A 45 minute drive to the spectacular beach at Calblanque.
Arriving we find a totally empty beach, gorgeous weather, and a sea with enough big waves to make it interesting.
It didn't take Mike and Pippa long to get down to the bare essentials and take a dip whilst Kathie and I took Catherine for a long walk along the sands. She kept insisting that she wanted to walk in the "big puddle" which was a small lagoon formed by the sea breaking onto the sand.
This puddle was warmed by the sun and sand and was very pleasant to walk in.
We came upon a French lady who was swimming in the sea with her dog. She asked us to take some photographs and seemed to be having a wonderful time.
Hidden behind some rocks we accidentally came upon a large German chap sunbathing (as you can on Calblanque) in the nude. Surprisingly he didn't ask us to take any photographs.
Catherine eventually decided to play in the big puddle and emptied all of her toys in the water whilst her skinnydipping parents frolicked in the waves.
Happily nobody caught pneumonia despite it being only a couple of days before Christmas, and after drying off and changing clothes we repaired to a pub called "Paddy Singh's" which serves a fusion of Irish and Indian foods. You can have a curry starter then cabbage and bacon or any other combination from their extensive mixed menu.
Lots of fun.