WORLD CUP’S OVER & IT'S ALL GOING TOKICK OFF.

Like going to confession, I should imagine: father forgive me, it has been 67 days since I have blogged…

We have two days to go before the schools kick out and it all kicks off here. Same, same but different; new faces, new systems, a whole new ride with the coasteering and a new shape for the teams. It’s like last year we were 4-4-2 and now we’re 3-5-2. Positively continental.

We’re locked down and ready to go with the rides, and running round trying to do all the signs/painting/polishing/saluting/mowing one last time before the ground starts to shake. I feel like we’re through waiting now everybody’s ready and champing at the bit and that’s making the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

We have two crazy people in reception full time on the phones and sorting out the mail, a touch screen till etc etc. Where’s it going to end? That’s what I want to know. When we’re really going full tilt we have 11 people at it all day, plus the web guys, plus me. Nasty.

The freshwater coasteering is better than my wildest dreams. We’ve had about 15 groups out since we started a couple of weeks ago and Joe Public is loving it. Talk about a good use of the space. Imagine being able to bomb off the cliffs inside the set of a Bond movie. They look so cool in all the safety gear, yellow helmets and shirts with these crazy buoyancy aids that make you look like an action hero. I love it.

We now have 3 fully qualified instructors in the water. Jack and Lucas just came back from Newquay on Friday absolutely knackered having qualified in heavy swell and a strong onshore wind. Made me feel old just thinking about it. All these young dudes in Adrenalin Quarry shirts prowling around the site are better at the job than I am. Scary thought for an old man.

We have this massive internet booking portal that allows you to do it from home, then we do mail order gift vouchers, mail order merchandise, you name it. Sainsburys for lunatics.