Monday 29 October 2012

Beach walks with Bobby

Bobby has FINALLY decided that he loves the water. Considering he is a Labrador, he has taken his sweet time! 

 
The beauty of going to Cornwall in the Autumn, is that the beaches are clear of half naked people which means that my puppy (and my boyo Will) can run riot. I also don't worry about losing one of them, so can take amazing pictures of the boy like this...


Sorry to keep piping on about how great Perranporth Beach is, but it really really is lush! It's huge, has lots of rock pools, caves, and plenty of opportunities to get absolutely soaking wet. I don't think William or Bobby ever came back dry. 






We threw balls for Bobby a lot...






We explored lots of caves...







We went on creepy walks on the beach when it was very very foggy...





Oh and William was on the constant hunt for 'creatures'...







All in all, Bobby had a great time on Perranporth Beach. He'll have to make do with Manor Farm Country Park for a while! Isn't he gorgeous...


 

Wednesday 17 October 2012

Mamami by Chet: 14 steps to follow before you decide to have child...

I couldn't help but repost this - so funny but so bloody true!!

Mamami by Chet: 14 steps to follow before you decide to have child...: Most people will tell you that  'it'  is the hardest, most rewarding , roller coaster job you will ever have. No pay, 24/7 on duty and at t...

Tuesday 16 October 2012

A trip to Polperro

Whilst on holiday in Cornwall last week, it was Tony's turn to choose where we would head out to be tourists and allow me to take lots of photo's. He chose Polperro. 


Polperro is a 13th century fishing village about 25 miles from Plymouth. You can find lots of information about it here. Tony used to go to Polperro with his parents when he was younger and has also taken me for a trip before we even had William. It is a very very pretty little village with lots of tiny shops and places to eat as well as lovely cliff top walks and boat trips. Oh, and lots of seagulls...


Like a lot of other places in Cornwall, you have to park in a car park away from the village and either walk in or pay a little bit of money for a ride on the tram down. The trams are actually old milk floats, I want to kick myself for not taking a picture of one - next time we're there we will!

On the way down, there are lots of lush houses to gawp at. Tony was starting to walk a slight distance away from me as he reminded me that I was taking pictures of other people's houses!




One thing I did get a picture of however, was of an old lady opening her window to feed the seagulls some breadcrumbs. Oh. The. Noise.


Before we stopped for some lunch we had a wander down to see the sea and spot some boats. William loved walking down some steps where the sea waves were lapping up, luckily he didn't get soaking wet!






We stopped for lunch at one of the many small tearooms, the highlight for William being a huge knickerbocker glory (you can find pictures of us scoffing it on Tony's instagram). Here are a few more photo's from Polperro. Another great day.






Thursday 11 October 2012

A lush family day

Yesterday we went to Lappa Valley Steam Railway, which has quickly become one of William's favourite places to go whilst in Cornwall. Of course it is... there are trains, canoes, woodland trails, crazy golf, play parks, a great little cafe and did I mention trains?! Team S would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Cornwall with young children.


When you first arrive, you need to buy your 'train tickets' (attraction entrance fees in adult speak) and you wait at the train station for the next train to arrive. There is a nice little play park there to keep the kids entertained whilst you wait as well as a mini woodland trail for older children - I think it involves a bridge over some water so not for the littles! Then the beautiful little steam train arrives to pick everyone up and take them to the main park. It's a great little ride through woodland and cornish hills, this time William was looking out for the Gruffalo.

William was in charge of the map and insisted that we head straight to the big slide which is located at the top of a big outdoor play park with a castle and diggers in a sand pit amongst other things. The slide is also big enough for adults! We had so much fun on the slide that we forgot to take pictures but we did get some of the other parts of the play park...





Tony likes to play golf every so often with Kev, so he couldn't resist giving William his first lesson on the crazy golf course!

We were planning on visiting the local Cyder Farm but were all so shattered after all of the running around and fresh air we decided to head back to the house for cuddles and a family film. A great day was had by all.




Where would you recommend going for a family day out in Cornwall? We come every year so would love some new suggestions.

Monday 8 October 2012

Happy Birthday Antwa

On Saturday 6 October 2012, Tony joined the 31's club. Happy Birthday!
 
 
It seems to be becoming a tradition that we go away on Tony's birthday (last year we went to Alton Towers for his 30th - you're never too old for a theme park!) and this year we decided to come to one of our homes away from home, Perranporth.
 
You may remember Lily talking about Perranporth in her guest post, this is where she met my Grandad; and Perranporth has always been a holiday location for the Foxes and Grossett's and now for the Sainsbury's too. The beach here is amazing - rain or shine.... more on that later in the week.
 
We had a relaxed start to Tony's birthday, as we had been out the night before at The King & Queen in Hamble with Kev & Sue for pre-birthday rum. Once we were up and I had tamed my mane of hair (!) we went to pick up the boyo and Grandma Cats and went to M&S for birthday breakfast after William 'helped' Tony open his presents of course.
 
 
Yum.
 
Next was the drive down to Cornwall. We were very lucky, no hold ups -just Tony getting a bit concerned with my driving skills. I don't know what he is going on about...
 
Both William and Bobby were very pleased when we arrived at Tregundy Farmhouse, as they know the score - a week off with family and that beach. Lush!
 
Once everyone else had arrived, Tony and I took a stroll down to the local pub for a meal and some more rum, just the two of us. I hope you've had a great birthday Antwa, and enjoy this family week in one of our favourite places. xxx
 


Wednesday 3 October 2012

Mini-Moon

Back in early September. Ants and I were fortunate enough to travel to Carvoeiro, Portugal for our 'mini-moon'. As I'm sure you all know, we got married in April this year in JAMAICA! Yep, you read it right... Jamaica. How. Lucky. Are. We?!

Although we got married on one of my favourite islands in the whole world, we thought that it would be good for us to get away, just the two of us, later in the year. At our UK Wedding Reception, we had a wishing well rather than a gift list where our friends and family kindly dropped their well wishes and pennies into our 'well'. We decided to save half of the money but spend the other half on a mini honeymoon to one of our other favourite places - Carvoeiro.


Kev & Sue introduced us to Carvoeiro in July 2010 when we went on a family holiday and stayed in a beautiful villa about a ten minute walk from this beautiful beach. We fell in love with the place as Kev & Sue already had. There are lots of great restaurants and bars as well as great weather and that beach... love it! As we were going away for a short break, I decided that this was the obvious choice as we know where we like to eat and drink and didn't need to find our bearings as you do when you go to a new place. 

We found a great deal online and stayed in the Mirachoro Praia which was a great little hotel for this trip with a lovely big pool and a room with a view just for us.


We had a lovely few days in the sunshine, reading, relaxing, sunbathing and spending time just the two of us. We missed our boy of course, but it was nice to spend some time just as husband and wife. Love you Antwa, xxx