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52 years old and I’m still paddling into waves which are too big for my ability

Amongst the epic rides I did get, there were plenty of...

At 2am on a freezing February morning, I boarded a National Express coach to Newquay.

All I had was £40 in my pocket, a surfboard and a...

Just a shade after the millennium on a baking June afternoon, I’ve got my feet up, cold beer in hand, watching a yacht anchored in the azure...

I was chatting with my friend Andy recently about how much you need to be happy.

In the end it comes down to your definition of happiness.

For some...

Jules and I don’t do Christmas presents, when you get to our time in life there’s not a lot we really need.

Sure, fancy things...

Thinking back 18 months, I was so far along that highway…

Life has a funny (make that macabre) way of creeping up on you when you’re...

The problem with Plan B is that a lot of people are already living it.

It’s the day job. The ‘safe’ 9-to-5 with the salary at the...

Never give up your dreams, no matter how far audacious and untenable they seem…

I took the photo on the right today, almost 2 years exactly...

The parting shot from my teacher as I walked out the school doors for the final time at 15.

I’d heard it before, he wasn’t the only one...