After a hectic few days with the family over Christmas it was now time for Gretchen and I to retreat to a beautiful hideaway cottage in the charming village of Croyde,
Cornwall. We both chose Croyde because of the surfing opportunities and we wanted to do some bodyboarding in the icy winter sea. This bay is a surfing paradise
and is busy with surfers all year round. Thankfully we were able to hire full winter wetsuits from one of the local shops (otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to enter the sea let alone stay in for any reasonable amount of time.
We went bodyboarding twice on 30 December and again on 2 January. It was very cold and our suits were still damp from the previous user but once we were in the sea we did start to warm up and the surfing was very exciting. I have really taken to this sport and as there was a sale on at the Hire shop I decided to invest in a new Spring/Summer wetsuit. Hope I don’t have to wait too long to wear it!
The weather was quite damp and grey during most of the week so we spent a great deal of time huddled up in our lovely cottage watching DVDs and drinking and eating to
excess (again!). We watched the ROME box set and The L Word Box Set. We did have a few trips out. One day we visited Dartington Glass in Great Torrington and I bought a beautiful pair of liqueur glasses for Gretchen as a reminder of the trip. But nainly we stayed in and just enjoyed each other’s company, relaxed in the Jacuzzi bath upstairs and watched our DVDs. Perfect.
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