George Shillito – “As we cruised happily along the coast and let the pressures of the week slip away, a thought suddenly dawned on me. I hadn’t heard from the boys who were meant to be lying in wait at a slipway just upstream in Bantham ready to spring their surprise. Were they there? Would they be in the right place?
No sooner had I thought this, then I heard a yelp from behind me. I turned around to see Muzza diving off his board in pursuit of something. He had dropped his fishing rod, which was now heading to the bottom of the ocean, whilst he pulled desperately on the end of the line as it spooled out over 150m of now very tangled fishing tackle! After a good few minutes of crippling laughter, I realised this was my opportunity to peel off and use the phone I had in a waterproof case to send a message to the “Photographer” (boys) and give them an update.”