Grey Skies, Green Waves: A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland

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So this is surfing in Britain, I told myself as I grumpily walked up a slope of wet rocks and wispy beach grass, trying to keep a foothold as rain and wind both tried their utmost to send me skidding back down to the freezing beach below. Tom Anderson has always, loved surfing-anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series of adventures on home surfAs he visits the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing he meets the Christians who pray for waves (and get them), loses a competition to a non-existent surfer, is nearly drowned in the River Severn and has watery encounter with a pedigree sheep. All this rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic. AUTHOR: Tom Anderson is the author of popular and acclaimed surfing travelogues Riding the Magic Carpet and Chasing Dean. He is a successful competitive surfer and writes regularly for several surfing magazines, as well as being senior committee member of the Welsh Surfing Federation. *

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Funny and Sharp, it's a great insight into what makes surfers in the UK so dedicated. * Surf Girl *
Funny, humbling and actually pretty inspiring. * Cooler *
The vivid descriptions of grey skies and green waves, the freedom and the attitude of living life to the full combine to deliver a travel book with a twist and one that may have inspired a non-surfer to don a wetsuit and have a go, * Offshore *
Tom Anderson learns to love the freezing fun [Britain's] waters offer... this book records his adventures around country's chilly coast. * Waterstone's Books Quarterly *
Featured on BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage * BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage *

Author Bio

Tom Anderson lives in Porthcawl, West Wales, is the author of acclaimed surfing travelogue Riding the Magic Carpet and was awarded a Welsh Arts Council Bursary for the journey that became Chasing Dean. He is a successful competitive surfer and writes regularly for several surfing magazines, as well as being a senior committee member of the Welsh Surfing Federation.