Tag Archives: Cornwall

It’s a Wrap!

The Final Lap: Falmouth to Bigbury-on-Sea He made it. Yesterday, after a week on the final run up the east coast of Cornwall and across the border into Devon the job is done. Yesterday afternoon, I joined One & Only … Continue reading

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Of Tin & Tea & Tidal Rivers

The penultimate phase: the Lizard Peninsula I have just been looking at a map that divides Cornwall into six areas, like stripy socks, and noticed that the southern end of the county looks something like a crab claw. So, we … Continue reading

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Combing the Penwith Peninsula

Phase 6 of the Salt Path: St. Ives to Prussian Bay ‘By Tre, Pol and Pen, Shall ye know all Cornishmen’ On the south western tip of Cornwall (or Kernow as it is known by the Cornubians) is the rugged … Continue reading

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Of Martyrs and Artists and Clamorous Bells

Phase 5 of the Salt Path: Boscastle to St Ives This past week, we have been based in St Columb Major, a Cornish town a few miles inland, and well away from the hustle and bustle and total chaos of … Continue reading

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Down on the Border

‘…For men must work, and women must weep,Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,And the harbour bar be moaning.’. ~ Charles Kingsley (Three Fishers) Phase 4: The Salt Path: Westward Ho! to Bude Our accommodation these past few days has … Continue reading

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“‘Tis the Season to be Jolly”

Trelissick House is a three-hundred acre country estate just outside Truro in Cornwall. Built in the 18th century by the Lawrance family, has had a chequered history, having been bought and sold several times over the intervening centuries.  Today it … Continue reading

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A Blustery Day

‘I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen’ ~ A.A. Milne  Woken by the foghorns on Falmouth Harbour early this morning, we faced a grey and gloomy day, warm for November, but with mizzling skies. The … Continue reading

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