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This will be the last time

February 24, 2013

Remember in January, when Cotty was riding giants and McNamara was on the front page of the national media, at a 55, 65, 85* foot beach break, ffs, (*small, medium or large – you choose…). The same swell crept into all the little nooks and crannies of the north Devon coast and for three days […]

Sundown session with the local boys

February 19, 2013

Mid winter and the rain that started last summer has finally stopped leaving us with some fine weather, it might be cold but after the hell of the past 9 months, it’s very welcome. Finally some nice light! I dusted off a few of the cameras and the big tom to see if it still […]

Britsh Junior Squad Training – January Session, Croyde

January 19, 2013

The first meeting of the 2013 British Junior Surf Squad (supported by Calypso soft drinks) was held at the famous quality beachbreak at Croyde this weekend in very wintery and freezing conditions. Young surfers (under 18’s) from all over the SouthWest of England and Wales travelled through the snow and slush to train with British […]

I was wrong

January 18, 2013

I admit it, there I said it. Yesterday, I said that there might be some snow today but it would soon melt and turn to rain as a warm front came in from the west and raised temperatures. But I was wrong. It was true for Cornwall about a hundred miles away but here in […]

Buy Local

November 9, 2012

Pix on canvas for sale … Croyde Canvas 30 inches x 12 inches Black and White signed and numbered. Woolacombe Canvas 30 inches x fifteen inches Colour signed and numbered. Exmoor 24 inches x 20 inches Black and White signed and numbered. I’m doing three quality deep canvas prints for your local present idea this […]

A Post about a Post

July 18, 2012

I don’t know why but photographing this place has become a bit of an obsession of mine. Maybe it is because I had so much fun here in the eighties, when there were a lot less surfers around and getting it with just one or two mates out was not unusual, especially during the week. […]

Secrets are what a secret is

June 30, 2012

It’s the end of June and my feet are still white. Even by British standards, the weather has been the hottest trending topic with everyone you meet. As surfers we are profoundly effected by the arbitrary moods of the weather or more specifically the wind and the consequences it has as it passes over the […]

We watched the wheeling harbingers of an apocalyptic fate for mankind.

June 30, 2012

One line poem and photos by Ester Spears. Click on an image to see it a bit bigger. Canon 5D c/w EF 50mm f1.4USM 1/2000 th @ f8 (it’s been a crap summer so far)

Blue Bells in Dingily Dell

May 16, 2012

Living in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) can sometimes make you complacent about how wonder-full the place is. Although the North Devon AONB is essentially the coastal strip from Exmoor National Park to the border with Kernow, it does reach inland to include some gorgeous spots like the Hartland cliff top plateau, Barnstaple […]

Winning and being the Best

May 14, 2012

It’s been a long time since the British Surfing Champion came from North Devon, since 1984 in fact when Richard Carter (Redwood surf shop, Croyde) held the crown. Last November Woolacombe resident, Stuart Campbell, brought the title back to Devon from a stormy Fistral Beach in Cornwall. To celebrate Stuey’s 21st birthday (today), his title […]