Go in
up to your knees

was the instruction.

So why did Luke rip off his shirt
and how could Carl walk on the
pebbles without his trainers
and no wonder Chloe shrieked
when her arms got caught up
in seaweed.

Be sensible
and leave

no litter.

Apart from the torn plastic
cups discarded when the Danish Long Ball
game started and Alex tipped his
packed lunch out completely
unintentionally because
he saw a worm.

Shhhhh..
unless you see

a wasp.

We are not even going to go there
because the whole day out was
almost destroyed with the sight of
that tiny striped thing and the girls'
toilets emptied in seconds in a riot
of screams.

The bus home
was absolute

bliss.