Friday 11th April 2008

We set off in Ruby around lunch time - very excited and a little nervous. Olivia is very happy with her seat riding up front with Daddy although Steve is convinced that we have packed everything but the kitchen sink (I tried really hard to pack light!?) The journey to Cheddar took about 6 hours, Friday afternoon traffic was not nice. After stopping in a very nice pub in Cheddar we arrived at a lovely campsite at about 9pm and got set up for the night.

Saturday
We woke to a lot of rain and a very muddy campsite. After a very yum egg sandwich made on Ruby's stove and a cup of tea we set off to Cornwall driving through Cheddar Gorge on the way. We arrived at Treveague Farm Campsite south of St Austall just after lunch. We went to check out Vault Beach which you can only get to along the cliffs and had beautiful views. We had a fish and chip supper overlooking Mevagissey harbour and then went back to Treveague farm where we said goodnight to the piglets and lambs before settling down for the night.

Sunday
We woke up to another wet and windy morning. After a bacon and egg sandwich we set off to the Eden Project and parked Ruby next to a boyfriend so she didn't feel lonely (older man!).

We had a great day seeing the amazing gardens of eden, decorating cupcakes and listening to stories in the Mediterranean gardens. We then drove to Padstow and were walking around when we spotted another Snailtrail Camper, Betty! We then enjoyed Rick Stein's fish and chips and Eden Ale for our supper and enjoyed a very lovely sunny evening.

Monday
We decided Ruby needed to find some more surfer dudes so we visited some lovely beaches today. We started of at Harlyn Bay then drove to Mawgan Porth (stopping at Bedruthan steps to check out the view but it was very windy and so notgreat for Olivia). After lots of sandcastles and searching for crabs in rock pools we drove to Crackingdon Haven to the cottage that friends were staying in and which would be our home for the next few nights.

Tuesday
The weather looked bright so we decided to actually use our bikes today and drove to Wadebridge to do the Camel Trail to Padstow.

Our friends wanted Rick Stein's fish a chips and even though we had already had it we didn't object! After lunch we all hopped on the ferry over to Rock and played on the beach for a few hours and enjoyed the sunshine.

Wednesday
Another warm (ish) sunny day so we headed off to Black Rock Beach so the guys could do some surfing. We took a picnic and had a lovely lunch - bliss....

Thursday
We set off for a long coastal walk this morning to try and burn off all the fish and chips, clotted cream ice cream and scones we have been eating! We spent most of the afternoon at Crackington Haven beach and we managed to buy Olivia a mini Ruby that she can keep when we have to give big Ruby back tomorrow :-(

Friday
Very sad to drop Ruby off home and back to all her friends as she has definitely become part of the family! She has really looked after us over this holiday and has been the star of the show wherever we went. Thank you Snailtrail for such great memories and we hope to see you again one day soon.

Love Sarah, Stephen and Olivia Appleyard x