Practice Run

the moment your little sister tries to take your donut!

Every season you have movements that you will remember for getting a bit more emotional than you should.  Today I had a tear in my eye as I cleaned the sign, ready to welcome guests tomorrow.  I don't know why but I got a stomach full of butterflies anticipating the season in front of us, the park is starting to come to life and that is what it is all about for us.  We are fully booked out to the Devon and Cornwall Caravan Club for their Easter Rally.  This is the second Easter we have welcomed them.  It is a 'soft ' opening for ten days for the club, after which we will close again to complete the works on the park.

Today I have been cleaning the new ladies facilities and my what a building it is.  There are seven toilets, three toilet and sink units and 7 showers.  Anyone who has visited us before might know that our old facilities were a cleaning challenge with lots of glass - however the new building is a dream to clean.  We are so proud of it and hope you like it too.  Tomorrow sees the family and disabled toilets handed over to us from the builders so we can crack on and clean them.  The dish washing area is now complete too, in fact I have been utilizing the hot water today for my buckets of water.

The men's facilities now have roof lights, a drying floor, all pipes and electrics in and are ready for the builders to finish after Easter.  So, as you can imagine we are exhausted, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel almost now.

This week I have also had an old school friend staying with us and we have been on some great adventures.  My favourite outing saw us start with breakfast at Gylly's Beach Cafe in Falmouth.  The lovely, bustling cafe is on the edge of the town and had great views and a fantastic atmosphere.  We had a lovely Cornish Breakfast which included the traditional Hogs Pudding.  The cakes caught our eye and we followed up breakfast with a donut chaser!  Oh. My. Word.  The donuts were the best we have ever eaten.  Cooked fresh at the cafe each day they were amazing.  

After breakfast we walked around the grounds of Pendennis Castle.  It was a beautiful walk with breathtaking views in all directions.  We followed this with a stroll around the delightful town of Falmouth and invested in a large quantity of fudge (because we had not eaten enough!).  We then took the King Harry Ferry to St Mawes and visited St Mawes Castle, followed by a fantastic drive around the Roseland, arriving just in time for afternoon tea at The Lost Gardens of Heligan.  En route we tried to go via Portholland but couldn't as the small village is currently being transformed for the filming of a Hollywood movie.  After much investigation we now know they are building a whole new village in the small village car park and transforming many of the existing buildings.  It was so interesting and very exciting!