Pilcharding

That’s when the sea is too rough to swim and you sit in the shallow waters. Hannah and I did it today, every now and then getting knocked flat on our backs. I asked if she thought we looked like mermaids in the shallows. She thought more like special people on a day out. Ended up with sand everywhere.

I’ve managed to make my forehead and nose bright red today. And poor Daisy is still poorly and sad, and having to just live in her room. I like my sick children around me so I can look at them and offer them stuff, not many miles away on their own.