A few photos from a trip to Chester Zoo last Saturday.

 A couple of the new cheetah cubs, who were very well behaved as people lined up to grab photos of them:

And a majestic shot of one of the tigers:

Two weeks ago, I took Ellie and Liam away for the Bank Holiday weekend to my parents caravan in a small village called Tudweiliog on the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales. Both of them absolutely love it there, and it was a welcome break from work.

We arrived in the early evening after making our way through rush-hour and the extra traffic that a bank holiday brings. After some pizza and a run around of the caravan site, it was time to get the two of them into bed. It didn’t take long for them both to crash out. I think the sea air was definitely helping!

Next morning, Ellie and Liam were up and about a little later than usual, but once they were up they were eager to have their “holiday breakfast”.

After breakfast, we decided that we would head down to the beach once the weather cleared up a little, for a couple of hours to let them burn off some energy.

Here they are burning some of that energy off chasing Grandad, who is doing his best impression of an aeroplane!!

Both Ellie and Liam spent a lot of time running in and out of the waves, and climbing on the rocks.

To say that they enjoyed themselves was an understatement. Laughing and screaming as they ran through the water getting soaked, they didn’t care that they were getting drenched!

We returned back to the beach later after some lunch, and the sun decided to show itself.

Digging in the sand….

In the water, again!

Having a well earned sit down…

This is an image I took of the beach during the morning when it was cloudy and overcast. Converting to black and white has created a moody picture, which I really like. Comments are more than welcome.

Over the next couple of days we spent some time back on the beach. One of the days was really bright and sunny, so we packed up a picnic and went for a walk along the headland to where we knew that there should be some seals.

While the seals enjoyed the sun, Ellie and Liam enjoyed splashing about in the water, in their wetsuits and wellies.

And the big problem with wellies and splashing in the sea is that you have to sit down and empty them every so often

And at the end of it all, there were two exhausted children….