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Read on for what some of the first guests thought of their Family holiday in Crackington Haven staying at St. Johns View |
St. John's View "A Cracking Week" |
The clouds started to break as we got to Hallworthy and the Wilsey Down pub, bearing in mind we were a little ahead of schedule we decided to stop for some lunch - good food and good value. We arrived in Crackington to sunshine and it wasn't long before we had settled in to the fantastic house, the layout is great - ideal for holidays and the views even better. Before long we were wandering down the lane to enjoy a drink at the Coombe Barton. |
Anybody who has gone to Devon and Cornwall in the Summer holidays knows that probably the worst thing is the traffic, saying that it's always worth it! We left the Midlands at 8am and the normal 3 hour journey became 5 due to the traffic from M4, M5 intersection down to Bridgewater. |
On the Sunday we decided to relax by the beach. Something we ended up doing more times than what we originally planned due to the fantastic weather. The beach is well served by the pub, the Haven café (great filled rolls, Origin coffee and fantastic ice cream) and the Cabin café (good supplies of wet suits, hoodies and also a bar-b-q that runs in the evenings until the foods all gone - normally around 7pm). The beach is great but even better with a local knowledge! If you arrive at high tide make sure you go into the water on the right hand side |
of the beach. The lifeguards always put out the flags but there are hidden rocks to the left. At low tide the rocks are exposed as well as yards and yards of fantastic sand ideal for building castles, flying kites etc. The surf is great even on quite days it always seems to be big enough to body board and on the "bigger" days you really do get that adrenaline rush. Monday was spent exploring Bude, another two great beaches and a nice selection of shops whilst the boys drove the 40 minutes or so down to St Mellion - apparently one of the best |
courses in the country. In the afternoon they went stream scrambling. You can come out of the house walk down to the bottom the field and then follow the stream all the way down to the beach - all accessible and great fun according to the three of them. |
Thursday and Friday dealt us more of the same fantastic weather and a very similar routine. Our youngest waking up at 7am leading to a potter around in the morning that involved |
In the afternoon we came back to Crackington for the bar-b-q at the cabin and then enjoyed the sounds of the local silver band who play right next to the beach on three Wednesdays in the summer. The local WI run a "sausage sizzle" - how very English. |
Wednesday was a trip to Rock (keep off the A39 and on the B3314 via Delabole for a prettier ride) and a ferry crossing to Padstow, much easier in high season than parking in the town. Not as quaint in the Summer as on a chilly February morning mainly because of the crowds but still pretty. |
breakfast eating, paper reading, sandwich making before making it down to the beach for midday. Body boarding and sun bathing in the afternoon and then retiring to the pub terrace to watch the sun drop into the sea. All in all - a great week in a great place |