December 30th

Not surprisingly the day started of raining and blowing.

We waited until early afternoon and headed down to Luz to see if the local junk shop was open. It wasn't.

I met my Ma,Pa and Kate for coffee while Dee took the kids to the beach.

We all met up later at the beach and watched the surfers get driven into the sand by the large uneven surf.

After a half hour of this, we went for lunch at the beach restaurant called Cafe Bel Paraiso. I was expecting an Willows Beach Tea Hut type lunch. Happily the Swordfish with potatoes and salad was very good. Boyo had the ham and cheese sandwich while Anwen had fish and chips, smiles all round.

With full stomachs we headed to Lagos, due mainly to the blue skies SHOCK that had appeared, and hit the small beach we had previously visited.

Anwen and G had a great time "baiting" the waves, screaming and laughing even after they both go soaked by a "rogue" wave. With all the noise emanating from the two of them, more and more people came down onto the beach to watch.

An hour was spent combing the beach and running up and down, with us then returning to the house for dinner.

We were all thankful for the lovely blue skies, lasting till we had arrived back at the car in Lagos.

A little sun does a lot to cheer one up, but tomorrow's weather looks seriously wet, here's hoping it won't last all day. Really crossing my fingers.

On the 2nd of January we are heading to Seville for 3 days, giving the older members of the family a break from the mayhem that are grandchildren. Seville will give us our last place to troll around and take in the sites. Everyone is very excited.

Ciao