We wake up to discover that Andy Murray has won the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon. Congratulations to him. It is fantastic for a Brit to have finally gotten another victory in the event there. I am sure Fred Perry would be pleased.
I am up with the sun and sort us some supplies for bacon and egg rolls to get Neil and I off to a flying start. After enjoying that we get the van rigged properly for the next week and can see that the waves aren’t up to much locally, so we drive north to Newcastle in the sunshine.
The beach is right in the centre of town and there are a few people out so I don’t need much encouragement to get into my wetsuit even if the waves are not huge.
Neil hasn’t got much board time under his belt so sits this one out, getting a few pictures of me in the water instead.
I have been having far too many technical woes of late so don’t take my camera out with me, because I couldn’t cope with another failure today! (As an aside here Neil deserves an award for his patience in this regard over the next few days. I reiterate that he wouldn’t have believed the problems I have been having if he hadn’t seen it himself, but it isn’t his fault and with more patience than I deserve he deals with the grumpiest of surf bloggers for a few days until things settle down.)
The waves were ok at Newcastle and I caught at least my share whilst in the water for a couple of hours, but they were far from anything special. The biggest thing of note was the current which kept dragging me towards the rocks at the north end of the bay. I had it covered though and enjoyed myself in the midday sun before rejoining Neil in the van.
Neil is at the wheel today so once I have dried off he drives us all the way up to Tuncurry where we stay the night in a camp site there. We also go out in search of some fun, but manage only a cheap meal in the sports club there. However it was a great first day to get Neil in the spirit of things.
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