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The Cornish May Day Festival - It's not for the faint hearted!
The Travelsleuth visits Cornwall's Padstow for May Day and discovers two superb restaurant hotels on this beautiful Atlantic coast.
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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.
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Buckingham Palace, Grouse, Salmon and Cornish Wines
The Travelsleuth makes his annual visit to Buckingham Palace before leaving the summer crowds of London behind for the peace of Cornwall's picturesque moorland rivers, the Fowey and Camel.
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Mayday, Mayday
The archetypal blues song begins “I woke up this morning…” whereas its folk equivalent is most likely to be roving out one morning in May. This month I take a look at why the folk tradition values May so highly in its lyrics.
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Travelsleuth's Diary: June
The Travelseuth's June diary of royal, social and sporting events in Britain. Royal Ascot, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Trooping the Colour; a packed month of sport and pageantry, together with the Aldeburgh Festival and major Agricultural Shows. <B>Updated 8 June</B>
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Visiting Padstow, North Cornwall
Arguably best known outside of Cornwall as the home of chef Rick Stein, the friendly town of Padstow has much to recommend it all on its own.
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Eating Samphire as a Side Dish
Samphire is not seaweed, it's a seashore plant. Two chefs' recipes from Cornwall show the ease and versatility of making samphire side dishes to fish and seafood.
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Crime and Family History
If you have a lawbreaker in your family, contemporary newspaper reports can add invaluable detail to an otherwise skeletal family tree.
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Rick Stein Mediterranean Escapes
A beautiful book full of memories, people, sunshine and lovely recipes by a great chef and nice guy too! Be inspired - if this book doesn't get you cooking - none will!
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Travelsleuth's Diary for June
The Travelsleuth looks at the social, sporting and cultural highlights taking place in London and the shires during June.
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England awakens to Summer
England&#8217;s countryside awakens in dappled sunlight after a winter of catastrophe
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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.
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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.
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Healthy Mediterranean Food
Rick Stein's new Mediterranean cookbook gives you plenty of ideas for healthy New Year eating.
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Journey Through Britain
The co-founder of a British publishing house revisits, explores and reminisces about places and old friends throughout mainland Britain.
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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
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The Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway
An enterprising group of enthusiasts maintains a link with one of Britain's earliest railway lines.
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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.
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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.
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Touring Cornwall Without a Car
Travelling by train, bus and cycle in a beautiful setting brings its own rewards.
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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.
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Today's Chef's Special: Braised Squirrel
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt looks at cult London restaurants serving exotic culinary oddities for newly adventurous clientele; medieval dishes like braised squirrel, and rook pie, wood mushrooms like boletus edulis.
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Palace, Purdey, Rod and Gibbet
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt takes time off to visit Buckingham Palace before going fishing on Cornwall's River Fowey Recommendations for quality accommodation near the Palace and in Bodmin.
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