Simon 'Blue' Robinson

Hi, Sarah.

Jersey is a, it was and is a wonderful place.

It's a very small island, probably about 116, 117 square kilometers.

And it's in the bay near Normandy, very close to France.

So people will know of Mont Saint-Michel, San Marlo.

It's, you know, 10 or 12 miles from France, a long way from England.

So it is an island place.

you know, way, way south of the English Channel.

It's got a very large west-facing beach and small sandy beaches around it with some cliffs on top.

There's no heavy industry on Jersey, so the atmosphere is very clean, the sea is relatively warm, and the surf can be pretty big.

So it's a great place to grow up as a young surfer.

I really, I mean, outdoors was everything.

And the ocean, because the island is so small and it's quite packed, there's 110,000 people on it.

So it's quite busy.

So if you want some peace and quiet and fun, you go offshore.

You go in a kayak or you surf or you sail.

And I learned to sail at school.

Then I joined a cadet force and it was pleasure.

It was great fun.

Most of my friends, most of my mates went into finance because Jersey was occupied in the Second World War and after the war it was kind of desolate and it had to do something to pick up itself.