Fabulous pub in a fabulous village. Authentic half-timber buildings perched on hillsides above a small cove, friendly bar staff and access to the coastal trail which circumnavigates Cornwall. We visited on a sunny warm December afternoon, but the size of the parking lot at the top of the town indicates heavy tourist trade in the summer.
The Ship was large and empty the day we were there, but the fire, the service and the brandy were warm. Our barmaid had a Canadian connection. She had worked outside Toronto one summer, so we consoled her as we quaffed. This is the PERFECT bar to listen to Mr. Scruff’s Shanty Town. “Thars a whale, thar’s a whale, thar’s a whalefish he cried…”
Visited: Dec 2008
