Our Cornwall Holiday :: part 1

Hello Lovelies, 

I love having this space to share good times, and to be able to record them for myself and the boys. This is the fourth summer I have been able to write about our travels and this is quite a long post , but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Since we have had children we have been lucky enough to enjoy a yearly seaside break with extended family.

My boys are very fortunate to have cousins of exactly the same ages as themselves,  they get on so well that it's a delight to watch  and it makes for a relaxing break for us grown ups.

For various reasons it looked like 2013 was going to be the year that it all ended , but at the last minute things changed and we booked to go to one of our favourite destinations.....Cornwall.

SATURDAY

This is Porth beach near Newquay. The first ever family holiday we had, back in 2001, included a trip to this beach. 

On Saturday, after enduring the usual tailbacks on the A30 we headed straight here, so happy to stretch our legs and feel the sand beneath our toes.........

Of course the children were not content with staying on the sand....they urgently needed to have fun in the waves, and who can blame them.Thankfully they all managed to squeeze into last years wet suits and off they went.......

I simply love this photo, the colours of the sea changing from blue to green. The grey and purple  of the rocks and the sparkly waves. And two cousins having fun while a young seagull looks on.

I was happy to paddle in the shallows and watch the sunlight dancing  on the water......

Soon it was time to head to our caravan site , dump our bags and head to the supermarket for supplies. Not my favourite part of the holiday, but returning "home" with fish and chips and eating them while taking in the wonderful view of the distant beach from our static caravan's window more than made up for it.......

SUNDAY
As our booking had been last minute we had decided to make do with what we thought would be a budget caravan, but what we actually ended up with was a delightful, brand new model....how lucky were we :0)

 Anticipating a slightly shabby holiday home I had packed some crochet to cheer things up a bit. My giant granny square blanket and a crochet flower vase. The boys stripy cushions also added to the homely feel, along with fresh flowers and shells gathered on the beach..........

 As the weather in Britain can be rather unpredictable it's great to have a cozy place to shelter when the sun doesn't shine.
The weather on Sunday morning did not look promising. But of course children are not happy to stay inside all day , so the afternoon saw us back at Porth . The great thing about this beach is that you can park right on the sand. I sat in the car and did some crochet while Mr BM and the children enjoyed some body boarding.  Brave things :0)

 After a while I decided to do a sketch of the beach scene in the little sketch book I always keep in my handbag.........

It's just a small book, about 5 inches by 4 inches, so this photo is as big as the drawing actually is.....

I coloured it in back at our caravan......and made it look sunny.

MONDAY

This was the view from our caravan on Monday morning. Boy did it rain through the night and flash flooding even made it into the local news. We had a power cut for about half an hour and I was feeling a bit fed up but very glad we were not in a tent !

Thankfully by late morning the rain had stopped and we decided to head off to another favourite spot.....

The weather was not cold at all and we  enjoyed a delicious ice cream from "Planet Ice" the ice cream parlour  you can see in the picture.........

 Perranporth felt lively and seemed to be thriving . I loved the painted shops and bunting hung across the street.

Soon the beach was calling and I stood in the shallows trying to make out family members in the surf......

This beach is more exposed than Porth which makes for great waves but it's also rather breezy and I was not tempted to head into the waves myself, though I had to smile when I saw these white haired  ladies, with their retro wooden boards,  being braver than me.

 It's a huge beach ........

 And very popular with surfers...........

I was happy to shelter inside our beach tent and try and get a photo of the seagulls overhead....as you can see I failed and had to make do with a kite instead..........

 In the evening the beach we could see from our caravan was calling.
 So despite the looming cloud and fresh breeze we all set off in coats and jumpers. This picture is taken from the dunes behind the beach, looking back towards our caravan site...........

 As we walked along the sun suddenly appeared below the clouds...........

And the hillside was bathed in golden light............

 As we reached the front of the dunes we could see the beach and setting sun stretching out before us.......

 The children rushed ahead, speeding down the dunes and chatting happily as they headed towards the sea.......

They did a bit of beach combing , presenting me with a pebble with a hole, which I attempted to photograph artistically :0)

Luckily we had brought bag of swimming things , just in case, and soon the boys were heading into the sea for the second time that day. Coats and jumpers were discarded and it was declared that the sea was warm.....

After a little while Middle son, who was not as wet as his brothers , asked to borrow my camera and the rest of the photos in this post ( and the sunset picture in my previous post ) are all his ..........

Thank you for taking this sweet picture of Mr BM and myself son, I love your photos and I  think they are my favourite images from the whole holiday.

It certainly was a magical end to a day that started out looking like a washout.

Jacquie x