New beach

Late start, after a blow-out dinner last night at the same restaurant where we had the blow-out lunch.

We strolled down the beach for lunch at a beach bar (yes, it was that late a start) where CarbBoy was delighted to find bacon egg and chips on the menu, then on further south to some potential rock-pooling locations. Tides meant that this beach won. TallGirl had tried to buy a net, but failed in her search so settled on a medium sieve instead. Lots of hermit crabs and urchins were found, meanwhile CarbBoy bouldered around the cove and I read my book. Mr B looked at wildlife and surreptitiously threw stones at TallGirl.

Later, after a wise and welcome snooze, a stroll back down the coast to the fancy hotel we’ve been trying to eat in for ages. We should have allowed ourselves to be put off by the incompetence of the booking process.... They delivered all my food in one go, presenting my burger to CarbBoy (allergy boy) as his starter, and then wilfully refused to provide any liquids or desserts despite our ordering them.

So we quit (without being the slightest bit grumpy with them, though we did ask for the lost desserts to be deducted from the bill) and wandered home. We have revised our plans to stay there next time we are in town.