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A luxurious night away at Kings Head, Cirencester…

January 18, 2017 By Poppy Dinsey Leave a Comment

After our sleepy step back in time in Castle Combe, we headed for the bright lights of Cirencester.

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

Cirencester felt like a capital city compared to Castle Combe (it has a House of Fraser!) but it’s still very Cotswolds: steeped in history with gorgeous buildings and plenty of tea rooms to hide away in.

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Now I should start with a full disclosure before we dig into this post: we were guests of The Kings Head hotel. I’d been asked if I’d like to review it last year but hadn’t had time, so when I booked the Castle Inn stay I had the (somewhat brilliant) idea to see if I could combine the two trips. And I could, they had a room available! HURRAH! The Kings Head is only a 40 minute drive from Castle Combe, so it worked perfectly.

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As soon as we arrived at the hotel I knew we were going to love it. I was basing this purely on the velvet sofas in reception, but when we were taken up to our room it turned out I was right to assume that this was my spiritual interiors home.

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - ReviewPlease do feel free to note the wallpaper, the cushions, the coffee table, the curtains, the textures, the lighting and the general ambience. (But also feel free to forget all this and pretend it was all MY idea if I do ever manage to recreate this look in one of our bedrooms).

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We really did adore this room, not just because it came with homemade chocolates and cake slices (although all hotel rooms should, I have now decided) but because it was truly very comfortable.

The bed wasn’t just king size, it was the kind of size where you could easily forget anybody else is in the bed at all. (Call me unromantic, but that is my dream sleep situation). The sofa was so sumptuous that I very nearly took it apart to try to see who made it and then there was the window seat which proved to be the perfect place to lay with a book.

There was also a GIGANTIC terrace which, if it hadn’t been a comically freezing January day, we’d have thoroughly enjoyed.

Then the room also had the little extra that always makes any hotel room feel that bit more swanky: stairs.

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

Yep, our bathroom was up a flight of stairs. I LOVED THIS SO MUCH.

We headed back out to explore Cirencester a bit more, starting with the Corinium Museum as I was desperate to see the Tony Meeuwissen exhibition that I’d spied being advertised in the window. The museum was really interesting and I’m ashamed to say I would never have known about the rich Roman history of the area if we’d not gone in, so it’s worth a visit. Understanding the significance of various local historical artefacts meant we could better appreciate a lot of the local art we’d seen too – and understand the love of giant hares! (I really want a giant hare).

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - ReviewA casual 2nd century mosaic.

There were loads of places we could have gone to for lunch but the sweet treats on the counter of Jack’s lured us in. I could have had something sensible like a toasted sandwich but I “didn’t want much” as I was having a massage back at the hotel shortly after. So I just ordered a slab of cake the size of a small baby. Ok then!

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

After exploring the church and nosing around some of the shops, it was time to head back to the hotel for my spa appointment. YES.

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - ReviewIt was a great disappointment to realise I wouldn’t be able to smuggle the spa reception chairs home in my suitcase.

The vaulted subterranean spa is a wonderful little hideaway. I didn’t bring my cossie (WHY?!) so I couldn’t make use of the jacuzzi and steam rooms, but I did enjoy chilling out on the fluffy relaxation beds with a stack of magazines. I was lucky enough to be the only one down there and I’m sure I’d have fallen asleep if I hadn’t been heading off for a treatment.

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

I had the full body massage and it was really lovely, particularly because there was a decent playlist (no whale music here) and my therapist was really good at making sure the pressure was ok and that she wasn’t going over any bruising and so on. (Sounds obvious, but communication does make a big difference).

Before long it was time for my favourite activity – cards in the hotel bar! I need to give a shout-out to Danilo who was working in the bar the evening we were there, he could make a mean vodka martini. When I used to write about bars, I was always told that martinis were one of the best cocktails to judge a bar by and it does make sense. They are very simple drinks, but with so many variations to consider (dry, wet, perfect, dirty, ya de ya da) there’s a lot that can wrong. Danilo’s were exceptional. (He used to work in Bull in a China Shop, so it’s no big surprise that the drinks were so good).

