Looe

A lovely relaxing day in Looe. After all the driving yesterday we decided to stay put today and not use the car at all. We slept in before heading off on a lovely slow walk around both sides of the tidal river which splits Looe in half. Even though it was grey and spitting it was still warm enough and we stayed dry. The shops were so interesting and there so many more of them than we realised last night. There were heaps of little cafes and bakeries, mainly specialising in Cornish pasties and many gift shops all with a nautical theme going on. There were also several very nice farm shops so we gathered more delicious bits for our dinner. We stopped for the loveliest lunch at a gorgeous little tearooms called Miss Marples, where we sat upstairs overlooking the street. We continued exploring the far side of the river until we spotted the ferry ride for 50p each. We climbed aboard a little boat and had a ride the 200m across the water to the side we are staying on. We then wandered up our street to the cottage. At 4pm we walked back with the sun coming out, into town, this time on a mission- to find the only bar in town showing live sport as the All Blacks were playing South Africa. It was pretty rough and we entered through a door at the back of a narrow alleyway, but we settled in to watch one of two televisions showing sport. To our dismay there was no sound and instead we were listening to a soccer programme on the other TV, even though we were the only people who had come in wanting to watch something. We left at half time very frustrated and walked home. We made a detour into the oldest pub in Looe which is at the bottom of our street and ended up spending almost two hours there chatting to a lovely couple from Somerset. The disappointment of the rugby was forgotten as the atmosphere of this pub was so lovely, even with the barking of a badly behaved dog in there, and we really enjoyed comparing our lifestyles on opposite sides of the world. We then headed home for a lovely platter of food and some TV. Looe is a beautiful spot- so pleased to have chosen it for our last stop and the cottage is wonderful. Just so comfortable and cosy and everything we need. Only hope we don’t get a parking ticket as not sure we are really parked inside the yellow lines. Would probably still be in the car though if we were any closer to the house!Read more