Feeling Bude
We enjoy your regular ‘48 hours’ feature, particularly the recent one on Bude (issue 470), a town that has a special place in our family’s heart. We have visited for years and agree with you that the beach and the seawater lido are its best attractions. I think you were lucky with the parking on your visit, though – it’s often heaving, especially on summer weekends. We’ve stayed at several campsites in the area, including two of the sites you mention: Upper Lynstone and Wooda Farm Holiday Park are both lovely.
The Bank at Bude tapas restaurant is indeed excellent. It serves delicious food in a beautiful setting and is always our first Bude foodie recommendation to friends planning a visit. We love it there – surf, sand and a Bude… iful pool – what’s not to like?
Antonia Marshall
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CULINARY DELIGHTS
Towing on the A34 on an August Saturday is perhaps the stuff of nightmares for caravanners, and quite rightly so!
However, travelling home from our latest ‘vanventure’ in Dorset, the inevitable A34 traffic jams got me thinking about why the car always seems heavier on the return journey, and indeed the part I might have played in adding to the overall payload, particularly from indulging in some of the culinary delights that Dorset has to offer!
Our tours are treat times, and enjoying local produce in all its forms, particularly somewhere new, is an important part of the experience for us. It is also an important way to support many local businesses and the visitor economy.
That first beer at sunset, after a long drive and then setting up on site, is a firm favourite in our van, but is there a way you can keep touring traditions alive without adding to the payload?
After a great night’s sleep at the campsite in Dorset, I (like many others) was transfixed by the smell of freshly baked pastries and bacon rolls wafting across the site from the café, just a two-minute walk from our caravan door.
When you are in the ‘van bubble’, it’s easy to see how this might become habitual, and never mind the resulting dent in your pocket!
But is there a healthier way to tour? Are there sites out the
