Rock pooling in Cornwall
I remember holidays in Cornwall as a child where I have fond memories of the rock pools and all the amazing wonders they have to offer, so I was very keen to take my children rock pooling when we were in Cornwall.
The weather all week was not looking good, so we kept putting a beach visit off, until the last day. We got up and it was pouring with rain, but I said, ” this is our last chance….we’re going whether it’s raining or not” so off we went! Luckily, the rain stopped and it turned out to be the best day we had all week.
We went to Daymar beach, which was a beautiful small beach with sand, sea and small rock pools, perfect for little ones to explore. When we arrived the children immediately put on swimming costumes (how do they not feel the cold?) and headed straight for the sea. They had a great time jumping the waves, before deciding, actually it is a little cold and headed back up the beach to play in the sand for a bit.
BB built a very strange castle (if you can call it that) of where Father christmas lives (apparently?!). He spent ages telling me all about it, what each bit of it was for and how it all worked, it was fascinating to listen to his imagination! It was such an amazing creation!
Next we all grabbed our buckets and nets, which were borrowed from Coombe Mill for a bit of rock pooling. It was quite slippery, but the children soon got used to it and were very excited at finding things in the little pools. Their favourite things to find were snails. They literally found loads of them and collected them in the buckets. That was fine, except when it was time to put them back, we couldn’t just gently tip them back into a pool, as they had all stuck themselves to the buckets, so we had to prize them off one by one!
The children also loved spotting crabs, little fish and just about anything that looked interesting. We all had such a great time rock pooling together and I think the kids learnt a lot about how much tiny life there is in the sea. I hope we can do this again one day.
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Looks like you all had a super time!
WE all loved it!
i think thats the best castle i have ever seen! .. i have to say these are so totally my kind of holiday .. just perfect
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments
Thank you, that castle was rather spectaular
Glad to see you had a great day to end your holiday here, BB’s castle is brilliant and all 3 of them look so happy playing by the seaside. Dropping in from Magic Moments.
Thanks, we did have a lovely day on the beach
That’s a very creative and imaginative sandcastle! Love it
#whatsthestory.
Yes, it was definitely different
Rockpooling is something we must add to our list of outdoor things to do. H wants to do crabbing this year though, so that is first up.
Crabbing is great fun, I hope you enjoy it
Fab pictures, looks likes so much fun and I love their faces, priceless. #magicmoments
Love the Father Christmas castle such fab imagination.
brilliant, looks like lots of fun. we love rockpooling and being on the beach. #LetKidsBeKids
What a lovely day out. I used to love rock pooling as a child. Gorgeous photos too x
That castle looks amazing, and I love that he had clear ideas about it all! I loved rock pooling when I was little, too. We’ve yet to do it, with Little Man still being quite young, but we will, we will!
Can you believe I’ve never been to Cornwall? I’d love to go it looks fab #letkidsbekids
What a fantastic day!! I love rock pooling! x
Sounds like a great day, I’m glad the weather turned out okay for your day! Lovely pictures, looks like they had fun
I love rock-pooling. I remember catching a small fish in my flip flop one year in Cornwall. I love your pictures and I often think it is the days we expect little of that turn out to be the best of all
Aww looks like a fun day despite the cool weather! Loving BB’s imagination with father Christmas’s home, great stuff! The rockpooling looks great too xx #letkidsbekids
Certainly looks like a wonderful place to spend the day. Good you decided to go despite the dodgy weather. That sandcastle is quite creative!
Sounds like an amazing day Karen. I’d love to do this when mine are a bit older
It looks like you had a lovely time in Cornwall. I’ve not been to Daymar Beach-think we need to visit it next time we’re down. Isn’t rock pooling the best fun
Oh Karen, this looks ace. We’re going to Coombe Mill in October, so your posts are only making me more excitied! Although, rock pooling might be out for us judging by the weather at the moment!
Oh I do love searching in rockpools, we did it on holiday too, the children loved it. I used to live by the sea and we would go there at the weekend and see what we could find, I always enjoyed it .
What a great day! I love that photo of BB with sand all down his front, his face is so funny (and looks cheeky) x #letkidsbekids
Aww you looked like you all had a great day, glad you didn’t let the rain spoil it for you. We really must try rock pooling one day. #countrykids