Holidays: charlie holiday icecream ironman lanzarote Libby no suncream wind
by Rob
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Lanzarote with Libs
So we’re back from Lanzarote, back to reality some might say! We had a great time out there, revisiting some places and generally having fun with Libby. She especially loved all the swimming and beaches along with all the spoiling that comes with being on holiday with some of your grandparents.
While we were away Libby seems to have learnt so much but, the one thing that she has really taken away is the word, “No”. If you ask her a question now you just get “Noooo” which is quite amusing - even more so when she does herself out of things as she says it before she thinks about it! She can now move herself around the swimming pool unaided and has worked out the Grandad is always good for icecream ;).
Charlie and I also enjoyed revisiting some of the places and things we did during our honeymoon as we were staying quite close and had a car - a Zafira which was actually alright. We didn’t go up to Timanfaya this time but I not sure I like the idea of Libby being in those coaches. Libby did however get to enjoy looking for the olivine at El Golfo and the beach at Orzola.
The Island was as windy as ever but the weather has still ensured that we’ve all come back with a tan - even Libby though how she managed that after being plastered in factor 50+ suncream all week remains a mystery to me, she has more colour than me using the factor 15 stuff!
On the Saturday that we were out there we watched the Lazarote Ironman competition, this is a hardcore triathlon that is done on the Island each year. First they swim 3.8km in the sea, then a 180km cycle course all over the island and then when they get back from that there’s just the small matter of a full marathon to complete - and on Saturday that was in temperatures of up to 33 degrees - madness. The winner did the course in about 8hrs 37mins, now that really is an Ironman Downey Jr. We met a guy who works for Renault F1 who was doing it for charity - I asked him if they needed any Software Engineers but there’s no word yet…
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