By: Blonde One
This is the story of a recent walk around Hope Cove on the South West coast path, told through pictures because a picture really does paint a thousand words.
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This is the story of a recent walk around Hope Cove on the South West coast path, told through pictures because a picture really does paint a thousand words.
Here is my attempt to let a few hundred words describe a picture from my trog along a large part of the SW Coast Path in July 2016 – this starts from Bantham after ferrying across the Avon and gets me to your Hope Cove.
“Easy walking from there (Bantham) with many folks on the path had me at The Cottage Hotel, Hope Cove for 5:00pm.”
“This is an old established, possibly fifty plus room holiday hotel with a “dinner, bed and breakfast” deal. The emphasis here is on the five course dinner which I reckon is the main attraction. It starts from 7:30 and is manned by a team of attentive uniformed staff. I am presently struggling through the cheese course after a goat’s cheese, duck confit salad starter, an orange sorbet, grilled hake with all the trimmings, and a mixed fruit compote thingy, and I reckon I have gone the distance”
“Before dinner.”
“Wifi does not extend to the rooms and I had no signal on EE so booking ahead involved going back down to the bar to research on Internet, return to room to use landline at 9p. minute and all that repeated three times until I eventually nailed an interesting sounding B and B at East Prawle.”
“The sunset across the bay from this dining room window is a constantly developing wonder of nature. There are few people left now at other tables, a tribute to my gastronomic stamina. I think there may be coffee but I’m giving in – off back to my room now looking forward to tomorrow.”
I have only camped at Hope Cove… but I remember a rather good fish and chip van!!
I never heard of anyone eating their way round the SW coast path before – – –