Crunchy ‘Nanas

One thing I’ve learned from living in England is you don’t let the weather influence what you do. If you sit at home and wait for a sunny day so you can go to the beach, all I can say is good luck. So, when the last summer bank holiday rolls around, and you have friends coming down from West Yorkshire to go to the seaside, you go to the seaside. Even if it’s rainy and cloudy. And you have fun, gosh darn it!

Rain? Clouds? Who cares!

We went out to Joss Bay on Sunday to catch low tide so that we could go do a little rockpooling and a bit of sand art. That lasted for about 10 minutes before running back to the cars with wet little ones. But, not before a crab had been found!

We got home, dried off, had some lunch and headed back out to Margate. Judging from the weather earlier, I didn’t bother to put my bathing suit back on. Stupid move, it was beautiful! So, we got a chance to splash around, make a starfish in the sand, and create “Emma Island.”

Then, we moved around the coast, had some ice cream at Morelli’s, and everyone was happy!

Perhaps the biggest lesson learned from the weekend was never read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs if you want the sun to shine in England. (But then again, I’m not sure if I can handle that.) Oh yeah, and I ran 6 miles with hills and didn’t die, so I think that puts me okay for the Nike+ Human Race in London this weekend. I won’t race it hardcore (do I ever??), but I should have fun. Hooray!

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