School's Back.....

And what a glorious morning! L10 took a photo of one of her petunias, they've been such great value, they've just flowered and flowered and flowered:


She went round some of the fruit trees, the last of the lemons and plums:



And the first of the peaches:


Then it was time to get down to some serious schoolwork. So.....


.....we jumped in the car and headed off to meet Kate and The Gang at the beach! Her big boy had his best walking-round-The-Mount-shoes on:


It took us a fabulously long time to get round, because we had to check out the really black, sparkly sand:


And throw driftwood cabers:


And draw giraffes in the sand:


And wander off the track and climb structures:


And wander off the track and scale rocky outcrops:


And hang off the tree roots:


And check out rats in the vegetation:


And get the obligatory 'kids in the cave' photo:


Don't you love it how, for so many years that there is a well-worn path there, the kids of all the generations that have gone before have walked 'above' the actual *track*?:


We finally made it to the *actual* beach, and it was all on:




Kate didn't do her *delicious* bikini any justice on her blog, so here's the close-up shot of the pink-and-white checks and the frills:


And we were thinking 'bout ya, chick!:


When we got home, The Lad and the kids went for a run through the forest. They decided instead to go hunter-gathering for dessert when they came across The Mother Load of berries: