Many, many phone calls this morning to Enterprise Exeter, the tyre place and emails to my travel agent...finally Exeter answered their phone and despite me telling the same story to multiple people at the same company, had to retell it yet again!!!! The girl said she would ring Truro Enterprise to see if they had a car. She didn't ring back within 15 minutes so I called them back. She said she had tried to call me at thd hotel....in Exeter. WTF?? I said, nooooo, I am in Truro, remember?? Anyway, she said they didn't have a car. ok - in that case, I said, I want a full refund, all my expenses covered ( cancellation of my accommodation in Lifton, petrol money, accommodation in Exeter, train and taxi costs. She said, oh, it won't come to that, I am sure we can do something. Again, she said she'd ring back, she didn"t, but the area manager for Truro called and said, yes, we have a car and I will drop it around to you at the hotel by 1pm.
So I sat around in the bar waiting and yes, he did arrive, and he was very apologetic. He said he couldn't understand why Exeter didn't call him the moment the car was out of action, as then I would have had access to wheels the moment the other car went in.
Anyway, I now have a little Ford, low mileage and NO squealing. When I asked about the mechanic waiting to hear about the car up on a hoist and payment, he said Exeter needs to follow this through. That poor bloke, he wss trying to be helpful and he gets nothing in return.
So, car problems fixed...and a 1pm start meant that I had to alter my plans. Today was therefore a castle free day but I could spend more time in one of the places I have been so looking forward to visiting.
First stop - petrol station but I am going to request reimbursement as the car has a full tank. Will need to think about driving around to burn it off to low.
Then with the GPS set, my first stop was Padstow. It was busy and crowded soI decidec to go further around the coast and parked at a beach. Now, it wasfoggy and a bitcool, the beach was stony and people were in shorts. Crazy!!! I took a photo then off to my next destination.
I LOVE the TV show 'Doc Martin'and have always wanted to visit Port Isaac, where it is filmed. Today was the day!! I parked in the parking bay on thd outskirts of the village, coz you can't drive in, obviously, on those narrow roads, and walked in.It was AMAZING!! And to make things even more incredible, I met the actorIan McNeice, who plays Bert Large. He was lovely, collecting money for charity andI got a photo with him. It was funny as most people didn't even recognise him or maybe didn't know who he was. We had a bit of a chat and then I went off to look at theschool, the chemist and the place where the exteriors were shot of Doc's house.
I had abite to eat at a place called the Chapel, took photos and just walked up and down and around. The fog started to roll in over the harbour, it was so beautiful. I didn't want to leave.
The roads were crowded but most going the opposite direction. It was always going to be busy because of the long weekend here.
Dinners arrived, so photos later!
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