Olly's first beach trip!

Mum, there's something up my nose!! Olly's first trip to the beach happened yesterday, it was all new for him and his sniffer. His first reaction was to sniff the sand and then sneeze then he thought maybe it was edible, blurgh nope. I think my favourite part of him is his nose and chops just look it's like a chocolate button nose with sea lion whiskers.

On Horton beach where we took our walk there was one lone sea holly plant, busy growing away looking healthy and sharp, I'd never noticed it before and there was just one. It is the most fabulous colour. Olly was fascinated by the sea and had the odd foray into it but I made the mistake of going down when the tide was coming in and he kept keeping half an eye, I think he thought it was chasing him! At the barn it was blowing a gale when we left so I'd donned my thick Plain LAzy hoody, however at the beach it was boiling, sunny and now wind! Whew.

Now some people love to live right next to the sea, I can understand the attraction, but these lovely houses really are right by it and in the winter storms the path we walk along just after these houses ghets washed away. Several attempts have been made to shore up the cliff but the sea is mightier than them. I don't think I'd rest easy at night!!

You could certainly say you had a sea view from your garden though couldn't you?

WHilst Olly took a moment to lie down in the sand I took a few rock piccys, this beach has all kinds of wierd striped and swirly rocks as well as rocks with holes all the way through them. I used to come here to collect small rocks with holes to use as weights for my mobiles. I thought initially someone had drawn these cirlces on and then i noticed they are some kind of quartz. Nature's great.

Now it may be my eyes but that looks like a B to me! For Banbury, I took this to show the kids, they thought it was fab:D

Hey mum look at me!

A happy pup on a lovely beach....................

Hair cut at last i'm starting to feel like the wild woman of borneo! Oh and the grey hairs boo hoo, still the bonus of my blond hair mysteriously becoming more redish is the grey ones aren't too obvious! I'm going to sit there and enjoy the pampering, try not to nod off and sip a cup of tea. Did I mention both our neighbours are away? So we are in charge of chickens, ducks, doves, 2 dogs and lots of chicks one side and 4 cats the other side plus our own 2 cats and a pup! Bonkers, miaow, woof, cheep, bok, quack, coo and cock a doodle doo- well "doodle doo" the cockerel has lost the other part from his call!!!