We soon found the shop to book our tickets for the "doc Martin" tour.
The tour took about 90 minutes and is given by a guy who is also an extra in the show and a resident of Port Isaac. The picture is Doc Martin's house, but only from the outside. The inside part of the house is a set built in the fields on the other side of the hill. This is common practice as it eases filming, but some venues are built in real shops - such as the pharmacy. Here they take all the innards of the shop out and build their own shop inside. Normally it is only like that for a couple of days. So all the scenes in the pharmacy for the series are filmed in two days. Filming for a series is normally completed in three months, starting in March. It was a very interesting tour, and also included some of the history of Port Isaac.
After a very nice crab salad at The Cornish Cove:
We visited the Lifeboat house, where there is a recruitment drive - for new donors. The young lady (Chloe) told us about the costs of lifeboats and the number of lives they save - and also the new focus - which is lifeguards on beaches to try to prevent expensive call-outs. She is a surfer, so it is important to her. Nice to see 'young' people working for 'old' causes.
St. Peter's church has an exhibition of the history of the village, which we re-visited. By now it was 4 pm and the exhibition was due to close, so we started the walk back to the house. After a shower and some recovery time, we topped up supplies at the Port Isaac Co-Op and had dinner.
Walking minutes: 152 Brisk: 70
Steps: 11,859 (phone off during tour)
Miles: 2.26 (30:45 min/mile) and 2.47 (33:05 mins/mile)
Driven so far: 743.5
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