Lesson No. 4

Sara triumphs, and rises above the waves; I'm about the same as yesterday; Colin rests, which was not a bad idea as I could barely get on the board by the end. A ginger-haired boy too small to carry his own board or even paddle it, stands up straight away. We all get very jealous and spend the rest of the session trying to knock him off. In our group is Andrew, from Sydney, who works as a builder/carpenter, coaches football and bastketball, and is the nightwatchman at girls' boarding school. "Dream job, mate, but I still need a holiday."