STAYCATION / Cornwall

STAYCATION

If you go down to Rick Stein’s Cornish Arms today, you’re in for a big surprise.

This popular pub restaurant owned by the Rick Stein Restaurant group in the village of St. Merryn, and just 15 minutes from Padstow, now has it’s own staycation Shepherds Huts.

Together, Ed, Kate & Jill Stein have designed and produced a great new addition to this already hugely popular pub, with a small collection of beautifully designed and presented Shepherds Huts. Discreetly behind the pub’s main car park and sheltered by woodland you will find these small, but perfectly functional Shepherds Huts.

Each one comes with it’s own dedicated and named parking space, with a gate leading down to your own little hideaway - and fabulously close to the pub just across the car park.

I had the pleasure of staying for two nights in one recently and I’m sure just as I did, you will feel very at home. Each hut has a warm and bright living and dining area, an en suite shower room and kitchenette, complete with underfloor heating, boutique fixtures and fittings including gooseneck taps, Nespresso coffee machines and Robert’s ‘Revival’ Radios.

The huts boast a cosy double size bed with beautifully crisp linen, all designed to comfortably accommodate two adults. Locally sourced stone is used to form a private patio on which to enjoy your morning coffee in the fresh air, without being overlooked.

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Since last writing it appears all is back to normal, we have been very busy getting cars ready for tours, rallies and events. The transport companies are all busy and there is no excuse for not getting out and about in your car, there is plenty to choose from at present.

I went to the Monaco Historic G.P last month, I would advise anyone to go, it is a great spectacle and the sound creates that special atmosphere that is sadly missing from modern day F1 races. It was a nice surprise to see Charles Leclerc out in the Ferrari 312B3 raced by Nicky Lauda in 1974. He started cautiously and gained pace, until he hit the barrier just below where I was sitting at La Racasse, on his third and final lap. It was fairly spectacular but you felt sorry for everyone involved, we are so lucky that so many people are happy to bring out their cars for us, at such expense. I also attended the Circuit de Catalunya the following weekend for the Spanish GP, the weather was warm and any GP is a great event but I think I get more enjoyment from the amateur drivers at historic racing events.

On Friday evening before the racing, in Monaco, RM staged their sale at The Grimaldi Forum. The pandemic turned up some unorthodox ways to sell cars but I think there will always a place for the right cars in a proper auction. I hadn’t been to a live auction for a while and I was not disappointed. I saw Nigel Mansell as I walked in, watching some of his collection go under the hammer and Peter Wallman lead proceedings flanked by the 1991 Williams FW14 and 1989 Ferrari 640, the atmosphere he created was special, some things cannot be replaced by technology, I think the big auctions are back for good.

See you next time. Michael @mossautomotive