Fish for tea?

Nobody woke anyone up and everyone slept long and peacefully.

This morning we stayed in and did our normal slow holiday stuff, including a FaceTime with Grandma and Grandad. Mine and Huffle's shoulders are aching today from the canoeing and kayaking. OUCH!

At lunchtime we went back to one of the restaurants we most liked - Old Haus Cafe where we all had a lovely lunch. Smallest and I had to pack ours up for later as we were too full. We then made our way to the beach. None of the wind turbines were working today so there was obviously minimal wind.

Back to our usual beach, it was jam packed with people. Luckily we still managed to sit where we have before and while Huffle and I set up camp, the boys went for a swim. The temperature today was 31* and incredibly hot, even in the shade. There were little minnows in the lake today and the boys were trying to catch them. It was very funny to watch. Huffle waded slowly trying to entice them into his bucket. Small looked like a hungry bear waiting to pounce on them and trying to catch them with his fingers and Smallest just jumped on them. No-one caught any.

Wind turbine, catching fish, smallest ice cream EVER

Smallest and I swam to the furthest sandbank and I judged his excellent diving skills. There was a lot of reading again today. Huffle finished his book, Smallest is enjoying his new book and Small as usual can't put his book down. Mine is very sad and I too can't put it down.

Paddle boarders, Diving Judge

There was more swimming and then Small and I went off for a walk to the ice cream shop and sat in the shade there while we were eating. When we came back Smallest and Huffle were playing cricket but the heat was just too much for them. We sent them off for their walk and ice cream and Small and I went for a swim again. The water was lovely today with odd bits of warm and then cool - no waves!

Cricket

What a catch!

More reading, more swimming and then tea watching the sun glisten on the water. We were entertained today by a man and woman in a large blow up canoe. It capsized and the man got back in and rowed off without the woman. She then tried to run and swim after him and sink him - she eventually succeeded. After tea we all played French Cricket. One woman came past and started to talking to us about how her Father had tried and tried to teach her the rules but she could never fathom it (we think she may have thought we were playing Cricket).

Sandcastles, French a cricket and the sun starting to set

Smallest was very tired so we packed up before the sunset and headed back to the house. It is quite an ordeal carrying all of our stuff backwards and forwards. We have one Sunbrella (which is like a big umbrella you put on the ground and acts a bit like a tent), three canvas chairs, a bag full of towels and books, cricket bag, boules, football, coolbox, buckets, spades and body boards. Crazy!

At home showers were had, towels were hung out, cool box emptied and I went to talk to next door (borrowers). They told us about a lovely place where you can canoe in the Provincial Park, not far from here where there is a dam and a huge Eagle with its babies. I'm not sure our arms can cope with anymore canoeing though - shame.

I walked off to the river to catch the sunset. It was just disappearing behind the trees but it was beautiful anyway.

Sunset over the River Ausable

 

 

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