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| After nearly 4 weeks in London (as both kids' schools re-opend for the Summer Term), and with our annual Turkey trip cancelled, we returned to Kingsdown and the beach cottage for another month's holiday. |
Unless it was raining I went down to the beach every morning for a coffee and started to read Val Kilmer's new biography which I love - very little Hollywood and mainly about his fascinating spiritual journey.
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| Gorgeous, not your usual roses (they had thorns) in our garden |
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| And other gorgeous wildlife and people's private backyards. |
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| Arts and crafts with Scarlett Grace. I created "My Happy Book" to encourage her to write things she's grateful in. |
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| Here for the beer! Pubs n restaurants were forced to close their doors in March because of Covid but re-opened on 13 July and Bear was eager to have a pint and braved the weather. |
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| my new and much used puff sleeve denim jacket |
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| Erik and John John came down for the day and cycled, barbecued and enjoyed the lovely weather - first sense of normality in a long time! |
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| The sky was on fire one evening- what a sunset! |
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| Our bedroom doors leading out to a rather wonderful first floor terrace where we sunbathed many of the days when we didn't go to the beach |
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| Andrea and her family drove down and stayed one night in a hotel in Deal and again we cycled, ate and drank plenty, kids swam in the sea and the next morning we all had brunch at Wellingtons - a great bistro restaurant we discovered. |
I took Munchkin for a long walk on the England Coast Path where we picked flowers and filmed a dance by the breathtakingly beautiful White Cliffs Of Dover
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| Alan fresco lunch at The Zetland Arms |
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| We rented bikes for our duration of the stay so we could cycle along the beach during the gorge Summer evenings that Kent provided. |
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| Anyone for Pimms? |
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| True happiness its sunshine on my nose and pebbles between my toes! |
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| As Boris Johnson eased the lockdown we invited Gerry to come and stay with us for a couple of nights |
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| Stumbled upon a local medieval churchyard with the most stunning sea views |
Last day in Kingsdown on Friday - We maximised our time on the beach that day, and just like that, another 3.5 weeks (previously we stayed there 10 weeks) had passed - An amazing family holiday to say the least, and we felt that maybe after all it wasn't so bad that our other trips abroad were cancelled- this way we got to enjoy England's coastal life a little longer. A blessing in disguise if you ask me!
