I thought the employees at Porth Holiday Park were rude, but the ones here are Ruda! They are much Ruda! They even named the place after how much Ruda they are!
I adore Ruda... I holidayed here in the 1980s when I wasn't even in school yet, and then again a few years later when I was in school, and then as an adult, I drove back down here several times, enjoyed Croyde Beach, and even slept over here once or twice.
They have a cool "flume" which is a waterslide, sticking out of their little mini swimming pool building. It looks like nothing now, but when I was a kid, it was absolutely thrilling. I have very embarrassing nude photos of me hanging out on the beach here.
I was last here last year, and it's as lovely as ever. There were girls doing Yoga on the beach, it was windy and raining (it's England, it always is!), and it just felt like home. My Dad doesn't even have the BMW that he drove me and Mum down here in, on the little hedge-lined B-roads of Devon... they're not even married anymore, in fact they broke up just years after the first vacation here and neither one have ever returned, although I have.
The best part is that you can walk from the accommodation directly onto the beach. What could be better.
And this is review #1988 because that was probably one of the years I came here as a tiny lad, even though I may not have been born yet then.
I was going to recreate the nude photo now that I am an adult, but I feel like with a fully grown man, it would be a lot Ruda. read more