Heading over to the Kings Head’s restaurant for dinner, we were again treated to fabulous service from our waiter Matteo. He really looked after us when we had a problem with one of the starters, rectifying it quickly. Having worked in some great London kitchens himself, it was nice to chat to someone so passionate about the food he was serving. He really made our evening.

Now I know I said in my post yesterday that I was thrilled to have anything-but-risotto as the veggie option, but I did opt for risotto at The Kings Head. It was my favourite type – beetroot, goat cheese and walnut – and it was what we had on our wedding day, so I wasn’t going to pass it up 😀

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It was ridiculously lovely and the standout highlight of the four courses.

The wine list was really good too and we were so very excited to see our favourite English wine on the menu…

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

Do try it if you ever see it on a wine list!

The next day, breakfast was just what the doctor ordered…

Kings Head Hotel Cirencester - Review

And then all that was left before check-out was a tour of the hotel to see the rooms we’d otherwise not have stumbled across. A guided snoop around, essentially.

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I was glad we did the tour as I’d have never dreamed the hotel was so big otherwise. THERE ARE SO MANY ROOMS. It’s like a tardis. I found five different dreamy spaces for imaginary parties/weddings and I was a bit gutted there wasn’t a wedding going on that day which I could have gatecrashed.

We also took a look at the other category rooms (I’m always slightly wary of raving about a hotel when it may be that you were just given by far the nicest room for review purposes) and let me tell you straight up…ALL the rooms at every category are gorgeous.

This is an entry-level room, for gawd’s sake…

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We were sad to say goodbye to The Kings Head but we weren’t going home just yet…we had a Tudor castle to stay in first! More on that in tomorrow’s post 😉

Thanks very much for having us Kings Head, we had a fab time.

x

B&B rates at The Kings Head start at £140. Our room was a “Feature Room” where B&B rates are from £179. You can find all the hotel info on their website here.

We were incredibly lucky to be guests of The Kings Head Hotel. You can read more about how I work with brands here. This is not a paid-for post.

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A trip to Castle Combe, the prettiest village in England…

January 17, 2017 By Poppy Dinsey 6 Comments

Ever so often I allow myself to get so bored that I’ll willingly choose to read my emails. New in at Topshop? Go on then, show me the shoes. A great deal from Groupon that can’t be missed? OK, if you insist! I might even read an email from LinkedIn if I’m feeling particularly spiritless. And so it was on a cold Suffolk afternoon in December, surrounded by wrapping paper and distracted by audiobook offers and cheap flights, that I found myself wooed by a Secret Escapes deal.

Admittedly, I had at first fallen in love with a last minute trip to a Greek island, but a night away in the quaint Cotswolds village of Castle Combe seemed a little more practical. The pictures were pretty, it was only a two hour drive away from London and if I booked within the next few hours (the pressure! THE EXCITEMENT!), it would be just £100 with a welcome bottle of fizz and all the breakfast you could hope for. So 39% off, basically. SOLD!

As this little jaunt was prompted entirely by a deal and not any sort of actual “research”, I wasn’t sure what to expect as we drove through the Wiltshire countryside to get there. Passing through the teeny hamlet of Tiddleywink was an obvious highlight, but as we dropped down into the wooded valley of Castle Combe it was immediately clear why this little place has been awarded “Prettiest Village in England” so many times. It’s prettier than pretty. It’s “what tourists think England looks like” pretty. And I fell in love.

Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review

Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review

We checked into our room at The Castle Inn and I went a little bit giddy about having a four poster bed…

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And I also decided we needed these exact tiles in our bathroom at home…

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Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review Call me an exhibitionist but I LOVE a big window in a bathroom

Then it was time to head out and explore…

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This didn’t take long – there’s only a short row of houses, a tea room, a pub and a church – but it was delightful to stroll about in the chilly January sunshine and to pretend to have done enough hard graft to have earned jacket potatoes the size of our heads at The White Hart.

Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review

This 14th Century pub had roaring fires and a great big golden lab to stroke (she was a local’s dog as opposed to an Official Pub Dog, I cannot guarantee she is always present for cuddles) and there was good football chat to be found at the bar, so we were very happy.

Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review

We dozed in the afternoon, then headed down to the hotel restaurant for drinks and dinner. Sat once again by an open fire, our meal was very good – I was overly excited to see a noodle dish as one of the vegetarian options and went all in for this, almost wanting to write a note to the chef in my leftover soy thanking them for offering something that’s not risotto. I opted for sticky toffee pudding for dessert (as I always will, if it’s there to be chosen) and I could have happily bathed in its sweet sauce.

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After a sound night’s sleep, we awoke to horses outside our window and a seductive siren song from the breakfast room downstairs.

Castle Inn Castle Combe Cotswolds Review

The breakfast was GREAT (capital letters awarded as there was fried bread on the menu) and the pastries were the nicest we had over our three days away. (Ah yes, I didn’t mention that this deal prompted me to book another two hotels. Ahem).

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Once we’d checked out, we snooped around the grounds of the fancy Manor House Hotel next door (I’ll be watching out for deals here!) and got back on the road to head to our next hotel in Cirencester.

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I don’t know The Cotswolds very well at all, but if there’s a more charming place than Castle Combe then I’d (genuinely) like to know about it. We’ll definitely be coming back, heck we were on Zoopla looking at nearby houses before we left, and whilst I’m sure it can get pretty overrun come summertime it’s an amazing place to see. I felt as though I’d stepped back in time there and it’s easy to understand why it’s used as a film location; with no street lights or TV aerials you could easily pretend you’re in the 15th century as you wander around.

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I’ll be blogging about our Cirencester stay tomorrow, so for a more modern take on all things Cotswolds come back to read that one 🙂

You can find more info about Castle Combe on the village website here. Details and rates for The Castle Inn (as well as some properly gorgeous pics of the area) are here. As mentioned before we booked on Secret Escapes which made the B&B rate £100 for an exec room and I highly recommend Secret Escapes for nights away like this. This isn’t sponsored, discounted or PR-ified in anyway (is PR-ified a word?), I just really do love Secret Escapes as every trip we’ve booked with them has been a triumphant success.

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A trip to Scotland to search for the Loch Ness Monster…

October 28, 2016 By Poppy Dinsey 3 Comments

I’ve always believed in the Loch Ness Monster. It doesn’t matter how many sightings have been proven to be hoaxes, I want to believe – and choose to believe – that in a body of water as vast as Loch Ness, there could be something magnificent lurking under there.

Views over Loch Ness at sunset

Big Foot, Kraken, Yetis, ALIENS – I have a lot of time for them. I do carry a heavy dose of scepticism with my will to believe – I’m well aware that since we’ve all become owners of camera equipped smart phones, sightings of all cryptids seem to have dwindled – but the world is huge and the range of living creatures is bonkers. Why couldn’t there be a mermaid out there? Or at the very least a coy panther living in Exmoor?

Searching for the Loch Ness Monster

But let’s root ourselves firmly in proven reality for a minute, at TK Maxx in Wandsworth where I found myself buying this wonderful puffer jacket last week…

PoppyD puffer jacket

I’ve blogged about my intense admiration for puffers before, but this new one is particularly great. Really warm, proper fluffy down, a well thought out inside pocket, adjustable cuffs and hood – oh and it was just £24.99. I’m a bit in love. It’s also the perfect jacket for an adventure. THE PERFECT JACKET FOR FINDING THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.

I’d bought the jacket with this adventure in mind, as TK Maxx had invited me to celebrate their new Ridiculous Possibilities campaign in the best way: by making my own ridiculous adventure possible. I knew that I wanted to go to Scotland and search for Nessie, but I was pretty amazed when TK Maxx said that I could. (Proof that when you only spend £24.99 on your outfit there’s more cash leftover for FUN THINGS!).

And that’s how I found myself flying up to Scotland on Monday, new coat in tow and eyes on the prize. I was going to find the Loch Ness Monster.

Flying into Inverness over Loch Ness

I flew up to Inverness and picked up a hire car at the airport, heading straight for Drumnadrochit and The Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition. I wanted to be fully prepared for my Nessie search, so gathering all the facts was paramount.

