Two weeks ago I injured my back surf kayaking.. it was a heavy, dumping wave and I was caught out in a bad place with nowhere to go. My body was forced through a violent, twisting motion as I tumbled with the wave, pulling the muscles in my lower left back. I spend a lot of time on core strength exercises so I suspect I got off lightly. I was able to recover and paddle to the beach but that was it for the day… and for the time being unfortunately it means that with the aid of a little ibuprofen my physical activity is restricted to bike riding and sea kayaking in not too rough conditions… so not too unfortunate at all really I suppose :-) Having got well ahead of things on the weekend by working (interspersed with a few hours on the bike) Monday afternoon then presented an ideal opportunity for a sneaky little paddle out of the improbably pretty but probably mostly wealthy second homes little hamlet of Durgan on the Helford west along the coast towards the Manacles. We didn’t go a huge distance, the weather was closing in and we were feeling lazy.. but it was fun cruising around all the rocky little inlets while feeling particularly mellow and contented in the January drizzle.
I believe that this is what is known as a "comfort break" in circles uncomfortable with the idea of stopping for a pee.
