The kids were both asleep before 20.30, a record this holiday, they also sleep past 7.00 so everybody wakes well rested. We are not allowed to play in the playground before 10 (!) and take it serious today, as last night football match England-Norway finished around midnight. So, we start with Pokemon on Tim’s computer, as the kids love everything with the anime creatures.
At 9, we leave for the beach again. The parking is very empty, but the sea is not. We spot a seal close to the beach. Although there is not much beach. It’s super high tide. That explains the empty parking spot. We find a tiny corner of beach and start building a sand castle. The sea withdraws soon and we conquer a piece of beach for an even bigger castle.
Tim even spots the seal in the sea, it greets him at 10M distance. But he left the gopro on the beach for once, so there is no footage. The sea is choppy due to the hard wind so all hands are needed for swimming.
We leave the beach again at 11:30, to have some lunch at the caravan, jump in the park pool, which is extremely quiet today as it seems that half of the park left to go back to work/school life.
Tim, however, has seen enough of the park and needs another castle. So he sets course to Denbigh, originally the site of Welsh princes and their stronghold until Edward the first conquered it in 1282. It was given to Henry the Lacy who built the enormous castle town of which now only large ruins remain. It was fought over many times, during several rebellions, the War of the Roses and finally the English Civil War. Afterwards it was destroyed so it couldn’t serve as a hideout for rebels anymore.
We reunite at 16, where the kids enjoy some crisps and fruit. As the sun lost most of its strength, we go on date again at the big playground and write this blog (very romantic). We eat yesterdays left overs, and when the kids are in bed at 20:30 again, Olga goes for a run and spots a rabbit.
