New additions to Little Winnick

I know many of you have been following this blog since we started it back in the dim and dark months of the the winter.  I think it is fair to say we have experienced some pretty big highs and a couple of pretty big lows.  As you will have seen it has been a mammoth effort to get to where we are but last week we achieved what we thought was a long way off at the start of the season - we put out the full sign!  This is a huge achievement with all 90 pitches let the campsite was a hive activity.  You see taking over a campsite in January is not a great time to start marketing your new venture as all the camping books go to print late summer/early winter. So we literally have relied on word of mouth, pitchup.com,UKcampsites and our own website.  It was a lump in the throat moment seeing the sign full and knowing it has all been worth it.  So although I have said it before, thank you for helping us achieve our dream.

A busy site means we are busy people too.  Although Richard has spent seasons working at our other site, River Valley, this is my first season on a site - what an experience it has been!  We meet the most amazing people from all walks of lives who have interesting stories to tell about their adventures and travels.  At the moment we are working very long hours, along with Jessica, our one year old who LOVES meeting people.  She has perfected her royal wave and has a little frown when guests don't wave back at her!  She is on the verge of walking but we are hoping we can make it out of high season before she works it out as that could add a whole new dimension to having her at work with us! Between us we have had a variety of jobs - but this is by far the best one, of that you can be sure.

We now have 5 new additions to the site; Honeycombe, Vanilla, Strawberries, Chocolate and Lemon - they are the chicks!  Who are becoming little stars in their own right.  Sadly we have lost two of the big chickens, however we still have Shelia and Bernard - the proud parents of their five balls of fluff.  The chicks love bread if you have any going spare and they love seeing people.  They are so comical to watch as they dice under mum for shelter and warmth.  I am currently trying to persuade Richard they should come and live with us over the winter when the site shuts!

This weekend sees the very popular St Ewe Country Fair - although only a small near by village they put on a large family fair every year that is well worth a visit, with stalls, dogs show gun dog display, a  fair to name but a few - well worth a visit on Sunday.

Another must is enjoying the Mevagissey Male Voice Choir who perform ever Monday down in the village.  Their harmonic sea shanties gives you goose bumps.  While there why not enjoy fresh fish and chips.