First Day At The Beach

We have had hot weather for the last few days, at least by our standards, I know that 25 degrees celsius is a bit of a joke for most normal people out there, but we, in Ireland are all stripping off at the lightest ray of sun because we are used to getting crappy weather for most of the summer by now, so it is in our interest to make the most of the good weather when we get it.

I have always liked swimming but don't get to do it anymore because when we get anywhere near water I am just so afraid my kids might drown that I spend all the time watching them, and as I my legs were not beach-proofed (read not properly shaved enough to be fully exposed to the public), it suited me just fine to just sit and look after the kids from a distance.

We went to a lake as that was probably not very clean (even though it has got a blue flag); the place where my kids were splashing about was not deep enough to swim in so I was not too worried that they would get into trouble even though I kept telling them to stay on the less deep end. I suited me that it was not deep enough to swim because after I spotted that dog poo on the edge on the lake, I really did not want to get in there (the kids had a bath after we came home).

It was a nice way to spend the day, especially since it was a lake, there was less sand messing up everything, but now I am almost hoping for a not too good summer so that my kids do not beg me to bring them back to swim in that dog-poo infested water again.