Thank you to everyone who left such lovely comments on my last post. Eleanor was thrilled to receive so many birthday wishes, it made her day.
We'd arranged for her to have a full body Swedish massage in the morning, however, she was still suffering the effects of sunburn on her back so we postponed it until a couple of days later. Instead, after card and present opening, at Eleanor's request, we headed off to Constantine Bay.
I'd read about Constantine Bay before our holiday and earmarked it as a place we may visit as it allows dogs the year round. Dogs have to be kept on leads on some beaches, allowed between certain times on others, whilst dogs aren't allowed at all on some.
We'd visited Padstow a couple of days earlier and stopped off at Constantine Bay on the way home just to see what it was like. It's got gorgeous sandy sand and the clearest blue water, but it does tend to get quite busy.
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There's a large area of rocks, great if you like rockpooling.
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It's a very popular beach and attracts many holidaymakers.
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Parts of the beach are extremely rocky, but very picturesque.
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The sea here is crystal clear. I can see why it's popular with surfers.
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So, Eleanor's birthday dawned and it was a beautiful day, perfect for a day at Constantine Bay. She took her body board with her and both she and Mick enjoyed lots of fun in the sea. Ice creams were devoured, more so by Archie than the rest of us.
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We explored the rock pools and found a mini waterfall.
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Archie enjoyed cooling off in the rock pools and some were so deep that he even enjoyed a little swim in them.
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It was a good day. Afterwards, we went back to the lodge to get changed before heading out for a bite to eat. Eleanor thoroughly enjoyed celebrating her birthday on holiday.
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I've got lots of catching up with blog reading to do now we're home so please bear with me. It looks like you've all been busy, I've got so many posts to read but I'm sure I'll be caught up in the next few days.
My husband was brought up in Padstow, it's a lovely place. Glad you all had a great time, even Archie by the looks of it!
ReplyDeleteWe love Padstow, we visit every time we're in Cornwall. Archie loves his holidays, especially when he gets given ice cream.
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ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a great time. Now you're home I will arrange to send off your giveaway prize. Will let you know when it's on route.
Mitzi
We all had a lovely time. Thank you, I can't wait to receive it.
DeleteGreen with envy at your lovely Cornish sea pictures * sigh* .
ReplyDeleteA lovely way to spend a birthday
It's such a beautiful area. I thought Eleanor might want to spend her birthday with friends but when I mentioned being away for her birthday she was quite pleased.
DeleteWhat a beautiful coastline, at least you got some sunny days, I hope Eleanor didn't suffer too much with the sunburn.
ReplyDeleteWe had quite a few sunny days but they were interspersed with cloudy or rainy days. We all had sunburn to some degree, obviously not careful enough with the suncream.
DeleteGlad to hear you had a wonderful holiday, gorgeous photos, Cornwall beaches are probably the best around. Archie looks as though he managed to keep himself cool in the water and totally spoiled with ice cream treats :-) x
ReplyDeleteThere's some fabulous beaches in Cornwall, we were spoilt for choice really. Archie loves it on the beach, especially if there's rock pools there and he definitely loves an ice cream treat.
DeleteCrumbs, Jo, it seems no time at all that you went away! I'm glad you had a good time. Archie eating his ice cream made me smile. :o)
ReplyDeleteTime's really flying by this year. We all had a lovely time and a holiday wouldn't be a holiday for Archie without an ice cream.
DeleteGlad you had a lovely day out for Eleanor's birthday and that beach does look lovely and "sandy". You have a lot of pebbly beaches in the UK, as I've seen on TV. Seems like you had a great holiday, even Archie. Take care.
ReplyDeleteWe've never been away for Eleanor's birthday before so it was something a bit different for her. A good way to celebrate, I'm just glad that the weather cooperated on that day.
DeleteThose beach scenes look fabulous Jo and it looks as if Archie is appreciating that ice cream. Belated birthday greetings to Eleanor - her special day sounds as if it was filled with fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful beach but it does tend to get a bit crowded. It was a fabulous way to celebrate Eleanor's birthday though.
Deletesounds like everyone including Archie had a great time...........lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteWe all had a brilliant time, especially Archie. He does enjoy his holidays as much as we do.
DeleteGlad you had a good time Jo, even if the weather was a bit mixed. I've not been to Constantine, it does look lovely.
ReplyDeleteWe had enough fine weather mixed in with the rain to enable us to do everything we wanted to. Constantine Bay is beautiful, though quite touristy.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful location to spend your 16th birthday. A day you'll always remember I'm sure. Glad Eleanor got to have her massage. Looks like Archie enjoyed joining in with the ice cream celebrations!
Lisa x
We let Eleanor choose where she wanted to spend the day, I think she made a great choice, I'm just glad that the sun was shining. Eleanor enjoyed her massage, she'd treated herself to one in the first week and wasn't expecting a second one. Archie doesn't like to miss out on any celebrations.
DeleteA delightful post and lovely photos. It's good to see that you all enjoyed yourselves. The photos of Archie make me smile. What a nice way to spend a birthday. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely holiday. We had a couple of celebrations whilst we were there as it was our wedding anniversary on the 7th, not that we ever do much to celebrate, but it was a great way to celebrate Eleanor's birthday.
DeleteThis looks like the perfect way to spend a birthday. I'm glad she had such a good one.
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly different from how she's celebrated her birthday in the past, it was a lovely day.
DeleteIt looks like a you had a truly fabulous holiday!
ReplyDeleteA belated Happy Birthday to Eleanor
Just catching up here after my blog break from knitsofacto. It looks like a fabulous holiday, and what a lovely way to celebrate a sixteenth birthday :)
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely time and Eleanor enjoyed her birthday celebrations very much.
DeleteLovely, what perfect birthday weather and I'm glad you had a good holiday.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased that the weather was good on Eleanor's birthday, it enabled us to do exactly what she wanted in order to celebrate.
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ReplyDeleteI'm just catching up with your holiday posts - it does look like you all had a really nice time and that the weather wasn't too bad :) There's nothing like a day spent rockpooling, is there? I am 28 and still get ridiculously excited at the prospect of it!
Best wishes,
Tash from vintagepretty.org
We all love rockpooling, beachcombing too, though we didn't do very much of that this year, I don't know why. We usually bring home lots of little treasures.
DeleteWhat a great day you all had, especially Archie! I bet he thought it was his birthday! Ha ha. That beach really looks beautiful. I find that beaches are always busy in this country (when it is sunny), but once you are there, the sound of the sea makes you forget how busy it is! It's so relaxing. We love rockpooling, it is great fun and we are hoping to do some over the summer. I know what you mean about catching up with blogs, I am always playing catch up (even without a holiday!) but I love it when I finally catch up with what everybody has been up to! Have a great weekend, Jo! :)
ReplyDeleteI think the sound of the sea is so relaxing. I don't really mind busy beaches, you can usually find a quiet corner somewhere. Some little coves in Cornwall are fairly quiet so there's always somewhere to go if you don't want to be surrounded by people. Archie loves the beach, especially rock pools.
DeleteJames is an August birthday so often away for it. He used to hate it when he was little but he's ok about it now. I'm glad Eleanor had such a good day!
ReplyDeleteThis was the first time we were away for Eleanor's birthday, she's always usually been at school but with her finishing early this year after her GCSEs, it meant we could get away early. I think Eleanor enjoyed doing something different on her birthday.
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