So that time of year came around again – The Nursery Summer party. And like something out of a Famous Five novel, we decided on an adventure to the seaside… “Five go mad in Clacton” or something like that, with tongue sandwiches and lashings of ginger beer.
The research Gods were against us, and so the party ended up being scheduled in the middle of an seriously busy week, but luckily no one ended up working frantically on the train down there and the weather ended up being passable. (Or downright pleasant by British seaside standards.)
When we got there and fought our way past the rows of estate agents and amusement arcades, we made it to the quaintly fetching seaside.
We were met with a rather ominous scene:
But luckily, our Nursery smiles were enough to brighten up the situation, so we brought (some) sunshine with us.
And so we promptly occupied ourselves with jolly seaside activities.
The girls made a very pretty sandcastle:
While the men did all the heavy lifting:
This promptly turned into a competition – here are the entries so you can judge for yourselves.
A decorative offering from Lan, Pauline, Charlie and Emily
David dug in the sand a bit and then got distracted
Peter made a mountain
While Gareth (from our lovely recruiters Safari) proudly showed off his creation
And Kate and Sara got creative.
(I didn’t photograph my own sandcastle, because that would be egotistical. Needless to say it was the best)
Anyway, a lovely German family was acquisitioned to judge the sandcastle competition… But the language barrier proved too much, and no clear winner was decided.
So we did some jumping
Some martial arts
Before indulging in an authentically windy and sandy picnic
A game of Frisbee ended up being called off due to the high winds, and a game of cricket was played.
Somehow, without even noticing it, the entire day passed, so there was just enough time for a quick spin on the dodgems and a game of mini golf before running for the train home (with no art bags for a change).
And that was the end of Clacton
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