Well, I’m back from my daytrip to the seaside with my little lovelies!
It was, all in all, a wonderful trip, though I didn’t take as many pictures as I would have liked, as I was being surrogate mum to one little girl who’s mummy couldn’t come along too… It was a great day for the kids, especially many who hadn’t been to a beach before, and a lovely bonding time for parent and child too!
We collected shells, crabs (dead and alive!) and seaweed, and paddled in the waves. Ate ‘sandy’ sandwiches, and bought ice cream, made sandcastles, and dug out ‘boats’, made sand hurdles for the kiddies to jump over, among many other things!
And the big one for me was taking all these people on a train! Luckily the staff I work with have been doing this for a long time, so I was in good hands, and so were all the children and parents!
But fret not, I got a few photos! Not sure what the quality will be like, but here goes!
The beautifully sandy beaches of Margate!
One biggish ‘dead’ crab!
One of the staff managed to catch a small crab, and a baby one too, and a shrimp! But I didn’t get a picture of that!
Shells! I love a good shell!
Seaweed still attached to it’s rock base!
You gotta bury your feet into the soft sand! Good exfoliation too!
A bit windy!
A good old stick of rock or two, got to be done on a seaside trip!
Windswept in Margate!
Mr Seagull, who was desperately looking for food as we waited for our carriage back home!
And there we have it, my first class trip, as a teacher, to the seaside!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jun 24, 2015 @ 13:19:14
Lovely! We’ll be heading to the beach soon as well. Since we are landlocked here in the center of the country, it’s a bit more of a trip 😉
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 17:58:49
Enjoy it!!!!! I love the seaside!!!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 07:44:00
Looks like you all had a good time. I haven’t been to Margate for years! I had to laugh at the commenter who wanted to see women in bikinis! You are right, he would definitely not want to see that, unless he wants to be traumatised! How sweet that the little girl fell asleep on you on the way back. Bless her! 🙂
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 17:53:24
It was a lovely DAT! 😊
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 17:53:30
Day, even!!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 17:54:24
Ha Ha! Your fingers are too fast for your brain today! I get that a lot too! 🙂
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 18:02:22
Far too fast!!! Lol!!! It happens all the time!!!!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 06:59:38
Ritu,
Reminded of “Noddy”‘s day at the beach or the toys tumbling off to the beach in many of Enid Blyton’s stories. Many of her little stories seemed to start or end on the beach and I can see why. From your photos and descriptions, it seems as if time has stood still and what one famous writer wrote about about 80 years back is almost the same today ( as described by another famous writer, in the making).
Thanks so much for sharing and writing about your experiences.
Susie
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 07:02:31
Aw thanks!!!! Gosh, if any of my Toys/kids had tumbled off the train I’d have been worrying about more than Mr Plod coming after me lol!!!!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 07:03:41
Great comparison there, Ritu. I am sure we have a new age Enid Blyton in our midst. I for one will be buying your books. We are in dire need of a children’s writer, who writes ” innocent” stories with small lessons, which children can imbibe.
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 07:15:36
Aw!! Thanks for the confidence!!!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 03:19:31
I love the signs on the beach! Always important to know where the loo is! Looks like a good time was had by all. Great photos! PS. I love your sunglasses!
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Jun 24, 2015 @ 06:13:07
Thank you! We were near the looks, and they’re a cheap pair from Primark!!! 😎
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Jun 25, 2015 @ 01:49:32
They are very stylish! I have prescription sunglasses, so I don’t have a lot of options. Lucky you!
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Jun 25, 2015 @ 07:00:29
😊😊
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:50:54
Great photo’s, looks like a great day out. Love the Seagull picture though, it’s my favourite of the bunch 🙂
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 23:02:12
He was a magnificent specimen! I never realised how big they are, close up!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:45:33
Sounds like a lovely day, and you had good weather, too. Enjoyed your photos!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:46:37
It was lovely Tonya!! Great to see the kids having fun!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:48:46
I’m sure they had a wonderful time! 😊
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:03:27
I remember going to Margate as a child. Thank you for the memories! Ooh, sticks of rock too!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:11:47
The beach is seriously a lovely beach, for England!!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 21:54:45
Looks like an exciting trip and lots of fun. Glad all went well. I wonder who had more fun in the end… the teacher or the kids! Lovely photos, Ritu, thanks for sharing!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:11:09
It was a great day! 😊
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:12:03
So happy for you, Ritu!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:13:11
😊
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 21:53:10
Looks an amazing day. So who enjoyed it more the kids? The grown ups? Or you?😁😁😁😁
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:10:46
Me, at the top of the list! Then the kids!!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:14:02
Haha I knew it. You make me smile😊
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:14:49
Big kid, me!!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:15:45
Yup
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:22:11
😜
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:20:34
Look where i am😊
https://wafflemethis.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/loving-loch-lomond/
https://wafflemethis.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/loving-loch-lomond/
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 21:50:27
Looks like a wonderful time, Ritu! Any lingering headaches for the song singing on the bus? 😀
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:10:20
No, surprisingly headache free!!! And my little charge fell asleep on me, in the way home, like a good few of em! We tired them out!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 21:48:40
great pics! no girls in bikinis???
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:09:23
Era, no, lol!!! Have you seen the types who frequent Margate??!! Not sure you want to see that in a bikini!!! Lol!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 22:50:49
you need to find a higher class of beach in that case. 😉
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 23:01:42
Lol!!!!
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Jun 23, 2015 @ 23:02:24
hehehehehe 😉
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