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The joys of a kids club
And relaxxxxx! This week, we took advantage of the school holidays and drove along the Costa del Sol to just beyond Marbella for a fantastic week. We stayed close to the resort for most of our stay as it had many of the things we needed, a park, an indoor family pool, peace & quiet, easy access to the beach for walks – and best of all, a kids club.
Most days, one or two of the little postcards decided to partake in the entertainment it had to offer for an hour or so, and twice, yes, twice all three spent an hour there AT THE SAME TIME! That mean time off for Mum & Dad – hurrah for holiday!
Nocturnal chess
Also on the resort is this giant chess set, it really captured the imagination of our youngest and we had regular chess matches under the tutelage of our eldest (I haven’t got much of a clue about chess I’m afraid). The nocturnal one we played on our second evening was the most exciting for the littlest grand master.
Beach walk
We were blessed with beautiful weather – what better thing to do than have a leisurely stroll along the beach. It was so nice. Only one child fell into the sea (fully clothed) so I see that as a victory.
Dragon blossoms
Very close to where we were staying there was a beautiful tree covered in a blossom which looked like little dragons. I have never seen anything like it before – it was just beautiful and against the deep blue of the March sky, it was stunning.
A trip into the mountains 
We didn’t stay put completely at our holiday base for the whole duration of our stay. We ventured out to the shops at Marbella and on Wednesday took a drive up into the mountains to visit the beautiful town of Ronda (more on that coming soon). It was so nice to escape to a place so totally different to what we’re used to. Long winding roads climbing up through forested areas and past rock falls, the valleys stretching out below us and huge birds of prey circling in the skies above. It reminded me a lot of holidays to the Highlands of Scotland (apart from the weather – sorry Scotland).
Crochet on the beach
Ooh get me with my holiday nail polish! Well, as you can see, so far this week I have filled my cosy stripe blanket sized hole with two new projects. A rainbow coloured scarf and a magenta amigurumi dinosaur. The latter began life on the beach this week after the happy news that a friend of mine delivered her healthy baby girl this week. Will I get it done in time to give to the new arrival before she takes her driving test? Watch this space!! 🙂
Sunset on our last night…
We are safely back home in Gibraltar now after our lovely Easter break away from home. We didn’t really stray that far, you can actually see Gibraltar in the picture above (which was taken from our resort). If you follow the horizon from the left of the shot, the first ‘lump’ (apologies Gibraltar) is the Rock and our home. We did give her a wave regularly to remind her we would be returning soon. And here we are, another week done, another family holiday to look back on and it’s back to school tomorrow.
It’s a milestone for me, because our littlest postcard begins 5 days of full-time school tomorrow. So for the first time in almost 12 years, I will have five full days per week, child-free. Imagine that? I guess I’ll have to do a bit more crafting then… Until next week, have a great one!
OMG 5 child free days. What more crafting can you fit into your life. You are already Superwoman. Seriously it will be odd but fun. Enjoy K xXx
Oh, I must have misled you, I had 2 child free hours! And either one or two or three of them with me the rest of the time!! I think I’d miss them too much for 5 days off!! 2 would do though 😉 x
Haha no next week when school starts. You won’t know what to do with yourself (as if!) K xXx
Oh yes of course- I forgot about that!!! 🙂
I’m quite envious as we were planning to go camping at Easter but we had really bad storms which put paid to that! Our road was closed for two days because of fallen trees so you can imagine what camping would have been like. It didn’t take you long to fill the crochet hole then?!
Oh what a shame, sounds like you made the right choice on safety grounds though! Yes, I just can’t help myself. It’s fun to do some little projects though for a change 🙂
Lovely, especially liking crochet on the beach and that beautiful, red flower. Sounds the perfect week 🙂
Thank you, it was 🙂
The dragon flowers are gorgeous! The chess looks superb fun! Josh would like to learn but I can’t remember how to play it! I hope school goes well for your youngest Abz enjoy your extra free time 😃
Thank you! First day went well, so far so good! 🙂
So jealous, what a lovely break for you and the children. The weather looked beautiful. Love the nail polish, you live a little x
Thanks Sue! 🙂
Enjoy 5 days of you-time at last (well at least they need picking up from school)!
Thanks! First day went well – got some sewing & crochet done… That’s a success as far as I’m concerned! 🙂
Love the dragon blossom.. My brother was guaranteed to fall in water fully dressed! Nice nails.
There’s always one isn’t there? Funnily enough my brother fell in too if I remember correctly! 😉
I knitted a matinee set for my best university friend. I’m sre it was too small by the time I sent it.
We holidayed a lot in Scotland when we lived in Newcastle. We had fantastic weather. I joke not. Three weeks in the western isles and people were asking us if we’d been to the Med. and I don’t go very dark. Although after my imposed five weeks in Spain I’m noticeably browner.
I’m very pleased to say it’s finished, wrapped and about to be delivered this afternoon! Amazing for me 😉
I know you can be lucky in Scotland with the weather, my Mum’s Scottish and every school holiday we drove up to Glasgow to visit my grandparents. I do love the country but my abiding memories involve rain macs, blue knees and dashing about to avoid a drenching!
Camping in Barra:
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