Farmhouse Cream Tea...

On the way back from a lovely day out at Lizard Point & Kynance Cove, we fancied a typical English Cream Tea - fresh homemade scones, jam, and lashings of thick clotted cream! I remembered on the way in seeing a sign for such a place (the kind of things I do remember!), and so at the turning for Sue's Farmhouse Cream Teas we turned off...
Once more, we seemed to be heading down a road which had some potholes, though which was better then the B&B one! It threatened to go on forever, but eventually we came to a halt at a farm. There was a farmhouse with tables & chairs leaning on them - the weather had been a bit 'iffy'...and there was a small hut with some people sitting there, so we figured it was open for business. However, as we exited the car we discovered just how fresh this farmhouse cream tea was! It stank, as you would expect the cattle-shed (right next door) to stink! :-o The air was thicker than the promised clotted cream.
But our appetites got the better of our noses and so we went into the hut. We joined another couple (from Portsmouth) who were finishing off their tea, and we met Sue, a lovely friendly lady!
We made a lot of jokes which she took in good fun...for example, we wondered if we had to milk the cows (clearly visible over the fence) ourselves! Was is the coffee that was smelling a bit strong?!
But - this WAS worth it :-)
http://www.canucking.ca/2010/08/sues-cream-teas-eglos-farm-cornwall.html
And don't just take my word for it!

The never-ending road...

On our recent trip to Cornwall with my mother & her husband, we decided to find some B&B 'on-spec' - as part of the adventure. Having found a way to avoid the flooded roads around Dorchester (the weather has, apparently, been SO bad in England this summer) we had finally made our way into Cornish road space. Just outside of Truro I spotted a sign - 'Farmhouse B&B'. Sounds romantic, eh? So at the next left turn we headed off onto some pot-holed track - nowhere near the description of road! It was thickly wooded, so there wasn't a lot of light...and the road went on...and on...soon we passed signs such as 'keep going', then a bit further 'not far to go now'...then 'almost there', and as we rounded some hairpins (fearful of what might be coming the other way!) 'it'll be worth it!' By then, my passengers were already stressed about the suspension of the hire-car...and the farmhouse was finally in sight. But we made the decision to turn back - the idea of doing this trip up & down for the next 3-4 days was a bit unnerving, no matter how good the accommodation was!
Looking on the internet, I have discovered that this is the place:
http://www.tregoninny.com/contact.htm

Looks lovely, doesn't it? But I love the directions: "At the bottom of the hill the road bends quite sharply round to the left and our entrance is on the left hand side - an unmade track with a large white sign. Follow the track and you will find us at the top..." :-) 

And the plot thickens...http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g776267-d1045353-Reviews-Tregoninny_Farm_and_Woodland-Tresillian_Cornwall_England.html

Seems like the owners sadly went through a divorce - the ratings used to be good, then over the last couple of years they have dropped...

Guess it's good that we didn't go all the way! :-) It wasn't worth it...