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Why the midweeker is the solution to your holiday plans this summer
The joy of a midweek mini-break boils down to holiday mathematics: fewer guests plus less frazzled staff equals a more enjoyable holiday
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It might feel like you re cheating the nine-to-five world, but isn’t that the whole point of a holiday?
Britain is full. Ask anyone who has attempted to go away for the weekend recently (me). Pent-up demand after a stinker of a start to 2021 and the new reality of foreign travel (where possible) mean local authorities may as well hang “No vacancies” signs on county borders across the nation every Friday until September.
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It doesn’t necessarily get any easier to tell the height of a wave from the water. Photo: Brent Storm//Unsplash
Editor’s Note:
Welcome to Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George examines the history of measuring waves and how it’s shaped the pursuit.
What Is It
The decades-long custom of ignoring actual wave height, choosing instead to declaratively assert an estimate – the assigned figure having been reached in a completely arbitrary manner.
Who Developed It
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During the recent Margaret River Pro, held at that venerable Western Australian reef break, a classic example of estimating wave height was on display, the result, no doubt, very confusing to those surf fans new to the game. Early rounds were held in heavy, blustery, Indian Ocean swells that two-time world champion Gabriel Medina from Brazil called the biggest he’d ever