.... pointless asking in the local NGs as the signal to noise ratio is ridiculous.
OK, it was maybe 30-40 years ago. The normal route down to Cornwall through Devon is the A30. I recollect deciding to go through Somerset and North Devon, perhaps, maybe through Taunton, Tiverton, Crediton, Bude and onto the north Cornwall coast.
I recollect stopping at 'The Black Cat Cafe' somewhere on that journey. I think there was lso a Black Cat garage. The cafe was on a corner on top of a bank, and one approached it by climbing some steps set into the bank. I found some references to it a few years back but can't find any trace now. I'm guessing it's closed now, Anybody know the place, or can shed some light?