Sharks and horses!

Today we had an early start – up at 5.15am!! We got the boat sorted for the first trip out which left at 7.30am. We had 17 clients, including my friends Louise and Jim! The visibility was pretty bad today – only about 0.5m but we got 15 clients in the shark cage and they all saw a shark! We saw 5 sharks in all of various sizes during the trip. I also had a go at chumming – the chum (tuna and anchovy oil) is mushed up with sea water in a big bucket and chucked into the sea. This has to be done for the whole time we are out so we take it in turns. It’s smelly but fun :-)

Once we got back in, we sorted and cleaned the boat for the next set of clients and then were told that only Claudia would be going out as there were too many people to fit on the boat. Then one client dropped out so Jason went on the boat as Lizzie and I had booked to go horse riding!

We mooched about for a couple of hours and then we were taken to the riding stables just up the road. We spent an hour riding on the beach and it was great! My horse was brilliant – a little feisty but we got on well. At one point while we were having a canter, she decided to head into the sea!!! But we didn’t go in too far! Lizzie’s horse was a bit stubborn and kept stopping and not wanting to go anywhere!

So now we are back in the house, eating and chilling out for the evening. We have another early start tomorrow morning and I have a feeing my thighs are gonna hurt like hell!!!!