Splinters In T.I.M.E: Swanage Day 5

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Swanage Day 5

We were supposed to be getting up early today to go swimming but failed to get up on the third snooze and so were late, much to Sophie's disgust. To make matters worse, mum had gone missing. As Toni and I were getting the swimming stuff together I suddenly spotted a familiar hood sitting out on our balcony. Turned out mum was a bit cheesed off because Sam was back sleeping in her caravan living room and so she didn't get her early morning "me time" as she is usually an early riser.

She came in for a cuppa while we finished getting ready and then we all trundled off to meet Sophie and Shane (Sam had been dispatched to our caravan to collect swimming stuff but we told him to stay).

Atmosphere was a bit tense in the pool. We did manage to have a bit of a swim though (and Gemima is really improving). Went into the sauna with Toni, Shane and Sam for a short while. Toni had to go back to Gemima and so Sophie came and joined us. Sophie exited as Shane dumped a whole bottle of water on the coals, things got hot very quickly and I had to bail out. I did think I was going to be subjected to chicken calls from Shane and Sam but they dived out almost immediately after me. It was funny though and we plan to repeat it all tomorrow.

After swimming things all went a bit Pete Tong. There were issues with Aaron, Sam then got a total grump followed by Sophie freaking out and me having to talk to Steph for the first time in god knows how long which was no fun. Thankfully all issues were resolved fairly quickly and we managed to sit down and have a nice brunch together. Following this we decided to head into town and down to the beach. Sam had decided that he didn't want to do anything so got all grumpy again, Aaron then stormed off in a huff too so it was all looking a bit rocky for family fun.

We popped into a fab hippy shop and spent ages in there. Mum, Shane and Sophie got bored so they headed off to the beach. Toni bought a great bag and some great warm tops for Gemima. Next stop was a kitsch shop that specialised in lots of girly stuff like fairies and Hello Kitty merchandise. I could have spent a fortune on the Kitty stuff. Toni bought me a fab fairy t-shirt.

We then strolled down to the beach, gathering ice cream on the way and settled into deck chairs whilst the kids played.

As we were in town we decided to go for an Indian for dinner to save anybody having to cook and found a fab little restaurant called Masala (original eh? LOL). Fantastic meal and the price was pretty reasonable too. Sophie and Shane left before dessert to head back and get some urgent supplies in and the rest of us following on in a taxi.

Got back to mum's caravan very tired. Gemima had a shower and washed her hair and the rest of us drank tea and watched Big Brother (sad I know but we needed a catch up). After that Toni and I watched a bit of Alan Carr's Tooth Fairy Live before heading back to the caravan as it wasn't really suitable for Gemima. Sam and Aaron followed on once it was over (Sam has agreed to sleep back in our caravan so that mum can have her bit of peace first thing in the morning)

Thankfully I think (or at least hope and pray) that all the grumps are now worked through and dealt with so that we can just get on and enjoy what is left of the holiday.

Toni in a deck chair: