• The hotel that Ali Waring is desparately trying to find is undoubtedly The Tresanton in St Mawes. He can be assured the view is still wonderful and the restaurant fabulous.

Christopher Gadsden

• Ali Waring asks about a hotel in Cornwall with stripped floorboards and a veranda overlooking the sea, with a good restaurant. It could be the Hotel Tresanton, at St Mawes, a favourite of ours we'll be visiting in early June. The hotel email address is info@tresanton.com, telephone: 01326 270 055

Sue Osborne

• Could this be The Old Coastguard Hotel, Mousehole, near Penzance? It certainly has stripped floors, a verandah, and a good restaurant, so even if it's not the one, it will probably do instead. Telephone: 01736 731222. www.oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk

Maggie Conn

• Ali Waring may be thinking of the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth. A private quayside, excellent rooms with views over the estuary, and a deservedly famous restaurant. Plus a literary touch - it gave Kenneth Grahame the inspiration to write 'The Wind in the Willows'.

Keith Bartlett

• The Old Coastguard Hotel (tel 01736 731222) in Mousehole near Penzance has stripped floorboards, a veranda and an excellent restaurant. Ask for the room on the top floor (room five, if I remember correctly) with a dual aspect and a private balcony looking out over the sea. Check out www.mousehole.co.uk

Christine Slenczka