Flow House

Surfing 60 miles from the nearest coast purely from a novelty point of view that’s ace.
You need to arrive about half an hour before your start time to watch a five minute safety brief, nothing too serious just a little guidance and tips. After that its over to the changing rooms and you get a wet suit to wear, being quite new the suits are in good condition. Once your suited up and ready to go you need to wait for the session that’s running to finish.
The session starts with a quick intro and a check to see how experienced everyone is, all newbies in my group so I don’t know if experience changes what you do. To get comfortable with the water you first get to the top of the wave by sitting down in the flow of water which promptly pushes you to the top, even a tubby bloke like myself.
You then practice body boarding learning to move the board and getting onto your knee’s, then the main event with the instructor holding your arm you stand on a surf board, a small version of one anyway more like a long skateboard, then wiggle your way into the flow using the instructor to keep you upright and once you’ve got your balance they let go and you either sink or swim. Falling is painless unless you include your pride, but everyone falls eventually.
Overall the instructor was great both with kids and adults, we had great fun and plan on going again, for £90 for a family of four for an hour it can seem expensive however we are happy to pay it again.