• Paddleboarding

    August 11 in France ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    This morning we went back to the lake & beach. The weather has been much hotter over the last couple of days and you could definitely tell this today as it wasn't even much cooler by the lake. The water was still lovely - once you've waded through the deep, boiling hot sand to get to it (good workout for the legs though!)

    I had a try at paddleboarding, and once Elliott had given me a quick lesson in the skills he learnt on his school residential, I was surprised how easily I found my balance. I only fell off once- and that was when I started drifting towards where we got stuck in the pedalo and I didn't want a repeat of that so I tried to turn too quickly and in I went! It was good fun but very hot work so it was soon time to return to our lodge to cool off and have lunch.
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