Mother Iveys Bay Holiday Park

Just got back from 8 days on a fully serviced touring pitch on Mother Iveys.(Cost £34per night plus dog charge)
We first visited this site in 1991 with an old decrepid Monza tourer. It lashed down with rain and after a few miserable days we gave up and went home,as a non electric caravan with basic facilities and two large soggy labradors are not condusive to comfortable living! Only a bottle of scotch and a radio kept us going! However, we rented a static for a week the following September as it looked such a lovely quiet site. Ok, I'm getting to the point! Our week that September sold us forever on this site. The weather was beautiful and we had a wonderful holiday, so much that the following year we purchased a static caravan there.
We had 5 super years of hols and saw the site develop, with all the old caravans on the north side of the site going. We were forced to sell up through financial reasons ie loss of a job, but mourned its loss as did my daughter and her fiancee who fancied himself as a surfer and they spent as much time there as we did - jobs allowing.
We spent the next 11 years travelling the world but everywhere we went as were on a beach- Hawaii included! my comments were always the same- " its nice , but I still think Mother Iveys bay takes some beating! it just needed the same temperatures as Hawaii but sometimes its scorching down there.
We are retired now and back with a tourer! can't afford the long hauls any more! We have 'done the southwest' over the last few years touring, and we keep coming back to the fact that - yes mother iveys is pricey, but you get what you pay for. We can park up there and get complete relaxation. Loads of walks either with or without dogs ( Doggy charge a bit pricey also ) Choice of beaches, and near Padstow ( if you like this new improved Padstow! liked it better before it was famous! ) near Truro for some retail therapy and near loads of other less frequented beaches. The site is now super tidy and laid out well. If you like a beach holiday with walks, views, ambiant surroundings, no pub- one in st Merryn if you feel the need- no clubs or such like then this is the place. The kids ride round on their bikes enjoying themselves safely- we were laughing at them this last week as they were still going in the sea although it was turning them goosey! Good shop, (try the pasties), super laundrette. My husband an I have decided on our slow ride home at 60mph that its the best in the southwest and we've tried a few!
ps the dog loves it - he'll sleep for a week when he gets back.