We have had a fabulous time with both Rebecca and Antoni
Seemed to have crammed so much in
They took the car a couple of times to visit friends
We have even been to the beach three times
We are not really beach people and find it incredibly boring just sitting there cooking
but this time the boys wanted to take the Go Pro cameras out
Secure in their waterproof cases, they were able to dive and film
We tried three different beaches, the first, La Fustera was a cove with rocks on either side but the beach was like small grit, not sand at all and the seaweed was in abundence, also the beach shelved quite steeply, not so good if you are not confident in the sea
The second one was in Javea, this has a port side and a lovely sandy sweeping beach
The gradient is so shallow that you can walk out for ages and still only be up to your waist
I have rather long standing issues regarding the beach/sea
Amongst them being stung by jelly fish, very painful!
Stepping on flatties/Dabs etc and feeling the sand wriggling like hell under foot, I was only about 9 at the time and frightened the life out of me. The worst one was being trapped in a Spring tide in Langston Harbour with 15ft waves crashing around, sliding down the waves and being tossed around like some sort of theme park ride. We were in a rubber dingy desperatly trying to keep the engine running whilst bailing out at the same time.
After what seemed like hours battling the tides we eventually got back, exhausted and very frightened.
On Rebecca´s insistance, I bought sea shoes
They were brilliant and gave so much confidence that I achieved a great milestone and actually enjoyed swimming and being in the water.
The third beach was Moraira
This was perfect, rocks for the boys to film underwater
and a lovely sandy beach with gentle gradient for Rebecca and myself to have fun with. A wonderful way to celebrate their anniversary
They had forecast storms and heavy rain but apart from a couple of down pours that quickly blew away we had glorious weather and temps up to 29C
An abundence of fish just milling around quite oblivious to swimmers
We had fun cooking old favourites for dinners, including meat pie and apple crumble
We celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary with a super meal out
We achieved what we set out to do and made many more memories.
The time just skipped by and suddenly we were taking them back to the airport yesterday
I will admit to a little blubbing, but will just have to look forward to seeing them again soon.
take care
xcx
Wonderful photos, it sounds like you all had a fabulous time together. The underwater footage is brilliant, though I have to admit that I don't like swimming with fish around me. Mick's the opposite, he goes snorkeling when we're on holiday and loves to see the underwater world. Well done for conquering your fears, it sounds as though you had lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe boys really enjoyed taking the footage and editing after. You don´t realise just how much is going on under the surface. I don´t know about the UK, but here in the beauty parlours they have tanks of tiny fish that will nibble your toes and feet while you sit there. Oooh gives me the creeps xcx
ReplyDeleteOH what a lovely time and well done for getting in the water... it took me ages too and I will only go where I can stand. Sounds so much fun and yes, I can imagine the tears...
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It was soo good. I still prefer a pool, at least you can see whats in it! but it was good to overcome the fear and join in xcx
DeleteSuch a lovely post, I did enjoy your photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thank you Jan xcx
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