The main reason for us being in Llandudno was to become Gruffydd's 'Oddparents' - a sort of non-religious version of Godparents. The ceremony took place at Llandudno Town Hall in the afternoon so we had plenty of time to take a tram ride up to the top of Great Orme (where Ellie waved to Grandad in Australia) followed by a stroll into the town. After the ceremony we were invited to Sioned's parents' place up the road for lunch and a few drinks in the garden.

Lots of beach-walking on a sunny - but windy - day in Llandudno. The kids enjoyed throwing rocks into pools on the beach, then had a ride.

Nursing hangovers, we went to get some fresh air at the seaside. It was a bit windswept but the kids enjoyed climbing rocks and collecting shells, plus we found out what whelk-eggs looked like.

Hooray! We're off to Wales for a wedding, and the first thing we need to do when we get there is eat - so it's off to a kiddie-friendly pub to toast the condemned man

The annual excuse to get ratarsed, this time at Cowshed in Wakefield. We had a good showing of Fotopic staff and moderators, including Sam who came up from Tenby, and some of the London folks; finally got to bed at 3:30am full of beer and dreading the following day's hangover.

Another bout of 4am insomnia brought on by a bad cold, so I donned my fleece and headed off to the beach again but on this occasion armed with the power of a timer. Not bad shots.

Couldn't sleep - so got up at 4:30am, grabbed the tripod and went out onto the cliffs and beach to get some photos. The earlier ones are slightly blurry because I don't have a remote trigger (yet) and I hadn't worked out how to use the timer, but a bit of faffing later on yielded good results.

After a morning spent on the South Beach, we went back to the house for a rest before meeting Nat and scoffing oversize ice-creams at Fecci's again. Then off to buy takeout curry, playing on the cliffside and having a pub drink before collecting it.

Another event at the harbour, this time featuring dancers, fire-dancers, and a band called Walking Wounded who played a mad combination of Slovenian songs and 60s covers.

Early evening potter to the town, via the harbour and South Beach.

We started out around 11ish heading to South Beach, and followed it up with a fish+chip lunch. Then back home with Joel's lobster and finally heading to Saundersfoot for a poke round - sadly Ellie wasn't too well (a cold, we think) so we ended up coming back pretty soon.

A sunny day of sunbathing, looking for shells, and eating large ice-cream sundaes.

We played in the garden, then wandered into Tenby on the first day of our holiday to see the 'Summer Spectacular'. We saw a fantastic stunt air display, a cliff rescue demonstration, and managed to bump into Sam who's a long-standing Fotopic user and works with the Tenby Coastguard.

Holiday time! A 220-mile drive to Tenby via Chester for lunch, and deepest darkest Wales. Didn't see any dragons, but we did end up on the beach at 10pm because Ellie wanted a quick play in the sand (in the darK!).