Yesterday we went to the beach. Joel didn’t want to carry the buckets and spades, so I gave him the back pack with lunch instead…

Seems fair.

Lily & Joel set up a Games Console which we all had a turn at. I think Daddy patronised it the most before it went out of business. Sign o’ the times, it seems.

While at the beach, Joel got both of us soaking wet, then went and got changed into his swimsuit and wetsuit… and got soaking wet again. I don’t have any pictures of that, as I thought phone and camera were best out of the way for that. It was a glorious day, though, and for someone who doesn’t technically swim without armbands, Joel was getting right on in there. Hence me not wanting to be too far away, in spite of the getting wet…

Later on, after we’d been back to base and dried off, we pottered to The Sun public house for pre-dinner drinks. I went for a Perry and found it to be very refreshing, while the children concentrated on throwing money into a stagnant puddle dressed up as a well.

On our walk home, I was a little concerned that the wind appeared to be blowing this leaky cloud directly in our direction…

Lily got really VERY worried (she is scared of thunder and twisters), although the greater danger appeared to be from the cyclist who came up from behind without a bell and scared the bejeezus out of us by saying “excuse me” from about 2 yards behind us. Do cycles not have bells these days??!?

Anyway, we got home without getting wet or mown down. Result!