Wet, wild and windy

Woooo it's very wet, wild and windy up here as we get the remnants of cyclone something or other blowing up a storm. We had no idea the windy weather was heading our way until Malcolm (who lives in a bus on the campsite) said we had better not stay camped on the hill and would we like to move in by his bus which is sheltered by the trees. We drove 10meters over to his pitch and were on a bit of an angle, 'don't worry' he said and came back with some wedges to level up the van. 'Would you like a tarpaulin?' he asked, and trotted back with a tarpaulin and some rope and rigged up a little shelter outside the van. We realised that we were out of battery on the computer and asked if he minded charging it for us. 'Hold on' he said and came back with an electrical cable which he plugged into his mains and means that we now have electric in the van. Another crazily brilliant New Zealander to add to the list.

This was perfect as it started to rain last night, the storm was providing good swell, so Will went down for a surf and Sam and me settled down to watch 'Die hard with a vengence' on the computer. An hour or so later Will came back grinning from ear to ear, he had just had the best surf of his life, not only were the waves amazing but he had also been surfing with a pod of Orca Wales. All the surfers who had been enjoying the swell had come in to shore, apart from two other people and Will, who stayed out with the wales. They were swimming about 5meters away from where Will was surfing and then a pod appeared behind him, playing around and thrashing their tails. He said it was absolutely amazing, the best day of the trip so far and was so excited that he couldn't sleep... me and Sam were happy for him but very jealous, especially Sammy Attenborough... it was gutting to know that they were so close and we had missed them.

Today we had a pretty lazy day doing not very much (although I think we walked about 5 miles) and then we went round to say goodbye to Mike and Jackie who are flying back to Bristol in the morning. Sam got a telling off for being too much of a bossy-bloody-little-know-it-all and will be banned from going out with Ben on Thurs if he doesn't reign it in!! Now we are sat in the van with the wind howling, the rain lashing and the tarpaulin banging overhead, Sam has just been learning about the periodic table, atoms and elements, Will is reading and all is well (if a little wet) in the world....No picture tonight wind playing havoc with connection!!