Articles related to "Cornwall"



Cornwall Scene Report
In light of it being tough for Cornish rock punk and metal bands to break out of the locale, it is worthwhile to present some great bands to the rest of the country.
• cornwall • cornish music • cornish scene • cornish live music • cornwall live music

Touring Cornwall Without a Car
Travelling by train, bus and cycle in a beautiful setting brings its own rewards.
• cornwall • westcountry • green travel • cornwall’s branch railway lines • local bus services in cornwall

Cornwall's Maritime Branch Railway
The Maritime Line links Truro, Cornwall's charming county town, and Falmouth, historic port, centre for small boat sailors and home of Britain's National Maritime Museum.
• maritime line • maritime branch railway • scenic train route • cornwall • truro

Best Dining in Cornwall, England
A yearly List of approved gourmet restaurants, dining pubs, cafes and hotels in Cornwall helps gourmands enjoy quality cuisine in the South West of England.
• best restaurants • cornwall • england • cornish accredited restaurants • guide

Cornwall's Looe Valley Railway
The Looe Valley Line is one of the most picturesque branch railways in England, linking the main line with the coast through some of Cornwall's most scenic countryside.
• looe valley line • scenic branch railway • cornwall • bodmin moor • liskeard

St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK
St. Michael's Mount lies just off the Cornish Coast at Marazion, in South West England. The ancient fortifications are surrounded by fabulous tropical hanging gardens.
• st. michael’s mount • cornwall children • cornwall castle • boat trip st michael’s mount • price st michael’s mount

The Tamar Valley Branch Railway
This 14-mile scenic branch railway line runs into the heart of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• tamar valley branch railway • river tamar • bere peninsula • crossing the brook • calstock viaduct

A Vacation to Eclipse All Others - Cornwall's Solar Eclipse 1999
The Travelsleuth explores the land of the Solar Eclipse in Britain's Cornwall and Devon for information on lodging, dining, and sightseeing.
• britain travel • cornwall • westcountry travel • solar eclipse • bodmin

Tales from Cornwall
Cornwall is famous for its folklore and beauty.
• england • cornwall • faries • ghost stories • giants

The May Day Revels of Cornwall
Cornwall goes A'Maying in frenzied carnival at Padstow and decorous dance at Helston. The Travelsleuth seeks out fine dining at Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant with Rooms in Padstow and discovers a superb B&B run by explorer-writer Robin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife Louella on the edge of Bodmin Moor.
• queen • elizabeth • st. enodoc • rock • padstow

A Writer's Tour of Cornwall
The novelist Wilkie Collins walked around Cornwall in 1850 and his vivid descriptions can still guide the modern visitor.
• rambles beyond railways • wilkie collins • bodmin moor • looe island • liskeard

Cornwall's Atlantic Coast Branch Railway
Cornwall's longest branch railway line leads from China Clay country through a wonderful wooded valley and across a nature reserve to the home of British surfing.
• atlantic coast branch railway • luxulyan valley • cornwall and west devon mining landscape • industrial archaeology in cornwall • goss moor national nature reserve

Cornwall's Boconnoc Steam Fair
The Boconnoc estate, steeped in the colourful and dramatic history of England's westernmost county, hosts a gathering of vintage steam engines for three days each summer.
• boconnoc steam fair • vintage steam engine • great houses of southwest england • boconnoc estate • great houses of cornwall

Cornwall's St Ives Bay Railway
A branch railway links the main London-Penzance line with St Ives, a renowned artists' centre and one of England's most attractive seaside towns.
• st ives bay railway • st ives branch line • scenic branch line • st erth to st ives • lelant saltings

Cornwall’s Tin Mines
The abandoned - but beautiful - tin mines of Cornwall are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• cornwall • tin mines • mining • industrial heritage • st agnes

D.H. Lawrence - Cornwall 1916
When Lawrence, with his wife Freida, moved to Cornwall in1916 he saw it as a first step toward emigrating to America and away from a war he did not support..
• d.h.lawrence • freida lawrence • cornwall • zennor • tregerthen

