Charlestown, Cornwall

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• published: 05 Aug 2014
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2nd August In the evening we decided to go to Charlestown, a small fishing port a couple of miles away. There was a bus at 5:55 pm, but we couldn't see a bus back after 6:15 pm. We asked one of the drivers and he looked it up in a book. He told us there would a bus back at 2015 and another at 2215. When our bus came we checked with this driver. He told us there were buses every hour on the half hour. Trustingly, we bought a return ticket. After a very nice seafood dinner at Rashleigh Arms in Charlestown, we waited at the bus stop before 8:30 pm in case the second driver was right. No bus came. 8:45 pm passed and still no sign of a bus. We asked a few local people, who had little idea about buses. One man walking his dog examined the timetable and tried to work it out. Eventually we gave up and started walking, thinking we would pick up a taxi on the way. Then we talked to a lady who said she lived in St Austell, and she would be happy to give us a lift home. As we walked to her car, the earlier gentleman drove up to us and said he would drive us to St Austell. He lived in Charlestown so he would really have been going out of his way. We thanked him and explained that we would go with the lady as she lived in St Austell. We are very impressed with the kindness of the people we met in Cornwall. For more about our stay in Cornwall: http://raymondtravel.wikifoundry.com/page/St+Austell%2C+Cornwall%2C+England