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Monday 8 January 2018

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2018

Happy New Year to all bloggers, all those who have camped with us in 2017 and all those hoping to camp with us in 2018.

I have been decidedly 'slack' on the blogging and twitter front in 2017, lots of excuses and not really any, so my new year's resolution is to do better in 2018!

As a quick 2017 resume then, our camping season was fairly strictly based around the school holidays. Families and children were our predominant guests for the first 3 weeks and it was lovely to be really family friendly. We only have 6-8 pitches at any one time, so we keep the site small but roomy, which is just as well, because 2017 saw some enormous tents for some relatively small families - which has caused me to rethink tariffs for 2018 - more of that in another blog.
Couples and groups of friends favoured us for the rest of the holidays with a Duke of Edinburgh group and several people en route to the Isles of Scilly, using us as a stop off point.
There were a few additions to the site this year, we built a small cabin for the campsite manager to be on hand for 'meeting and greeting' in 2017, which doubled as a shady spot for the hot labrador!
The cabin also provided a comfy and 'cooling' den for the nephews to read and relax, whilst their parents took down the tent and packed up the car.
Next year, the plan is to rent out the campsite cabin with bunkbeds for two, as an alternative to sleeping in a tent.
There were a few new toys.................here is one..............not mine, it belongs to the fourteen year old
this one is mine, although most of the time it is commendeered by the boys in my team......
As always the weather was variable, with our fair share of the wet stuff, which I have to say has continued into the 2017 autumn and winter - as can be seen from this winter picture of the ride-on lawnmower 'toy'! Fortunately, we also had an equal amount of sunshine, enough to keep us smiling and walking and cycling and swimming and surfing and horseriding and paddleboarding, lying on a beach and eating icecream and so on.  And on a sunny day, this is the sort of view you can expect on a cliff walk on the southern coastal path from Porthgwarra.
You can swim in a crystal clear pool through a chasm in the cliffs.....with or without the dog. Wonderful!
wander along gorse and heather footpaths
Look for creatures and faces in the rocks and stones, this cliff even looks like an Easter Island face.
And as a project to keep us busy over the autumn and winter, we have created...
with hard work and diligence and a lot of manpower from the dedicated campsite team
a slightly bigger cabin, for tack and 'tat' and the campsite manager to do more meeting and greeting...............
Despite all the hardwork from the boys and all the varnishing, varnishing and more varnishing that she needed to complete, it was necessary for the campsite manager, as always to ensure the equine was exercised - all work, no play makes Jill a very dull girl after all -
More recently it has been the season to be jolly, so a little christmas shopping in St Ives was required
.....not a bad place to christmas shop? Actually it is am amazing place for festive shopping.
And then there are the lights of Mousehole to enjoy and Tom Bawcock's Eve to dance and jig at
and not forgetting the homemade mince pies
and the festive winter walk on a beach....Sennen
Happy New year everyone....see you in 2018!