Summer holidays.

Right now I am sitting  no, make that lying along a comfortable couch, surrounded by family. We are currently on day 2 of our summer break, back to our beach and holiday house, that we enjoyed so very much at easter. I, personally, have yet to set foor on the sand, but we have had so much fun already.

The little place we are staying is on the same East coast that we live on but a little further down. Only a two and a half hour drive, just over the border into England. But we don't need to go far to be on holiday. And this sandy beach and long promenade are perfect for playing and strolling on.

There is no internet here, but we have discovered that Murray's phone can act as a modem , when connected to the laptop! Woo hoo!! I'm not sure how it will behave when I try to upload photos, but its worth a try. At the very least, I can document with words as it happens, so I can remember the little things that can easily slip away.

K has been very unwell over the past week. I actually thought she was going to end up with a hospital visit on Tuesday. The pain she was in does not require documenting. It will forever be etched on my soul. With some headaches and vomiting filling the night before we left, the holiday was in jeopardy of being postponed by a day.

But she rallied!! And we arrived with no mishaps in the car on the way.

Our first day ended with a little stroll  along the promenade just as the sun was disappearing

It was awesome.

This morning we were all up bright and early at 6.20am. This is so not me! LOL I even tried to go back to bed as it felt so alien to be up at that time! But sleep could not find me. I guess I was just too eager to begin the fun. After an awesome cooked breakfast, made of course by chef Raymond, we headed out for a walk in the rain. We planned on popping in on a charity car boot sale for a nosey but it was cancelled due to the weather. No fear we headed to the little local shop and stocked up on some goodies for our cosy time inside, sheltering from the rain.

After lunchtime the clouds parted and a very warm sun broke through!! Raincoats off and suncream on for an afternoon at a local Lifeboat fete/gala.

We watched the kids play in the funhouse, ride the big wheel (ferris wheel) , K took part in the worlds most dire magician act. They won teddy bears on tombolas and had their pictures taken on huge motorcycles. The motorcycle K was on was incredibly, owned by a man who comes from our home town and lives in our own street!!!! What a small world! He and his biker friends toured their way down too. Crazy.

I so wish I could add the pictures of all our fun but the little modem offering me my little writing space, just can't cope with uploading pics.

I will just need to bombard with pics when we get home.

Our girl seems better and is sound asleep in her bed (on de top bunk!!) .  I am sitting with all the guys, in the awesome living/dining/kitchen space, watching top gun on tv after a few wii sessions,  a glass of white wine in my hand, listening to the rain tip tapping on the window. And we all know how I feel about that sound.

Happy.