Time off
The smellies have been on holiday for a couple of weeks, so gardening gets put on the back-burner whilst we turn our attention to our offspring and their need for chocolate and other types of nourishment. A favourable weather forecast gave us crazy ideas about a day at the seaside – so this Saturday saw us out and about at Deauville in a last ditch attempt to show the kids some ‘real life’ before they went back at school.
Anyone with an obsession for high-performance cars could do worse than to spend the day at Deauville… as we walked through the town we passed the most incredible supercars – Ian (being well up on this type of thing) reels off a string of funny names followed by obscene price tags. Not much of a holiday, looking at cars that are worth as much as my house!! It seems that every rich Parisian has decided to hit the beach and, like us, Deauville is the closest one they have.
So, at the seaside and another day spent digging – this time more pleasurable as little M shouts “Bury me alive!” Temperatures reached the mid 20s, Ian got sunburn and everything got covered in sand, but I managed to collect some lovely shells for the mosaic in the bathroom and the kids were so tired that M fell asleep on the way home. Success!
Deborah said,
April 28, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Ah hair the colour of mine, when I was her age!
Have you tried P20 against burning - you still need a sun screen. I use it and have been really impressed, even the backs of my legs when they get their first outing of the year into the sun don’t burn. Unfortunately you can’t get it in France so I’m having a friend bring me so over from the UK.
P20 plus factor 50 saw me through last year without a single burn.
That looks like a lovely day out by the way. I drove through Deauville on my way to the ferry last year and then realised that I was going to run out of time so didn’t stop. Some of the houses are really wonderful aren’t they.