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Our first of two trips to Torquay saw us exploring the prehistory of the region. We began in Kents Cavern which is a truly humbling experience as we learn about the origins of humanity. The cavern is beautiful but difficult to photograph!   The total cost for the five of us was £67. We had […]

We did a lot of driving on this day! We broke up the journey with a stop off at Truro Cathedral. This is free to enter and a magnificent building. One of my favourite parts of the cathedral was the Robartes Memorial which is actually 250 years older than the building itself! It was moved […]

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 […]