Surfing, rubber gear fetish?

July 12, 2010

tags: Currencies Direct, Living In France, Moving To France, Port Isaac, Sunny France, The School House

After some confusion about paying for dinner on the first night we stayed at the Slipway Hotel in Port Isaac, a dinner which included 18 bottles of Chablis – well there were 6 adults, and I don’t drink white wine – which had somehow been overlooked, a mere £600 of an overlook mind you, we set off to Polzeth for some surfing.

I thought this was rather a strange diversion for a walking holiday but cheerfully looked out for the internet cafe. I am of course joking, I love the seaside and the spectacle of surfing but surely the enjoyment and exhilaration is ruined by the water being so cold in England that the wearing of rubber suits is considered imperative? There must be some kind of baffling sexual connotation that I am missing.

The lady garden designer decided we would walk to a town called Rock, Air guitar city? And very pleasant it was too with a pint of Doom Bar consumed whist looking at actual Doom Bar on the River Camel.

I can think off a number of bars that I have visited that the name Doom Bar would have suited, the appalling Saunton Sands hotel for starters. I suppose the goth community might appreciate it, or Yorkshiremen.

Talking of Yorkshiremen, I hear of one who would only accept a blow job if I’d didn’t affect his dole! So It is with some trepidation that I contemplate the nadir of our English tour, the drive up north. I have had new tyres and bull bars fitted to keep out the marauding whippets and Yorkshire terriers, and we will stock up on provisions for the 5 days we apparently expect to be there.

The rain has softened the perma frost encrusted tundra up there, so getting from one outpost to another will be tricky The first outpost to be visited is called Leeds, obviously an affectionate reference to that vital dog control item, but unsurprisingly they have spelled it incorrectly.

And talking of leads, that evil giant cocker spaniel, Banjo, who should be permanently on a lead, continues his spectacularly poor behaviour
By defecating in the middle of each coastal path we have walked whilst maintaining that malevolent gaze that the nice garden designer mistakes for affection.

Mr Scott reserved a table at the Slipway in order to watch the football, so we adjourned to the aforementioned Lawrence Llewelyen Bowen designed School House for a light supper before kick off.

It is nowhere near as grand as I had been expecting, in fact quite ordinary, but quite nicely decorated. The best part of it is the view from the car park which is my picture today.

View from The School House towards Port Isaac harbour

I overhear another Yorkshireman telling a story about wanting a golden replica of his Yorkshire Terrier. “18 carat? Asked the jeweller, “nah, chewing a bone”

So the media hype of a sunny summer has been exposed and the first time I see a TV, I see that they now accept that it was wrong, and rain is predicted throughout the coming week. It has rained every single day that I have been in the UK and despite the great beauty of Devon and Cornwall, it will be back to France at the first opportunity to take advantage of great weather great food and a better exchange rate

Chris France

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