Sand Castle

After lunch, the boys burned their energy by heading along the beach to find an area of sand in which to build a fort.

Michael testing his legs

Able to leap tall walls in a single bound... And you didn't think it possible to take an action photo with a digital camera. Luck sometimes does work!

The creators: Nick, Thomas and Michael

The castle, and the builders - from left, Nick, Thomas and Michael.

The sand fort from above

The view from above.

Restoring The Beach

Destruction from above - a big log to crush the fort

First attempt was to demolish the structure with a large piece of driftwood. Not exactly obvious how this is going to work, but that's no reason not to give it a try!

Bombs Away!

Hmmmm, time for plan B. Try demolition from ground level.

Human assistance to fill in the excavation

Anybody for plan C? The hard, slow way. But it worked.

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