I had a real treat this May when we visited The National Trust Godolphin House, that opens for a just a few days each month. From the walk through the bluebell woods to the iconic ravaged time worn wooden doors, to the fabulous granite paving slabs to the intriguing doorways opening to yet another vista […]
Recommended local Places to visit in West Cornwall
Information about the local places in Cornwall to explore. The towns, villages and iconic landmarks of the Lands End, Lizard and Roseland Peninsulas
A picture postcard from Mousehole
Let me send you a postcard from Mousehole this week, sent from the idyllic former fishing village, beguilingly set around a Cornish harbour just a seagull’s wing across Mounts Bay from us here at Ednovean Farm. Mousehole is enchanting in the spring, buzzing quietly in the summer and from the picture perfect harbour framed by […]
A visit to the Minack Theatre
We visited the World Famous Minack Theatre at Porthcurno this week on a glorious February day that felt like summer – maybe that is where the phrase “summer in February” came from. The Cornish have a name for these special days – they call them “a day lent” and we took full advantage of the […]
The Christmas lights of St Ives
I spent a happy hour or so walking under the ribbon of lights that canopied Fore Street in St Ives and made a lasting memory of Christmas magic on an evening spent with friends! We parked above the town and took one of those mammoth runs of granite steps that snake down to the sea […]
The nostalgic glow of Christmas lights in Penzance
Last night the doughty old town of Penzance was glowing, bathed in Christmas lights and with the very essence of an old fashioned nostalgic Christmas, so join me for a stroll along the old timeworn flagstones under a thousand twinkly lights. I think there’s something special about Christmas in a Penzance – a town that […]
Cadgwith a fishing village lost in time
If you are planning to visit just one fishing village in Cornwall then make it Cadgwith sheltering in the lea of the most southerly point of The Lizard. There is a timeless air about the glorious jumble of thatched cottages hugging the slipway to the sea where the fishing boats lay on the shingle beach […]
We visited St Ives
We visited St Ives at last this week and found summer seemed to linger on within the bustling streets and thronged harbour even though it was late in October. The bustling tourist destination of St Ives is so different from the quiet, laid back, world of Mounts Bay and so we eased ourselves gently into […]
Our visit to St Michael’s Mount
We made a long planned visit to St Michael’s Mounts this week, finally taking advantage of the gentler pace of life that arrives with autumn in Cornwall. Autumn is such a special time of year – the days are still warm and those special spots are far less crowded – just right for a visit […]
Away down to Lamorna
“Away down to Lamorna” is chorus of a famous Cornish song and I had forgotten just how beautiful Lamorna Valley was, until we drove down through the valley to the harbour again this week. The tinge of autumn was yet to touch the luscious green of the all enveloping trees in this sheltered valley and […]
Explore Penzance – Stannary town and harbour
Mention Penzance and “The Pirates of Penzance” comes to mind and for sure the Barbary Pirates were still snatching the good citizens of Penzance well into the seventeenth Century, yet explore the solid town of Penzance today and you will find a solid matron of a town, rising above the harbour. Penzance is more of […]