Bude is very nice surprise. (Bude)

Member Name: yorkshire-lass

Product:	Bude
Date:	08/01/09 (69 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: beach, pastys, ice creams, shops

Disadvantages: traffic in the town, navigating the one way system

Bude is very nice surprise. We went there for the first time last year and we revisit given the chance.

Upon arrival the car parks are well signposted and resonable priced. The car park we used was bang next to the beach and had the option of both long stay and short stay. In this car park there was some public toilets and an rnli shop with a cafe near by.

From the car park we made our way into the town via the bank. In the town there are plenty of shops. One our favourite shops in bude was one called wroes. This is a large independent department type store that sells alsorts. Another type of shop you will see a lot of here is surf shops. For surf shops these are resonably priced.

If you want a supermarket there is a somerfield at the top of the hill and also a chemist if needed. There is plenty of indivdual shops selling lots of different things.

As we were in cornwall we decided we just had to try a cornish pasty. Here we found a good pasty shop that sold very nice cornish pastys although there are plenty of other pasty shops that all cook them fresh. We sat down and ate this in the mini park area. For afters we sampled the delicious ice cream which was made locally from the shop half way up the hill. This shop sold over 30+ flavours so plenty of choice.

After shoping and eating we had a game of putting on the putting green. This putting green was very well looked after (and the best one my mum who is a gardner has seen). Next to the putting green is also tennis courts, bowling greens and a crazy golf.

We then made the short walk over to the cannal. Here there is a museum but this shut when we went as it was being renovated at the time.

After this we decided it was time to go on the beach. There are two beaches at bude one called summerleaze and one called crooklets. The summerleaze beach is the one nearest to the car park and on it is a sea pool though it depends on tides as when you can use it. The sea pool is lifeguardered as are both beaches.
There are plenty of surfers using the waves.

After going on the beaches it was time to head to back to where we were staying via the petrol station at morrisons on the outskirts of the town.

I would definefinatly recommend a visit to bude if you are in the area. The only downside was sometimes there could be heavy traffic in the town caused by a one way system.

Summary: definatley worth a visit