The seaside

I have been putting it off as I am not a fan but this week I decided we should get a day by the sea seeing as y'know, its good weather pretty much guaranteed and days at the beach are part and parcel of  being a child and summer holidays.  So, I packed a picnic, and a sun cream, cozzies, towel etc etc and headed west.  Now we haven't really been to the beach here much and certainly not locally so I didn't really know where I was going.  A few people had mentioned places and so I thought I'd wing it.  I really didn't want to go to the boardwalk as it would have been too difficult to manage 3 children and loads of rides they were mostly too small to go on unaccompanied, so we hung a left and headed up the coast a teeny way.  We found a beach, covered in lovelies in their skimpy togs and staked our place with the picnic blanket.  It actually turned out quite well, there was far too much sand for my liking (I prefer to walk along windswept beaches in a big warm coat, off season) but it wasn't too bad, there was no sun burn, and fun - I even caught myself planning my next trip.  So whilst I am not a full convert (I think I am too old and set in my ways), we may get more than the token One beach trip per summer trip out of me.  I think we need some body boards tho, seeing as we are in surfer territory we might as well get those boys in the mood!