SUMMER HOLIDAYS!

Last Friday marked the beginning of our six weeks holiday - the BEST reason for being a teacher! Given that the last term had been more hectic than usual; deciding to relocate, marking, trying to sell the house, marking, school camps, marking, DofE, more marking etc etc., we were more than ready for a break. Friday was also a little sad in that we were both leaving our current schools and the whole moving thing was suddenly becoming real! So, when we arrived home on Friday afternoon we were both feeling quite drained and not particularly looking forward to a five hour drive to Pembrokeshire...

We'd been invited away by our friends Paul and Vikki who were planning to camp for the weekend in St Davids with Vikki's parents, Pat and (paparazzi) Pete. For Paul's 40th birthday Pat and Pete had booked for Paul to go coasteering and Vikki had invited Ian to keep him company. It turned out to be an absolutely FABULOUS weekend and the perfect way to unwind at the end of the school year. Having never visited the Pembrokeshire coast before I was disappointed we were only staying for the weekend, it really is beautiful. The weather was superb all weekend and the wind dropped nicely for out BBQ on Saturday night. We came away with colour in our cheeks and feeling totally chilled out. Coasteering looked amazing and Ian and Paul both thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had great fun watching too, especially since I had the rare honour of being in charge of our SLR camera, (until Pete stole it!) complete with new gigantic zoom lens. Don't think I did too badly with some of the pictures even if I do say so myself!



After watching the boys throw themselves off the cliffs, we went for a walk in the afternoon - slightly less leisurely than initially planned but the scenery was too stunning not to make the most of it.

And of course, no Dumelow walk would be complete if it weren't toasted at the end! This appeared to be the only (proper) pub in St Davids and we were entertained there by a large hen party. Each of the boys were invited by the hen to bite polos from her necklace, all did so but some more eagerly than others, eh Pete?!

Then it was back to camp for the BBQ, not just a bog standard burgers and sausages BBQ, this was 3 a course gourmet feast in true Mrs Dumelow style - thanks Vik!

The next morning saw us being fed yet more delicious food before making our way home. The Dumelows and Browns were stopping off en-route in Fishguard whereas we had decided to go via the Brecons. There was a hill that Ian had spotted in his book. A lone mountain. It would be a pain to go back to and since we were driving past...