When it rains in Cornwall...

...inevitably it costs twice as much. A short summer cycling trip became a short gourmet break when we saw the final definitive appalling forecast for Cornwall. Committed to travel by advance-booked cheap rail tickets down to St Austell and a night’s bed and breakfast, we set off into the gathering rain. Anticipating the weather, one partner had succeeded in making a secret late reservation at a Michelin* restaurant in Fowey.

The free senior Diamond national bus pass now came into its own.