A few random threads

For the past couple of days I've been absent from the Wild West. My younger son, Elliot, has a birthday looming and was keen on a trip to Lyme Regis in search of fossils. So we headed across not one but two county lines, forsaking some nice enough swell for a trip to Dorset and thereafter my old stamping grounds of Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton. Surf-free zones, all - you'd think. But after a beautiful day in Lyme - complete with fossils - we found ourselves skating the Path 37 on Exmouth seafront and then, lo and behold, at Tids' surf shop in Tower Street, Exmouth.

For the uninitiated (and I was one of them, despite having grown up in Exmouth), The Tad Shop is a core establishment run by ex-lawyer, impassioned surfer and all-round-heart-on-his-sleeve character Tids. Yes, I know that's not his real name but that's what everyone calls him. I can't believe that in all the years I've lived away from Exmouth that I'd not wandered along Tower Street and found Tids' and his shop, but better late than never. And, as Sharpy has previously confirmed, there are some sweet spots in South-East Devon, though no one is letting on where they are (least of all Tids).

More on Tids and the Exmouth surf scene soon. Meanwhile, Joe Calzaghe is about to do battle against Mikkel Kessler - and Pat from Chapel Idne will be gearing up for the New York Marathon. Having run a marathon and had a few fights, I know what I'd rather be doing: getting in the water with Harry late this afternoon, as soon as we got back from Devon. A 40-minute surf is better than No Surf At All, every time. And is much more fun than fighting or running 26 miles. But good luck to Pat - and total respect to Joe Calzaghe, who, whatever happens in the next hour or so, is pound for pound one of the greatest boxers in the world of the last 25 years.

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