Du Maurier's Cornwall: Bodmin Moor
Following the footsteps of the characters in Daphne du Maurier's novel 'Jamaica Inn' shows how much remains unchanged on Bodmin Moor.
• england • cornwall • westcountry • daphne du maurier • bodmin moor

Du Maurier's Cornwall: Fowey
Exploring the settings of Du Maurier's novels around Fowey helps deepen the appreciation of the stories and of what remains of Cornwall's beautiful landscape.
• england • cornwall • westcountry • fowey • daphne du maurier

Du Maurier's Cornwall: Helford
Exploring the setting of Daphne du Maurier's novel 'Frenchman's Creek' deepens the appreciation of the landscape and the story, and reveals Cornwall both new and old.
• england • cornwall • westcountry • helford • daphne du maurier

Literary Tourism in Cornwall
Among Cornwall's many writers, Daphne du Maurier and Winston Graham have done most to establish this English county as a destination for literary tourists.
• literary tourism • literary travel • literary connections • literary tourist • daphne du maurier

Offbeat Cornwall Accommodation
Cornish cottages and other accommodation might seem boring when you've seen where else you can stay, like a pig-sty, tipi, temple, old arsenic mine or Egyptian house
• cornwall • cornish cottages • accommodation • offbeat and unusual places to stay in the southwes • quirky vacation homes

St. Ives, Cornwall Coast, England
St. Ives offers everything you could wish for in a seaside resort. Sandy beaches, an attractive town, the Tate St. Ives Art Gallery and excellent restaurants.
• st ives • st. ives • cornish coast • cornwall coast • tate st ives

King Edward VIII’s Abdication
Because of his love for Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII became the only monarch in British history to voluntarily give up the throne.*
• king edward viii’s abdication • the abdication crisis of 1936 • wallis simpson • royal marriages act of 1772 • cornwall plan

The Eden Project
The Eden Project is a top international visitor attraction for all the family. Children and adults will love the Giant Greenhouses of Tropical and Mediterranean plants.
• eden project • giant greenhouses • rainforest greenhouse • biomes • mediterranean greenhouse

A Review: EuroTalk Talk Now! Celtic Languages for Beginners
This is a review of the EuroTalk Talk Now!software, which offers basic language learning for beginners to Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx, Welsh and Cornish.
• scottish • gaelic • irish • manx • welsh

Dark Night of the Sun - The Total Solar Eclipse '99
Join The Travel Sleuth in the legendary Land of Lyonesse to meet with Sheridan Williams, noted author and authority on Solar Eclipses. Imagine with him the awesome moment when the Moon's shadow swoops in off the Atlantic at 1000 miles an hour to turn Day into Night, Song into Silence.
• england • cornwall • scilly • eclipse • lyonesse arthur

PARTY! Most of Europe invited ---
a little bit about the eclipse --- Hey, it's a free show!
• iran • england • cornwall • eclipse • budget travel

Put on your Party Hat - it's Festival Time in England
The Travel Sleuth looks at some Festival celebrations in Cornwall, Lancashire, and Sussex, and a Viking Reenactment Weekend in York.
• festivals • celebrations • england • cornwall • lancashire

See England and the Eclipse in Pullman Comfort
Join the Travel Sleuth on the Charter Riviera Express from Paddington to see the Solar Eclipse in Cornwall. Relax in comfort and enjoy the scenic rail route through southern England.
• rail travel • railway travel • cornwall • london • eclipse

St. Ives - St. Ia's Town
A guide to St Ives.
• cornwall • fishing • artist • tate • gallery

The '99 Solar Eclipse - A Cornish Experience
Join The Travel Sleuth in North Cornwall, the legendary Camelot of King Arthur's Camelot, for the Great Solar Eclipse. Enjoy with him the scenic tranquility of Bodmin Moor, and visit the magnificent Georgian seat of the Molesworth-St.Aubyns.
• england • cornwall • devon • eclipse • plymouth

The Provisions of Oxford
Some of the events leading up to the Baron's War
• henry • richard of cornwall • pope innocent iv • holy roman emperor • baron's war

The Story of Mary Bryant Part I
The story of the Fleet Fleet convict Mary Bryant and her escape from Sydney with her husband, two young children and seven convicts and subsequent voyage in open to Timor.
• mary • bryant • william bryant • cornwall • plymouth

