More Cornwall

I'm on a roll, so I might as well keep going.

On Mondays, I tend to have some spare time in the morning between E's school drop-off and the beginning of C's sports class. Right now our schedule seems just right. C goes to playgroup Tuesdays and Thursdays and we do varying activities (library, park, etc) on Weds/Fri. Obviously this will all come to an end in late June, but I'm enjoying it while I can. And I'm sure I'll get into a similar groove in N. London.

One of the cool things we did in Cornwall was visit a miniature steam railway. It had a good amount of things for kids to do. Miniature golf, other miniature train tracks (all ride-on), go-karts, pedal tractors, canoes for paddling around the lake, and an adventure playground. Unfortunately, rain arrived and got us pretty wet, so we didn't enjoy it as much as we could have, but we still had a good time.

Yeah, it says minimum age 6 years, but E crossed it just fine. And he didn't get wet. This was part of the smaller, initial playground next to the station where we caught the steam train.

Cousins and children and dog all waiting to board.

E enjoyed watching the locomotive on the turntable. Found out later that the guy driving the engine was the owner of the place.

Little Red Riding C getting a hole in 20.

Rainy go-karting. These things went fairly fast!

After we got back to the holiday cottage, we built up a nice fire in the woodstove and played cards. E and I (and B) have been reading 101 Dalmatians, the original unabridged version. It's a long book for a 5 year old. He sometimes reads independently, sometimes takes turns with us. He's enjoying it.

E's school sends a lot of books home. Six per week. So he has a lot of books to read, but he's always up for a challenge. Besides, I have great memories of 101 Dalmatians.

So, that's pretty much it for Cornwall. We had a fantastic time, rain or shine, and are planning to go back in two years.

When we do, we'll probably visit the Eden Project again. We had a good time there! Those domes are biomes. One's a rainforest and the other is a Med-type climate.

C and her cousins took most of their clothes off partway through our walk around the very hot rainforest biome!

I must say, being inside felt a bit like walking onto the set of Logan's Run. Minus all those cool zippy gadgets and the very 70s garb.

There was a small natural playground outside and a fair amount to do here. Things tended to be quite hands-on and child friendly. There was also a very neat (and long, and high, and terrifying) zip wire, but that was for adults and you had to pay. Maybe next time...