Ok folks, it's Wednesday afternoon and we've just returned from our second day on the beach. Today the children invested in 2 body boards and hence I have just spent the last half hour, showering and aftersunning them.. and being amazed at the peculiar body parts one finds sand and stones! We have settled in to our apartment now, cleaned it our way and added a few home comforts, which makes a huge difference! The beach is lovely, the sea a little choppy, but a...

Ok, so where does one start! We left Dover at 5.50am Saturday morning (2hrs earlier than scheduled) which is a vast improvement on last year... which as we all know was a grand spanking 23hrs later! Saturday was a very long and hot day, with lots of fresh air (and diesel) stops, however 11hrs later "you have reached your destination" was announced! The last few hours were through the Pyrenees which were pretty damn spectacular and the last half hour of the journ...