Winter renovations at The Old Chapel are almost over and we are putting the finishing touches to the newly ewvamped shower room in the twin room as well as upgraded curtains and soft furnishings and redecorating in the entrance hall, staircase etc. We will be all set for the new season by February and our guide who takes guests to Helgan as well as Eden is forecasting a riot of colour in February and March due to the mild winter.

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The Eden Project has just increased its prices once again, with tickets now at £22 for adults and £15.50 for seniors. This makes the Old Chapel's Eden break even better value at £125per person, to include three nights B&B, your entrance to Eden and a magnificent guided tour, with collection from here. Our guests return full of praise for the wonderful guide who is a treasure trove of facts and stories all seved up with lashings of good humour. Go to our Tariff and Breaks page for more details and don't forget, Eden is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

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Lostwithiel welcomes its newest antique business, Mark Royle, as the town further cements its position as the antiques capital of Cornwall. As well as the various shops there is an excellent antiques market on the second Sunday of each month and the local auctioneers, Jefferys,  hold a sale once a fortnight on a Wednesday.

We also have some exciting news of places to eat and drink in Lostwithiel. The Royal Oak has just re-opened after a major refurbishment and this olde-worlde pub is already proving popular with guests in its new guise. Also  Prince Charles was recently in town to open the new shop and cafe at the Duchy Nursery, which he owns as Duke of Cornwall. It has been done to a very high standard and has a great menu as well as some of the finest views in the area and is just a few minutes away from The Old Chapel. Another new eatery in town is Asquiths, a high class restaurant to further enhance our local town's growing reputation as a great location for dining. There are rumours also that a certain celebrity chef who is already prominent in Cornwall is looking at taking over a former brasserie in Lostwithiel so watch this space for any developments!
 

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New at The Old Chapel is a "Wild food foraging" experience, with a superb half day out with Marcus Harrison of the Wild Food School in Lostwithiel. He will guide you through the countryside, revealing what is safe to eat, where to find it and how to cook or prepare it so you can spend some happy days hunting through the hedgerows back at home. The course can be booked as an add-on to a stay at The Old Chapel for £30 per person and rather than confine it to a specific date when this is available, just ask us for some more details and we can book you in with Marcus for one of his days out! Full day courses are also available at £70 per person.

For those who have eaten earlier in the day and just fancy settling down in front of the TV or with a book, we are now offering a "snacks menu" served in the room or in the summer house with such things as Westcounty seafood chowder, soup, sandwiches, Welsh rarebit and Cornish pilchards on toast as well as a new range of absolutely delicious prepared seafood.

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Your hostess Babs is always on the lookout for ways to improve the guests' stay and she has hunted out a lady down at Hayle who produces the loveliest hand made soap. These are now provided for guests and are just another of the little "extras" to make your visit more special and, like just about everything we provide, it is supporting another small local enterprise. We also now have a lending library for guests and if you have not finished a book before it's time to leave you are free to leave another in its place and take it home with you. Further improvements for this year are quality flat screen LCD digital televisions for all the bedrooms and Babs spent a lot of time over the winter upgrading the soft furnishings in the double bedrooms with her friend Kath.

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