Summer has really arrived here – it's turned hot and sunny and Amy and I couldn't pass up the opportunity that came our way last week for a girls only weekend at the seaside. We set off at the crack of dawn on Saturday and arrived with our friends in Walton on the Naze for breakfast.
The day at the beach was perfect and we topped it off with a visit to the pier, fish and chips and an evening at the kids club. It was so nice to get away and relax but lovely to come home again yesterday and see our menfolk who had pottered around the garden all weekend. Although we were only away for 18 hours it felt like a much longer break and I feel very relaxed this morning – hope that feeling lasts a little longer!
little cotton rabbits 
Lovely for you and Amy to have your ‘girls only’ weekend and even nicer that you feel the benefit of it! Have a great week. 🙂
Vivienne x
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That sounds like the perfect weekend 🙂
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How lovely to get away, just the two of you. We’ve been making good use of the weather, too. Hasn’t it been super?
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There is nothing better than a relaxing sunny day at the beach is there 🙂
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Aww, how lovely! I live just down the road from Walton, but I haven’t been there myself in years! Sounds like you had a lovely time 🙂
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Sounds like a great day out – and hopefully it was a bit cooler on the coast. Nothing can beat fish and chips at the seaside!
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Glad you both had a wonderful time at the beach. Hope you have a great week too xx
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I could never take a break without taking along one of my kids. They were such good company, and I didn’t worry so much with one of them there, sharing the time. My friend and I just did the same – just a short trip to another place – up in the mountains for us. Being girls together is lovely. And so good for Amy, too. And then there’s the beach. I haven’t been close to one for over a year. In California, sometimes we are there just at the right time to see dolphins in the curls.
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So glad you got a much needed break. I have 4 daughters. They are my best friends. Such a blessing.
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Good on you, how lovely to spend precious time with Amy, it looks FAB.
At the end of last year my baby girl Samantha was 21 !! I took her to a spa for a 2 night stay (just the two of us) it was so much fun being together without our men.
Bliss
Davina x
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hope the feeling is still there – its soo hot today – i could do with dip in the sea!xx
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Sometimes the shorter vacations are the best! Hope you both get to do it again very soon.
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What a lovely sounding day Julie! We were at the beach again this evening after school – so lovely! Lucy x
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I’m so glad you and Amy had some time together – and what a beautiful beach! Olivia and I are planning a 24 hour get-away this week as well. We will be escaping our 98 degree weather in the pool!
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Hi Julie,
What a lovely idyllic day
Love Carole from Rossendale xxx
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Hi Julie, I live in Holland nr Clacton, so I know Walton. They really do have nice beaces there. The weather was perfect for your break.. I think any time spent at a beach is a wonderfully relaxing time xx
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Oh! That must of been fun! 🙂 but… 18 hours?! Haha, I think that beat my all-time record! XD Here it’s really hot. 😛 like 95F (I live in the US so we don’t use the celcius system)
Greetings from Florida! B)
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