Six hours driving on that day of the year was a real killer, but as if the day hadn’t been bad enough, during the tedious journey back to Hayle through lashing rain and horrific conditions, reports were starting to filter through of Alfie Hart and a Welsh crew scoring epic mast-and-a-half point breaks, while we also heard the south coast back home was having it, with every break from Weymouth, Avon, The Isle of Wight, Hayling Island and Pagham all on fire.
Over in Ireland, Finn Mullen had scored in the North West and the final nail in the coffin was Blacky starting to rephrase his earlier report that the Bluff was not so bad after all.
On the surfing side of the news, a crew, that included Antoine Albeau, had posted shots from Belharra, France of themselves surfing 60-foot-plus waves.
