Impressive surf at MIB

Our special thanks to Richard Vinall who has sent us this awesome photo taken on Mother Ivey’s beach during his holiday last summer. It comes with a Health Warning… always best just to admire the sea when it is as wild as this, and never go in! Thanks for sharing the photo with us Richard. If anyone else would like to share their Mother Ivey’s holiday photos and memories, we would love to hear from you.

Young arrivals at MIB!

We are celebrating here with the latest crop of young Swallows to call MIB home! Their parents return to Mother Ivey's Bay every year and build their nests in our undercover store area next to the Housekeeping shed. The undercover store is used to keep most of the weather off our Grass cutting machine, which is used every day. Having said this the Swallows are not put off by the comings and going during the day.

They seem to be growing rapidly, which is just as well as these migratory youngsters have quite a flight ahead of them!

Planning starts for new facilities

We are planning a major overhaul of our touring facilities, replacing the existing ‘Palace’ and ‘Field’ toilet blocks with completely new facilities that will incorporate the latest ‘green’ technology without compromising customer comfort. This is in keeping with Mother Ivey's policy to have as little harmful impact on the environment as possible.

Regular updates will appear on our website and this blog as the project progresses.

FEEDBACK & IDEAS REQUESTED

Customers are invited to email info@motheriveysbay.com with any suggestions for the new facilities or you can leave a comment here on our blog. Please also tell us if you already know of excellent touring facilities on other Parks because as they say ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’, and if someone else is already doing it well then we would like to know.

Our photo shows architects Claire Newman and Roger Green from PDP Green Consulting Ltd making a preliminary survey on Monday 8th June 2009.

Calling all Carnival Queens

The nearby village of St Merryn is holding the 2009 St Merryn Carnival on Saturday 15^th August and would welcome any fairy queens and carnival queens from around the country to join in the fun, so please don’t hesitate to contact the carnival committee on 07812-841024 if you are on holiday at the time and wish to take part. There will also be categories for child and adult walkers, so you don’t have to be a fairy queen to join in the fun while on holiday! Entrants assemble at 6.00 pm at the playing fields, and of course everyone is welcome to watch the parade through the village.

Stunning Sunset at Mother Ivey's Bay

Guests at the park are often treated to some stunning sunsets, along with impressive sea conditions and a variety of local wildlife. This picture of a particularly stunning sunset over the park was taken this month.

There are a selection of photos of life at the park, regularly updated in the photo gallery of the main Mother Ivey's Bay website. A selection can also be found on their facebook page along with details of upcoming local events.

Smokers lose their ashtray!

Life for the smoking regulars at the Cornish Arms pub just got a little bit tougher! One of their wall-mounted ashtrays has been commandeered by a family of Blue Tits, leaving them to stub their cigarettes out in a temporary facility.

The cheeky Blue Tit family decided that the ashtray was just what they were looking for for their new family and promptly moved in, much to the amusement of the management and many of the pub's human clientele.

The new residents between them have created a comfortable nest and laid four eggs which have now hatched. Pub manager Colin Hart said the feathered "squatters" were discovered nesting two weeks ago.

He said: "One morning we noticed something going in and out of the cigarette box. We investigated and discovered a blue tit was nesting in there.

"There were some eggs which have now hatched into chicks, and their mother is busy feeding them. All the staff and regulars want to keep them protected."

Recycling at Mother Ivey's Bay

The amount of rubbish that is generated is staggering. Glass bottles, Plastic bottles, Paper, Card and Tins are all things that can be recycled. Everything else, at the moment, has to go to landfill.

Here at Mother Ivey’s we have been keen to attack this problem and have introduced, over the last few years, Recycling Bins within our waste collection areas around the Caravan Park. Last year we tried to encourage all of our guests to recycle as much as possible. The good news is that we have really got into recycling and the proof for us is in how many times we have had to exchange the large recycling skips.

2008 we exchanged one 8 yard skip of each type of waste (Plastic bottles and Tins, Cardboard, and paper) In the first 2 months of 2009 season (April and May) we have exchanged 1 skip of each type with the second skips to be exchanged by the end of June.

This must be great news for Mother Ivey’s and of course for Cornwall and our Children. We must keep this up and improve on other waste streams.

Summer planting at Mother Ivey's Bay

While many garden lovers have descended on the RHS Chelsea Garden Show in May, perhaps they should have come to Mother Ivey’s for their inspiration! Late May is the ideal time to prepare the flower beds and our gardening duet of Wendy and Phil have been busy replanting the beds around our entrance and reception. They replaced the Wall Flowers that looked lovely earlier in the season with a magnificent display of geraniums, as we prepare for a beautiful summer. Our photos show the beds ‘before’ and ‘after’ planting.



For more photos of Mother Ivey's Bay, why not visit the Photo Gallery?