Oh, I Do Love To Be Beside The Seaside!
Well, here we are in sunny Paignton at the end of our first week on holiday. Sitting outside my beach hut, with a mug of tea and several layers of clothing to keep me warm, most of my time has been spent "people watching"!. Watching people out of their natural habitat is fascinating. For instance, if you're not a size 10 at home, then what makes you think those shorts will fit you on the beach? And why oh why do British holidaymakers build their own little fortress out of wind breaks and sun parasols, just in case someone along the two mile stretch of coastline decides to set foot in their two-metre-square empire?
I've loved watching my two children playing on the beach. With the sea, sand and rockpools (and the occasional trip to the ice cream kiosk) I've decided that children really don't care whether they're in Devon or the Costa del Sol. Apparently indifferent to the wind and rain, they've been quite happy investigating rockpools or capsizing their dinghy. Picnics on the beach have given a whole new meaning to the word "SANDwiches" but even crunchy ham sandwiches and slightly melted chocolate biscuits haven't spoilt the fun.
Maybe the next time we contemplate a getaway break in the sun, with its cost to our purse and the planet, we should stop and ask ourselves why. After this week's holiday I know what my children's answer would be.
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hi wendy! can we be friends?
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hey wendy great to hear from you. sounds like your having a great time, shame about the need for several layers!!!
Wow! Your holidays seem really fun!
Hope you're having a wonderful time and im really glad to read another one of your interesting posts!
I'll see you all soon!!
Hey Wendy... nice to see u bloggin from Devon...glad Rosie and you survived separation...Jane is 18 and just gone on her first holiday (apart from with family or club) and I was fussing just as badly over her as when she was Rozie's age...However, I don't feel guilty considering that on the list she wrote of what she needed to take with her although she had included everything from hairdryer and straighteners to sunglasses and sunscreen...she had left off (a)money, (b)her health insurnace card and (c)her passport!
Enjoy the rest of your holiday...lookin forward to seeing u guys when u get back...and maybe readin some of Rosie's stories.
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