Ice Ceeam and Afternoon Naps

Sometimes I think back on the decision to write a blog about last year's Sea to Sea cycle and wonder if it was a wise decision. It has raised the expectation that I will document interesting adventures, which I have. Then you throw family holidays into the mix and the fear is that not to blog is to say holidays with you just aren't interesting. So, in the potentially mistaken belief that my family actually read these random ramblings, I persist.

No sooner had we emptied suitcases on our return from Croatia than we were packing them for a week in the Lake District with Grahame, Maria, Maia, Isla, Amelia and Freddie. We are spending the week in a newly converted barn just above Ullswater. The apartment is very posh (expensive) and includes a playroom for the wee ones.

Today has been nice and sunny. It has been hot, but not hot hot, at about 18°C. Now that's a summer temperature I would consider to be near perfect for the outdoors, and almost exactly half of what we enjoyed (endured) last week. Some suncream was required, but mainly only to prevent my nose getting red enough to merit an audition for the part of Rudolph in the Christmas panto.

Holidaying with 2 under 5's is both fun and exhausting. They get up so early and they have more energy than the Duracell bunny. As compensation, they are cuter than cute and naturally funny. We did manage a walk with them along the lakeside, primarily to get an ice cream and a shot on the swings. Then home as Freddie, not quite 2 yet, needs an afternoon nap. I know how he feels.Read more