Blogs from Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

We decided to visit Lostwithiel, which lies tucked away in the Fowey Valley, on 19 September. We took the train from St Austell. Lostwithiel is one of the local stations in Cornwall. Nevertheless, this quiet town had a wealth of historic artefacts and buildings – Tudor Bridge, St Bartholomew Church, The Dutchy Palace, The Grammar School, Taprell House, all of which were built between 15th century and 18th century. We popped in the church and the museum. The museum has an interesting collection of artefacts which were all donated locally and wonderful photographic collection depicting the social history of the town since the end of the 18th century. I was impressed with the calendar with photos of local historic buildings of Lostwithiel and bought the one presented at the receptionist’s desk. We had planned visiting Restomel ... read more

We decided that a test camp would be a good idea. The plan was to pack all the kit and take it for a test run to make sure we knew how everything works and make sure we had everything we need. Last year we went camping in Cornwall so we could have some time on our own and the kids (squids) can spend some time with there dad who lives down there. So we packed up what we had and went. We had a few issues once down there. One being our tent leaked along with other things like our airbed being way to small and not holding air. Anyway. This Easter weekend we are going back down the Cornwall to go camping and use all our kit. Now for those of you reading this ... read more

Someday has to be the first, some day has to be the last. The third Friday was special. It’s always hard to say good bye. Especially if you know that you probably won’t see each other again. Even if you always go like “Let’s meet again”… you know how it often ends up. There’re new things waiting around the corner. Everything has its time. And place. Anyway, these three weeks have been terrific in all ways. A wonderful place, a friendly and personal atmosphere both in school and in the village, and a new experience for us to be at the same place for three weeks. Without a car. Just being on this little spot on the map all the time. As near you can come to actually live in a new place abroad, which always ... read more

Of course we had to see the great “estuary” (a word as frequent as “quay” in this place) from a closer distant. Together with my schoolmates and K we hired Dan to take us around the harbour and up the river. We got to see the jetties where the china clay is loaded on big boats, and several others “point of interests”, according to Dan. For instance the place where Led Zeppelin recorded some of there greatest albums, among other artist. A recording studio in the middle of nowhere! Well, near the river, and just a couple of hundred yards from a pub, but otherwise as secluded as it can be. Certainly Dan also offered some jokes, trying to lighten us up. Like “This is the place where I got my first kiss”. It was last ... read more

There is one world famous “must see” in Cornwall, at least for them who consider themselves to be climate conscious and environmental friendly, and you see a lot of those people in this place. I’m talking about “Eden Project”. A couple of huge bubbles (in fact we noticed them from above when we arrived with our flight to Newquay) with a lot of plants, representing different parts of the world and climate zones. With lots of educational signs to that, of course, addressing issues like a sustainable echo system etc. I know that you've been there K and P, haven't you? The bubbles are built on the bottom of a gaping sore in the nature, a pit from digging out china-clay for commercial reasons. There are lots of those pits in Cornwall. But the digging of ... read more