#Sennen 2017

An amazing transformation. Just back from an early morning bike ride along the Seaview to Ryde front. The holidaymakers have suddenly gone. Of course it happens every year - the August Bank holiday is over - the new school year beckons - but the contrast is stark. It is a beautiful cool crisp morning - the tide a long way out - cycling back into the rising sun glinting over the eastern Solent - it is quite special.

Anyway - back almost a week now from our family annual camping excursion down into deepest Cornwall. (a change is as good as a rest!) We become the tourists !! It was a tremendous week - the weather kind - the surf very decent and my two little grand daughters - now a year older - really enjoying the camping experience - the beach and all it offers - and the interaction with their doting uncles (& granddad & Laura, Mike & Jack of course.)

As much never changes in our annual Sennen holiday there is not much point in writing another blog. Here is the link to the one I wrote last year! 19/7/16 I posted a blog #Cornwallcamping. Here is the link :-

http://davidshoulder60onwards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/cornwallcamping.html

My blog above summed up how we feel about Cornwall and why we keep going back to St Buryan - for easy access to Sennen and Porthcurno beaches and all the extreme end of West Cornwall provides. (We love the body boarding. ) It was a really great week and our commitment to keep this family holiday odyssey going was very much reinforced with talk already about next year.

One issue - my massive Cabanon Espace tent. It weighs a ton - the metal frame will stand a hurricane - it is old and outdated. My daughter Victoria and husband Phil have invested in a superb family sized air beam tent. George and Laura have one too. They literally blow them up. They sit well - function well - and are very sturdy - they are the camping present and certainly the camping future. Do I up grade? But the Cabanon has years of life left in it - it is part of the tradition wrestling it - cursing it up and down - and of course it has the unique ambience - and musty smell that is part of it all. I secretly enjoy being mocked by the fam - (who love it really!).

So to round off - I can report Sennen and Porthcurno are unchanged - St Buryan is unchanged - Margaret is still coining it in - the pub still has the same menu - The Old Success and Logan Rock are still a naughty visit on the way home from the beach - Newlyn fish and chips (Lewis's) still excellent and The Swordfish - colourful as ever. We had a lovely half day at Mousehole. And a mention for Cornish pasties - one a day - tradional of course - about as far from healthy Mediterranean cuisine as you can get - but still fantastic!!

Here are just a few photos !