Day 6 - Not an Expert Just Yet

Woke up at 5.30am feeling slightly sunburnt.It had been a hot day which we had spent under the blazing sun often on the water. I went for a wee and witnessed a gorgeous sunrise.

I watched several downloaded episodes of The Office (US) which annoyingly is being taken off Sky tomorrow.

We emerged from our tent at 8.30am to discover our neighbours had already gone and others were nearly packed up to go. It wasn’t long before I was sent to the grocery shop with a list of what to buy. I failed on every count according to Jackie.

The special offer bread ran out of date too soon, the 3l box of wine looked too yellow and was probably too sweet, the milk was semi skimmed not skimmed, the crisps we discovered at lunch were not the best (not Lays) and I didn’t buy any fruit because it looked too complicated!

Jackie cooked up scrambled eggs on toast with bacon for breakfast which was lovely. It seems she’s getting the hang of this cooking malarkey. An added breakfast bonus was that I somehow managed to connect my iPad to the E-Sim on my phone.

It was late morning by the time we got to the beach. I continued to entertain the beach goers with my pathetic attempts to paddle board standing up.

I must point out that Jackie fell off on her first attempt this morning and I caught it on video.

We have used the board a lot to paddle around the lake. Our most effective position is sitting on the board back to back, which allows for greater leverage when one of us is paddling,

It was another hot day and lunch in the shade couldn’t come soon enough. Today we had mature English cheddar cheese sandwiches and the inferior crisps I bought.

Over lunch we had another revelation, when I discovered how we can connect our iPads to our phone E-Sims. All we had to do was turn Airplane Mode on, which makes absolutely no sense at all.

The afternoon consisted of more paddle boarding antics and a wine induced siesta. Jackie improved at videoing, preferably without the commentary. I tried to add music to the video, but I should have played the accompanying soundtrack through a speaker and not through my phone as the 2nd video will demonstrate.

I’ve come to the conclusion that balancing is not my thing particularly with my arthritic right foot and I’m afraid to admit that I think there is also a perfect weight to board ratio for it that I’m the wrong side of.

I shall be withdrawing my application for my inclusion in the GB paddle board team at Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. I haven’t ruled out the GB canoe team, but most likely in the Paralympics at this rate!!!

We left the beach around 7pm and Jackie announced that she didn’t feel up to another game of pétanque. She blamed it on having a swollen foot which she has self diagnosed as Policeman’s Foot. I think she means Policeman’s Heel, which it isn’t.

After showers, we relaxed in the shade and chilled before dinner. I played my part by occasionally stirring the rice for our 2nd night of a very hot, but beautiful chilli con carne.

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