Week 2 Day 8 - Rain again

The rain has been falling all night and is still falling at breakfast so we decide not to attempt today's testing walk. We had planned to walk from Hartland Quay to Bude - the hardest section in the itinerary with nearly 5000 feet of ascent and descent crossing ten valleys. It would have been muddy as well.


Instead we head off to the RHS gardens at Rosemoor after breakfast and have an interesting stroll around the gardens under our umbrella. There are lots of well-behaved, well-supervised primary school children wandering around seemingly oblivious to the rain.

 

We have an excellent lunch at The Bush Inn, Morwenstow - recommended in The Good Pub Guide - where we end up in conversation with a retired couple living locally who have moved down from Solihull with their dogs.

After lunch we visit Bude and pick up the Cornwall Bus Timetable so that we can work out a detailed plan for the next stage in a month's time.