So we had our first holiday after moving to London and went to Cornwall for the girls half term break in the first week of June.
We left late Friday evening and drove halfway through the night to reach our hotel in Falmouth at 2:30 am! It was Bank holiday weekend and there was a lot of traffic getting out of london so we decided to leave in the evening after the girls dinner so as to avoid the traffic and also to have the girls sleeping for most of the journey.
I had done a ton of packing as I wasn't sure what weather to expect. We had one suitcase of rain stuff -boots, jackets etc and sweaters for cold weather. Swimsuits and shorts in case it was sunny..so really the gamut of the stuff.
We were very lucky with the weather - it was sunny all the four days we were there. Many people were swimming in the sea but it wasn't warm enough for us. We had our fun playing in the sand and sitting on the sand watching the waves come in.
The first day of our holiday we drove to Penzance and did the cycle trail upto Marazion and back
http://www.cycleroutesuk.com/cycle-route/south-west/penzance-to-marazion-and-st-michaels-mount.html
It was our first time cycling together as a family (i got a cycle- yippee) and apart from a few whinings from A when the path turned gravely it was fine. We had a lovely view of the beach on the right while cycling on a traffic free path. What more to ask for.
WE parked our cycles at Marazion and walked upto St. Michael's Mount. It was low tide and we could walk across on the stone path. The girls were intrigued that this path was covered by water during high tide and A was quite worried that it should not become high tide before we left. I explained to her that it didn't change so fast but I think she was only reassured once we were back at Marazion!
After Penzance we drove to Porthcurno upto the lovely Minacks theatre - an open air theatre with a lovely view of the Porthcurno beach... (ok below picture is how it would be on a very sunny day)..it was still foggy when we were there but the view was not too shabby.....see second picture below...
We left late Friday evening and drove halfway through the night to reach our hotel in Falmouth at 2:30 am! It was Bank holiday weekend and there was a lot of traffic getting out of london so we decided to leave in the evening after the girls dinner so as to avoid the traffic and also to have the girls sleeping for most of the journey.
I had done a ton of packing as I wasn't sure what weather to expect. We had one suitcase of rain stuff -boots, jackets etc and sweaters for cold weather. Swimsuits and shorts in case it was sunny..so really the gamut of the stuff.
We were very lucky with the weather - it was sunny all the four days we were there. Many people were swimming in the sea but it wasn't warm enough for us. We had our fun playing in the sand and sitting on the sand watching the waves come in.
The first day of our holiday we drove to Penzance and did the cycle trail upto Marazion and back
http://www.cycleroutesuk.com/cycle-route/south-west/penzance-to-marazion-and-st-michaels-mount.html
It was our first time cycling together as a family (i got a cycle- yippee) and apart from a few whinings from A when the path turned gravely it was fine. We had a lovely view of the beach on the right while cycling on a traffic free path. What more to ask for.
WE parked our cycles at Marazion and walked upto St. Michael's Mount. It was low tide and we could walk across on the stone path. The girls were intrigued that this path was covered by water during high tide and A was quite worried that it should not become high tide before we left. I explained to her that it didn't change so fast but I think she was only reassured once we were back at Marazion!
After Penzance we drove to Porthcurno upto the lovely Minacks theatre - an open air theatre with a lovely view of the Porthcurno beach... (ok below picture is how it would be on a very sunny day)..it was still foggy when we were there but the view was not too shabby.....see second picture below...
we couldn't resist going to the Porthrcurno beach and it was really beautiful. A few days ago sharks had been spotted in this beach..we were lucky to see a seal swim by...
the girls got busy making a castle in the sand..
we ended the day at Lands End - its right at the tip of England literally where the land ends and from there its all sea and ocean out to the Americas...the view was just amazing...the hubby and I relaxed in a restaurant overlooking the Lands End with a glass of wine and some beer while the girls had their dinner of chicken..so all happy...
well that was day 1..more in the next post...
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