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The weekend after my birthday, we went down to a caravan at Newquay, at the Trenance Caravan Park. The caravan was owned by one of our neighbours so we knew it was going to be in a good state as we had stayed in one of his before in St Merryn. We didn’t tell the boys until the night before, which obviously got them very excited! We didn’t go down until late on the Friday evening as Aaron had a Halloween Party at Beavers which Kelly was also helping at, so we didn’t get there until past 9pm. It was a nice drive down though and the caravan site was very quiet. Coby was so tired that he fell asleep on the sofa in the caravan and we had to practically carry him to his bed asleep! As the caravan was only a 6 berth one, Aaron and Coby had a small bed in a little room, Ben had a double bed in his own room and Kelly and I slept on our camping air bed in the lounge area. We could have slept on a pull out bed but we decided that we would probably be more comfy on our airbed. We had a decent night’s sleep anyway!

On the Saturday, we had a nice cooked breakfast to start us off before we headed to Mawgan Porth for the rest of the day. The weather was stunning with not a cloud in the sky for most part, but we did go dressed up nice and warm, as it was the middle of October! As the day went on, we got hotter and hotter until we were paddling in the sea when the tide was fully in, as it was boiling! The tide was mostly out when we arrived but was on its way back in, so we managed to go as far into the rockpools as we could before the tide started creeping up on us. As usual when we go there, the boys got wet! Every now and again, a wave would come in and come in much further than usual, which caught us out, but one of the boys always ended up a bit slow and either walked into a deep rockpool, and got water all in the boots, or tried to stand in the small wave, with it ending up going in their wellies. All three of them got soaked to the point that when they took their wellies off, they could pour water out of them! It was funny watching them though! As the tide came in, we gradually started walking back in whilst making sand castles, rock pooling, playing football and making pictures in the sand with the fishing nets. It was good fun, apart from having to dodge the occasional lump of dog poo! Disgusting! Eventually, when the tide was fully in, it was so hot that we had taken our wellies and coats and jumpers off and were paddling. We also got sun burnt as well as didn’t even think to take any sun cream! Doh! We were all tired out by the time we had decided to leave, which was past 4pm, and the beach was still busy with people. But we drove back to the caravan, washed and had some food for tea. We then relaxed in the caravan for the remainder of the evening and played some card games. It had been a brilliant day at the beach and a lovely day in general!

On Sunday, we went in to Newquay to look around. We parked up in the normal car park in the centre of town and then walked from one end to the other, stopping in shops on the way. The weather was amazing again! We had dinner in Wetherspoons, which was lovely and tasty, and also spent some time, and pennies, in the arcade.  The boys earned enough tickets to get a goody bag to share between them which had a selection of sweets and some little toys, so they were happy. We also had an ice cream as well and sat overlooking Towan whilst eating it. We then went back to the caravan late in the afternoon as we had to pack, clean up and then go home. Our neighbour had said that we could stay until 7pm, which was great, as it gave us plenty of time to have a nice day out and then be able to pack without having to rush around too much. Typically though, a family had arrived next to us and their boys asked Ben, Aaron and Coby to play with them just as we were getting ready to go. They did go and play with them whilst we were finishing off but it wasn’t for too long.

We had had a really excellent weekend in the caravan in an amazing location and the weather was awesome. We were very lucky with that! We will definitely be going back to this caravan again in the future.

Over the Easter weekend (from the Thursday evening until the Monday afternoon), we stayed in a caravan at St Merryn, near Padstow.  We rented it from a guy just down the road from us who Kelly knows due to his children being at School with Ben and Aaron. The caravan had 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets, a nice kitchen and large dining room/lounge area. It was a lovely caravan, however the weather decided to be an absolute nightmare for the entire time we were there!  There were gale force winds, heavy driving rain and it was freezing in the caravan due to there being no central heating, only electric heaters and a gas fire in the lounge area. The wind was so bad on one of the nights that I actually though we were going to take off and end up in Oz.  It was quite scary as the caravan was rocking from side to side, although it only seemed to be me that was bothered by this!

