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Protected: Poldark films again!
Posted: 20th Sep 2018
October Half Term in Bude
Posted: 12th Sep 2018
October half term is always a really popular time for visitors to spend a week in Bude. Surprisingly, the sea temperature is still almost as warm as it is in July so it’s a great time for budding surfers to pop one of our bodyboards or full-size beginners ‘foamie’ boards under your arm and take […]
Poldark’s Cornwall
Posted: 8th Jun 2018
The fact that Cornwall is such a beautiful and photogenic county has not been lost on the folks in the world of TV and cinema. It’s as much as a film-star as Aidan Turner in Poldark’s Cornwall! Poldark Poldark fever continues to sweep, not only the country, but across the world too. With Series Four just […]
Autumn Holiday in Cornwall
Posted: 1st Jun 2018
There’s a brief period of melancholy when the summer is over for another year but in Cornwall the sadness doesn’t last too long because an autumn has a special place in our hearts. With the crowds long since departed you can now experience Cornwall as the locals do – peaceful, relaxed and contented. You can park […]
The Cornish Man Engine
Posted: 4th Apr 2018
We took a trip down to Tavistock, the gateway of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining’s World Heritage Site, to see the incredible, magnificent ‘Man Engine‘ on his ‘Resurrection’ tour. It’s the UK largest mechanical puppet standing over 11 meters tall. He celebrates our famous Cornish mining tradition: the invention, strength, hardship, innovation and traditions. […]
Book Direct. How to avoid paying surcharges.
Posted: 28th Mar 2018
Many holidaymakers don’t realise they are paying a hefty premium when they book through one of the large online booking sites such as AirB&B, Booking.com, TripAdvisor’s Holiday Lettings, HomeAway and Owners Direct etc. These sites are charging guests a 6 to 20% surcharge on the rental price which can easily be a few hundred pounds […]
Auri: VIP guests at the Beach Haven!
Posted: 23rd Mar 2018
It was twelve months ago, almost to the day, that we welcomed some VIP guests to the Beach Haven. Two members of the predominantly Finnish rock group ‘Nightwish’ and their wives had flown in to north Cornwall from Helsinki and Yorkshire for some promotional photos of their new band ‘Auri’. Their eponymous debut album is […]
Bude in the snow
Posted: 18th Mar 2018
It’s not very often we get a covering of snow in Bude so I made an early start (5.30am) to make the most of it!
Aerial photos of Bude
Posted: 14th Mar 2018
I excited to be able to show you aerial photos of Bude and the area from new an unusual viewpoints with my new flying camera! This should also extend to some videos when I’ve learned how to edit them properly!! Due to time constraints and some unfavourable weather of late, I’ve not had much of […]
Christmas Family Holiday and New Year in Bude
Posted: 12th Sep 2017
Do you enjoy a New Year or Christmas family holiday? Well, The Beach Haven may be the perfect place for you! With four bedrooms and sleeping up to 8 (plus a cot), as well as being dog-friendly, it’s ideal for a multi-generation Christmas Family Holiday and the huge oven means you’ll be able to fit […]
The Crooklets pillbox
Posted: 24th Aug 2017
We have the exciting prospect of The Bude at War Weekend coming up on September 16th/17th. In preparation for that, the Second World War Crooklets pillbox overlooking the beach has been opened again for the first time in many years. Before it was blocked up I have distinct memories of playing in it as a […]
Bude Canal
Posted: 15th Aug 2017
Think of Bude and you will probably picture sandy beaches, crashing surf, our lovely sea pool or perhaps a sunset over the breakwater. They are certainly all iconic images of Bude. I wonder how many of you immediately thought of our lovely Bude Canal? In fact, I wonder how many of you have even seen […]
National Cream Tea Day
Posted: 25th Jun 2017
All you wanted to know about a cream tea but were afraid to ask! The Cornish Cream Tea is truly a thing of splendour but with National Cream Tea Day coming up this Friday you could unwittingly be munching your way through a minefield! Why? Well because both the Cornish and Devon folk claim it […]
Flaming June!
Posted: 19th Jun 2017
We’re having a scorcher! But if you’re having a scorcher, where better to be than by the seaside? Finlay, our golden retriever needed a few trips to the beach yesterday to cool off in the sea so I grabbed a few photos on our stroll – and went back again as the sun set. Really, there […]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Posted: 11th May 2017
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Cornwall and north Devon are no strangers to film crews. The long-running Doc Martin films every two years just twenty miles down the coast in Port Isaac, and Poldark films every year in various different locations around Cornwall. Recently, scenes from the Night Manager were shot around Hartland just […]
It’s a Dog’s Life.
Posted: 3rd May 2017
We had an uplifting day yesterday. To be honest, living here in Cornwall, most days are good for Finlay but yesterday was a very good day! We took a short trip over the border into Devon to meet up with some amazing golden retrievers; Marley, and his buddies Poppy and Harry. Marley and Poppy have both recently […]
What’s new at The Beach Haven for 2017?
Posted: 28th Apr 2017
We always have an improvement project or two on at The Beach Haven in the close season each year and we’re excited to reveal this year’s improvements. We completely replaced the decking at the tail end of 2016 as some of the boards and joists were rotting. Although the end result looks similar, the deck […]
A bank holiday stroll in the sun
Posted: 17th Apr 2017
It was another glorious spring day today and a Bank Holiday too so we took a little walk from Tintagel to Trebarwith Strand. The clifftops are just now coming into bloom and the ocean was azure and crystal clear. The beach was surprisingly busy too. We even saw one brave soul bathing without a wetsuit! Why not come […]
The Joy of Spring in Cornwall
Posted: 18th Feb 2017
Don’t you just love Spring in Cornwall? With the spring equinox behind us, Easter just ahead of us and with the clocks sprung forward, this is a lovely positive time of the year. The clifftops will shortly become a riot of colour as the wildflowers burst into bloom; the grass is greening up; the evenings […]
Bude at War Weekend
Posted: 7th Jan 2017
How’s this for something a little different? In 1944 the US 2nd Rangers (the ‘Saving Private Ryan’ regiment) were encamped in Bude, training for the D-Day assaults on Omaha beach and the infamous, disastrous assault on the non-existent guns at Pointe Du Hoc. This September, re-enacters will set up camp at Crooklets beach and stage a […]
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