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Grey Skies, Green Waves

A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland

By (author) Tom Anderson
Genres: Travel writing
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Imprint: Summersdale Publishers
Published: 7th Jun 2010
Dimensions: w 132mm h 189mm d 23mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN-10: 1849530416
ISBN-13: 9781849530415
Barcode No: 9781849530415
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Synopsis
So this is surfing in Britain, I told myself as I grumpily walked up a slope of wet rocks and wispy beach grass, trying to keep a foothold as rain and wind both tried their utmost to send me skidding back down to the freezing beach below. Tom Anderson has always loved surfing - anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series of adventures on home surf... As he visits the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing he meets the Christians who pray for waves (and get them), loses a competition to a non-existent surfer, is nearly drowned in the River Severn and has a watery encounter with a pedigree sheep. All this rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic.

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Funny and Sharp, it's a great insight into what makes surfers in the UK so dedicated. * Surf Girl * Funny, humbling and actually pretty inspiring. * Cooler * The vivid descriptions of grey skies and green waves, the freedom and the attitude of living life to the full combine to deliver a travel book with a twist and one that may have inspired a non-surfer to don a wetsuit and have a go, * Offshore * Tom Anderson learns to love the freezing fun [Britain's] waters offer... this book records his adventures around country's chilly coast. * Waterstone's Books Quarterly * Featured on BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage * BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage *