Day Out

[parkie]

As we live fairly near the coast my wife and I took our seven year old granddaughter to the beach yesterday.
She had never been to the particular part we took her to which has a large field to cross before you get to the beach, (such as it is).
We took a picnic, explored the hedges and tall grass for 'wildlife', explored a WW2 pillbox, then went onto the beach where our granddaughter waded into the knee-high slimy mud, (the tide being out), joined, I have to say, by granddad who got into an unholy mess. (But I had to join in the fun).
We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it didn't cost the earth. Such simple things and one day, I'm sure, our granddaughter will remember for a long time.
She actually described it as a 'great adventure.

[tonyav]

That sounds great parkdale.

[excelsior-1]

parkdale. that is a truly great day, an if your grand-daughter is very happy then job done - at very little or no cost. marvellous.
thank you for sharing

[Eve]

It's lovely to have places like that around. I live in a city now and lovely it but having grown up in the countryside and lived by the coast for some years I so appreciate just having such lovely places to go. It seems weird now thinking of how it was just usual to finish work and sit on the seafront with a drink and watch the sun down in the summer or sit on the beach by a bonfire after a night out, watching the power of the sea in bad weather and the lightening far out in sea storms.

Similarly just walking out around the fields and brooks and making rope swings as kids and trying to find little fish, climbing hills, going out riding, climbing and all sorts of things.

[Mosaic]

It sounds lovely....what a memory to treasure!

[quinie]

Your granddaughter is very lucky having fun grandparents like you.I often wonder" Where are all the children?"There's a playpark near here where boys used to play football but now it's empty except when there are organised football matches.I asked a question there -daft because we know the answer. Now another question "How many of you take your children for picnics and walks in the countryside or parks?"

[gness]

You are so right Parkdale and what a lovely day. My children remember days like that and still talk about them. Did things like that with the grandchildren but DIL prefers expensive holidays and the like. Guess which days out the grandchildren talk about though!

[baza]

we have a little park nearby , a couple of swings and a slide, its locked up every day at 1630. Sign of the tmes cos the bigger kids used it for other things if you get my drift.

[Dee Sa]

thats what gran & grandads are for and who has the best time out of it ? you do and the best of all you can give them back when you have had enough.