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			<title>Dog Friendly Beaches in Cornwall and Bude</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re a dog owner going on holiday it can be a nightmare, arranging someone to look after the dog can be time consuming and expensive.&amp;nbsp; Not only this but many owners worry while on their holidays about their pets and the care they are receiving and this is why pet friendly holidays are becoming more and more important in the UK.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dog friendly holidays at the Camelot hotel&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/ar12522Read More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:53:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Whats on around Bude in September and October 2010</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;To make sure you get the most out of your stay with us at the Camelot Hotel, whether it&amp;rsquo;s one night bed and breakfast or a week long holiday, we strive to find out what&amp;rsquo;s going on in the area. If you&amp;rsquo;d like to know more about any of these events just get in touch.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lundy Island Day Trip: Running until 26/10/10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/Lundy-Island-Enlarge.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Lundy Island Picture&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; heRead More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:17:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Trout Fishing at the Camelot Hotel</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fishing is a sport on the rise; more and more people are learning to fish or are returning to a much loved hobby introduced in their youth.&amp;nbsp; We recognise the appeal of fishing whether it&amp;rsquo;s the relaxation of the day or the thrill of the catch there is always something to keep everyone happy.&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/fishing.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;trout fishing in Bude&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;To make sure you get the most frRead More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Bude Canal</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Bude canal is unusual in that it starts from the harbour in Bude, with the first lock opening to the sea. The recent renovation of the lock gates means that once again ocean-going boats can be seen tied up in the bude canal basin.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;How it all began&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The coastal area at Bude has sand that is unusually rich in minerals, and the poor agricultural land of the locality was found to benefit considerably from application of the sand. &lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://wwwRead More...</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:38:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Common Language of Breakfast at the Camelot Hotel</title>
			<link>/blog/the-common-language-of-breakfast-at-the-camelot-hotel.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/breakfast.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;breakfast at the Camelot Hotel&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; /&gt;We pride ourselves on providing the best bed and breakfast in Bude at the Camelot Hotel, with a cold buffet and a wide variety of hot breakfasts on offer.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We know how to start the day right!&amp;nbsp; Our waiters and waitresses take your order each morning and quickly rush off to the kitchen where the chefs wait with pan in haRead More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:28:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Beaches near to the Camelot Hotel, Bude, Cornwall</title>
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			<description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;North Cornwall is blessed with a rugged and dramatic coastline, with towering cliffs interspersed with sandy beaches and deserted coves. The large tidal range means that beaches can have a dramatically different character at low and high tide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;At low tide many beaches are an expanse of golden sand, but when the tide comes in the sand is sometimes covered, perhaps leaving just a narrow pebbly strip at the head of the beach. Here is a description of all the beaches close to the CamelRead More...</description>
			<author>tim@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:37:48 +0100</pubDate>
		<category>Surfing</category>
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			<title>Hawkers Restaurant's Head Chef and Chorizo</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Martin Watson is the head chef at The Camelot Hotel (Hawkers Restaurant), his blog series chronicles the travels and experiences from his youth leading up to now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Egg &amp; Bacon to Chorizo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the mid 70’s I took a ‘gap summer’ with the aim of travelling around Spain for a couple of months. The inspiration for my journey was twofold. Firstly, I worked in a Hotel &amp; Country Club alongside thirty or more Spanish staff who had all told me, naturally, how wonderful Spain was. ThenRead More...</description>
			<author>martin@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:36:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>BBC’s Coast in Bude</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Recent guests of The Camelot Hotel included the cast of BBC&amp;rsquo;s Coast, shooting for their series along Bude&amp;rsquo;s coastline and inspecting local monuments such as Hawker&amp;rsquo;s Hut, the smallest National Trust Property in the country. &lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/Coast.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Coast&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For those who haven&amp;rsquo;t heard of BBC&amp;rsquo;s Coast it is a documentary series that first aired in 2005 andRead More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:19:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hawkers Restaurant's Head Chef</title>
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			<description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin Watson is the head chef at The Camelot Hotel (Hawkers Restaurant),&lt;br /&gt;his blog series chronicles the travels and experiences from his youth leading up to now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hawker's Restaurant&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have been fortunate enough to work at the Camelot Hotel for the past eleven years. I remember well my interview with Paddy Naylor who asked me 'Can you cook?' My reply, 'Well, I haven't done much cooking for the past twenty eight years, but I did train as a chef', was good enough to securRead More...</description>
			<author>martin@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:22:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Bude Light and Sir Goldsworthy Gurney</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Close to Summerleaze beach and the centre of Bude you will find the Castle, home to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. In front of it stands the Bude Light, a monument inspired by an invention of Gurney&amp;rsquo;s nearly 200 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Early Days&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793 - 1875) was perhaps the most prolific inventor Cornwall has produced. He was born near Padstow and was educated at Truro Grammar School, and before he was twenty qualified as a doctor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: Read More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:35:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Whats on around Bude in July and August 2010</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;To make sure you get the most out of your stay with us at the Camelot Hotel, whether it&amp;rsquo;s one night bed and breakfast or a week long holiday, we strive to find out what&amp;rsquo;s going on in the area. If you&amp;rsquo;d like to know more about any of these events just get in touch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beauty and The Beast &amp;ndash; Open air theatre 30/07/10&lt;br /&gt;Performed in the Castle grounds, Bude, by Chapterhouse Theatre Company. Come along to watch this heart-warming story of fun and friendship in fancy Read More...</description>
