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30th July 2024
Hiking - Walking: Landguard circuit Wind Direction: ENE Wind Stength: light Surf / Sea State: flat Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny and hot :) Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Tuesday 30th July - walk *** – Early Landguard circuit – sunny
and hot.
With another hot and sunny day forecastMag suggested we head down to the
lovely Landguard Nature Reserve for a walk early, we actually parked at
8.30 and it was already pretty hot not helped by the light wind from the
ENE! Still it was nice and quiet as we made our way slowly down the long
straight path with the wild flowers which looked so stunning a few weeks
ago are now past their best. A few birds and bunnies about but it was even
too hot for them, just before the wardens bungalow we turned right and were
greeted by a mass of starlings as we headed to the small wooden jetty and
with the tide fairly high the Orwell lapped below us with a little more of
a cooling breeze here! We followed the river back to the beach and walked
in the sea all the way along the stunning Landguard beach, just lovely!
Then home for breakfast and time for my exercises in a very hot back
garden! The wind seemed to have picked up so I hitched the traziler and
headed down to The Dip!
Photo Album here
Tuesday 30th July – Windsurf ** The Dip at Felixstowe – sunny and
hot.
Foil – 18.25 knot max , 4.25 knot ave, 2.08 knot hour, 0.00 knot mile,
10.93 km., 0.00 knot alpha.
Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Sailworks Retro
7.5.
After a top walk first thing at Landguard Nature Reserve the wind seemed to
pick up so I decided to check out The Dip arriving around two. It looked
perfect with a nice breeze from the ENE, low water and wall to wall
sunshine and hot too! Foil board was quickly on the beach and I rigged my
7.5, no wet suit today just my rash vest and neoprene shorts as I launched
and had the most perfect 2 mile run out, it seemed too good to be true and
it was as I gybed the wind dropped and it took me ages to get back. I then
had a couple of short floundering runs hoping the wind would return, sadly
it did not so I packed up and joined Mag at our old fried Mary for a cuppa
and cake, fingers crossed we get more wind tomorrow, fingers crossed!
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