It was an interesting week and went to a lovely camping site on a working farm not that, that got in the way of the camping site. Court Farm Cornwall I would highly recommend, it was cheap (electric pitch for £200 for a week is good in our books) the management don't pester you, when we arrived there was just a sign on the reception door to where our pitch was and it was fairly quiet when we arrived. Ended up next to a older couple who although lived in Devon where originally from Bolton!! (small worlds and all that!) It was a well run site, with clean fields big pitches ( pity never took a pic to show how big the plot was) there was a big expanse where the children could all play and no one went there. There were also fridges and freezers to use which we've never had before! Everyone also seemed to stick to the rules and weren't up making a racket after 11pm something which has been a real issue in the past on holiday resort/ park sites!.
I think the high light of the trip for me would have been going to Eden Project! it was awesome there, and obviously very eco/ planet friendly. We got there early and so were one of the first ones there! ( booked in advance for cheaper tickets and got discount due to madam but can get voucher books in Cornwall for the same sort of discount as what we got!) They have a theme on at the moment of dinosaurs and so we spent most of our time hunting for dinos! ( we found a baby one and another ) and saw an exhibit of them as well as the children getting to play at being paleontologists! something which at the moment madam would love to do. It was a really good day even with the rain, we didn't eat there but the food smelled gorgeous ( and you could watch from above them cooking/ preparing it! ) Very user friendly and highly recommend it. We spent a good 3/4 hours there and only left as we were getting tired. ( gift shop was fairly reasonable price too)
This was the first camping trip where the children made some proper friends, ones where you get up and go play with each other first thing and are up with till late. madam got involved with another family playing cricket ( who were really good with her and understanding) and she got to burn off some energy! Was so nice esp when today they were waving good bye to us. ( I was good I didn't cry!!)
We did have to spend a day in the tent where it really did rain ( and we have some leaks in the tent :( ) we went out for some lunch and ended up in traffic for an hour! we explored some of the little towns and visited some more national trust places! ( why not we have the membership!) Overall it was a much better trip then last years, yes madam has been in pain and had some issues with her eczema and asthma but pain was more or less manageable we did try and keep things short though
It was lovely to get away and spend some quality family time, even if it was the same things we do at home it was just nice not to have school, work and nursery in the way. Already planning for our next trip... which is going to have to include good air beds or camp beds as sick of air beds this trip! ( .. sleeping on the floor most of the night is just a no. )
We threatened to put her in the bin when she was complaining of hurting etc.. this was the closest bin!
Studying a map over lunch at a National Trust Garden
The End of the Universe.... well as some might think! ( really over commercialised there though :( )
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