Cornish Holiday

We had a lovely, lovely holiday! Is it bad to admit it was so much more fun than I was expecting?! I think I have an image of British holidays as being very wet and being stuck with not much to do most of the time. Or braving the elements and sitting on cold beaches wrapped in towels. Thankfully the weather was fab; not the 30 degree temperatures we have had but a very respectable low 20's and sun most of the time.

I don't want to bore you with a lengthy account of everything we did. So here are some highlights, with the best things we found for children for people who may be taking youngsters to Cornwall.

- Hiring a holiday cottage. Ok so this might not be possible for everyone but staying in a cottage rather than camping was lovely for an English holiday. I love camping, as I have said previously, but with unpredictable weather it was great to have a house which was fully kitted out. This was also really helpful with Livia's weaning, as I am still expressing and needing to make up feeds etc. I have good memories of the evenings when the children were asleep; we watched a lot of films together! We also had no signal and no Wifi so absolutely no way of getting the Internet! I'm sure this led to a lot more conversation and interaction!

- Mawgan Porth Beach. When you talk to anyone about Cornwall, everyone seems to have their favourite beach. Ours was definitely Mawgan Porth, which we visited twice. It wasn't too busy, had a lovely river leading to the sea which Chloe could paddle in, lots of rock pools with fish to catch and amazing wave which J and I enjoyed being knocked over by! It also had coffee, pasty and toilet facilities very close and a reasonable car park. Everything you could want from a beach!

- Cycling the Camel Trail. This is a cycle route which runs from Padstow to Wadebridge and beyond (we didn't go much further). We put Livia in her car seat in a trailer and J puller her on his bike. Then my Dad had Chloe in a child seat on the back of his. The trailer was also useful for all our bags. We stopped to get pasties in Wadebridge for lunch and then cycled back to Padstow. There are some gorgeous views on the way. 

- Healy's Cider Farm. A friend of mine recommended this. It's a small farm which is free to visit. They have a couple of horses, pigs, goats and small animals for the children to see and pet. Then they have samples of jam and cider to taste, as well as ice creams and cream teas to buy. For a free trip, it was worth going to!

- Family time. It was so lovely to have time with J and the girls away from the responsibilities at home. The girls are becoming little daddy's girls (C - 'daddy can you sit next to me?'). It's so nice to see! It was also great to have time with my parents and to have some help with looking after the children. I feel very spoilt!

I'll leave you with some photos: