slowly she turned

On Monday, we wheeled our luggage down to the train station on the walk around the harbour, and bought our tickets to Bodmin Parkway. There we lucked into finding a taxi right away that had not been booked in advance, and this extremely friendly guy drove us as close as he could get to our cottage in Port Isaac. Once you see the streets down in the old part of this fishing village made famous by the British TV show “Doc Martin,” you understand why driving and parking is difficult there! (His taxi company is “Annie’s Taxis” if you need one for mid-Cornwall.)

Once we convinced our housekeeper that it really was okay for us to leave our luggage there early, we headed down to the harbour and wandered about. It was absolutely perfect weather! Susan and I immediately started beachcombing for seaglass and pottery sherds, and Lisa chitchatted with the others on the beach. We went to the Mote Inn on the waterfront for appetizers and a late lunch, where we had a great view of the harbour and the Doc’s surgery across it.

After that we strolled up Roscarrock Hill, past Fern Cottage, which was used for the Doc’s surgery and residence on the show, and looked out at the beautiful views. We went to Harbour Treats, the ice cream/gift shop that is in the building that was used for Mrs. Tishell’s chemist shop in the show. Can you tell that I am an avid Doc Martin fan? So is Lisa, and it’s the main reason we chose Port Isaac. Later that week we binge watched it in the cottage on DVD so that we’d get Susan hooked on it.

Anyway, the ice cream guy warned us that the sea gulls would try to steal our ice creams, but we did not understand just how bold they were. One flew into Susan’s face and took her ice cream as she was eating it! She cussed that gull up, down, and sideways. Honestly, she did Samuel Jackson proud. Then she bought herself another cone, and the three of us zealously protected our treats.

The cottage was fabulous – a three story renovated house dated 1760. We hated to leave it behind. I’ll post those photos in a separate post, since these posts will all be photo heavy.

After we got settled in, we went looking for dinner, and ended up at the Old School Hotel and Restaurant. This really had been a school not too long ago, because we met someone who went there, and of course it was Port Wenn School in Doc Martin.

The sunset was lovely.

Not a whole lot goes on in Port Isaac on a Monday evening. Below is Fore Street, one of the main tourist areas. I wanted a peaceful place for the last part of our trip, so I was happy!