Summer Pics

Our neighbour Matthieu is a Tri-athlete, so he rides his bike all over the area. On the other side of the lake in the town of Portalban (near Cudrefin) are some sandy beaches, and he had found a small, secluded one. We all drove over and walked ~2km, through a green swamp to the beach. It was as he promised- lovely, quiet and full of sand.

Anne looking for frogs.


Walter and Allie take some time to sunbathe. Allie wasn't his best as he was getting sick that day :(


Collum and Fiona get stuck into sand castle building.


Oh to be a 2 year old on the beach.


Claire found some charcoal and painted herself!


Activities in the sand.....




The following weekend we went again to Portalban, to the big beach which didn't require a hike to it. The rest of all the surrounding cantons were there too. It was nice afternoon anyway.


Saint Blaise has a selection of beaches. We've migrated to a little inlet that is shallow and contained (for Allie the now mad swimmer, who'll keep going till he's out to sea!).



The cloudiness is a very fine sand, so it's not 'dirty' as such. I have to say, the sea is still my favourite.

We went to a local pick-your-own raspberry field, and put the boys to work. If you look at the bottom picture of Allie (tries hard, does good work)you'll see Toby's bowl. He had picked a few out of my bowl, put them in his, then skipped down the row spilling them all (could do better).



My brother Jamie gave Allie a wee gardening kit when he and Rob came in January. It included sunflower seeds that Allie planted and watered (less often recently. That answers the getting a pet question ;) ). They are now 3, eight ft plants with big flowers!