Today started with a long lie in and then the most enormous pain au raisin for penny. We all got ready and headed off on our bikes to show daddy how to get around the lake. I got the old garmin watch out to clock the distance around the lake… It’s a 3km cycle. On the side of the lake is a man made beach, which the kids really enjoyed. Penny was busy making a beautiful sandcastle and Fraser tipped a bucket of water over her head. It was like watching laurel and hardey.

We got back in time for lunch…. We got all the food out and ended up with a really quite impressive spread of cured meats, cheeses and olives. Yum. We’ve decided to try and keep Fraser p all day today and not let him nap as he had been a bit of a toad the last few nights. We headed over to mum and dads friends house in a closely village to do an errand, then went to a totally random shop called Nos…. It’s just a strange shop selling all kind of things really cheap! We managed to find some tat to buy and some more cheap wine, and then we went on to Sainte Suzanne, a medieval castle type fort, where we spent a happy few hours wondering around, the stopping for a coffee and an ice cream.

Saints Suzanne has 2 parts, one built in the 11th centurary and the other in the 17th. The kids loved the medieval loo, and the dungeon where Fraser could pretend to rescue trapped penny in an American accent.

They are over in the pool now, enjoying a bit of evening sunshine, before tea and an early bed. Stew and I are headed on a hot date…. To the creparie by the lake….. It’s been so fab all being back together.

I’ve included some pics of our pitch right beside the lake, it was a really warm night last night and so I woke up this morning with the blinds down, to a view of the sun over the top of the trees… If I could have taken a photo I would have.

Liz…. Note the bunting!
Someone tell Tracey, the flip flops that she hates broke in the sea! She’ll be thrilled!