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We had a great stay at Merrose Farm, all the usual standards you'd expect and an added bonus of Radio 2 being on in the toilet block, that was a nice touch. There is a large, fenced in dog walk area on site for your dog to use before you go off exploring. From site you can walk to the top of the drive, cross the road, and walk on the grass and take your first turn down to Curgurrell Farm, they have fresh local sea food, wines, ciders, pies, bread, fruit and veg etc. If you keep walking down past the farm you come to the coastal path, we didn't have time to turn left but if you turn right and keep walking you come to The Hidden Hut, a great spot for lunch (lunch served 12 - 3pm), we had Haddock and Crab Chowder followed by a Cornish Pasty, keep going a little further and you are in Portscatho. Here there is a car park so you can drive and have a few minutes walk to the Hidden Hut if you don't fancy the walk from the site (about an hour). If you walk to the play area on the site, you can walk down the path and onto the bridle path, turn right and keep looking right for signs for the Tregairewoon Farm Kitchen, a farm cafe, serves cream teas, freshly made light meals and cakes and also homemade ready meals for you to warm up in the caravan. Again you can drive to this too. Apparently they do the best Sunday lunch, you have to book, we didn't find out in time to try this. But the big Arga in the kitchen tells me this will be great. If you drive to St Anthony, Gerrans, TR2 5EX there is a little vintage van - The Thirstea Co - selling sandwiches, cream teas, cornish pasties etc and also have a leaflet with two coastal walks you can do from the car park, one shorter one longer. Drive to Mevagissey, lovely harbour town, The Sharksfin seafood restaurant is well worth a visit and dog friendly (as are all things we did I mention here) also pop in the Fountain Inn for a pint too. They do food too and takeaway fish and chips. St Mawes is a little harbour town, has a Co-Op (disposable BBQ's and the usual), The Victory Inn do food and let dogs in, The Rising Sun also for food and let dogs in, the Deli for Cornish Pasties and there is a take away fish and chip shop too, you can also get the passenger ferry from St Mawes. The St Mawes Castle is also worth a visit, dog friendly and a free audio tour included. While we were there we tried the Slice of the West Wood Fired Pizza Co, Saturdays and Wednesdays, signs everywhere, well worth a try. The shop on the site also sells cream teas, cornish pasties, local sausage, bread, milk and accessories. We also took the King Harry Ferry and ended up at The Pandora Inn, again dog friendly and great food. Cash points are few and far between, The Fountain Inn in Mevagissey do cash back. Great place, we didn't have time to explore everywhere the only downside is many beaches aren't dog friendly between May and September. The closest to the site was Pendower Beach, dog friendly after 6pm. The area is well worth a visit. I
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