The new toilet block is...

OPEN!

All we can say is a big, fat PHEW!  What a winter it has been;  long, frustrating, exciting and tiring building a huge new toilet block which boasts:

• A purpose built family bathroom with baby changing facilities and bath
• An accessible shower room
• A gents 
• A ladies 
• Laundry facilities
• And a lovely spacious light and airy dish washing area.

None of this would have happened without the amazing project management of Richard.  He will tell me off for saying how hard he has worked, but a lesser man would have given up in the depths of winter and the various hurdles he seemed to glide over.

girls with their work bags

testing the new toddler slide

I can confirm it was right up to the wire today.  At midday the gents looked like a building site with no lights and work still happening on the ceiling.  Then something amazing happened between one and three.  I am not sure what but one minute it was a building site the next it was ready to open.  We still have a few little bits to finish over the next couple of weeks such as the cladding outside and boxing in steels but all toilets, showers and baths are very much functional.  The poor first guest who used the facilities whilst I was still busy cleaning was asked in jest to remove his shoes so not to dirty my clean floor!  This is not a rule we will be enforcing!

Yesterday I had two merry helpers on the park, we started work at 8.30 and somehow our two girls pottered around until gone 5pm.  We went to Little Winnick to re plant the planters outside reception and organise the new toys for reception for guests to borrow.  It is fair to say a lot of toys got moved around before I was allowed to put them in place for our guests.  We now have three boxes- one has a large selection of sports equipment, another has family outdoor games and the other has baby/toddler toys as we know how little space you have in the car when you go away anywhere with children.

the gents

Obviously we made our young apprentices work hard, but at lunchtime they both managed to enjoy a good play on our new toddler tower.  Bethany, who has just turned one and recently started walking took great delight in staggering up the little ramp to find the slide.  We hope other younger guests will enjoy it to.

So, all that is left is to declare the 2015 season well and truly officially OPEN.  We look forward to welcome you to Little Winnick and hope you will enjoy the latest improvements as much as we do.

Heidi, Richard Jessica & Bethany x x