Fantastic views and a bike ride - Cornwall Part Four

Feeding the piggies on Thursday morning.  I must admit I've taken quite a liking to these pigs :-)

As well as the normal animal feeding on Thursday morning the kids got to groom and walk the pony around the field too.

After second breakfast, (for Oliver anyway) we decided to walk into Padstow.  It's about 2 miles from the farm over the fields and down the lanes and out onto the Camel Trail 

 Below, Padstow in the distance, the tide was out on our walk down

And was in by the time we were walking back again

Oliver enjoyed going through the kissing gates and over the styles

Oliver the scarecrow!

We had a quick stop off in Padstow for lunch and found the welly dog! 

Then we hired some bikes to ride the Camel Trial. 

Oliver can't ride a bike on his own yet so Mark had him on a hook-up.

 

I haven't got a photo of me on my bike, but I was right behind them, lol

We rode from Padstow to Wadebridge, 5 3\4 miles and It was such good fun, I don't know who had the most fun, me or Oliver, lol but I can tell you that It was me who ached the most after!

That day we walked 4 miles to Padstow and back, and rode 11 and a half miles, from Padstow to Wadebridge and back, both me and Mark clocked well of 18,000 steps not counting the peddling!!

Boy did we know about it by the time we got back to the caravan, but it was worth it for the experience, the fantastic views and the smile on Oliver's face.

For me this was the best day of the holiday.

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Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall - Part 2

After the animal feeding on Monday we visited Treyarnon Bay armed with bucket, spade and fishing net.

Oliver had great fun in the sea, he was so excited and just ran right on in, although it was freezing in there many people were doing the same thing, on the other hand I was content to just get my feet wet. :-)

We managed to catch some common shrimp,  although Oliver found it hard to concentrate for long on looking in a rock pool when there were waves to jump!

Can you see them?

Granddad had fun showing Oliver how to dig a hole so that it filled up with water and explaining how the water in the bottom was the same level as the sea, yeah, too technical granddad, sometimes I think he forgets Oliver is only five, lol

Treyarnon Bay is a lovely beach and lots of people were taking advantage of the beautiful weather we are still having.  

Today we slept in past animal feeding time, all that splashing about must have worn Oliver out!

We did set out to visit Port Issac after breakfast and made it as far as the car park but after driving round it for about 15  minutes and not being able to park we gave up and went to Bodmin jail (no photos and to be honest it was over priced and not that interesting), then we went onto a lovely little town called Lostwithiel where we had a lovely cream tea.  There were a couple of really lovely crafty /shabby chic shops and a lovely little yarn shop, but alas it was closed, which could probably been seen as a good thing because I pressed my nose up against the window and they had some gorgeous yarn.  Mark did say he would take me back before we went home but it was a good 50 minute drive, so we'll see.

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Trevorrick Farm Stay, part one

It was a seven hour long drive on Saturday from where we live to St Issey just outside Padstow in Cornwall.  The motorway was stop start for most of the way and the weather was very hot, but we made a couple of stops so it was bearable.  

Oliver did the usual kid thing asking are we there yet, only about a million times, lol and we had to tell him how many miles left to go every few miles, apart from that he was no trouble and travelled well, as in we didn't need the bowl, if you know what I mean.

As I mentioned we are staying on a farm which is geared up for kids, but it is most definitely a farm.

Each morning the kids get to go round and feed and handle some of the animals.

We got to take the sheep for a walk too

Can you tell this was Oliver's favourite bit!

There are chickens duck and geese free ranging as well as this fella.

This morning It's  Grandad's turn to take Oliver on the morning animal feed and walk so Nanny can have a hours quiet, (and write this blog post), lol.

Later we went into Padstow a lovely pretty fishing port.  We had a walk around the shops and then to the beach.

I think today we are going to find some rock pools, Oliver is desperate to get a fishing net:-)

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