Gordon went on to say: “Our family and friends holidayed at Trewince for many happy years because we loved the people and the area and we were great friends with managers Jim and Jean Wilde and their daughter Sally. First time was as a child was in a chalet. Coach Cottage, Quay cottage stays started when my father bought a Hutchinson Nautisport inflatable with a Volvo Penta outboard that zipped it along at about 30 knots. It did for fishing, shopping trips to Falmouth and St Mawes, beach and pub/restaurant runs. So the car stayed virtually immobile for two weeks which suited my Dad as he drove for his living as a commercial truck salesman, and because there’s no breathalyzers on the water. As an adult I used to meet up with my family and groups of friends there when I was on leave serving in the RAF in Germany, then later at Brize Norton. The last time I stayed at Trewince was to camp up for a few days after backpacking the Cornish Coastal Path from St Ives in the late 80s or early 90s meeting up with my sister, brother in law and young nephew. There was drama one night as a caravan went up in flames in the woods and the PT firefighters had been in the pub first, but they sorted it and nobody was injured. Superb place.”
Gordon might be interested in seeing this old list of Charter rates from 1962:
I too came to Trewince with Gordon and his mum and dad in late 60’s early 70’s and I would say it was where I met my first love. A pen pal of the then proprietor’s daughter Sally Wild, Bridgette Fabray, stayed during a summer time we were there and I was hopelessly smitten. I think we were probably 16 years old. We kept in touch for a few years but inevitably life, and adulthood we stopped writing. Many years after my wife and I have visited and stayed at Trewince and I have very fond memories of those times, and the previous ones too…..
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