at what had to be the most expensive beach bar i have ever been to, it was his choice though.

tonight we are heading with the beach tent to a local beach and will stay the night there.  we hoped for some surf so that we can have a surf at sunset and again at dawn but the conditions just wont make it happen. still gonna have th enight on the beach with a few beers and a beach tent, looking at the starts and talking completely irrelevant shit.

perfect.

saturday night will head to Lagos for a big night out with all the tourists

got rid of the clifton for the night, lent him the car and sent him off to the other side of portimao.

knowing that soft git, he wont find his way back for days!

last night was so hot , no breeze, today is much the same.  will head for the beach at lunch time

so,

i got to faro airport yesterday to pick alex up, according to his e mail, his flight landed at 17.40 so i left work early and got there at 17.30

one slight problem with alex, at 33, he still hasnt mastered the art of the 24 hour clock, so i was at the airport three hours early – infact i was there while he was still in england!!

we had a surf this afternoon, me alex and james, nothing special but smiles all round.

got stung by two wasps today.  they had made a nest in the door shut of russ´s old renault, when i opened the door, they went into attack mode!  so i nuked em with some tnt carb cleaner!

after such a good session yesterday in just my shorts – they are as sore as hell today!

all those who look at my page but restrict veiwing to theirs!  why?

ok, finally as promised, the remainder of my photos have been uploaded.  Big thanks to Peter in the bubble for his tech help with the upload.

today i bought the 9´1´´ from rob the soap, met james at tonel late afternoon and had a good surf in my shorts.

we then headed for martinhal to the beach bar for coffee and to say hi to isabel.

i had a sneaky feeling we would get a sunset surf at zavial but i was wrong. instead , we had a sneaky half metre at zavial – what a fun day.

so i bought the board from soap , with a 9 inch fin and a board bag for 100 euros, it looks like i may have a buyer for the arkroyal too for 50 euros so all in all a good deal.

Alex – cornwalls No1 faggot arrives tomorrow, looking forward to a week of abuse from him, no doubt he will whinge about the surf all week – nothing ever changes

HAve arranged to go to lisbon and meet with marilia on the 8th july.  i am going by train, which is supposed to be a very pleasant experience here in portugal. it is also less than half the price of going by car.  i will chill out in an air conditioned first class carriage i think – waiter service is included.

will update more as it happens this week,

keep cool

çiao

i promise, will happen this evening and i will load any photos i have left in the camera

ok, been very busy this week but i promise to add the remainder of my photos this weekend and update you on the longboard status.

watch this space!!

Just back from zavial, a nice evening session with a very small wave, warm water and clear skies.  just in my shorts, nothing more.

a small wave that should have tested the board repair but instead it snapped the board again – not my repair i might add but i guess it was just so weak from the two previous repairs.

so i have spoken with rob the soap – he wants 100 euro for the board he leant me.  will check the notice board in the dromedario first but i think this will be an unbeatable price.

so officially , the 10´2´´ is dead.