On to St.Tudy, a small
village in Cornwall where we’ve rented a cottage for a month. Some challenges on the four
hour trip, like heavy fog, rain and wind but with a few breaks for Bruce we got
here in about four hours.
Get to the cottage and I
haven’t written down the phone number of the proprieter, darn, major problem
after we find the cottage. Look around for a key and find one at the back door
under a mat. Thank You! Both tired at this point but unload the car because it
is getting dark and I wander through the cottage putting on lights so we can
find our way. Cottage it may be but is large and has two beds and one and half baths. I think we’ll be comfortable
here. She has decorated for Christmas which makes it festive.
Our landlord came to visit in
the morning to see if everything was all right. Nice woman and very helpful
with suggestions. We walked to the Community Shop, seems to
have most anything, it is also the Post Office. Returned to the cottage to drop
our goods and then went to the Church. It seems that Sunday afternoon and
Mondays are closing times in the winter, Pub was closed as well. So unpacked
and did laundry and looked for local maps and places of interest to see in the
area.
Investigating our environment
in the cottage we are finding out how things work. An example, there is no
direct current to the wall sockets until you turn it on, the shower only works
by pulling a cord to turn it on. Having said that the place is quite modern and
many nice pictures from Greece line the walls. Our landlords collected them
every trip they made there. There is a good sized back yard attached to the
cottage which will be fabulous in the spring and summer going by what is left over the winter.
Lexi Cat alternates her time
at a window sill looking for birds or doing her own investigation. There is an
outside cat that came into the yard which she ignored but ran to the window
when two horses went by the lane. We realized she has never seen a horse, nor
has she lived in a place with inside stairs before.
The Brits still have working
phone booths for communities. It was a bit strange to see one, although we do
have one in Madeira Park.
Had our first of what I
expect will be many lunch at the local pub. Found out it is closed for
Christmas week so we’ll have to go to a neighbouring town if we want a meal to
celebrate.
Went looking for the pub that
is open in St. Mabyn, 3 miles from St. Tudy, down what appear to be single
traffic narrow roads, but ARE NOT. Took the wrong fork in the road, no signage,
and ended back up on the highway so decided to go to Camelford instead. We had
a very nice lunch of Port Issac scallops at the Mason Arms. Every inch of wall
and ceiling is decorated in there! Bottles, steins, well I won’t go on… Very
friendly proprietor who recommended the scallops because “you can always have a
BLT now can’t you, but how often do you get to sample local shellfish?” Yes, they
were delicious!
Wet and very windy here
today. The local shop was busy and cars parked all over town because there was
a funeral happening. I only know that because I overheard it.
We found the WiFi place but
kept driving. It’s called Hengar Manor – well la-di-dah, will see if it lives
up to it’s name. Most buildings have house names to them, some are what I would
think of as grand names that the buildings do not look like they deserve. They
don’t seem to have house numbers, hence the house names I think.
Hengar Manor isn't swish but it is nice and has many facilities including an indoor pool etc. Well I can't diss it because I'm using their free WiFi!
So that's all for this week. Cheers and don't shop til you drop! Bx2 & Lexi Cat
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