The Tragic Love Tale of Tristan and Iseult from Arthurian Legend
Read the tragic tale of undying love between Sir Tristan and princess Iseult from Arthurian legend.
• tristan • iseult • king mark • cornwall • ireland

The Tranquil Scilly Isles, Arthur's Lyonesse. Page 2.
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt visits the tranquil sub-tropical Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall, fabled Lyonesse of Arthurian legend and paradise of flowers, birds and empty beaches of silver sand . Accommodation and travel tips. Page 2.
• travelsleuth • stuart • buchanan • macwatt • cornwall

Welsh (Part 2, The Celtic Languages)
This article discusses the history and status of the Welsh language.
• welsh • wales • britain • celtic • cymraeg

Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne Du Maurier, the English writer who proved her ability in diverse literary genres including short stories, novels, biographies, autobiographies and travel books.
• du maurier • manderley • rebecca • the birds • julius

Thomas Hardy's Landscapes
Hardy set an early novel in the countryside on the coast of north Cornwall, still a beautiful area but curiously a sense of place is not a defining feature of the story.
• thomas hardy • nineteenth century novelist • cornwall • landscape and literature • a sense of place

England awakens to Summer
England’s countryside awakens in dappled sunlight after a winter of catastrophe
• charles • cornwall • bodmin • england • salmon

Britain's Haunted Hotels
Britain's historic hotels have many mysterious guests and here are some of the best ghostly tales of the spirits who haunt the corridors - and never pay their bills!
• ghosts • haunted hotels • england • scotland • britain

British Food - Fish Pie
In medieval times British fish pies were often cooked with spices and sugar and covered with a pastry lid coated in icing. Today it is a simple, easy to make dish.
• fish pie recipe • traditional british food • fish pies baked for lent • fish pies made with spices and sugar • stargazy pie from cornwall

Collecting Newlyn Copperware
A high bid for a Newlyn tea caddy at auction suggests that investment in Newlyn Industrial Class copperware remains a significant area for collecting English antiques.
• copperware • copper • newlyn • english antiques • cornishware

Find Baby-friendly Boltholes
Holiday cottages which are really baby-friendly can be hard to search out, but a new British website helps anyone planning a vacation with a baby to do just that
• baby-friendly • uk holiday cottages • new website • devon • cornwall

King Lear at Stratford Festival
King Lear's Edmund, like many in today's world, was a child ignored and slighted. Brian Bedford's direction gave Dion Johnstone wise tools to play The Bastard Son.
• king lear • stratford shakespearean festival ontario • dion johnstone • brian bedford • edmund

New Rough Guide to England
Rough Guides are amongst the best and most popular guidebooks. The new guide to England has almost 1100 pages and is one of the best and most comprehensive books around
• rough guide to england • recommended book • best guidebook on english food • beer • restaurants and hotels

Royal London: Clarence House
Clarence House, the London home of Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, as well as Prince William and Prince Harry, is open for private visits in summer
• royal london • clarence house • england private visit • tour home prince charles • prince wales

Top Ten English Hotels and Spas
There are 66 of the best English hotels in the 2008/9 Zagat Guide to the World's Top Hotels, Resorts and Spas, rating 1400 great places to stay. Here's the Top Ten.
• top ten english hotels • best england spas • zagat guide • world's best resorts • london luxury accommodation

7/7 The London Bombings. Update.
The Travelsleuth updates news on the London bombings of 7/7. Unscheduled speech by The Queen, as she and other Royals visits the maimed in London hospitals, mirrors the nation's defiance.
• travelsleuth • london • 7/7 • queen • royal britain

A Floral Bouquet for Mother - London's Chelsea Flower Show
The Travelsleuth looks at English Country Gardens in May, London's Kew Gardens and Chelsea Flower Show and considers joining the Royal Horticultural Society.
• london • kew • chelsea • alpines • horticulture

An Introduction to Celtic Languages
This article gives a quick background to the many Celtic languages and their presence on the Internet, as well as introducing the links on this site.
• irish • scottish • gaelic • manx • welsh


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