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Saturday 14th October 2023
Ambleside and around
       |       | | A day out at Ambleside, involving a bit of Pooh sticks and a runaround in the playground. Later on, cake and coffee at the Force Cafe. |
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Sunday 22nd October 2023
The Maize Maze (Doctor Who themed)
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Friday 27th October 2023
Kos, sunset
      | | Rather annoyingly, it turned out there were a couple of blobs of dust on a few of these images . . . well, that is, the blobs of dust would have been on the lens but, for some reason, were only visible on a few of these images. Perhaps related to where the zoom lens was set to. Dunno. Managed to magic them away with the GIMP anyway.
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Saturday 28th October 2023
Castle! With moat and everything!
     |    | | Took a while to find a decent (but cheap) bucket from the on-site gift shop. The lady behind the till was very helpful though, pointing out a previously hidden bucket that matched the criteria. Yeah . . . I wasn't gonna pay out 20 Euros or whatever it was, but didn't need to as it turned out. Anyway . . . R****** worked on the gate / portcullis thing at the front, as well as a few towers, whilst I worked on foundations, moat and all the other towers. I might have got a bit carried away . . . R****** eventually drifting off to return to his book, and me digging away at my moat, ripping away fingernails and eventually hitting bedrock (in parts, the sand was only about a foot deep or so). Anyway, I think it paid off . . . My idea had been that the present castle was built on the foundations on a previous (ruined) castle. The moat worked and the whole thing was pretty solid and, as far as I could tell, was still largely intact the following day. Can't be a beach holiday without some kind of sandcastle. M**** provided decorative pebbles on the front of the castle. |
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Sunday 29th October 2023
Kos. A brief wander . . .
   | | So where we were staying, at the Blue Lagoon Village, had its own beach and then, in the distance, the beach would just stretch out for miles and miles. I went for a bit of an explore today, a bit of a wander, but there wasn't too much going on. Sand, rocks, ocean, dunes, shrubs . . . the odd bit of detritus washed up . . . piles of stones. I guess it kind of made a change from the sterile environment of the hotel resort though (where the beach is cleaned, combed (?!) and effectively 'reset' every day). |
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Monday 30th October 2023
Fishing
     | | I think the previous night, we popped into the games room for a cheeky round of pool before dinner. At some point this man approached R****** and I and was like, "I'm leaving tomorrow and didn't really want to take this fishing rod back that we bought. We've not had a chance to use it yet. Would you like it?" so naturally I was like, "Oh, sure. That's very kind. Thank you very much!" Naturally, it wasn't the most sophisticated fishing rod, but it provided Stu with an opportunity to teach R****** some of the basics.
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