Home sweet home

Urgh.  Just got back from our week long holiday.  Tired now.

Monday:  5 hour drive to Looe, quiet night in.

Tuesday:  A wander round Looe before going to a Monkey sanctuary then a cider farm and a lovely meal in Looe.

Wednesday: A drive to Plymouth to go on their gin tour, followed by a lovely meal in Looe.

Thursday:  Drive to Fowey, to go canoeing but once we got there were told that it was cancelled due to the bad weather, so had a good wonder round and a nice bite to eat.  Then off to the St Austell Brewery for a tour and a couple of decent ales.

Friday:  Drive to a lovely country stately home, finding out that it was £12 each to get in so went to see an old jail instead.  Then off to the Camel Winery for a tasting.  Drive to Padstow, a wonder round then dinner at Rick Stein's.  Brilliant!

April had some sort of oriental crab thing and I had some mackerel to start.  Then April had a Thai fish curry and I had 2 whole massive chili crabs.  It was hard work but I managed it without looking like too much of an idiot.  To finish April had a Satsuma Sorbet while I had some cheese and some port.  Yum, yum!

Saturday:  Drive 3 hours to a village outside Bristol to see John and Ros and their new baby Ethan.  Luckily he doesn't look like John...  Grab a bite to eat then drive home to Tonbridge

Sunday:  I plan to do nothing.



Pictures: Driving to the cider farm, meeting Boo Boo the monkey, April and her cream tea, meeting a sad pub dog, April at the winery, April in sunny Looe, Stuart the monkey.

Rick Stein's for dinner

I’m off to Looe with April next Monday and I can’t wait.  I haven’t been since I was a kid but it’s a really nice part of the world.  Whilst we’re travelling that far (5 hours) we may as well make the most of the area so we’ve booked an extra night in Padstow to finally try out Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant which is only an hour away.  We were in Padstow last year but only went to his chip shop, we were in Newquay a couple of years ago for a wedding and had a spot booked but decided to cancel due to time and money.

Really looking forward to it.

http://www.rickstein.com/The-Seafood-Restaurant.html

Mmm... good food

I'm off to my 4th and final wedding of the year in a few weeks.

It's over in Newquay, and the wedding is at 11am. What a pain. We're going to have to drive down most of the way the night before stay in a cheap hotel somewhere then get up early and drive the rest of the way to the church.

To break up the journey home, we're going to take a trip to Padstow (30 mins) and go to one of Rick Stein's restaurants.
http://www.rickstein.com/The-Seafood-Restaurant.html

Starters range from £12.50 - £24.50 (Ouch!)

Mains from £17.50 - £45.00 (Ouch, ouch!)

Luckily we're only going for lunch and have the long drive home so won't be getting smashed on expensive wine, but it's still going to add up and i'm the one that's going to have to pay.

There's also a tasting menu for £65 which I think might be the way forward. It's not like we'll be in a hurry to go back all that way so we may as well try as much as we can.

RIP Chalky