First thing Gareth, Maddy and i went down to the beach by No 4 barrier with the dog. Both Maddy and Molly really enjoyed themselves. Maddy insisted on stripping down to her knickers and paddling in the North Sea. I am sure that children must have a defective nervous system that makes it impossible for them to tell when water is really cold.
We had to be back in time to get soretd out and go up to Birsay where the RSPB was having a rock pooling adventure for children but when we decided that it was time to go, the evil mutt decided that she still wanted to stay and play so she refused to be caught. After about 10 minutes of trying to get her to come to us for her ball we were getting nowhere. She may be disobedient but she is not stupid and had figured out that we were going to put her back in the hated car. In the end she decided that although she could not trust the adults, she could trust her little friend Maddy.
This was a mistake. Maddy managed to hang on to her until we got the lead on.
We made it back just intime for dinner then off to Birsay. We were a bit late getting there but then we are always a bit late getting anywhere so that is nothing new. In the rush we had forgotten to take the fishing net and bucket but fortunately when we got there another little girl called Jessica offered to share her net and bucket with Maddy.
This worked out well and the two of them had a great time delving into all the pools. Gareth and I had to help out as well.
We were of course not reverting to childhood but just helping Maddy. Between us we caught a brittle star,a rare one with only four and a half legs (It did have 5 legs when we started trying to catch it), loads of hermit crabs and ordinary crabs, sea anemone's and huge bits of kelp which the kids dragged back even after being told that we thought that the huge pile that we already had was probably enough.
At the end they all posed for a photo which may appear in the Orcadian newspaper on Thursday.
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