Ian and I have been in Padstow for a week now. Padstow is a beautiful Cornish fishing village, filled will the British touris. Rick Stein has four restaurants here and also has his cooking school based here.
We are flatting in a smaller village down the road called St Merryn. The house is very nice and quiet with all we need. Our flat mates - Ed, a dope smoking chef, part time DJ who doesn't have a lot to say and John, who has too much to say and has an over sized chip on his shoulder and gets very excitable about the smallest things. He is a type of person who when you meet him you would say "A real nice guy, a lot of fun, but I wouldn't want to live with him." Well we are and he is going to be hard work.
Our job is at a restaurant called "Walkers" where we will be working with both Ed and John. The work is very mundane, I'm not sure if I can see myself doing this job until October.
We haven't had a chance to have a good look around Cornwall yet. The Cornish coast is very wild and moody - very beautiful. It's very different from Devon, not many trees and the houses are made from stone and slate, very charming.
Between us we have made enough money this week to buy a small car off a person at work. This means we will hopefully save money on public transport and be much more independent to do some sight seeing on our days off.
It's our day off today and I wanted to do something a bit touristy. We visited Prideaux Place, a historic home of the Prideaux family. A lovely home with interesting paintings and stunning pieces of furniture. A few films have been made here. The gardens were quaint with a pleasant view across to Padstow, it is a lovely place.
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