I hope you are staying cool in this heat, if you are in a heat wave like we are! We hired a beach hut for the week last week and I loved the sea view from my little wooden office. I was working on the curriculum for my new Summer Writing Sanctuary and took to the paddleboard for a while, and while I was just drifting around in the sunshine I realised that boarding is actually quite a lot like writing in many ways.

I thought I’d share these ponderings with you…

-> The more you relax your body the easier it is
-> It’s good for the soul
-> Emailing in the middle of it spoils the experience 🙂
-> Surprisingly little technique is needed to have a good time.
-> It’s usually better with snacks.
-> Sometimes going somewhere is the adventure. Sometimes just drifting is bliss.
-> When people ask you what you’ve been doing and you tell them, they usually have one of two reactions. They smile and then their eyes soon glaze over, or they love it too and ask you about the conditions, if the sea was clear, and what you found out there…
-> You can be completely aware of every movement one minute, then the next you can look up and realise you have traveled to the other end of the beach on the power of a current that had nothing to do with you.
-> Sometimes you just have to let the wind take you

Funny what arrives when you chill out…