After all that driving these past days, we’ve decided to take it easy and relax today. Everyone besides Tim sleeps in and when we’ve finished breakfast it’s time to hit the beach.
Although it should only be a 15 minutes walk to the beach, the back gate of the park is locked and there is a railway to cross. So we get into our car after all and head for the boulevard of Rhyl. There is lots of entertainment but the beach is almost entirely gone due to the high tide, so we drive to the next town which should have an even better beach.
Prestatyn has parking just next to the beach and there is a staffed life guard station as well. So we pay £2.50 for two hours of parking and get onto the beach. The children get their shovels out and make use of the left behind water on the beach to build an island. Tim takes a dive and Olga follows, the sea is a refreshing 15°.
Time flies when you’re having fun and before we know it, it’s 11.15. The uv index has increased significantly, so we take one last dive and say goodbye to the beach and drive to the nearby supermarket. As we have a fridge and freezer, we shop for a week. It’s nice and cool in the Lidl.
It’s noon and the temperature has passed 30° already. Tim prepares some lunch, we eat in the shade while the seasgulls are watching us, and get ready for our next activity: swimming in the indoor pool, out of the direct sunshine, but extremely hot due to the glass ceiling. The kids don’t mind and one hour passes quickly.
We spend the rest of the afternoon in the shade with some books in our bathing suits. What else do you need?
At 17, we dare to go back in the sun and drink a soda at the big playground at the entrance. A band is p’aying lousy music with lousy talks in between songs, so at 18 we go back to our caravan for dinner.
The kids play some more on the playground and like the day so much, they ask for an exact repetition tomorrow.
