Cornwall & Devon day 26 Fri 18 May 2018

High cloud this morning. Huge buffet English breakfast at the Bowood Park Hotel Lanteglos Camelford. Left at 9.30am, drove to Port Quin and parked for two pounds (honesty box). Followed the Coast Path for three miles to Port Issac (Doc Martin land). Wandered around and took photos. A film crew were filming something in the hotel. Yvonne purchased a tea towel with a print of an Atlantic Sea Bass for the growing collection. After returning to the car in Port Quin drove back to the strawberry farm with a pick your own sign only to be told they were not in season. No matter Yvonne purchased farm vegetables and cheese for dinner. Then set the GPS for Clovelly in North Devon and arrived just before 5pm after the visitors centre had closed. Signs directed to a side ramp which could be secured by a serious gate. However staff going home said the gate is open all night. (So arrive late to avoid the GBP 7.50 entry fee). Yvonne’s knees took a pounding down the steep cobblestone sloped roads. Clovelly is car free and everything is transported down the cobbled streets by sled. Dinner and beers in two Clovelly pubs. Drove to Porlock in Somerset passing lambs, sheep and horses on the roadside. However there was no "Hillside" property in the High Street and roughly twenty people in the hotel knew of its location. Spent an hour following people's best guesses and knocking on doors till the owner rang us back and advised the location of the hidden lane we needed to use. We still had to wait till 10.45pm for the owner to get home from performing in a play. All amenities of the house were shared with the owners not just the toilet as described by Booking.com.Read more