Beautiful view from left side of beach in Swanage
Daddy and his girls
Ainsley was very intense about the design and construction of this sand. Perhaps she'll be an architect like her uncle. She is very creative and still says she wants to do hair, and I always add that it would be a great way to earn money while she is at university studying...other things.
Saxon is winding down and feeling chilly here. He went in the water a lot with our blue dingy.
This is Swanage on the Tuesday. After putting up our tent in the spitting rain the night before, this did not seem a bad day. The water was gorgeous and the beach was not over crowded. A perfect start to our holiday. I thought Simon would be very guarded about his eye after just having surgery two weeks ago, but he could only sit at the sidelines for a few minutes before hopping off and going over to dig in the sand with the kids. By the end of the week he was ready to drive again. It may be my driving, or it may be that he had recovered so well by then he felt confident enough, he didn't say. I had a lovely time people watching and went for a nice walk along the pier with Simon and Charlotte to find some food for our crew. We ended up with some having Cornish Pasties and some having Margarita Pizzas (fancy way of saying cheese pizza so you aren't so annoyed by your unadventurous children). There was a guy who had a crepe stand and you could get pretty much anything sweet or savoury in a crepe or thin pancake. After our failed trip to Cornwall (because of the emergency eye surgery) I wanted a pasty and it was worth eating a days worth of calories in one go. Most food tastes delicious when you have been out walking on your holiday and you do not have to prepare it. We spent three hours here before it did finally rain us back to our protective tent.
