Rolliebusters

Good news – after this week, we will have some new found freedom and some different things to write about. We are picking up our new (to us) Kia Sportage on Saturday! But for now, you can read about us picking vegetables and going to the beach again.

It has been hot this week. Our farm bosses have been very good to us and try to keep the hard manual labour tasks for the morning. Ollie was given a particularly scary task in the poly tunnels, with strange noises coming from the tomatoes… luckily he was well prepared!

We’ve been visiting the beach a lot in the afternoons, but have heard rumours that it’s also a beautiful place to visit at night. In July and August, bio-luminescent algae can be seen in the water around this area. There was a new moon on Monday night, so we waited until it was dark enough (at about 11pm) and bravely walked down to the sea. We weren’t holding out much hope, but it was worth the late bed time! As well as seeing millions of stars in the dark night sky, we also saw lots of sparkling lights in the water. The algae lights up in response to movement, so it could be seen most clearly around rocks where waves were breaking. We also waved our hands in the water and the lights followed them around like magic. Our host suggested swimming at night to get the full effect. We’re thinking of going down again on Saturday night, but not sure we’ll be brave enough to wade out into the darkness.

Here is a picture Rosie managed to capture with her fancy camera:

Equally as exciting this week, were Ollie’s pancakes on Sunday which have become a reoccurring theme. Rosie has been wanting to make a tower with them, so Ollie lent her his pancakes in return for half of the finished masterpiece (which can be seen below, along with our froggy neighbour, some flowers and more beach photos).