Last week we came back from 12 nights away in western France - a much needed holiday for the 5 of us. Like last year we used the excellent Canvas holiday company that supplies ready erected tents with fridges, beds, cookers etc and this year had a dual location with 6 nights on our loved Ile de Re (as last year) followed by 6 nights at St Jean de Monts (Vendee) (click links for the photos). This year we took our own bikes and travelled in the new family Bongo which was a breeze. The children made some great friends at both locations - with Hanna, Justin(JJ) and Ben (Il de Re) and William and Ellen (Vendee) - these friendships also helped us make good friends with the parents too! Highlights at Il de Re were crabbing in the rock pools, morning runs for me accompanied by Angus on the bike, playing table tennis, Matthew fetching the bread from the shop and playing volley ball and soccer with the big boys. Highlights at the Vendee were visits from Lizzie. Hamish, Serena and Flora (from our home village of South Zeal), the boys on quad bikes (they LOVED it!), playing chess with Matt and downfall with Angus and a trip to the Circus. The latter was particularly special because Helen (somewhat bravely, equipped with clothy in hand for protective sniffs) saw Lions for the first time and Angus, aged 5, guested in the ring with a clown and other grown-ups, miming air guitar - the brief video clip below shows the special moment of the brave 5 year old...
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A lovely set of pics - looks a wonderful holiday - great happy times. The video's a bit hard to pick out but I'm sure it was really great to see!
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