Mid-winter storms and sunshine

There have been plenty of storms blowing past over the past few weeks and we have gone down to Chesil a few times to watch the waves crashing onto the beach there. One weekend we tried to get onto Chesil Beach but were beaten back by the stinging rain, wind and spray. We then went over to Chesil Cove and by then the sun had come out and we got a great view of waves as big as houses pounding the beach. It was really spectacular.



It was Oisín's 2nd birthday recently. We went for a walk with some friends up onto Maiden Castle to fly our kites and have a quick picnic but it was so windy and cold that we were forced back down to the cars. So we headed for home and lunch by the warm fire instead. Then the cake emerged and Oisín did a great job of blowing out the candles.


The following weekend we went took the bikes on the train to Wareham and cycled from there into Wareham Forest. Fiachra was cycling his own bike so we stayed off busy roads, but we seemed to hit every muddy track in Purbeck and by the time we actually reached the forest we were destroyed and our will was nearly broken. But after some lunch and some stunt cycling our spirits picked up and we had a great ride.