Girls go wild in Bournemouth

Lydia and her friends are currently doing the tour of University open days, trying to make choices for next years place of study. She and Mel were interested in Bournemouth, and co-incidentally, my place of work has an office near there which I had been threatening to visit sometime. So, it was the ideal opportunity to borrow a pool car and drive to Bournemouth, to co-incide with last Wednesdays open day.

I booked a family room at a Travelodge for me and my "two" teenage daughters - Lydia and Mel! After a 6 hour journey, we were relieved to get there and check in. As their microwave had broken down, we couldnt have cardboard pizzas and headed into nearby Bournemouth for a gorgeous Italian meal. Back in the room, I was relegated to the pull out bed, while the girls shared a double bed and lots of giggles!
The next day, after a yummy hotel breakfast, I headed into work after dropping off the girls and the camera at Bournemouth University. I believe they did take a look around and attend a couple of talks, but I got a text after lunch saying "we are on the beach!". It was a warm, sunny day, so why not make the most of it! (Im just jealous).
We left late afternoon for the 7 hour drive home, completing over 650 miles round trip! On the way home, Mel kept us amused with a Swanish lesson - that was she taught us some Swedish and I translated into Danish, and we all tried to learn both. It was hardest for Liddi, but it gave us lots to laugh at and made the journey fun. I rather like having Mel as my surrogate daughter!

As I said, I gave the girls my camera, and when I downloaded the photos, it was a nice surprise to find photos of unusual things including these: