Blogs from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
With the clarity of memory I relive my childhood in Polperro
Published: April 11th 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Polperro
April 9th 2012
Polperro is a tiny fishing village located along the south Cornwall coast, arguably the best of all the coasts in the UK. Little detached houses, each unique in size and shape dot the rising hilly landscape encapsulating the harbor below, which feeds in to the Atlantic Ocean. It is far too pretty to be believable, too cute and perfect with its quaint narrow streets too small for cars to squeeze through complete with a multitude of tearooms to fill up on traditional scones with homemade jam and Cornish clotted cream. For myself and my family Polperro has a deeper meaning that just ‘pretty little Cornish town’. It is a place we holidayed in our childhoods. Our days were spent on a tiny sandy beach building sandcastles before smashing them. When we tired of destroying other little ... read more
Always look on the bright side of life
Published: April 10th 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Penzance
April 6th 2012
And so another year has passed and Easter is back... last year was Scotland and this year is Cornwall, another corner of this beautiful country in which we live on and that I have never seen before (Dax was there about 10 years ago as part of his 'tippelei'). We left home aiming for Glastonbury, to visit the carpenters that were working with Dax all those 10 years ago... we drove and drove and drove and, suddenly, we were in Exeter... waaaay past Glastonbury. This can be explained by the fact that I was the one reading the map and I was looking at the wrong road!!!... how embarrassing!... and I was saying all the time "we're still far away, keep going"... until Dax saw a sign that said 5 miles to Exeter... I wasn't even ... read more
A whole new adventure to look forward to.........
Published: March 2nd 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » St Austell
March 2nd 2012
I started this blog intending to maintain it throughout my road trip in the USA in 2010 but although I did take the trip and had a fabulous time......the blog got left by the wayside. In 2011 I took another trip, island hopping around the Cyclades Islands, Greece for 6 weeks, and yet again I failed to maintain the blog other than the notebook records I always keep. Soooooo.....for my 2012 trip I am going to try to record the whole thing right from the planning stages, through to its conclusion. I am just beginning to look at the many possibilities out there and no decisions are made yet, but the trip will hopefully begin around mid September and last until the end of October, depending on what I can afford!... read more
January 29th 2012
So I'm off to Heathrow tommorow. I still feel fairly new to travelling but it's not my first time away by myself, last year I went around a bit - snippits of Europe and Morroco, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. I tried as much as I could to get off the tourist track, Ratanakiri in NE Cambodia felt a bit out there and driving around with the Austr-aliens in the Atlas Mountains, we managed to have at least a day when we felt like we had left the tour buses behind. This time though I'm going for a bit longer, but we'll see what happens. Packing seems a bit easier this time and my bag is lighter than before, but instead of telling me - "You're getting more experienced" these two things seek to make me anxious ... read more
Far from the Madding Crowd on the Roseland Peninsula
Published: January 3rd 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall
January 3rd 2012
Despite having lived in Cornwall for most of my life, I had yet to visit one of the most beautiful parts of the county – the Roseland Peninsula. Situated on the south coast, close to Falmouth, the Roseland Peninsula stretches from Tolverne in the north, along the River Fal to the St Just Church and creek, around St. Anthony Head, and down to the southern coast to the harbour towns of Portscatho and Portloe. I headed to the rural area of Philleigh which lies on the northern side of the peninsula and is surrounded by lush green landscapes that are dotted with quaint thatched cottages and colourful fragrant gardens. I was going to spend the next three days at Ardevora Mill & Cottages which are located inland and quietly tucked away from roads and noisy civilisation. ... read more
Cornwall: Pasties, Pirates and Plum Mead
Published: January 2nd 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall
January 2nd 2012
As ITV gets ready to air 'Cornwall with Caroline Quentin' tonight, I thought I would take the opportunity to share my own personal experiences of this beautiful county for those of you who are planning a trip in 2012 and the years beyond. I have been lucky enough to grow up in Cornwall where golden soft sand beaches are never more than 20 minutes away from wherever you are in this county. The 400 miles of rugged coastline boast dramatic granite cliffs, secluded coves, long and wide sandy beaches and the azure waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Cornwall has become a bit of a trendy spot for celebrities over recent years and this Christmas the British comedian Russell Brand headed to Coverack near Helston to cheer on his buddy David Baddiel in a charity ocean swim. ... read more
Hen & Stag Plymouth & Exeter styleeee
Published: November 30th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall
November 29th 2011
Hen & Stag night Well everything was gearing up for a great July & August. First stop is Plymouth for Caroline’s Hen party. We had a Brides & bridesmaid theme and Charlotte spent most of the month turning an old charity shop 1920’s wedding dress into a bespoke fancy dress wedding dress. Caroline wore Mum’s old wedding dress a la 1970’s mini dress and original wrap around sandals!! Liam on the other hand was going out with Murray for a night on the tiles with the boy’s in Exeter. His theme was the 1980’s, so it was nice and easy as he pulled up the Joker outfit and was good to go!!! The girls weekend started with lots of getting ready with a few drinks to help us on our way, we jumped in a cab ... read more
Cornwall - August 2011
Published: January 9th 2012Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Newquay
August 27th 2011
Given the success of our camping trip to Pembrokeshire, Wales last August Bank holiday, we thought we'd try it again! This time we decided on Cornwall. ...Though we did learn slightly from last time and booked us into a camp ground a few months earlier!! On arrival, for some reason once again we were shown to our campsite down the back away from other campers by a friendly guy on a quad bike. We were pleased to be away from the rest and hoped we'd be able to repeat our open fire trick from Wales (having specially brought portable BBQs with us from London!), carefully placing our tents and car in a semi circle with the surrounding bush as background. A drive into nearby Newquay meant we could stock up on supplies.... and a night of ... read more
August 25th 2011
We have been back in the UK now for a week. Had an awesome three months travelling around Europe and met some really super people. Now the rough plan is to put Kirbit on Ebay and head towards Scotland and Ireland for sightseeing before we have to head back out to Heathrow. Here are a few pics from our latest drive down to Cornwall for some kiting with Vince (who we met in Tarifa, Spain)... read more
Surfing with the guys!
Published: August 29th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Mawgan Porth
August 25th 2011
Well, I say surfing, but I use the term very loosely as I only got about 20 minutes of surfing in! We begun our adventure on Saturday 20th August at 1pm in Mildenhall, Suffolk, where I waited eagerly to get picked up by our friend Evan in his Transporter. After collecting Hott Toddy from work and stopping 80 miles down the road to pick up Dave in Knebworth, we could begin our journey. The back of a T25 Transporter is actually very comfortable, so comfy in-fact that I managed a good two hours sleep in the back of it and before no time we were in Cornwall and pulling up to the Surf Lodge (Atlantic Heights). It is a large house with rooms to rent and a garden in which you can pitch your tent. There ... read more
