Travel Writing
Grey Skies, Green Waves
A Surfer's Journey Around The UK and Ireland
Author: Tom Anderson
Price: £8.99
Dimensions: 129 x 198 mm
Number of pages: 320
ISBN: 9781849530415
Publication Date: 7th June 2010
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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 surf… As 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 a watery encounter with a pedigree sheep. All this rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic.
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‘He meets Christians who pray for waves, is nearly drowned in the River Severn and has a watery encounter with sheep.’
Featured on BBC Radio 4’s Excess Baggage 10th July 2010
‘Funny and sharp, it’s a great insight into what makes surfers in the UK so dedicated.’
Surfgirl magazine, September 2010
‘Funny and sharp, it’s a great insight into what makes surfers in the UK so dedicated.’
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly, April 2010
'With the ever-present threat of wind and rain, Britain isn’t the most obviously idyllic place in the world to surf, but Tom Anderson learns to love the freezing fun its...
The Bookseller, 5th March 2010
‘a successful competitive surfer… writes of his journey around the popular haunts and secret gems of British surfing locations.’
‘He meets Christians who pray for waves, is nearly drowned in the River Severn and has a watery encounter with sheep’
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