30 Complaint-Free Days 

Day 19

Travelling, Liskeard & Honiton.

The day dawned with strong winds and rain and I wondered at the wisdom of leaving the packing of the car until the morning- the roof needs to be lowered to get the cases onto the back seat! It looked as if the inside of the car would get very wet! The decision to leave early seemed correct.

But, as so often happens, suddenly it all cleared, the wind dropped and the sun shone brightly. The decision to leave early was looking less correct.

Choosing to avoid the high Bodmin route due to the forecast high winds and feeling peckish detoured into Liskeard for a spot of lunch. Hmm. I know that as a gluten-free vegetarian I am not easy, but really....

To be absolutely fair Liskeard has some outstanding architecture - some truly beautiful buildings, but really we should have taken the hint from the universe when we couldn't find a car park. However, hunger caused us to ignore the signs to leave and try elsewhere. When we eventually found a car park and wandered round the town I really thought that I had stumbled back in time! It is lovely that they have so many old, established independent shops and so few chains (I counted 3) but does the stock have to date back to the 50s or 60s? Really the whole town should be marketed as a museum! Obviously my dietary requirements proved challenging - I ended up in a pub with 2 sides - chips and salad. Still it filled a hole and off we set, back to the 21st century.

I know it isn't, but the lower route seemed much longer than the Bodmin route.

Reached Honiton - much more like it. A good mix of old, established and new. I like Honiton. Had 'brinner' (apparently breakfast for dinner) in Boston Tea Party served by the most cheerful and delightful  group of people. They were all so happy and helpful and smiley I forgave them for running out of gluten free bread!

The rest of the journey was marked by delays and heavy traffic - Friday is clearly not a good day to travel. But we arrived back safe and sound, which is the important thing.

I love Cornwall, but it feels good to be back.

Sadly today had complaints about Liskeard, but apart from that it was another complaint-free day.