Here are some great plain shorts for normal shananigans.

Loud, extra long surf shorts are not always the best idea, so here’s a great pair of regular length, plain navy blue shorts with pockets.

Available in sizes 30 inch waist to 36. Also available in Yucca which I’ve never heard of, it’s a kind of green.

This pair of Quiksilver Single Day Shorts are £25 and shipping is £3 although it’s free if you spend over £25, so get looking for something else. They’ve got a sale on too, so remember to enter the code - JUNE10FOR7 - at checkout to get 10% off. BUY

Rushbox - a great little surf store online at teh internets.

Whilst the sun is out you migt as well get your pins out for the ladies.

This is respectable pair of white shorts from Quiksilver; cool enough to satisfy your shallow branded consumer side but subtle enough to not make you look like a dick.

Enjoy the ladies enjoying your legs whilst your legs enjoy the shorts.

This pair of Quiksilver Crumble Plain Washed Walkshorts are £55 and shipping to your humble abode will set you back approxiametely £3.50. If you’re feeling rich and spend over £100 then shipping is free. BUY

Extreme Pie is a UK surf store with many surf and skate brands. They’ve also got a huge sale on at the moment so get yourself down there.

Nice pair of desert camo shorts by Diesel. Below the knee length so all you guys with spindly little legs can hide most of them underneath.

Available in sizes from 28 inches to 38 inches.

These Diesel Pokaw 966 Shorts are £85. Shipping is £3, plus if you use the exclusive discount code of - SMARTGEEZER - then you get a tasty little 5% off too. BUY

Bagga Menswear - great online mens clothing store with tons of great brands and loads of items to make you look better than you actually are…which, let’s be honest, is no mean feat.

The nice weather is approaching, you can’t wear jeans or trousers all day so this is where we get to the tricky subject of shorts.

It really is best to keep it simple if you haven’t got tanned footballer legs. If you’re currently sporting spindly little pins like cotton wool ear buds then at least have the decency to wear a tame pair of shorts so as to divert attention away from your lower half.

This pair of plain white, unfussy shorts are just the trick. Long enough to cover up the top half of your Tippex coated limbs, stylish enough to look alright and plain enough to not encourage pointing.

Over 30’s also have to be wary of not dressing their age in a pair of luminous surf shorts with patterns that would make a sailor sick, act your age not your mortgage’s interest rate.

The biggest ’short crime’ of all, as we all know, is a pair of undersized, tight Phil Mitchell cut-off denims. But I don’t need to tell you that do I.

This pair of Sol Cal Linen Shorts are £20 and shipping is £4. BUY

Republic really nice store with many urban brands such as Bench, Crafted, G-Star, Drunknmunky and more.