Another glorious day, and a trip to Shell Bay for some serious sand
castle making. We picked a spot right by a stream running off the heath
across the beach and into the sea. After a series of sand dams were
breached, a huge body of water swelled into the moat and eventually
undermined the foundations of our castle, which very quickly became a
ruin resembling Corfe. It was truly exciting stuff. A glorious day to end a wonderful holiday. Bye
bye Kimmeridge, we'll be back.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tales from Coastguard Cottage - Wednesday 25th July
Tales from Coastguard Cottage - Tuesday 24th July
Tales from Coastguard Cottage - Monday 23rd July
After a long day at Brownsea, we went for a slow relaxing day
at
Kimmeridge Bay, just a short walk down the secret path from the cottage. We spend the day enjoying a bit of snorkelling, followed by a barbeque with
lashings of ginger beer, and then back to the beach for some fossil
hunting.
Another old fossil on the rocks (sorry Grandma!)
Tales from Coastguard Cottage - Sunday 22nd July
Three generations of Scouts went on an expedition to Brownsea Island to
pay hommage to Lord Baden-Powell. As well as being a Mecca for Scouts
around the globe (purely on account of it's "epic" shop according to
Daniel),
Browsea Island is also considered by some to be the inspiration behind Kirrin island from the Famous Five stories. Our very own Julian, Dick, George and Anne (but sadly no Timmy aka Maisie) explored the land for hidden ingots.
Browsea Island is also considered by some to be the inspiration behind Kirrin island from the Famous Five stories. Our very own Julian, Dick, George and Anne (but sadly no Timmy aka Maisie) explored the land for hidden ingots.
Tales from Coastguard Cottage - Saturday 21 July
The jet stream kindly changed course last week, giving us a week of splendid sunshine to bask in during our holidays at Coastguard Cottages.
It wasn't long before James and Daniel committed high treason and were subjected to a spell in the stocks followed by a lucky reprieve in which they escaped a gruesome death and lived to enjoy more adventures by the sea.
It wasn't long before James and Daniel committed high treason and were subjected to a spell in the stocks followed by a lucky reprieve in which they escaped a gruesome death and lived to enjoy more adventures by the sea.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Rubble
It's getting to crunch time in the Sunnyside house. The kids room is
out of action due to the large air vent the builders put in for us
today, and the layer of rubble on the floor. So we're all huddled together in one bedroom tonight. Thankfully
we are escaping to the sanity of Dorset for what we hope to be a week of lovely sunshine.
Bye bye Sunnyside, the next time we live in you, you will be much bigger, and hopefully less full of rubble.
Bye bye Sunnyside, the next time we live in you, you will be much bigger, and hopefully less full of rubble.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Onwards and upwards
Friday, July 06, 2012
Progress report
Since the scaffolding arrived, the builders have topped the windows, put in some steel joists, fixed in the floor joists for the upper storey and begun putting up the roof timbers of the utility room. They have also finished the brickwork around the front doorway.
Despite a few technical hitches, none of which - fortunately - were insurmoutable, we are making good progress. The toilet has been reconnected after a whole day out of service (what would we do without our wonderful neighbours?), and the waste pipes have all been cleverly hidden from view under the floor and within the roof space of the porch.
Despite a few technical hitches, none of which - fortunately - were insurmoutable, we are making good progress. The toilet has been reconnected after a whole day out of service (what would we do without our wonderful neighbours?), and the waste pipes have all been cleverly hidden from view under the floor and within the roof space of the porch.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
The new playroom
The next stage of the building works means we need to vacate the house for a couple of days while they remove part of the kitchen ceiling to put in a steel joist. We thought we would get ourselves aclimatised to our new lodgings, so we've spent the weekend in the shed.
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