Not quite a dawny!

That was great. Not epic, 2ft with a very random 3ft set thrown in just to tease the surfing buds and keep you guessing where the next wave is going to come in! But great to get wet! Met up with a few of the Surf's Up! crew who were already in - Dee, Ryan and Luke and a few clients that I'd taught five years ago. The sun is shining and spirits are high. ps I got in about 8.30ish, I'm not sure that qualifies for 'dawny status', but I'm sure going to claim it.

Okay a few facts to keep everyone in the loop. There was a report last week that of the 700 homes in Polzeath, 400 are holiday homes! (I might check those figures). Holiday booking agents and caravan parks are reporting okay trade for the summer, most are nearly booked up but unlike normal years, there's not a mad clamour. And generally local businesses are saying that June was very quiet. As for Surf's Up! - the shop was down 3% in June but is some 230% up on 2010 overall for the year, mainly due to a fantastic April holiday period (thanks Will and Katie). Oh and of course Sarah, who's doing a great job. My sister is around with her kids at the moment so we get some really good outsider feedback about every department. Which is always good to have. Having said that, I think it's important that if you delegate, that you trust those people delegated to do a job. And we have. Was it the Facebook chap that said that the value of his company was in his top twenty managers - something like that. The surf school? The surf school appears to be ticking along nicely. We're in that ridiculous position having changed the company set up, that we'll be more profitable if we're quieter! Which is a nice position to be in during economically tough times, but shows the tax system to be completely flawed and negative. Let's not get me on that subject!! Let's not spoil the mood!