a good site is Chris Ridley's Folknews Kernow, mostly Cornwall but he runs the Garland Ox (Friday) in Bodmin. I link to him on a subsidiary page of my site cresby.com
Nic Parsons Lives in Plymouth (and the Plymouth Shantymen do as it happens) so PM him here & see if he responds.
Distances are deceptive if you rely on Public Transport but Torquay has an FC
Bodmin & Torquay are both on the railway.
let us know what you find.