity for us surfers in South Wales.
On Saturday I managed to claim my bike back from the spiders living in my garage although the word 'garage' is probably a slight exaggeration.
It was a close run thing for a while - one man against such stiff opposition!
But eventually my stiff bristled broom got the better of the bigger arachnids and they slowly retreated back to the dark corners from where they came.
I saw one beast that was the circumference of my hand! scurrying away. It looked like a bloody huntsman spider!
So I'm guessing that's the big, bad one I have to have my final show down with at the end of the film...
If I can find a bike pump, I'll begin my sortis down to the beach using pedal power this week!
Which is not only greener but should equate to more more water time for me, as I won't be walking the 30 mins (there n back to the break)
That's it for now. There should be a few more updates from now on as we finally get some surf.
Gull