Autumn colours around Loch Ness

What I hadn’t prepared myself for was the spectacularly pretty drive to get there. I’ve probably never driven anywhere quite so distracting. I was constantly pulling over to take photos (luckily there are designated lay-bys to do this) and whilst I was always surveying the loch to see if I could spot Nessie herself, I was equally enamoured by all the trees on the cliffs in their autumn colours. It was just the most stunning place.

Loch Ness Exhibition Centre

I did eventually get to the exhibition centre though and having learned all there was to learn, I was ready to find my hotel, get some food and come up with a plan for finding Nessie in the morning.

Bedroom at Loch Ness Hotel

I’d spent a lot of time on the Monday looking over the loch from the roadside viewing points, but I knew I needed to be down on the water properly if I really wanted to catch a glimpse of this elusive old girl. A boat was the only option and as the sun rose on Tuesday, I was waiting in the harbour ready to set sail.

Loch Ness in autumn

Let me tell you right now, if I hadn’t had my jacket at this point I would have almost definitely had to give up my Nessie search. IT WAS FREEZING. It was the type of cold you feel right in your bones and even an emergency glove purchase wasn’t enough to save my hands from feeling like they might fall off. Thankfully I could do my jacket up to cover half my face, but my toes are still trying to remember what warmth feels like two days later.

Searching for the Loch Ness Monster

Searching for the Loch Ness Monster

I sailed to Urquhart Castle, constantly scanning the horizon for any Nessie-esque movements, and spent an hour exploring these ancient ruins before heading back on the boat. The castle’s history was fascinating and if I’d had more time I’d have definitely joined one of the guided tours, but I watched the film (really good by the way, make sure you do watch the film if you visit) and clambered around the old cellars, lookouts and prison cells, daydreaming about all the things this spot had seen over the past 1000 years.

Urquhart castle and Loch Ness

It also made a great vantage point for looking for Nessie (oh trust me, I NEVER stopped looking for Nessie) and there were a number of times where I was convinced I’d seen *something* in the distance. Yes, it often turned out to be a swan or a wave…but some of my sightings weren’t so easily explained away.

View from Urquhart Castle over Loch Ness

Sailing back to the harbour, I was sad that my trip was already coming to an end. I never stopped looking for Nessie, staying on the top deck throughout despite the fact everyone inside was looking at me like I was completely mad (it really was freezing) but regardless of our shy monster, I just wanted to take in everything I was seeing. Words don’t do justice to a place as impressive as Loch Ness, it really is resplendent.

Loch Ness castle harbour

I’ll let you watch the vlog below to see my conclusions on all things Nessie (clickbait much?! In my defence, it is a beautiful video) but I will say now that it was an amazing trip and I will definitely be going back to explore more of the Scottish Highlands.

It was just SO good.

As a side note, I really do love the ethos behind this TK Maxx campaign. Yes I’ve worked with them on this post but I am SUCH a big TK Maxx fan and no week goes by where I haven’t bought something from there, whether it’s something as simple as a pair of tights or as unexpected as a bedside table when I’d intended to buy a birthday present. I love the ‘treasure hunt’ experience of finding something special (can you tell I’m the type of person who would like looking for Nessie?!) and even more so when I end up finding things I never would have thought to look for.

Searching for the Loch Ness Monster

Thank you TK Maxx for making my Ridiculous Possibility of finding the Loch Ness Monster possible – and for the awesome jacket! I’ll remember this trip forever and you made nine year old me (and 29 year old me, who am I kidding?!) very happy.

😀

x

This trip was sponsored by TK Maxx but the idea was mine and all enthusiasm is very much my own. You can read more about how I work with brands here. 

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Learning to surf in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall…

October 21, 2016 By Poppy Dinsey 1 Comment

If you’ve read my first two blog posts from our anniversary weekend in Cornwall (here and here if not!), then you’ll already know that we had an exceptionally lovely time. What I haven’t blogged about yet though is the beginner’s surf lesson we had with Nick Tiscoe, and as this was my husband’s favourite part of the whole trip I thought it deserved its own post.

