Sennen and surfing

Hey guys,

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted anything in about 5 weeks but I've been really busy and I'm currently in Cornwall on holiday.

I've been surfing pretty much every day this week, and the temperature has been in excess of 30 degrees and in some places over 40, which is ridiculous because this is England for gods sake. There hasn't been any wind so there is no other way to escape the heat other than the sea, which has been between 16 and 20 degrees. It's nice but it makes me regret bringing my winter wetsuit which is 5:4:3 (that's the thickness in mm, so at the thickest parts it will be 5mm and at the thinnest 3mm). 

We're currently driving up to Newquay to go to a surfboard factory to get my new board and Ellie will be pleased to know that I've finally decided what I want to put on my board! I've been stuck on that since march/April. There's this artist who does these pictures of surf in Hawaii and they're really nice and pretty simple images.

Her website is

www.heatherbrownart.com

I've been surfing with Sennen Surfing Centre this week and I've got more sessions next week so I'm happy. The surf instructors there are fantastic, and if you are looking for somewhere to learn to surf I would highly recommend sennen! After going there for 3 years in a row I have a lot of banter with the surf instructors, the topic this year is mostly my purple (now lilac because of the sun) hair which has one of the surf instructors borrowing my hair dye. Last year it was one of the instructor's hair (it looks like Justin bieber's hair). Yesterday I had to take the warm up session with another girl to see if we had what it takes to be a surf instructor, apparently we do!

I'm getting a Penny Skateboard and I think I'm going to get a white deck, turquoise wheels and either black or white trucks? (I believe that's what they're called).

I'm really excited because my parents are looking at cottages over here as holiday homes, so I can come back every summer and go surfing which is sick! Next year I'll be able to drive so my mum is making me do an advanced driving test so that I'll be able to drive over here. 

Speak to you soon!

G

xxx

Prom!!

Hey guys,

How are you guys? In case you're wondering, I'm great! Sorry I haven't posted in ages, I have been so tired! And sorry that my last post was a massive rant! So, last night was our prom and it was ok, well spending time with my friends was amazing and we they were enjoying dancing, a lot. I on the other hand don't dance and feel awkward dancing but that's just me. It could have been better, however we were not allowed to drink while we were there, which, I think, could have lifted the mood a little bit. We had it at a castle on an island off the coast of Guernsey. Slightly odd choice of venue but I wasn't on prom committee so it wasn't my choice. A friend and I actually decided the things that could have made it better.

It would have been better if :
- we were allowed to drink. Now, I'm not much of a drinker (I know my limits) but we thought that the mood could have been lifted if there was alcohol there although some would have definitely drunk too much and could have ruined it but we probably would have drunk until we were merry. :)
- the weather had been nicer. The weather throughout the day wasn't that great, so if it had been nicer we probably would have been happier, as by the time we left it was freezing!
-there wasn't that much wind. Seriously, the wind last night was a mofo, it was really strong and really cold. Especially after it got dark.
- it was at a different venue. As cool as it was having it at castle cornet, if we had had it at another venue we would have been allowed to drink, plus the mood just didn't feel quite right, as castle cornet is now a museum., It felt a bit like, you touch anything, you die!

Other than that it was amazing and I got to talk to someone I hadn't seen for ages, we were chatting for over an hour! Which was good.

Speak to you later :)

G
xxx

Sorry

Hey,

Sorry I haven't posted anything in over a week but sleep has definitely been evading me, and after nineteen exams, now one left, you'd think I would be embracing sleep. There was a thunderstorm last night at one in the morning, right outside my window, then I remembered that I had forgotten to lock the door to my house. It resulted in me sprinting down the stairs to the front door, locking it, then sprinting upstairs again. Sounds paranoid? I know, I am, but I'm scared of a lot of things (mostly heights) and it makes me panic. But my friend and I will be sorting out some stuff today so there will probably be some videos appearing on YouTube throughout next week!

G

xx

Ps. I do have acrophobia