BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT
The reason we are here so early is the tide though. According to Ian, the moment the water starts ebbing out, then this place will come alive. Logically I can’t doubt him this time round since, four years ago, I was at this very same beach with Timo Mullen and Jamie Hancock and presented with exactly the same scenario. True to his word, the conditions went off. But even though I’ve seen it happen once before, with still nothing more than a shoredump in front of us, it’s still almost impossible to believe this place will be firing within the hour. Ross, who has not experienced this place before, seems to have resigned to the fact that this is another write-off. It’s a week before Christmas and, just like you tell your kids they have to believe in Santa or they will get no presents, maybe we should put our faith in Ian’s or we won’t get our Xmas stockings full of waves? Surely Ian would never have made us drive all this way for nothing and must be confident in his call? I was certainly hoping so!