Update: added these two pictures by Chris.
Just got back from surfing in West
Cork county. I rented a car with my housemate's Brazilian friend, G., another addicted to surfing : )
After some needed adjustment to driving on the left side of the road (thank god I had a co-pilot to remind me I had to stay on the left side every time I turned into a new street!), we got to Cork city and took a walk and had dinner with G.'s sweet Brazilian friend, at whose place we stayed. G. and I went surfing in Long Strand today. The conditions were good enough (offshore wind) and I manage to catch a few nice waves, although my feet got cold quite soon and it could barely feel my board after taking off and standing on it. My new wetsuit and rash-guard worked wonderfully and my body was perfectly warm. G. had some trouble coming out to the line-up, esp. because he didn't have a hood and his head couldn't handle going into the water... so he ended up giving up and staying ashore this time.
I guess the average wave was at least chest-high, because most looked shoulder-high and a few bigger than that at their breaking point. The smallest wave I caught and rode for a while was waist high at its smallest sections –that one would have taken me all the way to the shore if I hadn't pulled out to avoid having to paddle back out all the way facing the white waters again. The biggest wave I caught, at least head-high, was the first one, though I fell off of it when I stepped on my leash at the take off : (
After surfing we went back to Cork city and hang out with D. and ate some pizza to recover energy after the surf. Cork looked like a nice place last night, and so it did today at dusk.
The scenery driving in Cork and West Cork was beautiful, both the tiny, winding roads and the open areas surrounded by fields, farms, castles and trees. It was also sunny on and off, and overall we had a great time : )
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