The Sea!

Those of you who live close to the coast will probably think I'm barmy, getting so excited at seeing the sea, but those of us who live a more landlocked existence get rather thrilled by it!

Today was spent visiting my in-laws in Devon, supposedly for my Father-in-Law's birthday (although that was in August, so it was a bit late and he'd forgotten he hadn't had his parcels yet so was very pleasantly surprised by them), but also to spend a bit more time with them than we usually do.

The drive down was smooth and easy - no hold ups, sunshine on the autumn leaves etc. We were treated to an excellent dinner - beef stew, potatoes & beans followed by a chocolate pudding, which I hoovered up rather enthusiastically!

Then the four of us went for a drive down to Charmouth, where this picture was taken, and then back along the coast as far as Beer (great name for a place). The Wonderspouse & I went up to the water's edge and dared the sea to wet our shoes (as you do), and collected some interesting stones!

Then it was back to the in-law residence for a cup of tea before heading home. The homeward journey was rather dark and wet, but we broke the journey at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol in the search for a complicated lightbulb for the bathroom light. Nowhere was able to sell us such a lightbulb, and I'm now resorting to ordering one online - we'll have to live with a dark bathroom until then. We did pop into the giant Asda though and I bought some more of the lovely soft polo necked jumpers that they sell at an exceedingly reasonable price!

I liked this picture best out of all the ones I took. However, I very nearly blipped some pictures of my Mother-in-Law's rather fabulous dolls houses (really really miniature). However, this picture summed up the day better - so you'll have to wait for the dolls houses until another time when I can photograph them slightly better!