Sea to Sky
 Day 2 - The beach Up at 7am, sneak around the apartment while the children slumber & head down to the beach for our run. Run along the path for 50m before it runs out so out onto the beach. It's tough going across the sand but down on the shore it isn't too bad. About 12 mins up the shore it starts to get very rocky so turn around & run home. Back through the grounds, up, shower, cereal bar & a sit with the kids. Read a bit of The Times, small ray of Euro light in the Greek election. Head off for suppies from Carfor, the Spanish Tesco. Wander round for what seems like an eternity but manage to get most of the stuff we want. Quite a lot of English around, Georgia gives the game away for us as she sings God Save the Queen as we're going round. Queue for the checkout which has the worlds shortest conveyer belt & an operator who's mission seems to be to scan as fast as possible, we through a few curve balls with dodgy bar codes & we manage to keep up with her. We're grateful not to have a massive pile up when she's done. Litte coffee & sweet / savory croissant stop in the car park & it's time to head home. Jo takes the helm for the first time & does a passable attempt at wrong-side-of-the-road driving (for a girl). After a mini-break we head down to the beach. Quite a long walk along the shore we ran this morning, through rocks & stones until we head back to what we reckon in the best stretch on our beach, a 5m strip of mainly sand near the shore, sandwiched between rocks. Callum, Georgia & I stand in the nipple deep water (theirs, not mine) balanced on rocks, not the most thrilling adventure but they seem to enjoy it. Rach decides to join us, as it's getting a bit deep she decides to take her top off to stop it getting wet, so she throws it back to the shore but misses by some distance as it washes back towards us. It's ok though because it would have got it soaked when she fell over on her way back in. Spend some time on the shore making sand castles & burrying each other in sand. Enoy a spot of lunch back at the apartment (I have yesterdays left over BA meal) before heading back down to the pool, minus Jo who has volunteered to stay behind & do a bit of cleaning. We have a nice play & Callum comes on well with the float we got him at the supermarket this morning. Jo arrives after cleaning the apartment & entertaining Juan & Carlos who've come to do some work around the place. Jo practices her mask cleaning in preparation for tomorrows dive while Rachael & I race up & down the pool with a child each on our shoulders. We realise its gone 6 so time time to head back up to clean up for dinner. Quick coffee & shower before I fire up the barbie. A fine fare it is too, burgers, chorizo & chicken skewers, accompanied by salady acomplements. The girls have wine, I enjoy a traditional Spanish wheat beer from Germany. Kids watch Matilda after dinner while the adults potter before Rach puts the kids to bed & I fall asleep watching Spain v Croatia. Wake up in the highlights & we all decide its time for bed.
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Paddling in the Atlantic |
 The Atlantic is cold |
 Buried alive |
 Barbecuing on the terrace |
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