Tuesday, 11th
September, 2012
Easkey, Sligo
Last night brought the wind;
huge gusts rocked the van throughout. With it came the rain in swathes of
torrential downpours, falling like salvos of arrows, thousands of heavy arrows.
As soon as it would start, it would seem to stop.
So today we move along the
coast to Lackan Bay where I hope we get some shelter
from the on-shore winds.
I have been feeling a bit
perturbed, chasing waves hoping to find a clean ride-able wave but as Vernon states “the fruits
of the chase do not just feed the body. They also clothe the soul.” (Vernon.
2012. P. 40)
Lackan Bay, Mayo
Shelter, we have shelter. The
corner of the bay near the harbour has a clean ride-able wave, off-shore even.
Rain is falling now but in-between the showers the sun is shining and it was
sun that shone over the bay as we dropped down over the hill, filling our
vision with bright greens and blues. Large sea birds, maybe guillemots or
cormorants are diving for sand-eel or maybe baby mackerel just in front. Within
the stretch of these clean peeling waves no-one is to be found. The line-up is
empty.
Entering the water off the rocks
was again a bit nervy. Anticipation is always the biggest fear but in knowing
the bottom was sand and the nearest peak wasn’t to far away and feeling the cool
soft ocean helped relieve the nerves. It was good to get wet.
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Copyright Mark King 2012
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