Yesterday’s post, just a bit late!

This should have been posted yesterday but my rubbish internet connection here in St Bees wouldn’t cooperate. We began with a walk to the rather expensive bakery on the site of our holiday caravan and cabin park in St Bees. We progressed from there to the children’s playground. 

While Granddaughters One, Two and Four went back to the cabin, my daughter, Grandson Number Two and I went down to the beach to explore rock pools and channels of the incoming tide. My daughter and I even took our shoes and socks off and dabbled our feet in the end of the sea. We spent quite some time seeking interesting shells and bits of crab claws and fancy seaweed. As the tide came in we had to roll our trousers up as the shallow channel we had crossed earlier came up to our knees.

In the afternoon we went to explore Whitehaven, a rather pleasing town with a fair number of expensive boats in the marina.

Perhaps most impressive was the church of St Nicholas and its fine gardens, with the remains of a larger religious establishment that stood once on the site.

There were memorials to the men, women and children who died in the coal mines of the place.

Then we had fish and chips on the harbour, being careful not to feed the seagulls.

On the whole a good day.

Life goes on. Stay safe and well everyone.