Royal Visitor at Trevose Head

Trevose Head welcomed a VIP guest on Tuesday (19 May 2009) when His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent paid a Royal Visit to our friends at the Padstow RNLI Boathouse, across the bay from Mother Ivey’s.


We have to offer thanks to our local paparazzi, Mr ‘long lens’ Jim Rushton, who captured His Royal Highness landing by helicopter at Mother Ivey’s Cottage, on his way to meet the Cox of the Padstow Lifeboat, Mr Alan Tarby, and other local dignitaries.

It was an excellent opportunity for His Royal Highness to see the fabulous new Boathouse and to meet the brave crew. The Lifeboat station is clearly visible from our park, nestled into the rugged Cornish coastline. At present, we have a caravan for sale enjoying views across to the lifeboat station.

BBC Film Crew comes to MIB

While the rest of Padstow celebrated May Day and the Obby Oss, Mother Ivey’s Bay received a visit from a BBC film crew.

Last summer the crew filmed ‘Summer and Autumn’, two of the Four Seasons from Rosamund Pilcher’s popular book, and on 1st May they were filming scenes for ‘Winter and Spring’, completing the story.

Sadly, Tom Conti wasn’t required for filming, as we would have liked to have seen him at Mother Ivey's Bay. We won’t spoil it for anyone who has not read the book, but the BBC has the UK film rights and will broadcast it later in the year (we think!).

If it takes your fancy, you might also be able to watch it during a visit to Spain and Germany. Rosamund Pilcher is very very popular in Germany, with much of her work produced specially for German TV.

Below are some pictures from the day showing the crew's vans and two of the horses taking a well-earned break between takes!

Marine Conservation at MIB

Mother Ivey’s Bay has just completed its Beach survey for the Marine Conservation society. The results are then sent to them for analysis. We try to complete 4 a year with the results being used to assess the impact of waste that ends up in the seas around our coast.

The team at Mother Ivey’s takes pride in the quality of our beach and this survey helps us to make sure that the beach is clean and safe. We have team members that clean the beach every day.

The amount of waste that is in our seas needs to be controlled as we all enjoy going to clean beaches and seeing lots of different creatures in and around the coasts and coast lines.

Accolades for 2009

Mother Ivey's Bay is proud to have collected a number of prestigious accolades ahead of the 2009 holiday season.

The outstanding Customer Service Award was presented to our Housekeeper and Head Gardener Wendy Redford-Jones by Ruby Wax. (see left margin of blog)

The David Bellamy Gold Award! for conservation is an award we are particularly proud of at the park. The award recognizes the efforts we go to to care for, protect and preserve the stunning location we are lucky enough to be able to offer at Mother Ivey's Bay. In a similar vein, we are proud holders of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty accolade.