We are now at Christy's in Seaford where we will stay for the next month until we fly home - apart from 4 days in Cardiff for the Eisteddford in mid August.
Our second week in Cornwall was fabulous. We are fans of the TV series Doc Martin - not sure if it's the scenery at Port Isaac or the quirky character that attract us but we chose a cottage at Port Quin, about 1 km as the crow flies from Port Isaac for our stay.
Our second week in Cornwall was fabulous. We are fans of the TV series Doc Martin - not sure if it's the scenery at Port Isaac or the quirky character that attract us but we chose a cottage at Port Quin, about 1 km as the crow flies from Port Isaac for our stay.
We had an apartmnet in the house in the centre of this picture.
Port Isaac - note Louisa's school - we had a coffee there one day.
Phil called in to see if he could get an appointment with Doc Martin but no-one was in - it seems to be let as a holiday cottage.
Doc Martin's house is the smaller stone one
Our house had a great location righ on the cliffs beside the coast path - it runs along the sea edge of the fence
We had one of the apartments in the house but you can also rent 'The Castle' a little folly even closer to the cliffs http://www.nationaltrustcottages.co.uk/nt.asp?p=63&c=13
View from our living room
Lunch at Rick Stein's St Petroc Restaurant at Padstow - just delicious food.
We also had fish and chips from his harbour shop,
cheese from his deli,
bread from his patisserie etc - maybe they will change the name to Padstein before too long.
Long walks along the cliff paths and a day at Clovelly.
And probably best of all, lunch at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant at Watergate Bay in Cornwall. We had seen the TV program in Australia last year about setting up Fifteen in Melbourne. We were impressed to watch him take fifteen VERYdisadvantaged young people and train them up to become chefs/waiters for the restaurant. JO was a multi millionaire in his 20s and could have put his feet up or gone shopping for the rest of his life like many footballers here but he's chosen to take on some really tough challenges to help others. I wonder what motivates him? Anyway it was a great experience at all levels - beautiful location, really good food, good ambience and first rate service. You know all the staff come from really tough backgrounds - often criminals, homeless, drug users etc but they were all very polished, professional but friendly - very impressive. I plan to write to Richard Branson to see why he doesn't do something similar in some of the companies he owns - not everyone wants to work in food service.
Port Isaac - note Louisa's school - we had a coffee there one day.
Phil called in to see if he could get an appointment with Doc Martin but no-one was in - it seems to be let as a holiday cottage.
Doc Martin's house is the smaller stone one
Our house had a great location righ on the cliffs beside the coast path - it runs along the sea edge of the fence
We had one of the apartments in the house but you can also rent 'The Castle' a little folly even closer to the cliffs http://www.nationaltrustcottages.co.uk/nt.asp?p=63&c=13View from our living room
Our nearest village was Port Quin - some years ago 32 fishermen from the village drowned when their boats were caught in a gale leaving most of the women of the village widows. It became a ghost town until the National Trust acquired it and restored a number of the houses for long term and holiday rental.
Port Quin
I could write loads about a week but time is running out so just a few photos and highlights.
Padstow - very classy little town - Maggie Thatcher used to holiday here when she was PM - one of the few things she failed to ruin!!
Lunch at Rick Stein's St Petroc Restaurant at Padstow - just delicious food.
We also had fish and chips from his harbour shop, cheese from his deli, bread from his patisserie etc - maybe they will change the name to Padstein before too long.Long walks along the cliff paths and a day at Clovelly.
And probably best of all, lunch at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant at Watergate Bay in Cornwall. We had seen the TV program in Australia last year about setting up Fifteen in Melbourne. We were impressed to watch him take fifteen VERYdisadvantaged young people and train them up to become chefs/waiters for the restaurant. JO was a multi millionaire in his 20s and could have put his feet up or gone shopping for the rest of his life like many footballers here but he's chosen to take on some really tough challenges to help others. I wonder what motivates him? Anyway it was a great experience at all levels - beautiful location, really good food, good ambience and first rate service. You know all the staff come from really tough backgrounds - often criminals, homeless, drug users etc but they were all very polished, professional but friendly - very impressive. I plan to write to Richard Branson to see why he doesn't do something similar in some of the companies he owns - not everyone wants to work in food service.
This is Fifteen on the top level.
