A Week in Bude #3 :: Boscastle & The Beach

Hi there everyone 😀

For the third day of our break in Bude we headed just a little further afield … with a drive to Boscastle. Our day started with our first visit to the farm shop for breakfast, which went down a treat.

It was then the usual wander along the Main Street mooching in and out of the small and quirky shops …

… before heading down towards the harbour …

… and the Harbour Light …

We opted for the less strenuous route today and crossed the bridge to the other side of the river and carried on heading for the harbour … 

We sat for a while in the sunshine just taking in the view back upstream towards the village …

… before clambering across the rocks and finding another spot in the sunshine with a great view of ‘Queen Victoria’s Head’ …

We then retraced our steps for a quick pit stop at ‘The Welly’ …

Boscastle is a really lovely spot, and somewhere we always try and fit in when we are staying down that way. After we finished our wander we made our way back to Bude for a relaxing afternoon by the sea.

The sunshine was still on our side, so it was the perfect chance for a bit of a paddle for Bobby and I …

… whilst Martin had a closer look at some of the rock pools …

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Next up … a full-on beach day, with plenty of sun, sea and sand. 🏖️

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A Week in Bude #2 :: Beaches, The Breakwater & The Pepperpot

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We spent the second full day of our week in Bude with a really good wander on the coast.

It was an absolutely glorious day. We started off at Crooklets Beach, where we parked mum up on a bench on the prom before heading onto the sand …

… and down to the sea where a paddle was in order for Sarah and I …

From there we headed left … across Middle and Summerleaze beaches …

… towards the breakwater and Barrel Rock …

The tide wasn’t out quite far enough to cross the river to the breakwater without getting wet feet …

… but we all decided it was worth it …

We spent a fair while just mooching about, taking in the views and enjoying the sunshine …

It really is the most beautiful spot and a real favourite. 

Sarah, Mark and I were all surprised when Martin said he’d never been up to the Pepperpot and he quite fancied a look. Whilst I’ve been up before I hadn’t been since it had been resited … as it was becoming precariously close to the edge of the cliffs, which were unstable.

We made our way along the breakwater and up the cliff path and in no time at all we were there …

The views in all directions were spectacular … back across the breakwater …

… across the beach …

… into town … and across to the sea pool …

We could even see the roof of Mark’s house from up there.

We made our way back along the coast path …

… and past ‘The Pink House’ … to the sea lock and the canal …

We then headed back down onto Summerleaze beach and made our way back … around the sea pool …

… and back to the Crooklets Beach Cafe … where we met back up with mum for some light refreshments to finish off our walk …

Refreshed … we decided to head to Widemouth Bay for a walk out to the point … another favourite spot …

… though the ectoplasm looking spiders’ webs were more than a little bit strange …

Our last stop for the day was to see how David, Alison and Bobby were settling in at the caravan … as they’d arrived earlier in the day …

We all finished the day just around the corner, with a visit to The Old Wainhouse Inn for tea. 

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Next up … a trip to Boscastle and an afternoon on the beach. 🌊☀️

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A Week in Bude #1 :: Town & Tapas

Hi there everyone 😀

We were lucky enough to get to spend a glorious week in Bude, with family, over the August Bank Holiday. As we crammed so much in I thought I’d share what we got up to in a series of shorter posts. 

Bude is a real favourite of ours. Over the years we’ve stayed in the caravan, pitched our tent, rented cottages, and more recently enjoyed a few days with my sister, Sarah, and her partner Mark. The last time we were here was two years ago, when we combined a stay in Bude with a trip to Ilfracombe for a wedding.

This time round, we stayed with Sarah and Mark again and Mum came along with us too. A few days later David, Alison and Bobby joined in the fun, staying in Mum and Dad’s touring caravan just outside of Bude at Wainhouse Corner.

The weather forecast was promising and we were really looking forward to spending quality time with family and revisiting all of our favourite haunts.

Our first full day started off with a wander around the wharf and down to the lock gates …

… before heading past the castle …

… and the Bude light …

… and over Nanny Moore’s bridge into town …

After a good mooch around town we had a pitstop with pasties in Bar 35 … which was a new experience for us. It’s a bar that doesn’t serve food … but they are very happy for you to have a drink and take your own food … which is exactly what we did.

The rest of the afternoon was spent chilling in Sarah and Mark’s garden before heading out somewhere we’d been wanting to try for ages … 

The Bank at Bude, for tapas …

It turned out to be a real treat and the perfect way to round off the very first day of our holiday.

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