Summer is here and the weekend was amazing. We  got our kayak out for the first time this year and went for a paddle. We started heading across to Brownsea Island, but it got a bit choppy in the channel. We got scared when big waves kept crashing over trying to swamp us and decided to head back closer to land. We were out for about 3 hours and got burnt as we forgot to take the sunscreen. Honestly, the last two months have not required it.

After the kayaking we hopped on our push bikes and went for a cycle ride down to sandbanks, hopped on the chain ferry across to Studland. We rode up some steep hills, then down some steep hills to a nice little beach called Middle beach. There were loads of people due to school holidays so we only stayed briefly. It looks like an ideal place for snorkeling around the rocks.

We got home about 5.30pm and decided to have an inpromtu barbie and invited Miked kids over. As usual we got very drunk and woke up the next morning to a stinking hangover and another hot sunny day. I refused to let my hangover get in the way of doing things, so we went for a walk, had a nice creamy pasta (great hangover cure), a coke, a lunchtime siesta, then headed off on the bikes again. This time we did a gentle flat cycle around Holes bay, past Upton House, and around the other side to Hamworthy. We found a neat little resort that were selling holiday homes which they guarantee to rent each year for you, and grabbed a few brochures to consider this investment.

On the way home we decided to stop for a beer down the quay. It was a lovely day so why not? After about four coronas we rode the short distance home. I was purposely zig zagging like a drunken person, announcing to Mike “Look at me, I’m not drunk”, when I hit the fence and fell into the bushes. It must have been the funniest thing to see and I couldn’t stop laughing. Feeling a bit battered and bruiised today though.

We finished the evening with a delightful Thai meal overlooking the harbour.