A Sea-Side Break

On the first week of September (last week of the summer hols), me and my brothers were lucky enough to have a surprise sea-side break, organised by my parents a couple of months ago. It was very exciting that my parents treated us to a gorgeous lodge with sea views in lovely Plymouth, the city my mum came from. We had a relaxing 5 days, I barely used the Wi-Fi, it was just nice to have a break, from everything! Here are a few photos from the holiday and I'll try and summarise each day for you.

After a long 4 hour journey, we settled down in our luxury lodge and went down to the private beach just a couple of minutes walk down the valley from the lodge. It was so relaxing and I took a few artsy photos with my newly purchased Quay sunglasses!

On day 2, we had a long ramble down to Plymouth harbour, strolling over the high cliffs with an amazing view of the city. On the way back we passed a couple of little villages with beautiful lakes and gardens.

Day 3 was undoubtably the most active day. We went go-karting, a sport I secretly enjoy and have got quite good at to be honest! At this amazing leisure facility called Andrenline Quarry (the place they filmed the most recent Walkers advert), me and my dad got the chance to basically jump off a cliff and zip-wire down the valley which was something I have always wanted to do. We then got to swim in the fresh water resivour below the zip-wire where me and my brothers had a lot of fun jumping into the water from the jetti! And finally to finish the day we went to the famous sea-side town of Looe in Cornwall and had fish and chips for dinner. Also we were lucky enough to spontaneously get a boat ride round Looe Island and see the Cornish seals, that was probably the highlight of the week!

On day 4, we were fortunate enough to go onto the famous Dartmoor and ride horses. I used to ride when I was younger but gave it up and after going on a horse again, I regret quitting! Afterwards, we had another nice walk until we got lost on Dartmoor with the fog coming in which was pretty dramatic! We also had a lot of fun playing pooh sticks over the bridge and finally to finish the day we went into a lovely pub back in Plymouth.

On Friday morning, our final full day, we went back to the private beach and got the wetsuits out and swam in the sea, something I have never done in the UK. After having a shower we went into Plymouth city centre, did a bit of shopping and slightly fell in love with the city! When we got back we had a relaxing time in the pool which was basically private and stroked some gorgeous tame chickens, an animal I now adore!

I hope you enjoyed my little summery of my trip to Plymouth, it was a lovely place and I would highly recommend visiting!