Learning to surf in Mawgan Porth

Nick’s Surf Club is affiliated with the two hotels we stayed in (very handy if you want to charge your lesson to your room or want reception to organise it all) and the surf shack is perched just in front of Bedruthan, meaning it couldn’t really be easier to get started. Of course you don’t have to be staying at The Scarlet or Bedruthan to have lessons, but if you’re the type of person who wakes up 5 minutes before you’re supposed to be somewhere (ahem) then it’s a great spot.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

All the equipment is provided for you so once the wetsuits were fitted and numerous Point Break quotes had been shoehorned in, we headed down to the beach to begin the lesson…

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

You need to warm up and have the faintest idea what you’re doing before heading into the water of course, so the lesson started on the sand with some stretches, a little jog and Nick explaining everything you’d need to know to ride a wave whilst lying on the board. Standing on the board would come later as if this bit wasn’t mastered, the next part was never going to make much sense.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

As this was a one-on-one lesson, Nick was really able to focus on ST and tailor the lesson to him perfectly. Nick asked what other sports he’d done and was able to use snowboarding references to make it as easy as possible for ST to grasp what he had to do. Having sussed it on the sand, it wasn’t long before they were heading into the sea and putting it all into practice.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

At this point I adopted the role of Chief Photographer and Jealous Bystander, as I’d been cruelly advised by the hospital to not take part thanks to my gammy lungs. I can tell you this though, it looked SO MUCH FUN.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

After plenty of successful wave riding, the boys came in and it was time to move onto part two: STANDING ON THE BOARD.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

Now I’m not going to lie, I find it hard enough to get up from the floor if I’ve been sat down for a while so I’m not sure I’d have ever mastered this part, but it was really fun to watch ST relax into it and – with the brilliant direction from Nick – really get to grips with what the transition from laying down to standing up entailed.

Back to the sea they went and the quest to stand on the board commenced!

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

The waves are powerful in Mawgan Porth and the whole “just stand up on a surf board!” thing is a lot harder than it looks, but ST never seemed frustrated by the repeated face plants into the water. He knew he’d get it eventually and the constant encouragement and feedback from Nick meant that by the end of the lesson, he’d cracked it.

Even as a bystander it was a really fun morning, so I wasn’t surprised that ST said it was the best part of the trip. I suppose the biggest compliment was that as soon as we were back in the hotel, he was trying to book another lesson! There wasn’t time in the end to squeeze another session in, but he’ll definitely be calling Nick when we return to Cornwall.

Learning to surf with Nick Tiscoe in Mawgan Porth

Lessons run all year round and a two hour one-on-one lesson costs £75, including equipment. Group lessons are available too and you can find all booking info here.

Vlog to come tomorrow morning!

x

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Our wedding anniversary in Cornwall, part two: Bedruthan Hotel & Spa

October 20, 2016 By Poppy Dinsey 1 Comment

It was hard to leave The Scarlet, but once we saw the view from our bed at Bedruthan we were more than happy with our new home…

Sea view from bed at Bedruthan hotel, Mawgan Porth

Bedruthan is the sister hotel to The Scarlet, sitting higher up the cliffside but essentially next door, and this is their family friendly hotel which has everything you could need to entertain little ones.

Shelves at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

But whilst the babysitting services, daily childcare, entertainment, soft play, TRAMPOLINES (I could go on) are all brilliant things to have for those travelling with kids, you can still have a very nice time if travelling without any. There are adult only spaces and the “tranquillity room” really is very tranquil, I feel like more of my Mondays should involve roaring fires, leftover Sunday papers and nothing but the sound of the waves outside.

Fire at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

There’s also an adults only restaurant (you can even sit away from the kids at breakfast if you really want to get away from them!) and the spa is exclusively for adults except for a (rather lovely sounding) family session which runs for half an hour in the morning.

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Bedruthan was opened in 1960 and thanks to the way it’s built into the cliffside, it can seem quite sprawling when you first arrive. We quickly got our bearings though and once we’d admired our room (again, lots of “LOOK AT THAT VIEW!” chatter) we headed down to the village for lunch at Catch…

Catch at Mawgan Porth

We really enjoyed our meal and I’d def recommend you eat here if you find yourself in this very pretty corner of the world. I had a brilliant goats cheese and onion marmalade toasted sandwich and ST had the catch of the day (a whole roasted plaice, in this instance) with smashed minted peas and garlic and rosemary chips. I had to order my own chips once I’d seen his. THESE CHIPS ARE VERY SPECIAL.

