The weather is scorching and the ice-cream is being consumed by the
gallon so the whole Magory family make their way to the beach to cool
off. Johnny, Lily-May and Ruairi, all lathered in sun cream, have a ball
making sandcastles, the best Ireland has ever seen, pretending they are
Olympian long-jumpers in the sand and surfing down sand-dunes meeting
lots of sea life along the way from hermit crabs to chilled out
barnacles. When it's time for lunch, obligatory sand-sandwiches are
consumed with Ruairi on guard for the pesky seagulls. Johnny then rushes
off to the sea only to be told he must wait an hour after eating or
he'll get a stitch. In his most daring move to date, he tiptoes into the
sea anyways. When Lily-May and Ruairi rescue him, (from water that's
only knee height!) he wonders which is worse, the fright he got or the
possible lecture from the lifeguard, Mammy and Daddy!