Tzipi went to Historic Deal, on the south coast of England. Deal is famous for many reasons, not least for being the birthplace of NiftyKnits. Deal's motto (Nifty didn't know this!) is appropriately : "ADJUVATE ADVENAS" which means "Befriend the Stranger".
As a child Nifty liked to explore the dark tunnels in Deal Castle and climb on the cannons, so that's where we went.
In these days of health and safety the tunnels are probably floodlit now, and the cannons barricaded off, so it's maybe just as well that the castle is still closed for winter!
We headed down to the beach after snapping some souvenir pics. It was pretty windy so Tzipi was glad of her new sweater.
Another of Nifty's favourite childhood pastimes was hunting for emeralds and diamonds on the beach, so we were very pleased when Tzipi spotted an emerald. It matches her eyes, look! (Adults sometimes call these beach finds sea-glass, but children and flutterbutts know better)
We walked along the beach until we came to the Time Ball. I've mentioned before that I used to think all towns had a time ball, but in fact they're very rare.
No trip to Deal is complete without a walk along the pier, so that's where we headed next.
Look out! Is this another Health and Safety opportunity?
We ended our day with a cuppa at Nifty's aunty's house. We'd had Health and Safety risks enough by now, but even remembering that Tzipi's mother Sharona of Raisinlike.etsy had warned that flutterbutts were a wolf delicacy, we decided to risk a snuggle with the toy dog!
Tzipi is staying with Niftyknits for a few days more, she wants to be at her side when watching Harry Hill's TV show on Saturday - will knitted Harry Hill Meerkat get through to the final???? Keep track of her adventures at Sharona's blog.
