What a busy week and what a wet few days we had at the beginning of it.

Tuesday started off with L getting confirmation that she definitely has a place at the girls grammar school in Torquay in September. We had a letter in October after she had set the tests to say that she most likely had a place but then you have to wait till the 1st March for your local council to confirm school allocation. We were all very pleased so she will join Daughter K who is already there. As it was Shrove Tuesday we had pancakes for pudding which S expertly cooked.

On Wednesday I met a friend for coffee down at our Village garden centre which was a lovely couple of hours out in a very damp day.

On Thursday we decorated our living room ready for our busy Birthday week which started with Daughter S's birthday yesterday, Daughter K's this coming Thursday and Husbands this coming  Friday!

Friday we saw sunshine again which was a relief after several wet days and in the evening we had a family meal out to celebrate S's birthday. She had a very quiet 21st last year in lockdown and as her birthday fell on a Saturday this year she planned to make up for it with friends over for drinks and a night clubbing up in Exeter. My Sister and her Husband were renting a house down in Cornwall for a week so we decided to make ourselves scarce for her and take the younger two girls to Newquay for the weekend. I found the amazing Esplanade Hotel with indoor pool at Fistral beach in Newquay and we have had the best weekend. Usually our overnight stays are premier inn or travelodge so this made a pleasant change.  Our room was lovely and spacious with a sea view. We hadn't been able to check in till 3pm so we had already had a long walk all around Newquay before we got to the hotel so straight away the girls wanted to go swimming. There were towelling robes provided to wear down to the pool which was lovely and not too busy. I took my book to read while they swam and it was a very relaxing end to the afternoon. After showers we headed into Newquay and went to the Concho Lounge for food which was very good and then headed back to our room to chill and have a glass of wine and watch a film.

This morning we had a lovely breakfast in the Hotel - the dining room looked out over the beach so it was a lovely setting. We then went over to Perranporth and met my Sister. We had a walk around the town and then went on the beach for a long walk and a coffee sat outside The Watering Hole which is a pub sat on the beach. Afterwards we followed them back to their holiday cottage in St Agnes where we had another long walk around the village and down to that beach. It has been sunny all weekend although a little chilly but lovely not to have the recent rain. We got back home teatime and are now relaxing ahead of another busy week with work, birthdays and play dates.