Usually after Church on Sunday Sebastian has a Maths and English Tutor come to give him a lesson. As it happens his tutor has got a very nasty back injury and so his lesson this week was cancelled at late notice.
It was a beautiful and sunny day so we took a spur of the moment decision to throw a picnic together and to jump in the car and drive down to Arundel for the afternoon.
We donned the obligatory life jackets and clambered into the boat.
There is nothing more lovely than pootling down the river in Arundel on a beautifully sunny day.
You motor past the castle several times as the river bends around it.
It was great fun although Sebastian was very nervous when he took over the steering and there were quite a few wobbles, near misses and lots of screams.
We went quite a way past the Black Rabbit pub as we were making good time and believed the tide would be with us on the way back so it wouldn't take so long on the return journey.
As it happens the tide was turning as we headed back and the wind suddenly picked up a little so the ride back (while I was in control) was considerably choppy and there was quite a spray coming off the river but it was lovely and refreshing in the hot sunshine.
We had a wonderful time but I was relieved to get us all back on dry land - safe and sound, as Nathaniel did like to lurch from one side of the boat to the other with one of us diving to hold onto his straps.
On the way home we stopped off for the boys to do a bit of rock climbing.
Then back home where David cooked his speciality sausage risotto - yummy!
No comments:
Post a Comment