I’m a fan of The Queens for both eating and drinking, and if you start with the former, you’re pretty sure to end up with the latter too as the food smells even better after a couple of glasses of Heligan Honey ale from Skinner’s Brewery. The pub is a good mix of locals drinking, [...]
May, 2011 Archive
Cape Cornwall, quite a step from Tregiffian, but worth it!
I took quite a long walk last evening over to the Cape. I love the Cape, I’d even propose that it’s better than Land’s End, especially when the snack van is open for tea and cake. The trouble with this walk is that it involves walking past the Cot Valley which is so lovely that [...]
Tiz mizzle me ansom!
Usually I’ll post photos of the great views that show the far west of Cornwall in its best light. But this morning I woke to mizzle and began to ponder where that lovely word might have come from. We Cornish get mazed when things go wrong. Pretty mad I guess it means. So in my [...]
Nanquidno Valley – our favourite walk from Tregiffian, Sennen
I love this view from the fields back to Myn Tea and New Forge. If we’re ever stuck for where to walk then the Nanquidno Valley is sure to be a winner. From the cottage it’s pretty much a case of stepping out of the door and you’re already on the walk. Take a right [...]
Walking to Land’s End Hotel for a well earned drink.
It’s bank holiday Monday and after several weeks of fabulous weather, we’re plunged into the grip of howling east winds and heavy cloud – but that makes for a great coastal walk. Knowing we’re intending on getting to the newly refurbished Land’s End Hotel we take a few short cuts and so this isn’t all [...]
A short drive from Tregiffian, Sennen. Tremenheere Gardens.
Cornwall has many wonderful gardens developed by wealthy explorers who exploited our mild climate to create wonderful displays of the exotics they, or their teams, brought back from around the world. Something rather more modern is Tremenheere. Neil Armstrong (the other Neil Armstrong) bought an overgrown valley in the late 90s with a brave vision [...]
The Godrevy Seal Colony, West Cornwall
We were staying at Portreath for the last couple of nights. Portreath was the first place I cycled to, at an age that would make modern parents feel fear, but now it’s important as home of friend and owner of Falmouth’s only independent optician, Mark Acky Alexander. We left yesterday morning and drove along the [...]
