Caravan calling - Day 1

Term 3 over. Term 4 about to start. A few holidays in between. Who would miss this opportunity! And so we went to stay in a caravan on the sea shore.
John McIntyre (Britain) had the keys of his caravan on Brean Sands, a sea shore near Bristol and 5 of us bundled off in two cars in the evening hours.
The caravan is located at Brean Sands, on a seven mile stretch of sandy beach stretching from the seaside resort of Burnham-on-Sea, to the National Trust headland of Brean Down. On a clear day you can see the Welsh and Devonshire coastlines in the distance.
We reached in the late evening hours after a long meandering drive. Scores of caravans stood in pitch dark with an occasional street lamp showing us the way. Yet, when we arrived, I could see the high tide. The area has one of the highest tidal ranges in the world (the tide frequently laps against the sea wall just in front of the caravan). Settling in was easy and I was astonished to see the caravan to be fully equipped with everything. TV, microwave, comfy sofas, kitchen……you name it, it was there!
With Wimbledon on, it was difficult to move away from the TV but we forced ourselves to go for a simple dinner of fish and chips. But plans were on for tomorrow. We were sure to have a "whale" of a time.