May Bank Holiday: Minehead Beach and Butlin's!

6 Dads and I take George's football team to Minehead Youth Hostel for a weekend of footie. We mostly play well but still lose. The weather is dry and bright, but there's a cold wind, so I'm the only one whobraves the beach on our Sunday afternoon off; all the kids go to Butlins' Splashworld.

The sea is not too cold, and it is good to escape the wind on the beach. I don't stay in for long but probably swim 250m.

Once out of the sea I head straight for Butlins where I have a deliciously hot shower before joining the boys in the indoor world of splash! It is actually great fun riding the tubes and the raft slide, battling the machine driven waves and swimming round and round the island along the 'river'. I think I can claim another 250m