Thursday 24th July

Got up at 7 and had a shower - having been woken at 6 by screeching gulls and deliveries again.  Found ear plugs waiting for me on coffee table - too late for today but will have them ready tomorrow morning! Went over to the fairground and went on horses and helter skelter with Ollie - then he went on the racing cars while Lorraine and Leanne did the ropes challenge again.  Then more fairground - trampoline, trabant and dart throwing stall. Then went and had lunch in the diner at 1pm when Mitzi Melba was due to be working and singing as Ollie was very keen to see her again.  She came over to see him and sang to him and was generally very sweet and so was Ollie - clapping her as she was singing and hugging her.  I didn't have a meal myself but helped Carolyn and Ollie out with their chips. In the afternoon we went to Soccer for Tots - it was very hot with no shade at all.  Afterwards we all felt wiped out and went back to the chalet to cool off and recharge the batteries.  In the evening went to the Pavillion for some machine game action and then decided to go to  Turners again for our last dinner together.  Had some trouble communicating with the waiter as we weren't really sticking to his script and English was clearly his second (at least) language.  Ended up getting everything brought out together rather than just Ollie's and Leanne's, he couldn't cope with me wanting my vegetables in a separate bowl without butter rather than in the communal bowl so they didn't arrive at all, and Amanda's chicken was without the creamed green beans because that is what Leanne wanted.  So we sent Amanda's chicken back as she had a starter anyway, and then a different waiter came to us and sorted us all out, brought my vegetables and then gave us free desserts.  The food was nice and we had a good evening.  When we got in Carolyn came to my room to watch Big Brother while John watched Commonwealth Games.
Soccer for Tots

Ollie with his soccer medal

Lorraine on the ropes

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