3rd August

I wonder if Bine recognises herself in this Shorwell picture? It is from a photo taken on our South Coast cycle tour a few years ago.

Yesterday was a bit of a write off. I felt nauseous and uncomfortable and had a fever so aside from a short walk down to the sea and back I mostly sat reading. This morning wasn’t a lot better, I got up had a drink and promptly threw it back up again. I returned to bed for another hour with an anti nausea pill and hoped for some improvement. Despite the murkiness of the day I decided to try a swim mid morning, which proved a success. The water was surprisingly warm, though it was cool coming out. The beach hut is just so useful; to be able to change into dry clothes makes such a difference. When I got back home, and after a hot shower I curled up in bed for a bit longer just to ‘warm up’. It seemed like a good excuse.
I have rung at least ten taxi services on the Island and none of them provides more than one child seat, so Chris and I decided to purchase a couple of booster seats and a baby seat from e-bay so that we can at least transport the children safely from the ferry terminal. How we manage on departure day remains a mystery but hopefully we will think of something.