sand castle comp!

Scooping sand out of buckets, making castles as fast as janu can knock them down.  Channels, slips of sand dug out with a boat oar. It’s a sandcastle competition! I have never seen the beach so packed! 131 entries! Giant octopus rises out of the sand. My cousin james and his gorgeous 3 girls – micky, charlotte and zoe – turn up just in time. Aunt jenny, mum – it’s a big event! What adrenalin! Janu names the 9-legged octopus ‘Dinny’, and says that we didn’t win a prize because the judges ‘must have not seen ours properly!’. So lovely to see my cousin again.  On our last day I make him give me a board lesson.  Lurching on a long board, I manage to stand up once, for a couple of seconds! I liked crashing too.