Define relaxing:

Today was our last full day and it was decided by the adults that it was going to be a beach day, doing nothing but relaxing and taking in the surroundings.

For me it was perfect, I did nothing just sat on my chair, built a footrest from sand and thought about nothing, rarely even picking my phone up, I just relaxed!

Jamie similarly sat and read her book but did venture into the sea with Lincoln during the brief time he came to our pitch by the rocks.

We watched the tide rise to its highest by 2pm and watched it go out for the rest of the afternoon before eventually returning to the digs to shower before dinner.

For both children this is just a holiday a week in a different place, away from what they know and love best but not far enough to miss it. Phones are their crack and so long as they’re online they’re fine. We wanted to spend time with them but they don’t need to, because they have their whole lives in front of them do that it doesn’t matter that we are only at the seaside for a short time which cost a lot to achieve and is our point.

Bucket of blood the last let down of this holiday, promised a Cornish seafood extravaganza online but in reality pub grub with the “catch of the day” Hake with chips…? Good food but Cornwall yet again fails to live up to the hype when it comes to serving fresh fish? Maybe we’re just not eating at the right places but come on, all the pubs we’ve been in are by the sea!

Sunburn is painful and yes its avoidable if you wear sunscreen but on our first day here we were holiday happy and applied it sparingly instead of liberally and all of us were caught out.

Reagan was the most sensible making sure her perfect skin remained perfect, with Mommy a close second only catching the sun after joining me in the sea which washed of her sunscreen. I applied mine to hot-spots which I thought was sensible but burned the tops of my arms really bad and the top of my man boobs which burned before I applied protection.

Lincoln lay on the beach for ages but both mom and me asked him “Did you apply sunscreen?” To which he replied “Yes”

He lay in the sun for ages before jumping in the sea by which time he was already feeling the burn, but today it became unbearable.

After a lovely walk down to the beach as we did yesterday afternoon we decided to have a cheeky little drink at Spoons where we got the call that Lincoln had taken a turn… I was left waiting for a Stella and a Pear Cider as mom dashed home.

I followed eventually after necking me Stella and carried the cider home to find Linc “in agony” with mom and Reagan on the phone to 111 for fucking sunburn?

The boys been a tit he’s in pain and needs to man up take the care he’s being given and get on with it! Paracetamol Ibuprofen and shit loads of aftersun like I’m lashing on to me arms…

Oh by the way we went to St Michael’s Mount today such a beautiful place and should have been the main thing about this blog but hey ho

Waking up to seagulls squawking means we are either very close to landfill or the coast thankfully we are in Hayle just across the bay from St Ives. Our first full day of our South Coast holiday in an apartment looking over the sea and the sun is blazing, maybe not so much as it has for the past two or three weeks but enough to walk down the coast after bacon butties to see what high tide looks like.

We walked the headland because the sea was lapping the rocks that last night when we arrived at low tide were 500 meters away from the sea. The the tide was now going out so once we’d got as far as we could go there was a bit of sand showing almost all the way back so we were able to walk back along the beach.

We took our time and managed to get back completely on the sand, for me a perfect start to the day. We packed up our beach stuff once we got back Jamie made sandwiches and we went back to the beach for the rest of the day.

I ventured into the sea which was very tough at first but once in they couldn’t get me out the waves were pretty big but the actual depth even 35 metres out I was still able to stand up. I enjoyed diving through the breakers but preferred floating on me back over the rest, eventually though after nearly an hour I got a bit cold and made me way back to the chairs.

With the kids now back at the digs mom and me sat and soaked up the sun while we dried off and warmed back up.

Its still only 6pm as I sit writing this still baking in the sun with a beer,  the day is far from over but so far its been perfect.

Lincoln is lay on the couch looking at his phone, mom’s cooking spagbol for tea before we go out and Reagan’s asleep, so as family holidays go so far this is a great one and its only day one!

Reagan applied for a job at the Fox and Hounds in Sproston and they called her this week to come and do a trial shift so tonight while mom and Lincoln were at his last show of 13 I dropped her off to do her first shift.

It was very surreal watching her confidence as she walked to the door not looking back for reassurance just disappearing in to the pub.

I went to pick her up 4 hours later and sat on the carpark waiting only to see her finishing her shift clearing and cleaning tables in the garden area.

From being handed this tiny baby 16 years ago to watching her start her first job has been a roller coaster of emotions but tonight was a proud feeling.

As she walked towards the car I could tell it had gone well from the huge beaming smile on her face not normal for the girl who tries not to show emotion.

How did it go, was my only question

REALLY WELL, DAD!

I shadowed a girl called Emma, who said I did really good and recommended me to the Becky the manager for aanother shift.

They asked me to clear tables and clean them but realised I was good at it so eventually I was taking plates to the tables then taking orders and taking payments. The weirdest thing was going behind the bar for a drink, I needed it I’ve been on my feet for 4 hours! LoL