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I sincerely doubt that anyone could have had as thoroughly an English day as we have had.
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wendylouwho! I hope you're OK, dear, and that life is treating you well. *hugs*
I do like to be beside the seaside...
Quite simply, we had a most marvellous time! We set off nicely early towards Whitby, driving through gorgeous rolling green hill-y landscape, with hedgerows and big trees picturesquely stood in the middle of fields. (At one point we passed a sing saying 'Local traffic only'. There was a beat, then Darcy said "It's a local road for local people!" and I replied "We will have no trouble here!" Sometimes we are completely of one mind!) Then the fields turned into heather-covered moors and soon we found ourselves in sunny Whitby. (We even made it to mass only approx 5 minutes late! Sat-nav is a fabulous and wonderous thing that we appreciate greatly!) (Oh, I forgot to mention that we have a new car - hence the sat-nav. It [the car] is fabulous and everything works and I dare not say any more for fear of jinxing it!)
But the most English moment of all came at lunchtime when we sat on the pier eating fish&chips in the warm sun - trying to ignore the cool wind - with seagulls flying overhead and Morris-dancers performing just a few yards away. (A little further up was a mini funfair, with obligatory popsongs played over a decrepit sound system.)
Sometimes I love this country more than is entirely reasonable.
Anyway, then we went down to the beach (also windy, although we managed to find a fairly sheltered spot) and the children dug holes in the sand with their brightly coloured spades, and one of them decided to try to paddle a little (and only got her trousers a tiny bit wet!). Darcy went off and bought us all '99's (ice cream w. a flake in it), and the Cherub got ice cream ALL OVER HER FACE! (It was very cute.) Darcy had also brought their kite and they had a lot of fun flying it. (*I* stayed on the carpet, and thus was the only one who didn't get my feet/shoes wet.)
When dark clouds gathered we packed up and walked through the town, stopping at various shops (amongst others the RNLI store, where Miss M spent some of her pocket money and the sweet shop where they bought rock) and it *did* rain, but not enough to bother with our umbrella.
Finally we wound up in the tourist information again, since Impish Girl wanted some fudge she's seen there earlier, and we also got her a book about Whitby, since she'd decided that it would be the perfect subject for her project. (In Year 3 they have to do a project about a UK town, and she's been worrying what to choose.)
Not much more to tell really, except the second we got home I brewed a large pot of tea, because omg *so* necessary!
And that was our day! :) (Also, tomorrow is May Bank Holiday and I can have a lie-in! Yay!)
In other, extremely happy news, The Immortal's (sweet) Revenge has been nominated in the Rogue Poet Awards! (Best slash - they don't have a category for crack-tastic cross-overs. *g*) Thank you, thank you, thank you to the kind person who nominated me, I am utterly overwhelmed!
wendylouwho! I hope you're OK, dear, and that life is treating you well. *hugs*I do like to be beside the seaside...
Quite simply, we had a most marvellous time! We set off nicely early towards Whitby, driving through gorgeous rolling green hill-y landscape, with hedgerows and big trees picturesquely stood in the middle of fields. (At one point we passed a sing saying 'Local traffic only'. There was a beat, then Darcy said "It's a local road for local people!" and I replied "We will have no trouble here!" Sometimes we are completely of one mind!) Then the fields turned into heather-covered moors and soon we found ourselves in sunny Whitby. (We even made it to mass only approx 5 minutes late! Sat-nav is a fabulous and wonderous thing that we appreciate greatly!) (Oh, I forgot to mention that we have a new car - hence the sat-nav. It [the car] is fabulous and everything works and I dare not say any more for fear of jinxing it!)
But the most English moment of all came at lunchtime when we sat on the pier eating fish&chips in the warm sun - trying to ignore the cool wind - with seagulls flying overhead and Morris-dancers performing just a few yards away. (A little further up was a mini funfair, with obligatory popsongs played over a decrepit sound system.)
Sometimes I love this country more than is entirely reasonable.
Anyway, then we went down to the beach (also windy, although we managed to find a fairly sheltered spot) and the children dug holes in the sand with their brightly coloured spades, and one of them decided to try to paddle a little (and only got her trousers a tiny bit wet!). Darcy went off and bought us all '99's (ice cream w. a flake in it), and the Cherub got ice cream ALL OVER HER FACE! (It was very cute.) Darcy had also brought their kite and they had a lot of fun flying it. (*I* stayed on the carpet, and thus was the only one who didn't get my feet/shoes wet.)
When dark clouds gathered we packed up and walked through the town, stopping at various shops (amongst others the RNLI store, where Miss M spent some of her pocket money and the sweet shop where they bought rock) and it *did* rain, but not enough to bother with our umbrella.
Finally we wound up in the tourist information again, since Impish Girl wanted some fudge she's seen there earlier, and we also got her a book about Whitby, since she'd decided that it would be the perfect subject for her project. (In Year 3 they have to do a project about a UK town, and she's been worrying what to choose.)
Not much more to tell really, except the second we got home I brewed a large pot of tea, because omg *so* necessary!
And that was our day! :) (Also, tomorrow is May Bank Holiday and I can have a lie-in! Yay!)
In other, extremely happy news, The Immortal's (sweet) Revenge has been nominated in the Rogue Poet Awards! (Best slash - they don't have a category for crack-tastic cross-overs. *g*) Thank you, thank you, thank you to the kind person who nominated me, I am utterly overwhelmed!