My Weekend In Cornwall

By Becki Boo
On Friday 26^th January after a good day at school, me, my sister-Vicky, my Dad, my Stepmum-Deb and my Stepbrother Jamie started our 4-½ hour journey to Cornwall. On the way we got a Burger King for dinner it was lovely! We got to the bungalow in St. Ives at about quarter to ten, just in time to watch ‘The Celebrity Big Brother Final’, followed by ‘The Vicar of Dibley’. We then all went to bed. The bungalow was lovely and cosy. My sister, Vicky, and me shared a room. We thought that during the night it was going to be really cold, but by the morning we were boiling!!!

On Saturday we got up and drove into St. Ives. We had a look at the local beaches. One was called ‘Carbis beach’, on the car park by the beach we saw a car that was designed to look exactly like ‘The Trotters’ car in ‘Only Fools and Horses’. We also went to a beach called ‘St. Ives Bay’. We then had a drink in a pub called ‘The Sloop Inn’. On the walls there was weird art, which made no sense and was priced at approximately £240!!! For lunch I got some chips from a chip shop called ‘The Dolphin, whilst everyone else got a Cornish pasty. We then took the road down the coast and stopped at ‘Cape Cornwall’ where we had seen dolphins once before. In the rocks was a man-made swimming pool. That evening we went to a pub just down the road from the bungalow called ‘The Watermill’.

On Sunday Jamie and me went to the play park on the holiday site. We then went to a pub in ‘Zennor’ called ‘Tinners Arms’; there we got a drink and a packet of crisps. It was a lovely pub with a beautiful fireplace. When we had finished our drinks we started to head home. On the way home we got another Burger King which was-again-lovely! When we were back in Southampton Vicky and me went back to our Mum’s house and told her about our fantastic holiday in Cornwall!

A Cornish New Years Eve

By Andy & Deb

We had been invited by friends to celebrate New Years eve in St Agnes, and with Saints playing at Plymouth the next day it seemed an ideal opportunity for our first visit to Treva.

The journey down seemed very easy, being New Years Eve there was little or no traffic on the road . Deb had her traditional panic attack for the 10 miles of cones lining the Bodmin - Indian Queens bypass construction but that soon passed We arrived early afternoon, as we drove into the park a huge buzzard swept down through the trees. The park itself was closed for the winter, but it was far from deserted, it turns out that many owners travel down to the area especially for local New Year celebrations.

After introducing ourselves to Treva, unpacking, a quick cup of tea we decided to explore the area. We soon found a local Tesco to stock up with provisions, no doubt this branch of Tesco has the best view of any in the world, straigh across St Ives bay to the huge sandy beaches of The Towans. Then we drove into St Ives proper . Far from the deserted out of season holiday resort that we expected we found a crowded buzzing town, with musketeers, pirates and spidermen strolling and stumbling around the quaint back streets - and this still mid-afternoon (New years Eve is definitely taken more seriously in these parts.. We eventually headed back and after cooking our dinner changed into our own costumes before heading to St Agnes (full story here ).

After a great evening at the St Agnes Hotel (or as it's better known, andmore in keeping with the evening, The Aggie ) we returned around 1 in the morning we found even more people had arrived to stay overnight in the nearby bungalows. We headed for bed - a granite block bungalow in Cornwall in mid-winter is NOT the warmest place in the world, but a bit of wriggling soon warmed us up.

We woke in the morning, and after setting off the smoke alarm making a cooked breakfast (if any of our "neighbours" were hoping for a lie in that put paid to their plans) we packed and said our goodbyes to Treva before heading to Plymouth. We both agreed we couldn't wait to come back.