A Big Swell Hits North Cornwall

The Magic Seaweed surf forecast for today promised the arrival of a new long period swell:

https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/1459833492804620293

Plan A for today involved getting in the water and out back before said swell arrived.

When that failed to materialise plan B involved heading for spot M with video recorder and tripod in rucsack.

When that failed to materialise plan C involved heading for high tide Crackington Haven. When that did materialise here are the sights that met our sore eyes:

https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/1459989890049925132

We also recorded some moving pictures, including sound effects:

https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/1460182222351351811
https://twitter.com/jim_hunt/status/1460360741643599886

Finally, for the moment at least, the almost imperceptible damage to my left arm after the almost undetectable injection of what ultimately turned out to be a dose of the Moderna mRNA Covid-19 vaccine for my booster jab: