I first came across the Bottreux Hotel when it was featured on BBC2's "A Seaside Parish" This was a series about the Cornish village of Boscastle and its female vicar. During the filming, the floods that devastated the area hit Boscastle and businesses and livelihoods were left in ruin. Although the Bottreaux didn't suffer directly because of its position at the top of a hill, it did indirectly when the village became a no go area for visitors and bookings at the hotel hit an all time low. I felt extremely sorry for the young couple who owned it, he the chef and manager and his wife who had recently given birth. They were both obviously worried as they had ...  Read the complete review