The swimming lady

Jeffery Wilkinson's bronze sculpture, The swimmer, Hampton foreshore.

Elwood esplanade

Sea view from from Point Ormond, Elwood esplanade. 

Night running Elwood

Dusk on Elwood Esplanade. Mileage in preparation for Canberra 70.3 Ironman.

New Years Day surf

My boards in the back of the F150. New Years Day surf, 2013, Dubai. Translucent fins and leash.

Pentax self portrait

Self portrait taken with the Sony Nex. Roughly made jetty in Mirfa. Baking heat. Clear sea. Asahi Pentax Spotmatic at the ready.

54 degrees?

Reading on the dashboard of the LR3 for the outside temperature. 54 degrees centigrade. Picture was taken at 1pm on the coast about 100km south of Abu Dhabi. 

Area were the 54 degrees temperature was registering. Barren, and hot.

Home surf

 Car dashboard dust collector. Squeeze him and he talks. "Size matters not."

Every time I'm back in Ireland I try to get at least one surf session. Anticipation driving up to the coast. You know you're close when you pass this section of pine trees arching over the road. Familiar.
 

Burns No.1! Northern Ireland political nonsence. No end of this on the way to the coast.

Heavy clouds over Portrush.

At the turnoff to Whiterocks. The typeface doesn't really suit the message, but made me smile none the less.

Small fun April wave on East Stand. Evening session with Rus and Rick. I'm surfing a yellow epoxy mal that I bought secondhand from Andrew the photographer in Dubai and gave to my sister in Ireland. Very different riding it in a full 5/3mm wetsuit compared to boardshorts and sunscreen in Dubai.

Portrush city lights from West Stand. Taken whilst eating fish and chips in the carpark post-surf. Nostalgia.

The octopus

Lunch: straight from the sea and into my hand. Small octopus found on the new Kite Beach, Dubai.

Morning surf

We've had three days of surf this week; today was probably the last day of it. Camera out in an attempt to capture the ambiance. Nothing quite like sitting out back watching waves break, sunlight shining thru them, Burj Khalifa in the background, morning walkers pacing the beach, turquoise water.

Sea marker

Sea swim turn marker. Industrial, functional, navigation light for marine vessels. Perch for black cormorants. Launch platform for gainer back-flips.

No swimming

Sunset surf sign

Dibba beach camp

Dubai seascapes

 

Seascape pictures taken over the past couple of days. The surf came and went; as did the clouds.

The stone line

Building evironmental sculptures (re: a line of stones) on the beach with my daughter. Fun Tuesday afternoon.

010

Distance marker on the Jumeriah Open Beach jogging track.

Sea urchin

Found this in the swimming area. Re-located it to the rocks of the breakwater.

Treasures of the deep

Sea water is now cool enough for swim training. Also the time of year some folks immerse statues in the sea.

Out of season

End of the season and a dull afternoon. Sunshade umbrellas packed away, only the wooden posts remain.

Tides of time

"The tides of time wait for no man." Ericeira rocks, Portugal.