Saturday 4 July 2015

Summer Adventures in Whitstable

There is so much I love about the summer - waking up to the sun already in the sky, washing drying on the line, summer dresses, iced coffee, dipping my toes in the sea, children in the paddling pool, cider in a pub garden, and of course how easy it is to explore.  

You don't need to load up the buggy with raincovers and coats, you don't have to worry about it getting dark and al fresco eating is ideal with a toddler (or two) around.  Last weekend we hopped on the train to Whitstable, which is only about 20 minutes from us, for a change, and the sun was shining for us all day.

We have a sandy beach on our doorstop, and our buckets and spades are hung up ready to go at a moment's notice, but the pebbly beach in Whitstable needs none of this.  It is amazing how long two boys can be entertained just with water and stones.  They made piles, they had a tea party with them, they practiced skimming and they searched high and low for their favourite ones.

We wandered along the promenade first, looking at the stalls selling their homemade wares, and kids toys, and then found the fish market.  Lunch had to be fish and chips, but we went for freshly caught prawns and crayfish as they are the boys' favourite.  

picnic on the beach, whitstable beach, maxomorra sharks, brothers, villervalla sun hats


The only toy we had brought with us was an inflatable ball, and Archie loved kicking it around, although there were some boats parked on the beach near us, and it kept getting stuck on top.


We walked down to the sea, and found puddles to splash in with our hands and feet. 

toddler at the beach, whitstable beach, pebble beach, maxomorra sharks, villervalla

Daddy and Finn spend some quality time together . . .


. . . as did Dylan and Archie. 
 I love listening to these two when they are on their own, they have such crazy conversations, with Christmas being a big topic at the moment.

maxomorra, kids fashion blogger, whitstable, whistable beach

No beach trip is complete without ice cream, 


and Archie got completely stuck in to his.  Sometimes I wonder why I buy him nice clothes, as he is the messiest child ever, and he was wearing more mango sorbet than he ate by the end.


Whitstable is such a sweet little town, the shops are all small and full of unique and quirky things.  There are very few traditional high street stores and instead more boutiques and independents. I love browsing the kids clothes, the bags and scarves and the seaside trinkets.  The shops are not designed for a buggy, let alone a double buggy, so I took Finn in the sling for a wander, whilst the bigger boys and the bloke found somewhere shady for a rest from the strong sun.

This is what summer should be like, sun, sand (or pebbles) and plenty of ice cream.  Dylan starts school in just over two months, and we are planning on having as many little adventures as we can before then.



24 comments:

  1. I love whistable such a fun place! Last time we went ami shredded her foot on a shell it was rather grim! Loving all the twinning xx

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  2. Oh what a lovely day out! It proves it's the simplest things in combination that make a perfect day - and the fish and chips does look amazing!!

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  3. What a gorgeous little adventure you had and weren't they dressed well for it! I love those outfits.

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  4. Oh this looks like great fun. I need to travel to a beach. P2 has never been to a beach!

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  5. Sounds like you had a lovely day to make family memories! I loved the photo of your boys sat side by side from the back in their matching T shirts talking about Christmas!

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    1. I love just watching them, especially when they are being little sweeties!

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  6. What a lovely sounding place to spend some time. I wish I lived nearer a beach.x

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  7. I adore their t-shirts, my little Bugs has the pjs in the same pattern, they are gorgeous! Love Maxamorra so much :) I'd love to visit Whitstable one day x

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    1. I want the Pjs in it too! Sharks was my favourite print for the big two this summer

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  8. Looks like a lovely place to visit! My little one ends up with more ice cream on her clothes than she eats too!

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  9. I have heard brilliant things about Whitstable and my niece, Ella, wrote a lovely blog post about it for us, which you might like too! It sounds a really lovely place to visit.

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  10. I have never been to whitstable. Our local beach is a mixture of sand and stones and we love it. We totally adore Maxamorra stuff, but alas my boys are too big for them now

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    1. I am not looking forward to my boys growing out of my favourite brands, I am glad I will have the baby to dress for so long!

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  11. Aww looks like you had a lovely day! I love that you bought crayfish and prawns! We normally just go for battered fish as a habit! Looks yummy!

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  12. How lucky to live so near to the beach, I would love to, sounds wonderful. I'd very much like to visit Whitstable. T-shirts and hats are fantastic. Sam x

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  13. Whistable is a fabulous place ! I love Kent

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  14. Whitstable is one of those places that I've been meaning to go and see. Glad that you had such a great day there.

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  15. I haven't been to Whitstable in absolute years, we went a few times as kids x

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  16. It looks like a lovlely day, we have not had a beach day for ages, I can't wait for our holiday! Mich x

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  17. I have never been to Whitstable but it looks like a lovely place to visit - love your pictures xx

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  18. Love the cute matching outfits. Looks like you had a wonderful day out x

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  19. Gorgeous photos. I miss my lot being that age. Love their T-shirts x

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  20. Wonderful post and such glorious photos too. Hard to believe they start school in 2 months isn't it. POD does too, it's all rather weird :)

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  21. It looks like the kids are having so much fun. What a lovely place to visit.

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