It’s been a weekend of travel! Having crossed multiple time zones, it’s hard to remember or work out how long the journey back to The Cottage actually took. I do remember that we said our farewells to Hawaii and the guys at Honolulu Airport on Saturday morning and took off over the surf of Waikiki… Read more

Got some more waves today after hiring an enormous 10 foot “Bear” longboard at Waikiki! It took some man handling just to get it to the waters edge! We called into Pearl Harbour on the way, but queues that were winding all the way around the visitors centre put us off. Instead, we made our… Read more

It was a dramatically damp drive over the mountains, back to the North Shore today. Waterfalls were pouring spectacularly down the steep tunnels. First stop of the day – Turtle beach lived up to its name and we were able to watch a few up close as they bobbed around in the shallows. The others… Read more

Clare and I took a trip up to the famous ‘North Shore’ today to do a bit of wave watching.  The drive took about an hour, through amazing ‘Jurassic Park’ type scenery. The hills sides are all impossibly steep and densely forested with tropical trees. First stop, (recommend by friends), was for a quick snack… Read more

Another incredible day to remember! And not just because Clare and I were celebrating fourteen years of togetherness. The feeling of surfing a longboard right across the bay of Waikiki beach on a gently peeling, green, glassy wave will stay with me for a long time! Over on the west side of the island, the… Read more

The storm must have finally passed by during the night, because blue sky ruled again this morning. We took the paddle board out for a spin before breakfast which was great fun. While we were out we saw a load of big fish jumping out of the water. Jumping for joy? Or being chased by… Read more