Maybe Penrhyn Mawr
Published April 12, 2006 | 
I woke up this morning still thinking about waves. I fear it’s becoming a fixation that may not be solved easily. I may find myself emailing Sea Kayak Georgia and seeing what the conditions on the triangle are like this time of year. I know this little race in Tybee would at least produce some fun regardless of weather. If I just packed up Friday I could be eating sand by Sunday. I know it’s sad, but it’s gnawing away at my bones. I even hauled out my copy of “This is the Sea” last night just to watch the bit about Tybee again.
And that got me thinking. . .
I were really ambitious I’d be booking those tickets to Wales about now. Well, maybe ambitious is the wrong word, I think “wealthy‘ is more the word I was looking for. So if I were really “wealthy” I’d be booking a ticket to Wales. . No, no, wait, wait, wait. . . If I were really “Crazy” (yeah, that’s it), If I were really crazy, I’d be booking a trip to Wales to go play at Penrhyn Mawr. I’d just blast an email out to my clients and tell them, “see you in a few weeks, I’m off to Penrhyn Mawr!”. What. . . ? Where. . . ? Sudden!. . .?? If I did go, I wonder if I could get someone to babysit me as I dodged around like squirrel on a busy highway and tried not to kill myself? Maybe I could try one of those fun looking Rockpools as well. Yeah, maybe that would be a little crazy. I think I’ll save that for another year or so. .
Now, Tybee on the other hand. . . sunday. . . sun. . . sand. . .
Special Note: Today’s photo of Justine Curgenven having a shower comes from a new “Penrhyn Mawr” photo gallery which will be coming soon in a totally re-designed Cackletv.com. . . (wow I just slipped that in there didn’t I!?) But more on that later. . . 
Photo by Alun Hughes. Used by permission. Thanks!!!! (see, you’ve got to read clear to the bottom so you don’t miss anything. . .)
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3 Responses to Maybe Penrhyn Mawr
You really have to start running whitewater. You can get the rush of surfing a standing wave without having to cross an ocean. It won’t help your anglophilic needs, but you can always bring a thermos of Earl Grey in your playboat.
Hey Alex!!
Is “anglophilic” a real word??? Ha! You’re right to some extent. I’ve been running our little river more than I’ve been out on flat water recently. Not like you get waves, but the current is still better than a placid lake.
On the other hand I learned in GA last fall that I love the feel of a long boat on big waves. Something very powerful about that. I don’t feel the same in a ww boat, But that could just be lack of experience. I had fun in a surf boat in CA, but it’s a totally different ride.
Ok, I may have made up a word. It sounds real enough to me. Long boats on waves are great because you can catch rides on the smallest stuff. The problem I have with long boats is that eventually you will be caught in a side surf and you end up bongo bouncing to shore. That’s fun but it’s not the same as carving back and forth across a wave. Man I wish I had a chance to try a real surf kayak or a waveski on some clean ocean waves.
When are you going to meet me on the river for some whitewater fun? You should come on our student outing to the Red River. It’s easy, relatively safe, and you can walk around anything you don’t want to run.