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3 night family break in Landrake, Cornwall: travel diary + photos

Published on April 19, 2021September 18, 2025 by Victoria3 Comments

On Good Friday I had a quick look on Airbnb to see if there were any holidays available for under £100 per night in Devon for the end of the Easter holidays.

The lockdown restrictions were easing as part of the government roadmap out of lockdown and we were allowed to stay in self-contained accommodation from 12th April 2021. Yippee!

Amazingly I found a cottage for just £70 per night in Landrake, Cornwall just next to the border of Devon. It was very lucky as there were only two accommodations available in the entire of Devon and Cornwall for the last weekend of the Easter holidays for under £100 per night.

So we nabbed it!

Cornwall was actually perfect for us. We were looking at Devon as it’s a bit nearer and it would only be a short break, but we absolutely love Cornwall 🙂

Read on to see what we got up to for three nights and three days in Landrake, Cornwall and beyond.

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Visiting West Portholland beach in Cornwall with kids

Published on November 1, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria2 Comments

In this blog post, I’ll share a little about our recent visit to the beach at West Portholland in Cornwall. You’ll also find lots of our travel photos and a video of the day at the end of this travel blog post.

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Pentewan Sands Holiday Park Review

Published on November 1, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

In this blog post, I will share my Pentewan Sands Holiday Park review and lots of photos at the end. Pentewan Sands is a holiday resort in Cornwall with a privately owned beach called Pentewan Sands Beach.

It’s a touring site with pitches for caravans, campers and tents, but also has a large range of holiday homes to rent and beach houses. We stayed in a three-bedroom holiday home in The Willows section.

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Cornwall with kids: Polperro

Published on October 31, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

In this blog post I will share our quick visit to Polperro in Cornwall and our photos.

We worked out this is our fourth time to Cornwall (since me and Ben have been together). We’d been for a short trip before kids to Perranporth and stayed in Ben’s tiny tent. When Bella was perhaps one or two we stayed in The Victoria Hotel in Newquay. Two years ago we stayed for one week in the middle of North Cornwall somewhere and this time we have stayed for a week at Pentewan Sands Holiday Park.

Whilst I can’t really remember too much about the first two trips, we have typically had the worst weather on both our week long stays!

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Cornwall with kids: Porthluney Beach

Published on October 31, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria2 Comments

On our recent trip to Cornwall we managed a quick stop at Porthluney Beach. See our photos and videos at the end of this blog post of Porthluney Beach.

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Cornwall with kids: Hemmick Beach rugged rocks

Visiting Hemmick Beach in Cornwall with kids

Published on October 29, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria3 Comments

In this blog post I will share our visit to Hemmick Beach in Cornwall and photos.

On our recent holiday to Cornwall with kids we visited some beaches we have never been to before in Cornwall. That was my plan for this trip. We’ve been to Cornwall around three or four times before and we usually go back to the same places each time: Portholland, Newquay and Perranporth.

There’s always good reason as Ben has family friends in Portholland that practically live on the tiny beach on one side, and his grandparents were from Perranporth and there’s a bench up above the beach that is dedicated to them. I love the beaches at Newquay and there’s lots to see and do, so we tend to go there too. Of course it’s lovely to visit these places, but as I keep saying to Ben about travelling – every time we visit the same place, we lose a chance to see somewhere new. Life is short and I want to see as many places as possible!

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Pentewan Sands Beach, St Austell, Cornwall

Visiting Pentewan Sands Beach in Cornwall with kids

Published on October 28, 2019September 18, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

This October we went to Cornwall for one week with our kids ages seven and four years. We explored lots of beaches including Pentewan Sands Beach which is a privately owned beach in front of Pentewan Sands Holiday Park. I’ll share our thoughts of the beach and then all the photos at the end of the blog post.

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