Saturday, August 08, 2009
Ford. Littlehampton. Arundel.
It has been a sunny hot day.
We left home at 7 o'clock and 45 minutes later we were rummaging in the boxes of the house clearance vicar.
There is always something to find.
And the other stalls - very many this week - also had lots on offer and Bill and I have bought interesting things to sell.
Ashley bought more books, DVDs etc.
Ekatarina followed one of her special interests at the moment - Pokemon.
This is outside my sphere of knowledge - I know there were once cards which peaked in craze and over inflated values for a while. I did not know of the very many Pokemon characters who can fill an imaginative game.
I found a cuddly Pokemon for her - Ecky will have to remind me of the name tomorrow again. Her Dad found more cards.
Here Ekatarina poses with her display of her purchases - well, adult purchases of course which are her things.
After a good late breakfast at The Balaton, Bill enjoys sitting by the river in the sunshine.
The tide had come in a lot as we ate and the water was flowing up the river Arun at great speed.
The swans stayed close to the edge - or else they would have been swept upstream.
Ekatarina managed to persuade us that a ride on a roundabout would be good.
Now, we love Littlehampton; but we had not noticed before that it was an expensive place for pleasures. Hastings wins in the value for money stakes.
Apart from in The Balaton that is - they did the requested breakfast for Ecky for £2.10 which I thought was pretty good. It was huge!
Did you see how Ecky hardly fits on the horse on the roundabout?
Now look below and see her three years ago.
I think this roundabout was designed more with 5 year olds in mind.
Then Ecky wanted a play in the sand.
I enjoyed watching her - and all the other groups on the beach.
There was a huge family party for a 60th birthday. What a good way to have family together to celebrate a special event - and they were so lucky with the weather.
We drove to Arundel afterwards - but there are no pictures. Our pause by the river saw us very occupied with ice creams - wonderful New Forest made ice creams.
Ecky always sticks with vanilla. I enjoyed strawberry - very refreshing, though not good for me.
Not sure what "The Men" had. Ecky and I always refer to her Dad and Grandad as "The Men".
We were home at about 3 o'clock.
Bill and I had to go to Lidl for a few bits.
Ashley has been to church.
Then we sat down to wild boar and calvados sausages and Moroccan spicy sausages bought this morning at Ford. And mash of course.
Time for bed now.
There will be more boot sales tomorrow - maybe this time we might find some good old style Sindy dolls.
