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Beached Devon fishing trawler back at sea

A fishing trawler from Devon which had got stranded on the sand at Rhossili Bay is back at sea thanks to the Swansea Coastguard and RNLI.

A major rescue operation took place after the boat Bruno grounded on the beach on Tuesday but the boat remained stuck until Wednesday afternoon when the high tide started to rise again.

Visit the RNLI website for some photos and press release on the rescue or the BBC Wales website.

5 times UK Surf Champ to work with Young Surfers

Robyn Davies 5 times British surfing champ is heading up a new ground breaking surf project with the National Trust.

Robyn whose home break is Porthleven in West Cornwall,started surfing when she was 13 years old. (For some interesting info. on surfing at Porthleven  visit the  BBC  Cornwall site).

Now the National Trusts, surf project officer she will be working with 11-26 year old surfers in the Devon & Cornwall areas. Her role will be to work on conservation and regeneration projects along the coastline. 

Photo to the left - Robyn at her home break at Porthleven, Cornwall.

Grommies wishes Robyn all the best in her new role!

Sun & Swell for Bank Holiday

While our winter kids clothing range is being manufactured it gives us a rare opportunity here at Grommies escape the office and spend some quality time down the beach.

The surf has improved over the last few days (for an up to date forecast visit WindGuru or Magic Seaweed)  and sunshine is forecast for the coming bank holiday weekend - so an ideal excuse to hit the beach.

Still to the left was from today's Langland Bay web cam thanks to Gower Live.

If you are looking for something to do with the kids over the bank holiday - there are some great surf schools here on the Gower.  GSD have surfing lessons at Caswell beach whilst at Llangennith you have  Welsh Surfing Federation Surf school.

Or visit The BSA website (British Surf Association) for their full list of approved UK surf schools.