Propositions and fences...

Today has been interesting, it started well for Codge with a proposition outside the metal work shop in Ras Sudr. It would seem that a local gentlemen took a shine to our aged colleague, using the renowned technique of wanting to improve his English vocab... Poor old John had to spend an hour rebuffing the advances of this galabiyya clad gent whilst collecting our metal work...! Needless to say, Codge declined the offer of his number and lie down!!

The rest of the day has been spent preparing for the electricians arrival tomorrow, and the building of our first bit of the centre. Myself, Codge, Ossama and Saed having been putting the finishing touches to our fence around the decking. It is certainly nice to be adding our own touches to the centre, and even better when it sort of goes to plan, something of a first with this build... 

With only a week until we are open for beers and the odd lesson we have an increasingly long list of chores to get done.

Those of you who can make it for next Friday, it will be great to see you.. hopefully we might even get some wind too...

Schlep

Back home... Centre happiness, storm damage and trashed kit...

After being away for a week or so in the UK and Cairo, I finally arrived back at the beach yesterday.

It’s fair to say that until you leave somewhere, you have often little true appreciation of it. I feel like this every time I leave Moonbeach, but getting back this time was extra special. To be greeted by a solid Force 5 is not uncommon, but today I also got to see the centre for the first time with fresh eyes. Having been here from the outset with only the odd day in Cairo I had become accustomed to the gradual development of the centre, but today it really dawned on me what we are building. I really do think it’s going to be cool... 

Work has been progressing really well, with Strawberry John (aka Codge) and Greg cracking the whip!  The old ‘club’ rack has been almost completely leveled, with only the last few posts remaining, if it had only been 10 days earlier it might have saved some of the kit...

I’m not sure if you’ve seen the pics on Facebook, but we were hit by one of the highest tides on record. This coupled with an onshore storm saw the water head right up the beach and into the normally very dry kit areas... It also had the cheek to remove more than it’s fair share of sand from around and under the centre...

Unfortunately, some of the equipment took some serious punishment. Greg was out there doing his very best to save all the kit (See previous blog entry). wading around up to his waist in water, where normally you’d be lucky to get your feet wet! There are rumors of Codge out there in his pants... those are best left, don’t even begin to let your imagination work.... arrrrgghhh, damn it!

We are in the process of compiling a list of the broken gear, and we shall be in touch with those affected... we’re sorry to keep you waiting, but we’ve got to get this bit right!

It’s been quite the winter so far... huge storms, flooded wadis and now epic onshore storms... a bit of a hurdle when you’re trying to build something, but hopefully all good signs of a windy summer...

In the meantime, we continue to build stuff, and we look forward to seeing those that can make it on the 19th Feb for a look around, a windsurf and a maybe a couple of cheeky beers...

All for now.

Schlep

Another Storm...

Just had another storm a few days ago! No rain this time, but massive waves and seriously high tides, I have never seen the water come up so high! I spent hours trying to stop everything being washed away! The video tower has been knocked flat. The surge was so strong it was moving concrete blocks around! The centre is still standing even though about three feet of sand were lost from the beach! Hopefully this is the end of the storms!


Greg