June 28 Bude, Cornwall

Seems like we were driving for a long time today.  In the end, I think we went about 40-50 miles!  So funny how your perspective changes when you’re in holiday mode.

Yesterday in the hotel in Tavistock we saw two things I’ve never seen before.  First, the room had an electric trouser press against the wall and here’s what it looked like.

When we checked in I asked if they had a luggage cart and was told no, but they had a lift (elevator).  We’ve never seen an elevator like this before (we saw the same type of elevator when we went out for a drink at a pub later in the evening.)  It only goes up or down one floor and you have to keep your finger on the button to have it move and then take your finger off when you want it to stop.  When you get to the floor you want, you have to wait several seconds before you can push the door open to get out.  Talk about having a moment of panic as the door didn’t open initially!

We initially thought we would stop for the night in Okehampton and saw a cute little indoor shopping mall but no vacancies anywhere.  So we went on to Holsworthy but by the time we got there, there was one room left above a pub with VERY narrow stairs and I said no.  Being a Saturday, and in this popular area, we were concerned about finding anything. 

We got to a small town on the coast of Cornwall called Bude and got a booking through the visitor’s center at the best accommodation we’ve had so far on this trip.  It’s a B&B called Sea Jade Guest House opposite the golf course, walking distance to the sea and town and the biggest and brightest room we’ve had.  They have a lovely deck where we decided to have HH while watching the golf across the street.

Since it's such a nice place we've decided we will stay another day.  We have to be in Falmouth on Tuesday so Monday we will try to see if we can stay near the Jamaica Inn or somewhere near Bodmin.

Sending love R/P