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Summer holiday – the Great Outdoors

The summer holidays are here! My favourite time of the year; when we are full to the brim at Little Winnick, and I get to have our girls at home for the whole summer. I am going to bring you a series of blogs that look at things that will not break the bank but that will also keep everyone entertained.

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Pentewan

Where is Little Winnick? To help you get to know the area around us the next few blogs will let you in on our favourite places just a stones throw from Little Winnick. So, let’s start with our nearest village – we are located on the edge of Pentewan, a pretty, sleepy fishing harbour.

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Top 5 things to do when you turn 40

The day finally arrived and we celebrated Rich’s birthday, for which I am sure he won’t thank me for broadcasting but we have been building up to it all year. You see, Richard had said he would like a few nights away and kept dropping hints about The Scilly’s and various other places but with babysitters willing to have 3 children under 5 in short supply – so I hatched another cunning plan…

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Pasty, Pasty on my plate, who’s the fairest of them all?

When in Cornwall it is without doubt rude not to try a pasty…or two. We take great pride in trying to find the best pasty of them all, and this week with friends visiting we sent them off with one soul aim; to bring us home an ‘Ann’s Pasty’ from the Lizard.

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The Little Winnick ‘Magic’

According to one guest Little Winnick performs a bit of ‘magic’ on children! As a family returned for their second stay of the year their youngest learnt to ride her bike, after her sister did the same a month earlier.

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Perfect Bank Holiday

People are funny old things. Today after months of people telling us it is too cold, or it is too wet, or too cloudy I was taken aback to hear it is now too hot! To be fair it has been baking and everyone who walked through the door had a pinkish glow to them…

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Hotting up

Things are hotting up in Cornwall in more ways than one with stunning weather and a rather lovely famous actor filming in Charlestown. This week we have been bathed in wall to wall sunshine. Yesterday we were cooking in the garden late into the evening. I am hopeful we have turned the corner and spring is truly here.

Read more posts from our holiday category.

Summer holiday – the Great Outdoors

Pentewan

Top 5 things to do when you turn 40

Pasty, Pasty on my plate, who’s the fairest of them all?

The Little Winnick ‘Magic’

Perfect Bank Holiday

Hotting up

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