We were all in bed late, I waited up to make a drink for Darren and Tina when they got back from the midnight mass and we all opened one gift as it was Christmas day. Tina looked at one of her birthday cards too. We were all up before 8 am as Tina was off to take a service at St Columba. I said I would walk up to St Mary's for the family service. It was windy, but dry and mild as I cut through to walk the cliff top way. 

There were three surfers in the sea but the photos aren't worth posting, also plenty of dog walkers out. I walked up in front of all the hotels.

I have always been interested by the white building in front of the castle. The cut through to the church goes by it and it is a tea room as well as a private residence.

As you get to the cut through you can see most of the north bay.

But you can also look the other way and see a bit of the south bay too.

The service was very good and I came home in the car with Tina. We opened presents and ate Christmassy stuff, I did a bit of jigsaw this afternoon, it is proving to be quite a challenge with about two hundred, maybe more, plain blue pieces!! We had an easy dinner today and will have a Christmas dinner tomorrow. I spent the evening with Darren and Tina and they let me watch Strictly and then we had Call the Midwife on. We exchanged little 'Christmas tree presents' and mine was a set of chocolate pencils that they had found in Portugal.

 Will be a shame to eat them! A fairly quiet but relaxing day.