Windguru forecast a northwester for Muizenberg but as it turned out the wind was about 60 degrees to the 'right' i.e. from the northeast, which is pretty unusual. This made conditions slightly choppy but with a big swell at the back and low tide this was neither here nor there. At Muizies you are hardly ever in the curl but you can race just a fraction ahead of the white water for long stretches if you pick the peak right. Waiting for sets I watched a magnificent rainbow over the Simonsberg, right above our house, with the full spectrum clearly visible, from ultraviolet to infrared. The air temp was 19 degrees - mid-winter, I ask you! As I was paddling back out after a ride, two surfers nearly collided, triggering an altercation. No longer the cool surfer dude, each thought the other guilty of hogging the wave and the one ended up calling the other a Wally. This was meant as an insult. The word derives from Glasgow Scottish and refers to kids living in a 'wally close' and thus shielded from playing with the rougher kids on the project. And it's a derogatory term here, just as it became so in London. But I thought of another Wally, the one with the stripey red and white shirt, bobble cap and glasses in "Where's Wally", the wonderful kids books by Martin Handford. If it had been me and I'd thought quickly enough (usually you don't) I might have said to the other guy, 'Hey thanks, Wally's a pretty cool guy.' Nerdy but cool. When our son was small we spent hours trying to locate this geeky little character in crowds on the beach, in fairgrounds and stacks of other places. Sometimes you'd spot him straight off, other times it would drive you mad that you couldn't find him among the loads of funny characters in the crowd. The QSL is from Northsound Radio in Aberdeen, east Scotland, heard on AM in Kent in 1996, using just 0.8kW. The engineer, Ken Hancock, sent a nice letter as well, mentioning that he enjoyed trading in listed stocks. Hope he didn't get burned in the crash!Friday 28 June 2013
There are Wally's and then again there are Wally's
Windguru forecast a northwester for Muizenberg but as it turned out the wind was about 60 degrees to the 'right' i.e. from the northeast, which is pretty unusual. This made conditions slightly choppy but with a big swell at the back and low tide this was neither here nor there. At Muizies you are hardly ever in the curl but you can race just a fraction ahead of the white water for long stretches if you pick the peak right. Waiting for sets I watched a magnificent rainbow over the Simonsberg, right above our house, with the full spectrum clearly visible, from ultraviolet to infrared. The air temp was 19 degrees - mid-winter, I ask you! As I was paddling back out after a ride, two surfers nearly collided, triggering an altercation. No longer the cool surfer dude, each thought the other guilty of hogging the wave and the one ended up calling the other a Wally. This was meant as an insult. The word derives from Glasgow Scottish and refers to kids living in a 'wally close' and thus shielded from playing with the rougher kids on the project. And it's a derogatory term here, just as it became so in London. But I thought of another Wally, the one with the stripey red and white shirt, bobble cap and glasses in "Where's Wally", the wonderful kids books by Martin Handford. If it had been me and I'd thought quickly enough (usually you don't) I might have said to the other guy, 'Hey thanks, Wally's a pretty cool guy.' Nerdy but cool. When our son was small we spent hours trying to locate this geeky little character in crowds on the beach, in fairgrounds and stacks of other places. Sometimes you'd spot him straight off, other times it would drive you mad that you couldn't find him among the loads of funny characters in the crowd. The QSL is from Northsound Radio in Aberdeen, east Scotland, heard on AM in Kent in 1996, using just 0.8kW. The engineer, Ken Hancock, sent a nice letter as well, mentioning that he enjoyed trading in listed stocks. Hope he didn't get burned in the crash!
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