One of our favourite coast walks near Newquay in Cornwall is Bedruthan Steps. The views are spectacular and it always feels like an accomplishment to make it down 120 steps to the beach. But how possible is it to visit Bedruthan Steps with kids? We have been when our girls were two and five-years-old and…
If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Christmas with family or friends before the big day we can recommend Santa’s Carvery & Grotto at China Fleet Country Club in Cornwall. We were invited to this Christmas party for families and I wanted to share our experience because we had such a good time….
Something that we’ve been very happy to embrace since moving to the South West is a cream tea – even if the ‘jam or cream first’ debate does cause tension! However, if those scones and cream happen to be accompanied by a full afternoon tea then we usually just simmer down and tuck in. Make…
Cornwall is a brilliant UK holiday destination for families with countless sandy beaches, wonderful landscapes for walks and picturesque seaside towns to explore. But what if you’re unlucky enough to visit when it’s wet? The vast majority of the holidays and weekend breaks that we’ve spent in the far South West have been in the…
A review of The Point at Polzeath in Cornwall which offers guests a mini Mark Warner holiday experience in the UK
PK Porthcurno, formerly the Telegraph Museum in Porthcurno, is an off the beaten track attraction that is a brilliant family Cornwall day out
*Advertisement feature* Could there be a more dramatic setting for a play than a Cornish cliff top? The Minack Theatre is a modern day amphitheatre with Atlantic sea views making it extra challenging for any company of actors performing on its stage. However, the cast of The Railway Children did their upmost to distract us…
As you step onto the platform at Bodmin General Station you could be forgiven for thinking you’d been transported back to the golden era of steam railways. When the vintage locomotive comes to a halt at the platform it wouldn’t look out of place for ladies wearing bustles and gentlemen in top hats to disembark….
The voices of the past echo loud at Pendennis Castle at Falmouth in Cornwall. The barracks at this Tudor fortification were manned for more than four centuries before it was finally decommissioned in the 1950s. Indeed the cliff top observation station and air raid shelter appear to have only recently been vacated by the troops…
The Eden Project in Cornwall really is an epic all-year-round attraction that will wow you whatever the season. We’ve tended to visit outside the summer holidays which comes with the benefit of smaller crowds. However, the events happening on the site of the world’s largest indoor rainforest continue to impress regardless of the time of…