Toddlertastic

Today it is finally raining after weeks of unbroken sunshine, which we are pleased about as we have laid grass seed around the building project and would like it to have a good water now.  In other places grass is being dug today; as I type at 5.15pm on a Friday afternoon the new 'toddler tower' has just arrived from Derbyshire and is being installed into the play area.  It is a slide and climbing wall for our toddling guests which is very exciting.  Our youngest member of the family started walking this week so I am certain I know two little people who will test the new play equipment out.

Talking of testing things out we have been trying out the cycle trails that lead from the park.  I have acquired a bike trailer, so I have had great fun towing our girls along the trail - I even have the sore muscles to prove it as it some weight I am pulling along.  We had a lovely cycle up through the Kings Wood to River Valley Holiday Park towards St Austell, our other touring park, to visit Auntie Alison.  It was such a lovely ride that Bethany managed to doze off.  Then another day we had an adventure down to Pentewan.  The trail is flat so it is an ideal ride for novices like myself or for younger riders learning how to ride.  So don't forget to pack your bike when you come and stay, or if you can't fit it in then you can always hire from Pentewan Cycles.  If booked in advance they will deliver to the park for you and collect them.

We feel like we are on the home straight of the toilet block project now.  All the tarmacing around the new building is complete, we have ceilings going up in the laundry room ready for the washing machines to be installed next week.  The carpenters are installing the cubicles in the gents and work on finishing the skylights in there is complete too.  The cladding of the building has begun which is a long slow process, but it looks very nice and we have started painting the outside too.  We are now heading towards the finishing touches, which I cannot tell you what a relief that is after a very, very long winter.  I am off all over St Austell collecting mirrors, toilet brushes, ordering toilet roll and cleaning products - it really is a glamorous job!

That say I did have a more glamorous experience this week and one I cannot recommend enough.  My friend and I managed to re-home the children for the day and headed to Fowey Hall Hotel - ironically a very child friendly hotel.  We were treated to an hour long massage and facial and then proceeded to sit in the outside hot tub over looking Fowey and the sea for 2 hours (we were a bit wrinkly when we got out).  Followed by the biggest afternoon tea I have ever seen.  It was a belated birthday treat and what a treat it was.  If you are looking for a special afternoon whilst staying at Little Winnick Touring Park then why not check out one of the spas near by.  As well as Fowey Hall, there is The Cornwall just up the road or Watergate Bay Hotel on the north coast has a stunning spa on the top of the cliffs.

Finally my most exciting news of the week is the two new recruits that will be joining us here at Little Winnick.  Lady and Bird.  They are too bantam hens, who are very tame and friendly.  They are at our cottages at the moment, Tregongeeves, but once we get opened they will be part of the welcoming committee here and tonight I am off home to set up the incubator my mother in law gave me today.  I am not sure how happy Richard is about this, it is all part of my cunning plan to acquire a few more feathered friends!

Finally sorry for the lack of photographs in the blog, I had taken some and my camera ended up at home and I am at the office...next time!