Kitten Korner

Early in the morning of 27 June 2008, Tirol gave birth to three healthy kittens, named immediately by the children Lily (black) and Flip and Flop (both stripey).

Here is a selection of photos and films:

Holiday in Northern France

We spent a very nice week along with Alister's family (Maman, Dad and Marielaure)in a small seaside town called Hardelot - which is near Le Touquet, towards Calais.

The beaches are quite special - soft fine sand and a tide that retreats a long way to give plenty of flat area to do all sorts of beach activities, especially "Char à Voile" (land sailing). Delphine and Alister had an introductory session in a very unpleasant Force 6 wind with rain and hail and later in the week went for a proper sail up and down the beach, splashing through puddles and chasing seagulls.

The weather was generally bad - but we did have three beautiful days and we made the most of those days by visiting the beach. It is almost always windy there, which is why it is quite a popular sea activity centre (kite surfing, land sailing). We did some fun kite flying, Mattéo went body boarding and "skimming", Juliette tried some gentle body boarding, Alister and Marielaure went body boarding and surf kayaking (Marielaure had brought her kayak over from UK) and Delphine played on the beach with the children.

At the end of the week, Alister returned with his mother to Munich , and Delphine took the children to the Atlantic coast to stay at the family seaside home.