Chasing the Wind in Wales
Well, that was a fun long weekend. After scrambling up Moel Siabod on Friday, the weather did indeed change. The sun disappeared on Saturday, but it was replaced by a significant amount of wind—so it was off to the beach for me with my windsurf kit.
Saturday saw me windsurfing in a decent south-westerly breeze using my bigger kit: a 5.7 m sail and my 104-litre Freestyle Wave board. All fairly chilled under grey skies.
On Sunday, the sunshine returned—along with a lot more wind—so I switched to smaller gear: my 87-litre wave board and a 5.0 m sail most of the time, though I did change down to my 4.5 m for a while. Plenty of sunshine, plenty of waves, and some nice blasting towards the Dyfi Bar and back.
Monday brought a return of the rain, and quite a bit of it, along with a very gusty wind. The conditions were all over the place—one minute I was underpowered on the 104-litre board and 5.7 m sail, the next I was overpowered on the 85-litre board and 5.0 m sail. In between, I was either unable to get going or unable to hold on, while cycling through every combination of the above kit!
I even had to pop home for help freeing a stuck mast at one point. It was just one of those days, and I think I spent more time walking up and down the beach than actually windsurfing. Still, a walk on the beach is always nice—and every now and then I managed a decent run with some big, floaty jumps.
That’s how Bank Holiday weekends should be!
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Lucky you live so close to be able to pop home! Well not luck just wrll thought out decisions a good few years ago