Visit to Bude
By Paul Bather ARPS
Widemouth Tide
To celebrate the New Year, I went with my wife and a couple of friends for a week’s break staying in Marhamchurch near Widemouth Bay just outside of Bude. It was a long-delayed break having been booked two years previously and then delayed due to Covid. Bude is a seaside town situated on the northeast coast of Cornwall close to the border with Devon. It has consistently been voted one of the best UK coastal resorts in national Travel Awards. There is a good range of facilities with something for everyone, including a small tidal harbour leading onto a canal. Bude also has a number of fantastic beaches close by including Sandymouth, Widemouth Bay, Northcott Mouth, Crackington Haven and Duckpool. All of which have their own unique qualities be it waterfalls, rock pools or formations. It is also close to a number of local attractions including a harbour at Boscastle – 15 miles, Clovelly with its cobbled steep incline and beach waterfall – 20 miles, Padstow with its working port and selection of shops and restaurants– 35 miles and Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Rosemore a 65 acre garden in North Devon with a range of woodland walks, water features and gardens with a wide range of plants and trees, 25 miles away. All of which are well worth a visit and served by ample parking facilities. My wife and friends are not photographers and taking my tripod, a set of neutral density and graduated filters and then spending time waiting for ideal photographic conditions would I am sure, have rightfully tried their patience. So, I kept my photographic equipment to the minimum taking my trusted Nikon D500, an 80-140mm and 50mm lens along with a polarizing and ultraviolet filter. June 2022 Volume 7 Issue 4
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