Friday 27 October 2023

27/10/23 - The Cadgwith Cove Inn

Picture perfect Cornish Fishing Village for a new entry in the 2024 Good Beer Guide


Final walk of the week and we are heading to a couple of tiny coves, related to the pilchard fishing industry.

Cadgwith is that isolated, the signs tell you not to drive into the village. A car park available about 1/2 mile up the hill.

By God, it's pretty.

Dropping down into Cadgwith
Could be an Hovis Advert

This walk becomes an ecumenical matter but starts off with a natural feature. A puff and pant onto the high cliffs to look at the Devil's Frying Pan - a collapsed sea cave - from above.

Devil's Frying Pan
Staring at the Sun

Inland to unlocked churches - first Grade and then Ruan Minor - with a Pilgrimage place, St Ruan's Well inbetween.

Grade Church
Guide Dog in Training gone off with the Zoomies
St Ruan's Well
St Ruan's Well
Ruan Minor Church
Ruan Minor Church

A drop down to the sea, to discover a ruined pilchard processing "factory" at Poltesco and then back over the cliffs for lunch.

The Cadgwith Cove Inn easy to spot on approach. We tick all the boxes to be allowed entrance.

Cadgwith Cove Inn, Cadgwith
Our Destination
Cadgwith Cove Inn, Cadgwith
To be fair, warm enough to sit outside

We start with the front snug to ourselves. A chat with the owner, the first he new of making the bible was an email to say they had been selected. The local Camra branch appear to follow the full mystery shopper modus operandi and he was unaware of their visit. He says they were probably impressed by how far the beer line has to run for the cellar to the tap room.

For the first time on this trip, I find Betty Stoggs. I am provided with the history of Skinner's recent closure and reopening by another brewery. Yet he says its not what it was and he often has to send barrels back.

And he was right - it wasn't a great pint.  

But still - a fine place for meal of the week and a day when I can proclaim myself truly middle class. We managed to spend £82 on lunch.

Monkfish and sea bream Thai curry racking up the dollar.

Our final walk of the week, so we'll put it down to a celebration feast.

Cadgwith Cove Inn, Cadgwith
Our place in the snug


Walk Details

Distance - 4.5 Miles

Geocaches - 2

Walk Inspiration - AA 1001 Walks, Walk 22





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