We’re really on holiday now – no more travelling for a few days.
This morning we hired bikes and explored the island. Cycling here is
great as there are cycle paths everywhere you’d want to go and bikes have right
of way over traffic. You have to watch out for pedestrians though, and Jack and
I did nearly get taken out by other bikes!
We cycled all the way (OK, it was only around three miles) from the
cycle hire shop to the end of the island to look at the lighthouse. It wasn’t
the most exciting lighthouse...
But we stopped there and were treated to a couple of pods of dolphins
in the water just a few yards off the shore – sorry, but this was the best
photo we got of them.
And a flock of pelicans feeding there too. They were flying around and
then diving into the water to scoop up fish in their beaks. We sat there a long
time waiting for this photo!
After that, it was off to explore more of the island on our bikes. We
were a bit worried by the sign as we entered the tourist info.
We saw vultures:
And we saw lots of signs of wildlife:
Signs. Of wildlife... geddit?
After dropping off the bikes and a stop for frozen yoghurt, we went
back to our holiday home to find a whole load of ibises outside it.
After tea we then went for a long walk along the beach. The beach is
approached through where we’re staying and then crossing a hundred yards of
dunes. Foe a short while to our right (north west) there are some rather
spectacular houses looking out across the dunes to the sea, but after a while
they stop, from which point there is nothing but sea (and shells!). We walked
for miles into a strong wind (blowing down from the north where they have had
awful snowstorms, so it brought a bit of a chill with it). And then we turned
round and got blown back in half the time!
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