I often get asked, do you ever tire of the view?

Quite simply, No, never.

I love every changing scene, every day and no day is complete for me if I dont get down to the beach, preferably with Farley my Labrador

Now I must say there have been times recently that I wish Mother Nature would stop chucking so much wet stuff at us. So whilst I don’t tire, I do feel somewhat tired on occasions, particularly as we work through the festive period.

That’s another funny old thing about my industry that those not "n it would never "get" working while others rest. It must take a particular mindset I guess to actually take pleasure in this. After all while you could do it for while even if "it" wasn't for you. There would be no way that you would spend the biggest chunk of your life working these rather crazy hours unless your enjoyment was genuine. That’s another story for another day though.

For now I thought it might be nice to embrace the dramatic and appreciate the rugged beauty that winter and even better winter seascapes bring us.

Merry Christmas to everyone

Proper Custard & Marmite...What makes a proper Christmas?

Its all about that very personal service, we like to find what each guest liks so we can offer exactly what you like, not just what we think you might like. Its that personal.

Chritmas is very much back to basics for me.

I'm quite happy to cut our the pomp and concentrate on what I love to do.
We will be serving Hot Mulled Wine and the best of local Mince Pies around the Salcombe Christmas Tree on Thursday the 20th of December. We believe strongly in involving ourselves with the community and encouraging that sense of community spirit. To me that all part of The Christmas Spirit.

So we involve ourselves In Salcombe's Rotary Club and we help get the tree up in time for this festive simple fun. When we see the Fire Brigade pull up in their gleaming Truck and join in the sing song. It gives you a great warm feeling to know you are part of a very special community.

Jenny and the whole family help to put together a really amazing Grotto as our coffee shop is transformed for the little people to enjoy that proper "wow" factor as their jaws drop when they take a peak.

Roast Dinner with all the trimmings is of course compulsory. Pudding doesn’t matter to me whatever the choice might be, but its not Christmas without vanilla custard oozing with loveliness and giving that warm feeling that all is right in the world. Without this its not a proper Christmas for me.

We spend a lot of our time traveling and staying in hotel near and far and everyone has their own litmus test as to what makes a good hotel, here are a few more of mine:

Marmite - I must have Marmite for breakfast!

The milk is real in the bedrooms, can’t stand that plastic stuff.

Do they trust me with the coat hangers? I can’t be bothered struggling with those "Security" ones without proper old fashioned hooks

Do I feel cared for??? That’s all that really matters to me, everything else is just stuff, get this simple and free bit right and I will forgive the world!

If you havent realised by now I am rather individual!