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Happy New Year to the blogosphere, here's hoping 2012 will bring lots of interesting photo commissions, surf and storms. Before all that though, here's a quick glance back to the Christmas Day swim at Sennen. The only shot I got was this one from the road leading down to the Cove because we were stuck in a traffic jam. Normally this time of year Sennen lacks only tumbleweeds for the classic 'deserted town' feel. Christmas Day saw the car park overflowing, and the road across the front lined both sides with seemingly abandoned vehicles. Several hundred people made the 'swim' ( more exactly a screaming, lemming-like plunge up to the knees followed by hours of shivering) with several hundred more encouraging them on with their madness.
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Sennen on Christmas Day |
The swell was good enough to tempt a few surfers in too.
So what's new for the New Year, I hear myself ask ? Some interesting portrait jobs coming up for Cornwall Today, including artists, pilots, and the RNLI, storm chasing for the national papers, plus an intriguing surf trip to a hitherto unexplored surfing area abroad (unexplored by me anyway), with reports promised once the need for secrecy has passed.
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Christmas in Portreath |
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Portreath harbour |
Today myself and a couple of friends managed to surf a spot which I've been eyeing up for years, a walling right point, which despite certain access problems, a strong rip, howling wind and spray, with glaring sun blotting out the sneaker sets, still managed to instill in me a massive sense of achievement, since I only know of about five others that have surfed this rare beast. Six to eight foot walls wound down the point, with only three of us out. A great start to the year, here's hoping the rest of the year is as exciting.
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