GIRLS!

We had friends to stay for the whole week! And they were GIRLS! So there was a balance to the force...

We were so lucky. The weather was fabulous (mostly) and we got to do lots of fun things like:

Paddling in the river and building dams and going on picnics.

And kissing!

And hiding from the camera!

We went to the beach too...

Doesn't Becky look like some Hollywood starlet caught by Hello! magazine while holidaying in... Saltburn-by-the-Sea (?!)

Then we walked up the hill to see the view from the cliff top, since the tide was in and we couldn't go fossil hunting at the cliff foot.

We went bowling on the one afternoon that it rained all week.

And we went down to York to DIG

And went to the Museum Gardens and played by the Roman ruins...

And then Auntie Gilly came to stay and we had 11 people sleeping in our house - a record for us, I think! It was so great. Spike certainly enjoyed sharing a melon with her!

I will post Spike's birthday pictures seperately... Enough for now.