On Christmas Eve it was time to head down to St Ives for our annual Christmas and New Year camping trip.
We arrived on site around lunchtime and after lunch spent a few hours making the camper look festive. Later that afternoon we walked into St Ives where we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with our camping neighbours from the campsite, who we bumped into in one of the pubs!
On Christmas Day we had a short walk into town and back before spending a few hours sat outside (yes, outside in the sunshine...in December!) drinking Prosecco, again with our neighbours. We cooked our lunch in the camper and enjoyed that later in the afternoon.
We also spent Boxing Day in St Ives and enjoyed a lovely walk into town (once the rain had stopped!) and a nice meal. That evening, and into the early hours of the next morning, the wind picked up big time and it was wild up on that cliff top but thankfully that was the only 'bad' weather we had during the whole of our 10-day trip!
On Saturday morning we had planned on getting up early and walking the 4 miles into Truro from the site, along the old railway line, and then spending the day in the city.
We were up early, had breakfast and headed off. So far so good! On the way Mike complained that his foot was aching and that he thought he slept on it awkwardly? He plodded on and we arrived in Truro an hour or so later.
Once in the city he was really struggling and couldn't actually put his foot to the ground. Sadly he thought it was the re-occurrence of his old enemy.....gout! There was no way he could walk around Truro so we had a coffee and decided to try and get him some strong medication over the counter (which we did in Boots!) and then head back to the campsite for him to rest up for the day. We had planned to eat in Truro but managed to grab a few essentials before heading back on the bus.
Once back, he spent the afternoon on his stronger medication (which thankfully I had remembered to pack!) and had his foot raised to ease the pain.
At least we got to chill out that weekend!
I did manage a few photos on the way into Truro of course!!
I was panicking slightly that I may have to drive Miss Daisy home but he felt a lot better come Sunday morning so we headed home as planned.
Our next trip is Christmas and New Year. We head off on Christmas Eve down to St Ives, then have a few nights in Padstow followed by New Year on Exmoor in Dulverton. Needless to say we can't wait!
We managed another sneaky weekend away at the end of October. Not wanting to travel too far we headed south to Carnon Downs, a lovely campsite 4 miles outside of Truro.
We arrived on Friday lunchtime, chose our pitch and had some lunch.
It was very overcast but dry so we decided to follow one of the campsites recommended walks down to the creek at Point and back up via Devoran. There were lots of signs of autumn and it stayed dry!
Later that evening we enjoyed a lovely meal in the local pub before heading back for an early night.
