I live near there but on the other coast, the entire thing is beyond epic. I’ve sailed that coast extensively and it’s pretty insane how technical the tides are, how exposed a lot of it is in terms of tidal sweep etc, how busy it is with shipping towards the end. The tidal gates are super well known as being pretty dangerous.
I guess this is like “big backcountry” equivalent.
Then Guy just absolutely smashes it and opens up a new destination for Expedition Foiling, and I think it’s amazing and I’m hoping this catches on… I think what is cool is that this is an extremely technical route, with massive advantages to different lines. I don’t think that was a consideration for guy in as much as he just wanted to finish it, but it does make for a great strategic multi day route.
It’s also not “that dangerous” in the sense that there are no sharks, shitloads of helicopters and rescue boats dotted along the coast and France is not that far away. Compare to the equivalent in Aus or Hawaii
The point about the UK is that the learning conditions are pretty crap. I think Parawing changes that to some degree. For better riders, the downwinding is great in the UK, as there is lots of SW and WSW wind, but the logistics are really terrible for anything 30km and under as there is a lot of traffic and really slow narrow windy roads.
Compare to “destinations” like Cape Town where you can do a full shuttled run in under an hour.
GFP have a follow up interview which i haven’t listened to yet.