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The first night that we got there, we didn’t actually know where the caravan was on the site! It was also heaving it down with rain, very windy and pitch black, so poor Kelly had to go outside with a wind up torch, on the wet grass, walking around the caravans to try and find ours. Typically, after she asked in the cafe that was open, we found that we were in the wrong bit entirely! I also nearly had the car stuck on the grass whilst driving to find the caravan, and only just managed to reverse off it! It was a very interesting start to the holiday, but we eventually unpacked and settled in for the weekend. 😉

Friday was the nicest day of the weekend as it was a lovely day, and quite warm as well! It was the only proper nice day when we were down there, so we decided to go to Paradise Park in Hayle for the day. We had a lovely time there and saw lots of birds and a couple of bird shows. Ben, Aaron and Coby enjoyed it very much, although Coby was naughty when we were trying to eat our bought dinner there, as he wouldn’t sit down and eat but had to get up and run around! All three of the boys especially liked the large indoor soft play area with a big slide. Even Coby was going down it on his own to the amazement of us both! He has no fear that one!  We finished the day by going and parking up overlooking St Michaels Mount at Marazion and getting some fish and chips to eat in the car, although everyone seemed quite full up still from dinner, apart from me!  I thought they were delicious! It was extremely windy down there but it meant we could sit in the car and watch lots of wind surfers on the sea. It was lovely there but just a shame it was so windy otherwise we would have had a quick walk along the beach.  We then drove through Penzance and back to the caravan, after having a lovely day.

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Saturday was a bit of a wash-out, so we stayed in the caravan and relaxed all morning and had some lovely home made pasties for dinner, before we set out for a ride and ended up at Ann’s Cottage at St Columb Major, before heading into Newquay for an Ice Cream Sundae. By this time, the weather had picked up and the constant rain had stopped, so we took a drive down to Perranporth and parked up overlooking the sea. We had brought some sandwiches with us, so we had that in the car whilst watching the tide coming in. It was a lovely evening and watching the waves was very relaxing.

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The next day was Easter Sunday, and the boys woke up to find that the Easter bunny had been overnight. Ben and Aaron had been worried that the Easter bunny wouldn’t have been able to find us in the caravan, but a pile of Easter eggs on the kitchen table showed otherwise! Ben even thought the Easter bunny came into his and Aaron’s room during the night and tucked him in. Maybe he did! We had decided to go to St Ives for the day, but unfortunately, when we got there at about mid-morning, St Ives was literally full up.  There were no parking spaces anywhere to be found, so we ended up driving along the coast to Lands End. When we had parked up there, a torrential hail storm hit! We were quite lucky really that we hadn’t got out of the car at that point, so we stayed in until the storm had passed.  Afterwards, we had a lovely walk along the cliff path and saw massive waves crashing against the coastline. It was still really windy so we were all wrapped up in jumpers, coats and hats! The boys enjoyed looking in the shop and spent some of their Easter money and then played in the small play area back at the main complex. As it was getting late, we headed back to the car and to find somewhere to eat. On the way, we took a small diversion to the Minack Theatre which was a nightmare to get to as there were stacks of people walking around and cars everywhere. It was too late to go in and have a look so we ended up turning around and driving back to the services at Hayle and went in a Brewers Fayre for tea.  We were lucky there as we had the last table! Phew! The food was OK but took a long time to get to us due to how busy it was! In fact, we got there just before 6pm and the Carvery meat had already gone! That’s how busy it was! Crazy! By the time we got back to the caravan, we were all completely shattered.

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Monday was our last day, so we went to Padstow for the morning to look around. It was a lovely morning there and was quiet when we first arrived, as we made sure we got there a decent time, but by the time we left at about midday, it was heaving! We then had to pack our stuff up again, tidy the caravan back to how it was when we arrived and leave to come home. We all had a great, fun time though and would definitely think about going there again – maybe for my birthday in October! 😉

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