Perfect Padstow

Perfect Padstow………

I am one very lucky Lady. Last Christmas my Daughter’s bought myself and my Husband a gift card to be used towards a stay at one of Rick Stein’s hotels in Padstow, Cornwall and last week we flew down from Manchester to enjoy our stay.

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Can you believe that it takes only 45 minutes to fly from Manchester to Newquay, compared with about 8 hours and 3 changes by rail? And we were greeted by a fly past from the Red Arrows as we landed!

I have never visited Cornwall before always preferring ” sunnier hotspots ” – what have I missed out on?

We were extremely lucky with the weather, beautiful warm sunshine for the majority of the time, just a prolonged downpour on the Saturday morning when we visited Port Isaac, but this did not put a damper on such a beautiful place.

We hired a car from the airport and visited Land’s End ( too touristy! ), and such a shame that the place is filled with souvenir tat!

St Ives was stunning, extremely hilly – I think that day I paced around 16500 steps. But well worth the climb back as we found a lovely ice cream parlour at the top of the hill.

Polperro – so quaint and lovely.

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The Eden project – very interesting place to visit, especially the rain forest dome, hot and humid but worth the entrance fee. I did not realise that The Eden Project is run by charity – did you? They support some very worthwhile causes throughout the world.

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Fistral Beach in Newquay – we could of been in the Caribbean, the sand is a perfect colour, and so soft. It was great fun watching the surfer dudes ride the waves – I believe that it will be in the next Olympics in Japan.

But, the main reason for us visiting Cornwall was to experience Rick Stein’s many establishments. Let me tell you – we weren’t disappointed. We stayed in one of the estuary rooms at the Seafood Restaurant, the room was very tastefully decorated, powerful shower, much thought had been given to the needs of you as a guest when deciding upon the facilities.

The service was perfect – very unobtrusive, but they could not do enough for us – wonderful.

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The food was exquisite, even better than we had imagined. Fresh local seafood, the bread was to die for and the chocolate fondant – there are no words……………

So, if you are looking for just a few days away, fantastic food and accommodation, then give Padstow and Newquay a whirl.

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Hi there, my name is Gail. I live in Manchester, am married to Colin and have 2 grown up daughters, Danielle and Kimberley, we all live together with our 2 Jack Russell terriers, Lottie and Mitzi - One day I am sure that my 2 girls will want to leave…

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