got to organise a club few days away - Cornwall/Devon
Discussion
We've chosen a hotel in Fowey but we'll be travelling down from Bristol / Bath area so I desperately need advice on:
a/ decent driving roads both for the way down and round Fowey
b/ attractions to visit from Fowey - the ladies will want gardens / nat trust. The guys something mechanical - car museaums, steam tains etc
c/ lunchtime pubs both coming down and visiting from Fowey
a/ decent driving roads both for the way down and round Fowey
b/ attractions to visit from Fowey - the ladies will want gardens / nat trust. The guys something mechanical - car museaums, steam tains etc
c/ lunchtime pubs both coming down and visiting from Fowey
Based on trips there...
Avoid A38 Dartmoor - Moretonhampstead / Two Bridges /Tavistock Liskeard.
Maybe Tavistock then south A386 Saltash itself - nice views of road & rail bridges. On to Devonport & take Torpoint car ferry then A374 & B3359 to join A390 Lostwithiel Fowey.
Google NT for places to visit - best with refreshment facilities even if you don't visit house/gardens.
Bodmin & Wenford heritage railway.
Lovely picturesque BR Branch line Liskeard to Looe.
Truro best for shopping & the cathedral
Fowey for river trips & the Daphne DeMaurier literary connection.
Mevagissey very very busy in high season though.
Providing you're not down there in August you will enjoy.
Avoid A38 Dartmoor - Moretonhampstead / Two Bridges /Tavistock Liskeard.
Maybe Tavistock then south A386 Saltash itself - nice views of road & rail bridges. On to Devonport & take Torpoint car ferry then A374 & B3359 to join A390 Lostwithiel Fowey.
Google NT for places to visit - best with refreshment facilities even if you don't visit house/gardens.
Bodmin & Wenford heritage railway.
Lovely picturesque BR Branch line Liskeard to Looe.
Truro best for shopping & the cathedral
Fowey for river trips & the Daphne DeMaurier literary connection.
Mevagissey very very busy in high season though.
Providing you're not down there in August you will enjoy.
What kind of club is it? A visit to Williams Crawford https://www.williamscrawford.co.uk/ in Saltash on the Saturday for some “bearding” over their Porsche stock? It’s not all always Porsche! A390 & A388 via Callington to get there from Fowey.
Up that way near Tavistock there’s The Horn of Plenty for afternoon tea www.thehornofplenty.co.uk The Two Bridges hotel at Princetown https://www.twobridges.co.uk is the place out on the Moor most head for.
For a side-trip I’d be thinking A38 - A374 across to Antony House (NT) & Mount Edgcumbe House on the Rame Peninsula. Pub lunch in Cawsand\Kingsand.
Really recommend the Royal Fowey Yacht Club for a drink and lunch if you haven’t already found that. The best waterside spot in the town.
Up that way near Tavistock there’s The Horn of Plenty for afternoon tea www.thehornofplenty.co.uk The Two Bridges hotel at Princetown https://www.twobridges.co.uk is the place out on the Moor most head for.
For a side-trip I’d be thinking A38 - A374 across to Antony House (NT) & Mount Edgcumbe House on the Rame Peninsula. Pub lunch in Cawsand\Kingsand.
Really recommend the Royal Fowey Yacht Club for a drink and lunch if you haven’t already found that. The best waterside spot in the town.
Edited by Pilotguy on Tuesday 23 July 17:57
Really good selection on The HoP places to visit in Devon page here - they’re mostly in Cornwall!
https://www.thehornofplenty.co.uk/out-and-about/ho...
https://www.thehornofplenty.co.uk/out-and-about/ho...
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