I spent most of the 2013/2014 winter giving you updates about the winter battering us in Cornwall, and indeed most of the UK. It was a wet and windy affair and made our opening season feel like a distant memory. Now here we are coming towards the end of the 2014 season, it is October and I am in shorts - 2014 really is the longest summer in a very longtime!
The season started early in April, at the same time as we welcomed our second daughter Bethany into the world, adrenaline was what kept us going those first few weeks along with jolly members of first rally of the season. Rallies have featured throughout the 2014 season, with the final rally booked in a few days time. With a dedicated rally field where organisers can pitch an entertainment marquee rallies are very well catered for, with many already booking for 2015 and 2016.
Around May the weather turned warm - and so it stayed - with only an odd blip since then. It has been exceptionally nice, with long evenings and clear skies the majority of time which meant June and July were very, very busy, then from the week before the school holidays we were completely full until early September. The Indian Summer has then encouraged many people to take to road and turn up without bookings and meant September has been pretty full too.
To all of you who have visited us over 2014, thank you. We really do appreciate your business and it is a great pleasure to see so many of you returning. Now many people think on the 31st October we shut the gates and jet off somewhere for the winter. If only! No this winter see's the refurbishment of the toilet block. The newer wooden toilet block will be coming down and the brick block is under going a full refurbishment. The work will mean we now have a purpose built family and disabled bathrooms along with a new washing up area and laundry room.
We have also been busy over the last few weeks on the bottom field. The 'wild meadow' has been sown in the bottom two thirds of the field. Once this has grown we shall be putting in paths for people to enjoy walks around. The goal posts are also now in this field for our younger guests to enjoy.
When we took over Little Winnick Touring Park in the depths of 2012/2013 winter our aim was to breath life back into the old site; we knew it had potential and had watched it go from a successful popular site to a site hardly used over a number of years. We also knew it would take a lot of work and some very, very, very long days and summers. In two seasons I think it is safe to say we are extremely proud of our achievements and thrilled to have put the heart and soul back into a fantastically positioned site. I just had to let someone in through the barrier and I had a little tear in my eye as I looked back across the site and thought about how far we have come and how many happy memories have been made at Little Winnick this summer.
So, in summary. A blooming good year thanks to you the guests, and the great British weather. We hope you will come back in 2015 and see us and see how the park and our family has grown. In the meantime, keep an eye out for blogs over the winter to see how things are progressing here. And don't forget we are open until the end of the month and 2015 bookings are being taken from 1st November when you can reserve a specific pitch if you wish.
Thanks from us all
Heidi, Richard, Jessica & Bethany x
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