Paddle Round the Pier - Part 2

So Saturday and Sunday saw our first visit to paddle round the pier in Brighton. We had a great weekend with our friends Danny and Sheri (who have a wicked Type 3 Fastback!).

It all started off for real on Friday when we headed down to The Witterings in what turned out to be an ambitious desire to get in the sea. After a pleasant few hours on the beach, laughing at a chav on a body board, we headed back to Brighton and took a look at the Hot Pipe for a surf. Although small, it was consistent and there were a fair few locals in. Danny hadn't surfed there before even though he has lived in the area for years. So boardies and vest were adourned and we had a great hour or so in the water :) Pizzas and a couple of brewskis in the evening almost instantly made me sleep (which seemed to be a theme for me for the whole weekend - falling asleep that is!).

We headed down to the festival on Saturday after a nice lazy morning. What a cracking event and all for free! There were quite a few exhibitors there, bands playing all day until 10 at night and a fair few things you could have a go at yourself - again free (albeit for a small donation to charity). There were a few guys from a parkour club called Urban Athletics. They were good :)

I think this bad boy belonged to Ocean Sports...

The RNLI did a demo rescue later in the day. It was slightly delayed as they had to go out with the helicopter to perform a real rescue - eek!

The weather was superb as well. The sea was rough and although Brighton Watersports were offering free (small charity donation) use of SUPs and kayaks, they had to stop as the surf was pounding the beach and was pretty difficult to get in and out of the sea. Quite amusing to watch though :)

The evening required a quick trip to a supermarket to get some bangers and burgers as the Brighton Watersports crew and the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club were throwing a "B" and as Danny and Sheri knew them we tagged along ;)

Sunday saw us heading down to the festival again and there was an Animal Relentless bike tour show on. Pretty impressive stuff! We ate jerk chicken and watched the world go by...

Obviously, in the evening, there was a major requirement to have a quick tasting at the Harveys pub :)

An excellent weekend!

ooh! Forgot to mention these guys at Balsa Surfers. Makers of fine balsa surfboards and fins. Truly gorgeous boards and their fins are an inspiration to me!