Cornwall for us first timers....

After many years of thinking about it, worrying about taking babies/toddlers on a long car journey, we bit the bullet and went for a week to Cornwall in August.
It was like Goa! But but but much colder and cleaner.
Our first thought was why travel to Spain/Canary Islands etc when this is in the same country and then realised how cold it was in August in the water.....
But so beautiful and have recommended a trip to all our friends who have never been. The beaches are lovely - we were at Fistral beach in Newquay and 3 of the St Ives beaches. Our hotel was on the beachfront and had this lovely view from the restaurant, very child friendly, lots of children's activities etc.
Blissful to watch children playing in the sand/rock pools while chilling on the sand, knowing the hotel and warm showers were a few minutes walk away.
All worth the 4.5 hours drive from Birmingham, most of it traffic jams after the motorway.

This is one of the beaches at St Ives.