Year: 2020

Lou and Rhys took the kids crabbing. I went into reception and complained about Lou queuing in the rain the night before. I totally understand that they are down to 50% capacity for the entertainment but was it necessary to leave everyone queuing in the rain. The Manager apologised and said we could have free drinks in the evening. That wasn’t what I wanted and told him that but he seemed to listen as he was checking on everything from then, we saw him around all the time.

Mal and I took the dogs for a long walk but quite honestly too near the road for most of it. We did have a wander around a churchyard.

We queued early for the entertainment and only had two free drinks. It hadn’t been my intention to get anything free.

Thought for the Day – “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” ~ J K Rowling

We had torrential rain overnight. Lou and Rhys took the dogs out in the rain. They were taking the kids crabbing but it was too wet.

We went out for lunch to the Copley Arms in Hessenford.  It was very Covid aware and our table was very spaced out away from others. But we still heard someone from another table being very rude to the staff saying they had been waiting too long. For goodness sake, all these places are trying their best under difficult circumstances. Patience is called for. We enjoyed our lunch, especially Ollie who said he had the best Nachos ever!!

It was still raining in the evening, so Lou and Ollie went to queue for seats for the entertainment. They queued in the rain for half an hour only to be told there wasn’t room. They could have been told that at the beginning!

Thought for the Day – “Having family time to reflect on your day is the best. ” ~ Buddy Valustro

We all drove into Looe after walking the dogs. We had a wander around the shops but none of us really felt like going in the shops with masks on, takes all the pleasure out of it!

We had a very good lunch in Portside Brasserie in the Portbyhan Hotel. They checked our temperatures as we went in and then seated us on the outside terrace overlooking the harbour. We all had very good meals. I had the most delicious sea bass with caper mash. What a lovely view we had.

Later in the afternoon we had to have some Cornish Ice Cream and a wander along the beach!

In the evening back in for the entertainment and BINGO!!

Thought for the Day – “Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.” ~ Regina Brett

We decided to have our breakfast in the holiday park restaurant and we were in there first before it became crowded. Our breakfasts all arrived cold and the restaurant wasn’t clean, so much for COVID cleanliness….not! Mal ran his finger just beside him and it was filthy. He then had to go and clean his hands. That was the last time we ate there!

We walked the dogs and then drove into Looe where we had booked lunch at Hannafore Point Hotel. It started raining as soon as we got out of the car!

I have to say after all the heat it was quite refreshing to be walking in the rain. Sadly our lunch wasn’t good either. I was looking forward to a crab salad and it was a very poor offering that I was served. The roll that came with it was rock hard, I knocked on the table with it! The mussel starters weren’t good either, to say this is a restaurant right next to the harbour, not good. We did tell the waitress but she wasn’t interested.

In the evening we went into the club house. We had to queue and wait to be seated. We WON the quiz!! We were so proud and our prize…..a shopping bag with a frisbee, a pen, a fridge magnet and a couple of other bits in it. At least we had a good laugh about it. We didn’t win the bingo!

Thought for the Day – “In family relationships, love is really spelled T.I.M.E.” ~ Dieter F Uchtdorf

Mal had planned us a circular walk to Millendreath beach. We took the dogs with us. Ellie enjoyed a paddle.

We had a nice brisk walk to the beach but as we left the weather became hotter and it was then we realised that there was a lot of very steep steps and hills to climb to get back to Looe. It was a killer and even going down one very steep hill, Ellie just stopped and couldn’t go any further. She had enough bless her. Yes, we had her travel bowl and water and she had drinks but I think physically she had enough. We told the others to go on and we would catch up when she had a rest (and us!!) When they arrived in Looe, they phoned and asked if we would like Cornish pasties (highly recommended) and also told us that Looe was manic, I quote “far worse than Whitstable on a weekend”!!

We met up with them when we had rested and said to go ahead looking around and we would go for a coffee. The next phone call we had was Rhys saying they had taken a taxi back to the caravan park as it was too far and too hilly to walk (and they are all fit!) The idea was Lou to get her car and pick us up but having returned realised that I had the caravan key. BUT the lady who drove their taxi allowed dogs and they gave us her phone number. Luckily she was back on the rank, so we too had a taxi back with her. What a walk. I think it was then we realised as much as we liked walking nowhere around where we were staying was flat!!

We had dinner in the caravan and then went into the entertainment and of course the bingo!

Thought for the Day – “The way you help heal the world is that you start with your own family.” ~ Mother Teresa

We left about 7am. Lou, Josie, Oscar and me in one car and Rhys, Mal and Ollie in the other. Thank goodness they were taking their two cars as I didn’t fancy driving that far. Ellie was in the back of our car and Roddie in with Rhys. Ellie didn’t like it in the back of the car and panted most of the way! She is used to having the whole back seat to herself in our car. Not possible on this journey with all our luggage too! We made it to Looe in just under 6 hours which was pretty good going. We had paid extra to get into our caravan early, but still had to wait for a while.

They hadn’t left any bedding for the put u up in the living room so we had to ask for that. I was disappointed not having a larger veranda and no gate on the little we had, which meant we had to barricade the dogs in. We paid an extra £80 for taking a dog and yet there were really no facilities for them. Other parks we have been to have an exercise area at least.

We had a wander around the site, then dinner in the caravan and then into the clubhouse as we had decided we would go and play bingo!  A screen at the bar, no one wearing masks but half capacity. We played bingo and I had one number to go to a full house and that would have been £5K!!

We took Ellie to Stone Bay. We were on the beach by 6.30 and it was lovely, so cool. The weather is changing now looking to become cooler. Ellie does love her beach walks and a dig in the sand.

Back home and we packed for a holiday in Looe, Cornwall with Rhys, Lou and the kids. We spent the night at their house so that we could have an early start the following day.

Thought for the Day – “Being adult is made up of 3 parts. 1. Wondering why your back hurts. 2. Being exhausted. 3. And looking for that thing you just had.”

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