The school run to Manilva
We are a week into our nearly 3 month school holidays and my stress levels are falling nicely.
Life has become calmer as I don’t need to nag the kids to get ready for school or do their homework or rush them so that we get to the various after school activities on time .
It also means that I dont have to do the school run up and down to Manilva several times a day.
What is your school run like?
Mine is a crazy ten minutes that bombards the senses and leaves me needing a bit of calm and tranquility.
It starts with the 4 kids arguing over who sits where and then is followed by them arguing over whether they can have the music loud or not. The girls normally win and then we are subjected to Jessie J or Taylor Swift or some other chart topper (Gangnam style is popular with the boys too) blasting the cobwebs out of our ears. Three minutes later we are all into the music being played and enjoying the sights on the way to school.
We go the back way to Manilva, past Duquesa Village and La Vizcaronda and we see a menagerie of animals on the way. Little owls, sheep, dogs and puppies, cats and kittens, horses and foals, donkeys, mules and one day we even saw a peacock!
Once we get to Manilva itself the views change again and whichever way you look it is simply stunning or interesting.
The journey to work or back home after dropping the kids off at CEIP Pablo Picasso school in Manilva is peaceful and tranquil and the view down the Manilva and Casares valley towards the sea is so breathtaking it helps my mind settle and sets me up for the day.
What is your school run like?