			<author>tim@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:47:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Welcome to the club</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Here at the Camelot half of all our guests are either returning visitors or people recommended by others. We must be getting something right! It is always a pleasure to welcome back familiar faces, and there are a number of ways we like to show our appreciation to our regular customers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Camelot loyalty scheme&lt;br /&gt;Any guests staying at the Camelot Hotel for 2 or more nights under a dinner bed and breakfast tariff will automatically be entered into our loyalty scheme whereby 10% of tRead More...</description>
			<author>martin@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bude Jazz Festival</title>
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			<description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jazz Is In The Air&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;110&quot; width=&quot;384&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/budejazzfestival.png&quot; alt=&quot;budejazzfestival&quot; style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right;&quot; /&gt;Each year during the August Bank Holiday week the Camelot Hotel bustles as Bude’s streets dance to the sound of jazz as people come far and wide to listen to a diverse selection of music as the annual jazz festival kicks off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Held annually the Bude Jazz Festival is a riot of sound, colour and excitemenRead More...</description>
			<author>daniel@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:56:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Learn to surf in Bude</title>
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			<description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Surfing is great fun&lt;br /&gt;Whether standing up, or lying down, surfing all the way to the beach for the first time is an amazing experience. And there is nowhere better to learn to surf than North Cornwall. The wide, sandy beaches and consistent surf here make Bude a favourite destination for people wanting to learn to surf. So, book in to the Camelot Hotel and get wet!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Surfing equipment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/learRead More...</description>
			<author>tim@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:38:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Blanchminster Trust</title>
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			<description>Blanchminster - the oldest charitable trust in the world&lt;br /&gt;Bude houses what is believed to be the oldest ongoing charitable trust in the world. The Blanchminster Trust originated in 1421 and since that date has been actively engaged in providing assistance to persons originally in Stratton and Poughill and later in Bude. &lt;p&gt;In its early years the Charity had religious objectives as well as providing help for needy people. Since 1893 the Charity Commission has regulated the activities of the TRead More...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:18:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Oake Manor golf course</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Play golf at Oake Manor on the way to the Camelot&lt;br /&gt;Oake Manor, only a few minutes&amp;rsquo; drive from junction 26 of the M5 motorway, is a popular stop for golfers wishing to play a round on their way down to the Camelot Hotel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 5px; float: right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.camelot-hotel.co.uk/images/site/golf_courses/Oake_Manor_15th_hole.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;15th green oake manor golf course&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;Nestling between the Quantock, Brendon and Blackdown Hills, Oake ManRead More...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:21:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>The Camelot Golf Cup 2010</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;The second Camelot Golf Cup competition was held on the weekend of Friday 23rd &amp;amp; Saturday 24th April 2010. The competition, played on a beautiful Saturday morning over the Bude links, was made slightly more difficult with a gentle breeze which tested all of those who competed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;All eight competitors were keen to win but golf is difficult enough without trying to win! As the organiser, I joined the last group with Pauline Pullin and Owen Polden. Whilst I have played shots from most pRead More...</description>
			<author>tim@camelot-hotel.co.uk</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:44:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Anthony Payne, the Famous Cornish Giant</title>
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			<description>HIS EARLY LIFE&lt;br /&gt;Anthony Payne was perhaps the greatest celebrity in the history of Stratton, the older sister town of Bude. He was born in the manor house on Sir Beville Grenville's estate, now known as The Tree Inn.  &lt;p&gt;As a young man he was taken into the establishment at Stowe, the historic abode of Sir Beville Grenville. There the sons of the Cornish gentry were brought up together with Sir Beville's own children. He excelled in academic subjects and showed great strength and skill in gaRead More...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:31:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Parson Hawker, a Great Cornish Eccentric</title>
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			<description>&lt;br/&gt;How Hawkers Restaurant was named&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 1999 when the Naylor family purchased The Camelot Hotel they decided to carry out a complete refurbishment including the creation of a new restaurant. A competition was held amongst the Bude craftsmen working on the job as to what the restaurant should be called. The winner was our plumber, Terry Bale, who is a Cornish patriot with a great knowledge of Cornish history who was born in a house at the end of the hotel car park.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;His recommendation waRead More...</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>St Enodoc golf course</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;rsquo;s featured golf course is St Enodoc, a first rate course which is always a favourite amongst Golfing parties at the Camelot.&lt;/p&gt;Finest links course in the South West?&lt;p&gt;Ranked 55th in the World for 2009 by Golf Digest for courses outside the United States, St Enodoc has one of the finest links golf courses in the South West of England with everything you would expect from a James Braid design; undulating fairways, firm greens, some blind shots and all with the added bonus of some Read More...</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
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