Surprised by sun, sand, sea and spaniel...

They had forecast a cold, rainy weekend, so I put a lot of effort into cutting and stockpiling firewood last Thursday and Friday. Well, it was rather chilly and we did need to make a fire in the evenings, but it stayed dry and we were surprised to wake up on Sunday morning to lovely sunshine. "Let's go to the beach for a walk," said Ada. "This might be our last dry day for a while." When we arrived at the coast, we discovered that a lot of people had had the same idea: many were rollerblading, some were playing volleyball on the beach, some were walking their dogs, some were even lying in swimsuits! (To be honest, it wasn't that warm!) So we enjoyed an hour of sun, sand and sea views - and were jumped on by a cute spaniel puppy - before the weather began to get cooler and we headed home again. It was fun while it lasted and, sure enough, the rain had begun by the time we were heading out to church in the evening.