More trains, more beach!

With the holidays drawing to a close I was aware that there were/are a number of outings we didn't get around to, the museum for instance and of course the annual train trip to Fish Hoek beach. So, we woke up bright and early this morning to do just that! Lisa, Bryce and Mitchell joined us and off we went. The point of the outing - for me, was the train ride and not so much the beach, so I took only what would fit in my back pack (last time we went we had a willing Oupa who drove all our beach paraphernalia down in a car, but this time it was just us and I wasn't going to be overladen!!!).

It was Bryce and Mitchells first time to ride in a real train. You can see the look of amusement on some of the other passengers faces as they realize that it is the first time these children are going on a train!! At Abigail's age I was travelling "alone" to school and back by train without a second thought! (my brother and sister were with me but they weren't really all that interested in looking after me!!)

We arrived at the beach to find it almost completely empty, 1 or 2 people walking a dog or whatever, but for the most part it was just us. It had obviously rained overnight as there were puddles on the roads and it was still pretty grey and overcast when we got there. That didn't deter my 2 amphibians - they were swimming while I sat in my fleece!!!

Some watched from a safe distance!

After a swim and a play we had an ice cream before heading back to the station for the return journey.Unfortunately we missed our train so ended up having 45+ minute wait on a stationary train with 4 wrigglers!!! Lisa kept them entertained with photo's: (Niave can be somewhat photo-phobic was not in the mood for having her picture taken at this point in time, the collage below shows you her avoidance tactics: run for it, glare at the photographer, hide and pretend you are not there!!)

and stories about the toe snoggler!!

We arrived home all in 1 piece, a bit more suntanned than I would have liked, just in time for lunch!