WHILE IN CORNWALL JORDIE AND I WERE INTRODUCED TO AND GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH A REALLY INTERESTING CHARACTER, RICH EMERSON. NOT ONLY IS HE AN EXPERT PIGEON SHOOTER BUT HE IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER AND OPERATIONAL MANAGER OF A UK CHARITY CALLED SURF ACTION. THIS CHARITY HELPS RETURNING COMBAT VETERANS WITH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES THROUGH SURFING. RICH, A VETERAN HIMSELF FROM THE FIRST GULF WAR, FOUND THAT AFTER MOVING DOWN TO THE COAST AND TAKING UP SURFING A FEW YEARS BACK REALLY HELPED WITH DEALING WITH HIS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, SO HE WENT ABOUT TRYING TO FIND IF THEIR WAS A WAY HE COULD HELP OTHERS THAT WERE IN HIS SITUATION OR WORSE.
JORDIE AND AND I BOTH RELATED TO WHAT RICH WAS DOING AS BOTH OUR FATHERS HAD BEEN EX SERVICEMAN, AND WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHARITY SO WE WENT OUT SURFING WITH A SURF ACTION GROUP ONE AFTERNOON, JORDIE LENDING A HAND WITH THE LESSONS. WE BOTH HEARD A LOT OF FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF VETERANS DIFFICULTIES AND COULD SEE WHAT GOOD THE CHARITY RICH HAD DEVELOPED HAD DONE FOR NOT ONLY THE LOCAL VETERAN COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT RICH WORKS DIRECTLY WITH MILITARY REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE A LONGER REACH ACROSS THE UK. GO RICH!!!
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