Way Out West Day Two

NB: Day one was posted first, so scroll down to read the posts in order if that sort of thing is important to you. (You must guess that it is to me.)

As most of you know, the great motivation for this terribly long journey in a tiny cramped car was a visit to Port Isaac, the fictional Port Wenn of the Doc Martin series which has captivated most of the family, but most especially our Aunt Vic. We left the Bowood Park Hotel after a magnificent full-English breakfast and headed in what we assumed was the most direct route to Port Isaac. We were equipped with a detailed map of the area printed from Google Maps. It was going to be a slam dunk to go the short 8.4 miles. I was at the wheel with Rod, my trusty navigator, in the jump seat and three ladies in the rear. A journey that was to have taken roughly 18 minutes took the better part of an hour because the roads were less than one lane wide, with high hedge rows and no road markers. We found ourselves going in circles in a complicated maze; we were fortunate to meet only one oncoming car during the entire "wild ride:" shades of Mr. Toad! We finally flagged down some worker boys in small van who were coincidentally headed to Port Isaac. Whew! Good times.

The weather, which had been rainy and windy, was beautiful! (Rod predicted good weather until noon and his prediction came true as we climbed back in our car at 12:10 just as the rain started. The trip home was very LONG, but quite tolerable because the scenery, the entire way, was exquisite: makes you weep or sigh at least.

 The view out our hotel window of the golf course

on what was promising to be a beautiful day

 The troops at the Bowood Park Hotel

 The maze that held us captive

 Our pilgrimage destination: Port Isaac

 Cornwall is spectacular

 Louisa's Street

 Louisa's house -- we peeked in and saw the 

interior used in the show

 Looking across the harbor to the surgery

 The school -- presently a hotel and restaurant

 Street down to the harbor

 Restaurant at the harbor

Grandmother and Kris at Mrs. Tishell's Chemist's Shop

 More of the same with the attractive house next door

 The harbor

Boats stranded at low tide

 Road to the Large Restaurant and the Surgery

Burt and Al Large's Restaurant -- actually
a private home

 I do love stone buildings

 The surgery

 Up the street from the surgery

 Rod's best Doc Martin face and Vicki over the moon

 Pilot and navigator

 View from the surgery toward the school

 These ladies have chocolate -- surprised?

 Where the stream enters the harbor

 R&V in the harbor

 A beautiful setting

 Steep roads everywhere

 Stone wall with lichens and other flora

 The wild Cornwall coast

Looking north toward Tintagel

Today looks to be a beautiful day and most of us are headed to Greenwich. So check back for more adventures. That's all for now.

OXO

D.