Pier Pressure...

First day of half term, the sun was shining, so after a little bit of shopping, we went for a drink and cake by the sea, and then a stroll along the pier…

You take things for granted when you live by the sea, so it was quite fun to do the tourist thing, and play in the amusement arcade for a while; we blew a whole 70 pence, changed into 2ps for the penny pushers.

There was also some afternoon stitching; but with the joy of the clocks going back, it was dark by the time I was done!

Hoping the rest of the holiday goes so well.

No Sh*t Sherlock!

Going on the zoo trip was never going to be easy on the feet, ears or throat - after a 3 hour journey up to London, we were whizzing round the animals, herding children and back on the coach before we knew it…

The kids indulged in hours of 'are we nearly there yet?' and us grown ups remained as noncommittal as we could, but it was still smiles all round when we got back to school, so worth every long, noisy minute.

After the longest journey there, we took the North Circular route home, and that meant Baker Street was the way to go…

221b in full Sherlock glory.

It won't take a super sleuth to work out where I'll be by 9pm!

Oh, and before I go, thank you so much to all of you who have watched dear son's video already, he is so totally thrilled with all the views and likes; if he hits 100 views by morning, he'll probably combust!