Today was our last day in Dorset with our extended family. We went up to a lookout at Ringstead Harbour, which gave wonderful views out over towards Portland. We spent the rest of the day at Lulworth Cove, which is a natural horseshoe shaped Harbour formed over 10,000 years ago. It has steep cliffs leading down to the pebble beaches surrounding cove, making it look like a classic "smugglers cove". The boys played in the water and on the beach until Freddie and B...

Today the weather improved slightly, so we decided to take the Corfe Castle steam railway to Swanage. We had a fun 25 minute steam train ride which passed the Corfe Castle. At Swanage we played on the beach and ate a picnic lunch on the sand. We then headed back on the steam train for the ride home. Tonight we shared our last dinner with all of the boy's cousins at the Smugglers Inn at Osmington Mills. The sun had finally come out again and it was a very pleas...

Yesterday and today have been very wet and a bit cold in Dorset. Yesterday we decided to find an indoor activity, so we set off for the Tank Museum. It had a huge collection of Tanks from the first world war, all the way to tanks which are currently in use in Afganistan. Oliver and the younger children enjoyed running around the enormous machines. Matthew however became quite upset when he realized what the sole purpose of a tank is, and this has lead to some i...

Today we drove from Tavistock to Osmington via Lyme Regis. The beach at Lyme Regis is pebbles instead of sand on one side, and there is a very tall breakwater called the Cobb. We walked out along the Cobb and played on the pebble beach. It was very busy with people visiting the beach, although it was too cold and windy for us! (You will see in the photos that we were wearing our winter jackets!) Our house in Osmington is amazing. There are 5 double bedrooms, 4...

We arrived in Tavistock on Friday for Luke and Hez wedding. All of Luke and Hez's family and the wedding party ate dinner together at a restaurant in Tavistock on Friday night. On Saturday we went to the Church for the wedding and then on to the reception. It was a lovely ceremony and everyone had a great time.