Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 07813-639622;
www.discoverysurf.com
; Bigbury-on-Sea lower car park)
Offers two-hour sessions of
surfing tuition (per one/four lessons £35/120).
Venus
( 01803-712648;
www.lovingthebeach.co.uk
; Bigbury-on-Sea lower car park)
Rents out sit-on-top kayaks
(per hour/day £15/40) and does two-hour stand-up paddleboard (SUP) sessions (hire plus
45 minutes tuition £45), and SUP hire (per hour/day £15/40).
KAYAKING
Sleeping
Henley
( 01548-810240;
www.thehenleyhotel.co.uk
; Folly Hill, Bigbury-on-Sea; s £85, d £120-145; )
This
charming Edwardian holiday cottage clings to the cliffs just inside the Avon estuary.
Lloyd Loom furniture, leafy house plants and exotic rugs dot the interior, and the views
down onto Bantham are extraordinary. Steps (150 of them) lead to the beach below.
B&B
££
Burgh Island
( 01548-810514;
www.burghislandcom
; Burgh Island; s £310, d £400-640; )
Pack your dinner jacket
or your flapper frock - at glamorous art deco Burgh Island, guests definitely dress for din-
ner. The gleaming-white palace sits gracefully on its own tidal island, and the guest list
has included Agatha Christie (who penned
And Then There Were None
here), Noel
Coward, 'Fruity' Metcalfe and Josephine Baker. Rooms have sublime views and are
frankly fabulous: 1920s-style sofas and fabrics meet geometric rugs, slipper baths and
retro radios. It's perfect for cocktails and croquet, and feeling delightfully marooned.
LUXURY HOTEL
£££
Eating & Drinking
Pilchard
(Burgh Island; snacks £6; meals 11am-5pm)
What a spot to sip a pint and watch the waters rise.
The atmospheric 14th-century Pilchard Inn (think beams and open fire) sits on the shores
of Burgh Island, so it's cut off from the mainland at high tide. Which somehow makes the
real ale and baguettes all the more flavoursome.
PUB
£
Oyster Shack
SEAFOOD
££
