Saturday, July 30, 2011

Poppit Sands 2011

Poppit Sands 2011 : Iris, Mum, Dad, Lisa, Joe, Karen, Lily and Peter... Day 1 : Saturday - Lisa is happy to be back at Poppit. Cartwheels outside the cottage. Cardigan Island in the distance...
Day 2 - Sunday - Lisa and Joe flying the kites that Helen gave them yesterday...
Drawing pictures in the sand...
Joe's first time in a canoe. He's a natural...
Me and Joe on the water....
Me and Peter off for a trip round to the old life boat station...
Day 3 - Monday - Colouring pebbles. Joe, Lisa and Spotty Lily...
Joe enjoying the beach. "Will you play football with me?"
A view from the other side of the estuary. Our cottage is one of the white ones on the right. Peter is camping in the field above the orange life boat station...

A great old photo, found by Dad, showing how much the beach and the cottages have changed...BBQ outside the cottage...
Day 4 - Tuesday - Lisa and Lily off to the rock pools to catch some dinner...
Lisa and Peter trying to catch the biggest tiddler. Joe seems to be having a bath!
Lisa the fisherman...
Fish and chips on the green outside the Net Pool...
Day 5 - Wednesday - Me, Karen, Lisa & Joe went to the Nevern Agricultural Show. Me and Joe with Woolly the sheep. Joe is not sure!
We sat and had lunch a little bit too close to the bull ring! This is Dafydd's prize bull, he's the old fella in the flat cap with the winner's rosette on the right...
Lisa loved watching the horses...
Joe's favourite was of course the tractors...
Day 6 - Thursday - Me and Pete did a canoe trip down the Teifi River from Cilgerran to Poppit Sands...
Peter leading the way...
The Teifi River from Cilgerran is in a gorge and completely untouched. It's a very tanquil place...
Down towards the estuary. Canoeing past St Dogmaels...
Our triumphant return to Poppit...
Day 7 - Friday - Our last full day at Poppit and the surfs up...
Joe trying his hand in the surf!
We bought a bass from the backstreet fishmonger in St Dogmaels for dinner...
Day 8 - Saturday - Lisa saying goodbye to Poppit Sands with a final handstand!
Barry Island - On the way home we stopped at Barry Island of 'Gavin & Stacey' fame. Lisa on the mega trampolines...
This Marco's cafe where Stacey worked in 'Gavin & Stacey'. Ice lollies all round...
Fireman Joe...
What a great week...hopefully we'll be back next year...