Holiday !
Hi, We escaped off on holiday for a week down at Porth just north of Newquay. We had fab weather and the boys had a great time. Their first holiday went well the hotel was excellent it is designed for families with young children and the staff were lovely. The only criticism I have is that there is no lift and we were on the 2nd floor !!
It really was tiring having to carry the boys up and down the stairs all day and all our luggage on the first & last days. But apart from that I recommend the Sands Resort.
They have two lovely pools one in doors one out. The boys went for their first swim here and after the initial shock of being in the cold water they took to it like two little ducks. They especially liked the heated indoor pool, which has a small pool just for babies. In their little floatation seats their toes could just touch the bottom and they could move themselves about on tip toe. (see photos below)
We crammed a lot into the week, here are some of the places we visited:
National Trust Sites
Trelissick Garden
Glendurgan Garden
Trerice
Other places we went to:
Boscastle
You wouldn't recognise the place after the pictures on the news of the floods, it is almost rebuilt now, looks fantastic and the tourists were their in droves, enjoying the beauty of the place.
Here are some photos of Boscastle during the flood and just after the flood
It is a testiment to the people of Boscastle that they have rallied so well after the floods, the village is beautiful again and has survived against the odds.
Whilst there Carol & I out of curiosity visited into the Witch Museum which was erm...different.
Watergate Bay
Watergate Bay was lovely, it was only a couple of miles from our hotel and a nicer beach than the one just next to our hotel at Porth.
The beach stretches for what seems like miles and we had a lovely time there. I took loads of photos, but with my 35mm SLR so as soon as I get the photos developed I will post scans of them here.
This was the boys first time on the beach, they loved it. Harry was adventurous and wanted to taste everything, sea & sand !!!
We covered them with 60+ Sun Factor cream and I am glad to say they didn't get sunburnt (unlike their Dad, who has sun burnt forearms and tops of his feet).
Nanny & Grandpa bought them buckets and spades and they boys made sand castles, well ok, Daddy had a second child hood and made sand castles. Harry & Ben enjoyed squishing them afterwards.
Carol really enjoyed the holiday as well, it was lovely for her to rest and spend more time with the boys.
My favourite day out was to the Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium, not the best one we have been too, but it was the first one the boys have visited and they loved it. Harry & Ben kept pointing to the tanks at the brightly coloured fish inside. They really seemed to be fasinated by it all.
Oh well, enough of my ramblings, here are the photos:
Porth Beach just 1/2 mile from out hotel:
Ben enjoying a stretch of his legs after being in the pram around one of the National Trust gardens. Ben didn't like the feel of the grass on his hands, but slowly got used to it.
Trelissick Gardens
Harry was so worn out one day that I picked him up out of his car seat, carried him upstairs and laid him on our bed and he never woke up at all during this. He was spark out. I laid on the bed next to him and read my book as he slept, to make sure he didn't roll off the bed. He was such a sleepy head
The boys enjoying their swimming session in the indoor pool at our hotel.
As soon as I have my films developed I will post photos of their first time at the beach. Until then bye bye for now :-)
It really was tiring having to carry the boys up and down the stairs all day and all our luggage on the first & last days. But apart from that I recommend the Sands Resort.
They have two lovely pools one in doors one out. The boys went for their first swim here and after the initial shock of being in the cold water they took to it like two little ducks. They especially liked the heated indoor pool, which has a small pool just for babies. In their little floatation seats their toes could just touch the bottom and they could move themselves about on tip toe. (see photos below)
We crammed a lot into the week, here are some of the places we visited:
National Trust Sites
Trelissick Garden
Glendurgan Garden
Trerice
Other places we went to:
Boscastle
You wouldn't recognise the place after the pictures on the news of the floods, it is almost rebuilt now, looks fantastic and the tourists were their in droves, enjoying the beauty of the place.
Here are some photos of Boscastle during the flood and just after the flood
It is a testiment to the people of Boscastle that they have rallied so well after the floods, the village is beautiful again and has survived against the odds.
Whilst there Carol & I out of curiosity visited into the Witch Museum which was erm...different.
Watergate Bay
Watergate Bay was lovely, it was only a couple of miles from our hotel and a nicer beach than the one just next to our hotel at Porth.
The beach stretches for what seems like miles and we had a lovely time there. I took loads of photos, but with my 35mm SLR so as soon as I get the photos developed I will post scans of them here.
This was the boys first time on the beach, they loved it. Harry was adventurous and wanted to taste everything, sea & sand !!!
We covered them with 60+ Sun Factor cream and I am glad to say they didn't get sunburnt (unlike their Dad, who has sun burnt forearms and tops of his feet).
Nanny & Grandpa bought them buckets and spades and they boys made sand castles, well ok, Daddy had a second child hood and made sand castles. Harry & Ben enjoyed squishing them afterwards.
Carol really enjoyed the holiday as well, it was lovely for her to rest and spend more time with the boys.
My favourite day out was to the Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium, not the best one we have been too, but it was the first one the boys have visited and they loved it. Harry & Ben kept pointing to the tanks at the brightly coloured fish inside. They really seemed to be fasinated by it all.
Oh well, enough of my ramblings, here are the photos:
Porth Beach just 1/2 mile from out hotel:
Ben enjoying a stretch of his legs after being in the pram around one of the National Trust gardens. Ben didn't like the feel of the grass on his hands, but slowly got used to it.
Trelissick Gardens
Harry was so worn out one day that I picked him up out of his car seat, carried him upstairs and laid him on our bed and he never woke up at all during this. He was spark out. I laid on the bed next to him and read my book as he slept, to make sure he didn't roll off the bed. He was such a sleepy head
The boys enjoying their swimming session in the indoor pool at our hotel.
As soon as I have my films developed I will post photos of their first time at the beach. Until then bye bye for now :-)
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