I walked around West Shore briefly on Friday, driven back by the bitter cold winds....
But I noticed that there were loads of the kite surfers (if that’s what it’s called) out on the estuary.
The tide was up, the waves were very high, and it was utterly freezing.
You can just about make out about 10 of them on these pictures.
I can’t believe that those wetsuits they wear can afford sufficient protection against that degree of cold, but evidently I’m wrong!
It was 1 degree only, and the windchill made it feel much lower.