Mr and Mrs Smith: Nichols family holiday

Mum and Dad (Noreen and Peter) came over in October this year, and we spent a week travelling around Cornwall with them in a campervan. One of the best things about driving a campervan around is that you get to join the campervan club, and you get a knowing nod or thumbs up from fellow campervanners on the road. We discovered that Cornwall is a beautiful part of the country, and also that people there really do talk like pirates (this also included my dad). It was great to see the folks again, and spend some time with them on the road.

Day 1 in Corfe Castle......bogged! Luckily we were staying on a dairy farm, so there was a farmer on hand to help pull us out. Staying on the farm was an interesting experience, waking up to the smell of cow poo and silage in the morning. I loved being amongst the cows, which took me back to my vet school days. I even had a brief moment of thinking it might be nice to do some mixed practice work for a while, but then thought about the late night call outs to a freezing field somewhere, which brought me back to reality.

We met up with mum and dad at 'Monkeyworld' in Wareham, which is a sanctuary for primates rescued from all over the world. Mum has been watching the TV show 'Monkeybusiness' for years, which is filmed at the sanctuary, so it was a great thrill for her to finally see the residents in real life. We also found this great Alice-in-Wonderland style toadstool growing in the garden there.

Corfe Castle

The 'Durdle Door', on the Dorset coast

Cornish pasties in Looe, Cornwall

Followed by a giant cream puff!!

There's only 1 thing to do on a rainy day in Polperro...have a few pints at the pub. We had a great afternoon at the 'Blue Peter Inn'

Fowey, Cornwall. A gorgeous little fishing village.

Family tombstone at Portkellis, Cornwall

We has a fantastic afternoon at the Falmouth Bay Oyster Festival. We shared a huge plate of delicious seafood, washed down with a stout that was specially made for the festival for the boys, and a few glasses of champagne for the girls. A few folk songs and sea shanty's played on various ye-olde style instruments added to the atmosphere.