It seems that over the last few years there has been an explosion of new wind and beach based sports taking advantage of the wind in one way or another.

If there as fun to do as they are to watch, they must be a real adrenaline rush!

Although it did look a bit cold to me..

I spent a few days camping in South Wales (Rhossilli) last weekend and as well as the familiar Para Surfers (which looks wicked) there was a couple of guys doing something I hadn’t seen before..

I’ve no idea what the official name is for this, but it’s basically like Wind-Surfing, but using a “board” with wheels on to go up and down the beach at one heck of a speed.

This actually appeals to me more than the para-surfing as you can do it even when the water is freezing, which is quite common here in the UK..

Mustn’t complain tho, it didn’t rain for the whole of our camping vacation, although there wasn’t exactly a lot of sun, which is a shame as the area of South Wales we were staying in has some awesome beaces, Rhossilli probably being the best, as it’s over 3 miles long, so there’s plenty of space.

It is the kind of place that my kids love, as they seem to have the same fascination for bugs that i had as a kid, and we managed to find a few interesting ones, inlcuding one I’d not seen before and have no idea what it is, although it looks a bit like some kind of centipede..

But we all just fell in love with the beetle we found on the last day, he was so cool! He was a bit slow, but that meant we could let him run around without worrying about losing him, although mum wasn’t keen on the idea of letting him run around in her camper van..

N.B. No creepy crawlies were hurt in the production of this blog post..

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