We do get the SUN in England

We all live in Solihull * about 12 miles SE of Birmingham .

The beach Georgina & Dan took the children to is just above the Isle of Wight.





Bournemouth Beach, England

This weekend is a long weekend in the UK, and the sun was shining and it was HOT, so off to the beach they went.

Where our daughters live, The Midlands (the clue is in the name) is right in the middle of the UK, so its a bit of a drive to the beach. Only around 120 miles, BUT on the English roads, and a bank holiday weekend?, it could take up to 4 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We rang the little ones the next day and they told us all about their day, and the fun they all had.

Genette & Darren have taken Grace & Edward to visit their other Grandparents, Keith & Terry, in Southampton, (next door to Portsmouth on the map). Whilst there, they all went to the Isle of Wight for the day. They have also spent many hours at the beach, so I'm looking forward to Grace telling me all about that when we phone her later this week. It also gave Darren a chance to catch up with all his old buddies from when he lived in Southampton. He also managed to get to see his team play ( http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/ ) a game of football (proper football). They actually won, not too common of late for the Saints, perhaps he should go more often.