two more cousins down so the grandparents just had the four of us to entertain - and vice versa

we went to the beach for a picnic. i once met a woman whose daughter had died from ecoli 01571 contracted on the same beach. we didnt eat on the sand.

we skimmed stones, made sand angels, collected stones and had a shouting match (not in the good sense)

the grandparents rescued us by taking the kids back to their house while we went on to the land that time forgot (Teignmouth) for ice cream (the man in the deli was wearing one of those blue overall coat things people used to wear to serve in shops) and a look at the arcade on the pier.

you put 20p in the slot and the puppets danced to an ancient soundtrack which sounded like it came off a gramophone record. we had these puppets when i was a child and i particuarly liked their wooden block feet. i wanted to buy this and take it home.