sea life

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i finished work today as the office shuts down until the 10th January which is excellent

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the girls had spent a day doing chores in preparation for christmas and visitors so we went to Long Bay early evening

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jane made us a nice picnic and we were the most organised with proper seats and even a picnic table on which to put our cooked chicken.  excellent stuff.

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then we threw ourselves in the sea for a spot of body boarding where we managed to catch a few of the 20 centimetre waves which lapped by !

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we’re back here on saturday for our christmas dinner in the restaurant which is just out of sight down on the right somewhere

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the water was really nice and warm at nearly 20degC

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and i wore my wet suit for the first time and that was successful

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my last day in the office was punctuated by a couple of stops for champagne and mince pies which was nice

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that meant i was home by about 3pm which gave me time to sort out the final photos from my photoshoot for the company magazine which you can see here

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here’s a santa all on his own outside the local chemist

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