We visited this delightful café on Good Friday of 2016, the
first sunny spring-like day of the year. The holiday-makers were out in force
and the cafés that cluster around the beach, canal and river were full and
twice as expensive as this one. Yet it
is clearly visible from the path that runs along the canal and has fabulous sea
views. It’s pleasant and cosy inside.
We think we spotted a food critic. He ordered one of the delicious–looking cream
teas and hardly touched the cream, jam and scone. He asked the staff a lot of
questions about where they sourced their products. All good. This helps to keep
up standards.
The café is actually in the heritage centre. It gets its
name from the invention of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney of Bude who invented the BudeLight, a form of limelight. Poor Sir Goldsworthy seemed to be upstaged all of
his life. Often his inventions were earlier
or better than more successful ones. Nevertheless, he survived well.
The Heritage Centre boasts two galleries, one of which
spills into the café. We took great delight in looking at the work of The
Absurdists in the Willoughby Gallery.
The food was excellent.
I had the soup and was pleased that there was a choice of four.
