THIS BLOG MAINLY INVOLVES FUNNY EVENTS THAT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE AWAY! APOLOGIES FOR THE LENGTH BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT HAPPENED!
Me and my partner Gabby spent four nights at Ruda Holiday Park, Croyde Bay, Devon. It is the closest camp site to the beach and has a great view of the bay. We stayed in a three man Tesco value tent! Despite previous conceptions it has faired very well and to date has not let in any rain (touch wood)! We also slept on an inflatable bed which in my opinion is a MUST when camping. Luckily, we had a pitch with electric and my Dad sorted us out with a cable and adapter so we could charge our phones etc, (he’s great)!
MONDAY
After packing the car up we backed out of the drive and was waved off by my parents and sister as if we were embarking on a trip around the world! It was sweet though. We arrived at the campsite, checked in and attempted to follow instructions (and a map) to our pitch. However, we managed to get lost and had to ask for directions. Once we found the pitch we began setting up the tent and windbreak. It wasn’t long before a car pulled up beside us, four young people (possibly uni students) got out and prompted to unload their car and laid out the ground sheet for their MASSIVE tent. We suddenly realised we’d put up our tent right in the middle of two pitches and their was no room for the people beside us. As our tent was so small and light we only had to lift it up and drag it a few feet sideways. Next doors tent however turned out to be a twelve man tent (for 4 people!) and took up much of the space. Luckily they were nice, friendly people. As we had to move over a little I also had to move the windbreak so as I was knocking in the posts for a second time I managed to smack my hand with the mallet and ended up cutting and bruising my knuckle, and my goodness it hurt!
We spent the afternoon bodyboarding and then used the shower facilities for the first time which I have to say were more than satisfactory. We decided to have our first meal at the on site restaurant as it looked nice with sofas and tv screens. I ordered lasagne after seeing a picture of it on the menu and thought it looked really nice. However, the food arrived and my lasagne looked NOTHING like the picture, but was what only could be described as in a jacket potato dish, topped with an inch thick of cheese. After scooping it all off I found two layers of pasta sheet surrounded in severely runny bolognese type sauce. As you can probably tell I wasn’t very impressed yet ate as much as I could to be polite. (I so should have complained!) We then went to enjoy the evening entertainment by playing bingo of which I hadn’t done many times before and therefore resulted in quarrels with Gabby over the rules, as she seemed to know everything but I couldn’t get my head around why out of a book of four you only had to get a ‘line’ to win on three of them and a ‘full house’ on the last! To top the evening off we didn’t win, yet was lucky enough to have a slush puppy splashed all over us because the little girl on the next table decided to throw it on the floor. Oh and then neither her or her parents had the audacity to apologise to us, but instead the Dad offered me some napkins!!! Nice one!
TUESDAY
Today we decided to have a cooked breakfast at the on site restaurant, however I’m not keen on full English and therefore wanted something along the lines of a bacon roll. So Gabby asks a lady wiping tables do they only do the one breakfast (a full English) of which she says yes. So Gabby just says get one and eat what you can. So we’re sat there after finishing, Gabby’s plate empty, mine half full, when a manager walks around placing a ‘breakfast menu’ on all tables including ours with a list of NUMEROUS breakfast choices (including a bacon roll!) As you can imagine we were not happy and almost complained! We walked into Croyde and passed a group of children riding horses. A little way up the road where they had come from was horse droppings, and a lot of it! A van then proceeded to drive straight over it and the only way for us to carry on walking was to tip toe over it whilst holding our breath! During the evening entertainment an announcement was made that a nine year old girl had gone missing from the building and for around an hour people were coming in and out searching the room, asking children for their name and where their parents were etc. On our way out I asked a security guard whether they had found her or not and he said yes they had and she was found in the tent next to hers despite her parents being adamant that she “would not leave the entertainment building!” All jokes aside, I was actually really worried when they couldn’t find her and got a horrible feeling in my stomach!
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2...
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