NO SUNSHINE, NO HOLIDAY

As I write this early Sunday morning I should be waking up on holiday in Cornwall. But for this

past week the weather forecasts for West Cornwall have been truly appalling, with literally rain

predicted daily for this week.

In fact the cottage owner in St Ives probably thinks I'm already there and settled in. But I think

I decided a week ago that I wasn't going to turn up this week. And my stay there in June wasn't much

better. How did I manage to pick the wrong 2 separate weeks? I will of course phone the Holiday Company on Monday and let them know that I'm not there this week.

Of course I'll just have to write off the extortionate money I paid out for this week as I wouldn't get a

penny back at this late in the day. In fact I booked this very week back in April because later

this week the new School terms restart and all the holiday Let prices drop down by around two or three hundred pounds.

But if you want to make a booking throughout July or August, the standard weekly fee for a self catering cottage is going to be anywhere between £800 to £1,000 just for a week. So I came up with a cost cutting idea and that is to simply cut out my regular second visit to Cornwall in September and just

settle for a May or June booking when the weather is often more reliable.

And despite all this St Ives wins yet another award.

ST IVES IS U.K's HAPPIEST SEASIDE TOWN.