Sat 6 and Sun 7 Nov 08

Sat 6 Nov 08
Didn’t go down Friday night. Friday 5th was a year since Jack died and we went over to Lyn and Pete’s.
Had dinner Fri before going to L and Pete’s in Carlton. P sick in the night and still not good in the morning, food poisoning. She decided she could make the drive down so we left about 10. Stopped at Grovedale Opp Shop on the way down and got a Phoenix frig, a small one to back up the one we borrowed from Peter. They Salvos have a system where they repair frig’s that are donated, they have a workshop and train people in frig repairs etc, they then give the frigs to people in need and sell a few as well. This one was $140 for a Fisher and Paykel. Shopped at Anglesea on the way as well. P pretty poorly, hit the sofa and slept most of thte afternoon.
I took S for a walk about 4.00. Not expecting any surf. But it was warm and I took my bathers. Very little swell but Spout Creek was sheltered, and a few out on long boards. I had a fun swim, body surfing little shore breaks.
Moss and Margie came to dinner. P stayed on sofa, mostly sleeping. We did bbq. They brought prawns which were delicious… garlic, chilli sauce and coriander.

Sun 7 Nov 08
Had a bit of a sleep in. Up after 8.00. Sachy had been sick in his basket so cleaned that up. Report was better swell today and a NW shifting to SW with the swell increasing with the wind shift. Good report. Urquarts no good. Fairhaven ok but I went to Spot and about 5 people out, odd waves, hard to read. A bit of rain coming thru but worth a shot.

Had a good surf, some really good little waves that I worked well. Relaxing now and having some time to think not just react. Staying up the top of the wave, closer to the pocket, keeping with it. Really feeling a difference now. The better the waves, the better I surf! Some were quite clean but the wind did shift to SW and it got bumpy and hard to manage. At the end only me and another guy out there which is always just great.