Today was blumming hot. Not a cloud in the sky and even the breeze was warm. We headed off early to the beach at Montana Roja and stayed there until early afternoon. We had a couple of breakthroughs with Edward today, the first was that he came into the sea jumping over the waves. The waves weren't small either with people riding body boards together back to shore. Edward flitted between the sea and his trains, he made tracks for his trains in the sand and sat o...

Kayla wanted to go swimming, Edward wanted to buy a bucket so based on the list of requirements we set off for a beach. We'd been told about Playa San Juan which sits roughly (very roughly) between Playa Las Americas and Los Gigantes so off we headed. En route we past at least a million banana trees! It was warm when we got there and we parked up at the side of the road a little way from the beach. We walked down, stopping to play on a park of course to check t...

Kayla wanted to go swimming, Edward wanted to buy a bucket so based on the list of requirements we set off for a beach. We'd been told about Playa San Juan which sits roughly (very roughly) between Playa Las Americas and Los Gigantes so off we headed. En route we past at least a million banana trees! It was warm when we got there and we parked up at the side of the road a little way from the beach. We walked down, stopping to play on a park of course to check t...

Los Cristianos was our destination today. We parked up and walked down to the beach-via a park of course. Last time we were here there were JCBs creating a new beach but this time it was a mass of volleyball tournaments, sunbeds and people building wonderful sand sculptures in the hope of a coin. We wandered along past the new beach and Port up to the main beach with its lovely golden sand and gentle waves. Kayla of course went straight into the sea whilst Ed ...

We woke up to clouds so Steve pounced on the opportunity to drive up Teide. After a hearty home cooked breakfast on the balcony we set off for the summit. The views all day were spectacular with broken clouds allowing us to see the neighbouring islands and boats out to sea. On the way up we felt our ears pop and breathing alter as we climbed to 2000m. At one point we stopped to admire the view just as about 10 jeeps full of tourists turned up with guides recitin...