How to Sail Against the Headwind

In the morning a strong Southwestern blew high spumy tumblers on the shore. It was still low tide and the waves came rolling in through the bending of the peninsula. Which made a forceful invisible streaming under the surf to the North. Its force made itself feel as soon as I stepped into the raging water. No real swimming today, it went through my belly and stomach on the spot: don’t mock with Her Majesty, Here is a Deadly Ruler, a Mighty Sea. I could barely keep staying on my feet. So I dashed my head in a low and ‘friendly’ looking wave, sat down to have the waters splashing over me. And went back to the beach again. Fine, that’s good enough for today, I thought with a fast beating heart. Somewhere the Lifeguards may hang their red Flag in Top...pff.

In spite of the early hour, there were already some kitesurfers riding up and down the surf, two diehards in their canoe rolling over and crossing the wild surf. They nor the Sea Dancers seemed to care about the tearing stream. They were in their element: the hard rocking sea. You can see that on todays photo. The multi coloured Moons were moving fast, tempting but hard to focus in time. Not so fast as the High Speed Gulls from the South and not so handsome and daring as the Low&Slow Sailors or the Sudden Side Slippers from the North.
I loved to follow my Gull Friends in their Arts of Sailing against the Forceful Wind.

As I had promised to return home early, there was no room for any Dervish Dancing in the sand blowing winds. But after all it has been a marvellous and unexpected opening of the day. In our small appartment Willemien and I have managed to move A Library&An Archive. For tomorrow a couple of smaller todo’s are waiting. A very great part of this hard work is done now, thanks to all the planning&prepairing care of Willemien. We deserve some satisfaction and contentment. It will give us a more relaxed feeling as I am the first to travel to Carlsheaven and prepare the quarters there. The Gulls have learned us how to sail against the Headwind.