Charlie at Frimley Lodge Park

Frimley Lodge Park is now our local park, just a short walk away (or trike away as you'll see below). Charlie absolutely the swings and is warming to the climbing frames too.

Basingstoke Canal Centre

Well, it's on our doorstep so we thought we would swing by and take in the sights. The "visitors centre" is shut on the weekends so we took a quick walk around the small number of canal boats that appeared to be berthed for the winter. On the bright side, there was a great coffee shop and a small playground so all was not lost.

Seems a shame to be going home ...

... when the little guy is having so much fun here. Tenerife definitely seems to have been a hit with Charlie.

Out and About in Tenerife

Some of the images from around Los Cristianos ...

My favourite beach scuplture

Away from the tourist promenades of plastic tat, Tenerife still has something of the island rustic about it

Happy Birthday

A couple of images of Fay and Charlie just before we headed out for my birthday dinner.

"Charlie, have you seen Daddy dancing ... I mean REALLY dancin' ? "

.... Oh ... OK, then ....

Sea Lions Show at Loro Parque (Tenerife)

Apparently it has been raining really heavily on the north of the island - we have heard that there are some villages that are cut off and being air supplied. So we thought we would go with the wet weather programme for a day trip and visited Loro Parque (in the north of Tenerife). Having seen some of the landslides blocking the roads, we were a little nervous that it was going to be "wetter than expected".

But ... amazingly, the weather held, the sun broke out and we had a fantastic day at Loro Parque. The sea lion show was amazing, the trainers and the sea lions have a really great bond ... as well as some pretty cool tricks.

I'll follow this post with some of the other images from the day ...

Crocs and things at Loro Parque (Tenerife)

Fishes at Loro Parque (Tenerife)

Some of the images of fishes at Loro Parque.

The Apes & Monkeys - Loro Parque (Tenerife)

Some images of the Apes and Monkeys at Loro Parque.

The Penguins - Loro Parque (Tenerife)

Some images of the penquins at Loro Parque

Charlie takes to the pool in Tenerife

Charlie has always been a bit of a water-baby (he should be with an Aquarius star sign), so it came as no surprise that he wasted no time in getting his water-wings on and splashing about in the kids pool and emptying the water onto anyone within carrying distance. Fortunately, he's not perfected his water carrying technique so we only got the occasional surprise !

Hollywood Mirage (Los Cristianos)

It has been raining on and off for the first two days, so it was great to finally get out and have a look around the complex (and take a few images). Obviously, the person with the white paint franchise is doing pretty well ...

Charlie in Tenerife

We are all having a fantastic time in Tenerife, Charlie loves the change of scene (not to mention the new playgrounds) and he's absolutely shattered at night from all the running around.