Cottages Cornwall

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

For this month's article we have a guest author, Mrs Jean Walmsley, who has very kindly offered to write down some of the memories from her childhood holidays:

As I write I am reminded of the summer holidays my Mum would take us on as children. Me, my younger brother and sister and my stepfather. As a family we would rarely go abroad as, aside from the cost issues, we would most often take great pleasure in exploring the nature and history of our own country. It's not as thought we were instilled with any sort of "British Bulldog" mentality it was just that of all the holidays I remember from my youth (and there were some foreign vacations dotted here and there) the one's which remain most fondly in my memory are the ones shared on the British coast.

We would usually rent cottages in Cornwall or Northumberland - they were our two favourite places and we'd alternate between the two each Summer - opting for self catering no matter where we went. This was probably the most sensible option for our family because we would almost never be home before 8 or 9pm at night. In fact we used to laugh about the fact that we'd need another holiday to get over the original one! Being constrained by set meal times would have meant either not calling in at that quaint tea-room we'd noticed, or stopping at that interesting looking ruin that wasn't listed on the map; either that or it would have meant missing the meal we'd paid for every night.

Although we would only generally alternate between the two areas of Britain we'd usually choose to stay in different cottages in Cornwall or Northumberland. We did so in order to take in a varied view of the same landscapes. It would also mean that we could explore some of the things we didn't get to do the previous year. Of course we all had our favourite castles, beaches, or village greens and there'd be endless amount of bickering between kids who all wanted to go back to their favourite. No matter where we went though a great time was had and so many memories to look back upon.

With all the talk of credit crunch and carbon footprints the time has never been more right to stay in Britain this Summer and learn something about our past, or just reintroduce yourself to some of the beautiful areas it has to offer. Carnevas Holiday Park has cottages right here in the heart Cornwall which provide an excellent base from which to make your discoveries. Why not take a tour of the site and find out some more about what you could be doing this year!?

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