On Saturday we had our maiden voyage in our little dinghy! We decided to play it safe and take it down to one of the main launch points to se if it sank!! Well, it didn't so we togged up in life jackets and went roaring off down the lake to see our friends at Millerground. Well it didn't quite roar but we did get there quite safely if a little wet!! The kids played with their friend while we chatted and had a cup of coffee and then we headed back again. A successful first voyage!

Yesterday Dave went off to church while I took the kids down to the next village to do a car boot sale. We managed to make a bit of pocket money and get rid of a load of bulky camping stuff so it was good. The kids had their own little stall and they sold some of their cuddly toys, they were really happy as they made a couple of pounds each. Ben then insisted he was going off to buy me something but he was persuaded to take it home and save it instead...bless him!!

Last night Ben was screeching, wriggling, shouting and doing acrobatics in his sleep so he didn't sleep well (and neither did I!!) Needless to say he was shattered this morning so after being up for a couple of hours he crawled into bed with Dave (who was having a lie in) and fell back to sleep. It was pouring outside so we thought it was going to be a boring day indoors.......not for long!!
Ben woke up, got up and we all decide to get dressed in full waterproofs, brave the horrible weather and go on a Lake cruise (with our discount residents cards!) and then on to find our first easy Geocache. These are little hidden boxes which you get co-ordinates for from the internet (www.geocaching.com) and then you have to go and find them with your handy GPS unit! The kids love it because you can take little toys and swap/trade them with ones other people have left before. We've done a few with friends before but we are now doing them on our own and there is loads all over the world to find!!!

We had a great day, very wet but at least it was a quiet bank holiday on the lake!! We all enjoyed ourselves and found the hidden treasure quite easily so on to the next one!!!