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On the third day of our holiday we visited Plymouth. Our first stop was the Mayflower Museum which cost £8 for a family ticket. In case you don’t know, The Mayflower was a ship that sailed to America in 1620 and the museum charts their voyage but also looks at the catastrophic effect of their […]

For our first full day of holiday, we started with the castle situated less than 5 minutes’ walk away from our holiday cottage. Lydford Castle is a cube shaped ruin dating from Norman times. Despite its name, the castle was in fact a prison and courthouse rather than a dwelling or fortification. We also popped […]

We had a fabulous holiday on the Devon/Cornwall border. Although we’ve only home for a few days the holiday already seems so long ago 🙁 It was a very busy 8 days as we crammed in as many places as possible whilst also taking the time to enjoy being together as a family. We broke […]

Day 206: holiday! This week’s photos are all of the kids enjoying time together. First up is Lydford Castle which was a five minute walk from our cottage. Day 207: a day out in Plymouth and finding out about the Mayflower Day 208: quite a bit of driving as we headed to Land’s End then […]

Yay, we have finally booked our holiday! We are heading to the Devon/Cornwall border this summer and would love some recommendations of places to go in both counties. I love history and we already have English Heritage membership but need some ideas for places that would appeal to any or all of the children. So, […]