Lunch at Catch, Mawgan Porth

After yet another walk across that lovely bay, we headed back to the hotel for a doze (did I mention that this was the most chilled weekend ever?) before getting into our robes for our Sensory Spa Garden booking.

Sensory Spa Garden at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

The Sensory Spa Garden is an hour-long, seven-stage experience which takes you through various outdoor treatments with the aim of leaving you feeling refreshed and renewed. And let me tell you, it works.

There was scrubbing, saunaing, hot tubbing…but best of all was the icy cold water bucket drench after the 80 degree heat of the cedar wood sauna. I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE. I mean I yelped and made a face like I might die, but it was invigorating enough for me to proceed to have a further two buckets dumped on me. And yes, this is all in the great British outdoors in mid October!

The oil, seaweed and salt scrub at the end of the session was just heavenly and my skin still feels better for it now, but I also just really loved the final part of the Spa Garden experience where we sat in our robes and blankets by an open fire with a mug of cinnamon tea and our feet immersed in warm copper footbaths.

Sensory Spa Garden at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

To say the whole experience was blissful is an understatement.

Post-spa, we headed back to the room to watch the sunset from bed…

Sunset from bed at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

Slightly bonkers, no?!

And then we got ready to head down to The Herring – Bedruthan’s main restaurant – for dinner.

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Starters at The Herring at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

I’ve got to say, this meal was our favourite of the whole trip. I was in my absolute element, especially as they let you order from their extensive Wild Cafe menu too. I had the best cheese of the weekend (yes, I was keeping a cheese tally) as part of my Cornish Blue, fig, walnut and chicory salad. And then there was the sticky toffee pudding of course…

Sticky Toffee Pudding at The Herring at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

Oh the pudding! I never thought I’d find a sticky toffee which I’d like more than the infamous Cartmel version but I did in the form of this slab of deliciousness.

I should mention how good the wine was too…

Bacchus Dry wine at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

I wanted to try a Cornish wine (admittedly more for the novelty factor) and didn’t really expect it to be especially good, yet this Bacchus Dry from the nearby Camel Valley vineyard was one of the nicest wines I’ve had in a long time. It was described as being like a Sancerre but it was nicer than any Sancerre I’ve ever had and almost water-clear in the glass. I’ll definitely be buying some more bottles online.

Wild Cafe at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

After a great night’s sleep it was time for more food (woo!) and I have to say once again, we were really impressed. There was a hot and cold breakfast buffet which I always prefer to a la carte anyway (a nice insight into how greedy I am) but the standard was really high. You could get your eggs cooked to order if you wanted, but everything was so fresh in the hot buffet that I didn’t feel the need to order anything bespoke. Other hotels take note, gloriously yolky fried eggs ARE possible to achieve on breakfast buffets! You also don’t need to faff about with a breakfast buffet’s worst nemesis – The Communal Toast Machine – as the staff bring you all the toast you could ever need directly to your table. The dream!

Bar at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan PorthI like how I got the top of my head in this pic, good one!

Just like at The Scarlet, there were so many nice touches everywhere at Bedruthan. Of course it’s a more informal vibe – it’s a family hotel with kids seemingly having the times of their lives – but there were lots of little things like having fresh local milk in the room fridge for making tea and coffee or finding books like this in your bedside drawer…

Book at Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth

It was just a really nice place to be.

As I said in yesterday’s post, we’ll definitely be coming back to Mawgan Porth and I know a trip to Bedruthan will feature – whether that’s to stay, eat or just be drenched in icy water in the Sensory Spa Garden 😀

I’ll be blogging about our surf lesson experience tomorrow and there’ll be a vlog this weekend so you can see the hotels and beach properly, but this was basically our fave weekend in a long time.

And the perfect wedding anniversary <3

x

B&B rates at Bedruthan for the type of room we stayed in – a “Sea View Double” room – start at £140 per night. The Sensory Spa Garden experience is £45 if staying in the hotel, £55 if not as part of a half day spa access package.

We were incredibly lucky to be guests of Bedruthan. You can read more about how I work with brands here.

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