St. Ives Honeymoon Day 10-13

We are back home, unpacked, house cleaned and all back to normality. With that in mind here is the last instalment of our honeymoon...

For the last three days, we took a couple of boat trips and had tried to lap up everything St. Ives had to offer. We had wanted to go on a boat trip for a while, so when we eventually got round to doing it, we were a little disappointed that the sea's were a little rough for, what they dubbed "Seal Island", so we had to make do with a trip around the bays. BUT we got extremely lucky... as this little chap swam by to say hello whilst we were waiting for our ride!

He came so close, as wasn't the least bit timid. We saw him then every evening in the harbour. Anyway, the boat trip was actually quite fun. The guy was very knowledgable and told us everything about each of the beaches. It was lovely to see the St. Ives area from another perspective.

When we got back the sea had gone right out, so we had to take a little paddle to shore... luckily we were prepared!

The next day was very drizzly, so we decided to take Darcie to the cinema for the first time. You can read all about that HERE. We also spent the morning mooching around the shops and nipping into cafe's.

Later on that day, we decided to try another boat ride to see more seals. It got a little more choppy, I was a little worried at one moment! Though Darcie didn't mind as she fell asleep!

We had some amazing views of this lighthouse, we also managed to see plenty of seals. Unfortunately I didn't have a big enough lens to zoom in! After the trip, we had worked up quite an appetite. We headed to The Hub in St. Ives as we had heard good things. My god, they were right!!!

To drink we had peanut butter and jelly milkshake.... I have no words to describe how amazing this milkshake was. To eat, I had Pulled Pork burger and Jamie had a Cornish Blue Burger and we also had Nachos to share. I loved the vibe of this place, out of all the places we went this was our favourite. Plus they were very family friendly too.

That concluded our honeymoon, a pretty good way to end I may add, and the next day was the very very long journey back. 

Thank You St. Ives, you made our honeymoon so very special.

Mummy B xoxox

St. Ives Honeymoon Day 6-9

Hi guys! I'm back again with another update of our wonderful honeymoon... hope I'm not making anyone jealous in light of the awful weather some of you have been having lately!

All the last few days have blurred into one, I can't actually describe just how wonderful this trip has been. I think it has been especially nice to be able to just switch off for a change and not have to worry about anything! 

We have mainly been having beach days recently as everyday they have threatened rain, so every morning when we wake up with glorious blue skies we immediately head out to the beach in order to make the most of the weather. But we did take a trip to the Eden project.

The Eden project is somewhere I have wanted to go for a while, it wasn't around when I used to go  to Cornwall as a child, but have always been intrigued when I have seen photos. One big draw to the place was the fact they had a dinosaur exhibition at the moment - Darcie loves her dinosaurs (thanks for that peppa!). Here are a couple of pictures of our visit...

The Eden Project was a definite hit, plenty to do, lots of interactive elements and perfect for any age! It cost around £23 each for me and Jamie (Darcie was free) but this gives us free entry for a year - not bad if you're locals!

Like I said, the rest of the past couple of days have been beach days, surfing, sandcastle making, flying kites, stuffing our faces with chips and ice cream... what more could you want!

We only have four days left now, there is still a couple of things left I would like to do before we leave. Like a boat trip to see if we can see any seals, dolphins or Baskin sharks and also to the Minack Theatre but both these things depend on the weather... lets hope we stay lucky! 

Mummy B xoxox

St. Ives Honeymoon - Day 1-5

Snuggled in our little cottage (The Little Snug!) I thought I would spend some time writing down a few of our memories. We have had an amazing time so far and I'm loving being in our wedding/honeymoon bubble!

So, our trip down here was an interesting one! Jamie got very sleepy so we had to stop off in Windsor. Whilst he had a nap and me and Darcie played in a park, a very nice park I may add! I knew tho would happen as we were a little silly to have made that trip the day after our wedding! You live and learn peeps! After his nap we headed off again and ended up arriving at 11pm. The cottage is just perfect, completely to our taste and is in such a fantastic location!

On our first full day (Monday), we decided to stay in St. Ives and explore. 

The Harbour area is beautiful, we love it when the tide goes out, it is the perfect conditions for toddlers to splash around in the shallow  puddles! After playing around on the beach and browsing the many wonderful shops, we headed to dinner at the 'Fire House Bar & Grill". The Food was delicious! 

On Tuesday we headed to Wadebridge towards the Camel Trail. Every year, as a child, we would either take our bikes or hire bikes and ride along the trail. I was soo excited to hop back on a bike and head towards Padstow. 

Whilst in Padstow we had an amazing lunch at the Habour Inn. I had a traditional Ploughmans and Jamie a Halloumi Salad, both were very tasty and full of fresh, local produce.

Wednesday, we spent a day on St. Ives beach, soaking up the sun and braving the beautiful clear (but chilly) water. Darcie has loved being by the sea, everyone morning the first thing she asks is "can we go to the beach?"- so sweet!

Today, Thursday, we spent at Polzeath beach. This is a place that is very special to me, I spent all my early childhood summers here when my parents were together (they separated when is was 9) and  so have many memories here. One thing I always looked forward to when I became a mother was the day I would take Darcie to Polzeath and today that little dream came true! We sunbathed, made sandcastles, surfed and even bought matching wetsuits!

So far are honeymoon has been perfect! I'm feeling very lucky right now! Plus we still have another week here!! Lots more adventures to come!

Mummy B xoxox