do we know if the parents of the other children were on the beach to watch them sailing??
"On this day I remember that we sailed and I saw friends of the McCanns on the beach, David and Jane." (Cat Baker)
" Erm, you know, walking down to the beach, so Russell, me and Evie walked down to the beach. I don’t know, I don’t know what Kate did then (inaudible) but
I don’t know where Kate went at that point (
Cleaning a large brown stain - PF),
but she didn’t come to the beach with us. Erm, we,
I think we met Dave and Fi coming back, because they’d had their second, I think they’d had their second sailing lesson, erm, which Russell should have gone to but he didn’t because of looking after Evie, because I’d paid for the tennis lesson but he hadn’t paid for the sailing lesson we thought I’d do the tennis lesson”.
4078 “Because it was paid?”
Reply “Yeah, erm, I
think we met Dave and Fi coming back and they said they’d seen Madeleine and Ella on a boat,
because they’d taken the kids sailing that morning, so they said ‘Oh we’ve seen Madeleine and Ella on a boat down there’. So then we went down to the beach, erm, and Russell took out a kayak and I sat and just played on the beach with Evie at that point. And we saw, erm, they’d come off the boat and we saw Ella and Madeleine and the rest of the group, they were just, erm, they’d just come off the boat and they were getting ready to walk back up to the, erm, tut, the Kids Club, so”.
4078 “What was the weather like at that time when you remember seeing Madeleine on the beach then?”
Reply “Erm, I
think that day was a bit nicer actually. I think, I’m trying to, I’ve got pictures of Ella, of Evie, that’s about the first day I took pictures actually, and I’ve got pictures of Evie and I’m trying to remember what she was wearing. It was a tee-shirt, so I don’t think it was, it wasn’t as, I think it was actually getting a bit nicer, it wasn’t as cold. No, yeah, because
the Thursday was actually probably one of the first nice days, which is why I think we had gone later in the day,
we took all the kids down to the beach because it was actually nicer weather. So, yeah,
the Thursday was probably the first day I think the sun had more come out in the day”.
I think we played ‘til about, phew, half two, because I think, I’m not sure if this is going to be another question that you are going to ask, but I
think that was the last time that I saw Madeleine, because Kate and Gerry brought the kids, all the kids down to the play area to, they would have their lunch before they took them back to the Kids Club, and
I think that was about two, quarter past two’ish, and I can remember Madeleine shouting things to us on the tennis court, you know, and I can remember Gerry sort of going ‘Oh good shot’ or whatever. And
I think that would have been the last time that I personally, you know, I personally saw Madeleine." (Jane Tanner Rog)
"I mean, that day we had been sailing, I think we were supposed to be doing wind surfing, but that day the, as I say, the waves were too rough and we ended up,
Dave and I, taking out a boat together. And, and that morning I think Matt came out as well and he was on a separate boat, I remember we were joking around with him quite a lot. And then we were drenched and really wet and really cold, so I think we actually came back to the apartment to get, you know, more clothes because were cold and hadn't taken enough with us. Erm, and then, so that would have been, I don't know,
eleven, half eleven, that we were back at the apartment.
And then sat, erm, on, by the pool for a bit with Dave and then we saw Kate and Gerry and we just sat and had a chat with them. And then it was time to pick up the kids, so
Kate and I walked from the Tapas area over to the main reception, going between, you know, there was a sort of path that went between the other Ocean Club complex as well along the road, erm, and she picked up Madeleine and I picked up Scarlet and then we walked back together and that was the only day we ever did, ever did that. Erm, and then when we got back they, you know, Kate too Madeleine to their apartment for lunch and, erm, I went up to ours for lunch." (Fiona Payne)
