Holiday blog 2

MONDAY 13th Jan (cont'd)

I did go out on a bike ride on Monday - Chris' bike was ready to roll so I headed out gingerly through Seaford to the seafront clifftop trails. Drop handlebars, tricky gear changes and brakes plus pedals designed for clip-ons made me feel a bit vulnerable at the start but I think I eventually overcame most of my fears.

It's a lovely ride, meeting the Onkaparinga river mouth just before Port Noarlunga:

From there I cycled back along the park trails:

TUESDAY 14th Jan

We decided to go for a walk - Jo prefers beach walks so we took a car and drove down to Aldinga beach. It was another clear, sunny and hot day and we hoped we might go beyond Aldinga, past Silver Sands beach and out as far as the distant rocks, but I became aware that it was going to be a long way out and then back again and we had left the sun cream in the car accidentally.

We got close but felt it was wise to turn back, take a lunch break at Silver Sands cafe then head to the car. We made it OK but both of us suffered from a bit of sun burn.

Jo and I walked round to the local hotel for a couple of beers before dinner.

WEDNESDAY 15th Jan

We had arranged to meet up with David and Lorene at Strathalbyn, which turned out to be a beautiful little town with a strong Scots connection - including the weather - we went through a couple of fairly heavy showers but they soon subsided.

We had coffee, went for a walk then lunch before heading home:

Naturally, it was St. Andrews church

Kelly had a works dinner in the city in the evening so we took Chris, Miller and Asher round to the "Oldy" for dinner.

THURSDAY 16th Jan

Kelly and Chris both working at home today and the boys are here too - they opted not to go to OSH so we took them out to the library, shops and cafe to pass a couple of hours in the morning.

Incidentally, this is what the living room usually looks like:

It's usually UNO or Monopoly in the evenings.