My birthday present to Claire in January was a bit of a let down (Me "what do you want for your birthday?", Claire "don't mind", Me "oh ok then". Result = no present). We've had similar problems before, and both still owe each other a kayak as a result of 2010 birthdays. So when we got back from Australia I decided to put an end to the present drought and started typing crazy things like "luxury Cornwall break" into Google. So now we are on our way to a romantic Cornish cottage with its own hot tub and free horse parking in the stables.
We decided to come in the car rather than by horse. It's my third day of having nowhere near enough sleep amidst night shifts so Claire's driving first. Apparently it's supposed to take us about 5 hours to get there but at the rate Claire's going we'll be there for an afternoon tea in no time. We're both starving and I have a combination of post night shift fatigue and blogging travel sickness.
We made it here without being pulled over for speeding once! We knew it was going to be good as soon as we arrived when we saw that the parking area was full of VW Golfs. I think between the holiday makers here there are Mk3 right through to Mk6 Golfs lined up. Claire is gloating as hers is the newest and shiniest, although I'm pretty sure all the others would beat us in a race hands down. Maybe I'll suggest it later in the week.
The cottage is amazing so the birthday present has been a success already! We are both going to be having at least 2 if not more washes a day as there is a shared hot tub looking out over the countryside, plus a bubbly jet bath and very fancy shower in our bathroom.
As well as washing, tomorrow we are planning to go to the beach and maybe even the pub. Claire is also talking about some wild swimming at a waterfall nearby. I have pointed out that it's March and we're in the south of England not Africa which did not go down very well. Apparently there is a teashop nearby so at least I will be able to experiment with cream teas as a cure for hypothermia.
This evening, amongst other things, we are going to fill in our census. Although we reckon the census police wouldn't be able to track us down here, we are both of the opinion that we shouldn't take any chances as we don't want our holiday to be ruined by a dawn raid.
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