Beautiful Pennan!

Last weekend, we had a lovely family trip to a tiny seaside village called Pennan, which is about 11 miles from Faserburgh in Aberdeenshire.
It's such a beautiful place, just a single row of stunning little houses nestled at the bottom of cliffs, with the most gorgeous dramatic sea views...

We stayed in a fantastic cottage which I think was originally two flats, as both upstairs and downstairs had a kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. This made the kids feel really grown up, because they slept upstairs and were really chuffed that they had their own living room and kitchen all to themselves!
My favourtie part of the whole house was something I've always wanted, a wood burning stove!

It was amazing to be able to come in after a long day of exploring and relax in front of a roaring fire, it's one of my favourite things in the world.
Anyway, when we arrived, we settled in, had a cuppa and then set out onto the rocky beach to explore!

The kids had an absolute ball, climbing rocks, paddling around, looking for crabs and squealing with joy at everything they found. it's exactly the kind of summertime experiences all kids should have. We spent ages looking around, then had a delicious dinner at the beautiful Pennan Inn...

It was lovely to just do things at our own pace, the kids definitely appreciated having the opportunity to just wander around, without being told to hurry up! They had loads of fun, and then we headed back to the house, lit the fire and played a few board games. Charlie got up to get something from his room, and suddenly shouted "Whoah! Look out the window!!!"
We all ran to the window to see what he was shouting about, to be greeted by the most stunning sunset we've ever seen...

We really couldn't get a decent photo of it, but it was bright red and so dramatic over the sea, it was amazing to see how ridiculously excited the kids got about it! They even did some impromptu sunset shadow puppets on the wall...

It was one of those perfect moments, when you all look at each other and know you'll remember it forever, it was such a happy evening.

The next day, we went out to Macduff Aquarium, a few miles away, and spent the day learning about fish, the kids loved it! We had a cosy evening in as the weather was awful, really windy and rainy, so we ate steaks from the local butcher and looked out the window at the waves.

We headed home on the sunday, but not before having another long explore on the beach and in the rockpools. We were all pretty sad it was over but will definitely be back!