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The gatehouse in the morning.10:31:21
Erika at the door of the gatehouse.10:31:39
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On the beach at Lyme Regis.
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Erika dipping her toes in the sea.11:52:53
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Lunch at a place on the seafront.13:11:38
Erika with this terrifying bright blue bubblegum flavour ice cream.
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Erika and ice creams. The mint choc chip was good, but neither Chie nor I can quite understand the appeal of bubblegum flavour.13:12:54
The ice cream shop.13:33:42
On the steps.13:36:06
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The seafront at Lyme Regis.14:04:54
The Natural History Museum had set up a temporary exhibition in Lyme Regis which we came to have a look at.14:06:26
Erika sifting for fossils.14:08:52
Erika picking out fossils.
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Look actual shark's teeth!14:16:13
Another stall at the Natural History Museum exhibition.14:16:27
The shark teeth Erika sifted out.15:35:56
Erika getting ready to go on the beach at Charmouth.
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Chie and Erika on the beach at Charmouth.16:09:03
Erika splashing about in the waves.16:12:54
We seemed to spend so much of this weekend stuck in the car, I wish we could have spent more of it on the beach as Erika clearly loved it!16:12:56
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Meanwhile Chie had been fossil hunting.16:29:39
An ammonite Chie found in the clay.16:32:17
Erika looking around in the rocks.17:02:34
Erika back in the sea again.
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Sun glistening on the sea.17:38:10
Erika fell asleep in the car on the way back to the gatehouse.17:48:44
The stairwell at the gatehouse. Nice light here.17:59:09
We decided to have pre-dinner drinks and nibbles out on the lawn, and Chie and Erika also did some drawing.
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I like this shot of the girls, taken by me from the kitchen window.18:14:50
The butler (i.e. me) arrived with the tray of pre-dinner drinks and nibbles.18:16:32
Cheers again to the gatehouse.18:18:38
Chie getting arty.
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The gnats or midges or mayflys or whatever they were did get a bit annoying after a while though.18:52:37
Erika decided to come back inside while I was cooking dinner and Chie did some more drawing outside. She made some interesting structures with some wooden blocks we found in the cupboard.18:52:44
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I love how you can see Erika's toes here.19:00:11
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The finger in shot which is often the telltale sign Erika is taking the pictures.
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Slightly Stone Henge inspired here perhaps? We had driven past it on the way down.19:09:01
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Chie and Erika at dinner.
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Erika having a pre bedtime yoghurt.20:14:38
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A bit of a sunset again.20:27:54
Erika pretending to be a dog.
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Good night Shute! I fell asleep getting Erika to sleep which explains why there are no futher pictures after this.