A Store of Memories
‘There it is.’ I pointed to the cherry-red frontage of Elliott’s Stores in Saltash, Cornwall. My eight-year-old grandson is enthusiastic about history, and I had told him about the licensed grocery that had closed and...
The Amazing Armada Way
After Plymouth’s city centre controversy in 2023, it is uplifting to see the new Armada Way, which is part of the city’s regeneration scheme. Now free of protective barriers and contractors. Visitors can enjoy the...
Cornwall’s Cosy Corner
The first overnight stay in Ivy, our campervan, was a success, mainly thanks to our choice of destination – Eden Valley Holiday Park at Lanlivery. In a wooded paddock, a short walk from the village,...
A Geocaching Jaunt
What better place to go locally on the summer solstice and Father’s Day than to the moors in Ivy, our new campervan? We bumped along a track to Craddock Moor, part of Bodmin Moor, with...
Thrilled to Share My Poem
So pleased to see my owl poem, “Silent and Magnificent”, in the People’s Friend Summer Feel-Good Fiction Bookazine. It’s based on a true experience, so it is lovely to have it in print with such...
Cornwall’s Coastal Seaside Treasure
There is something magical about St Ives. I remember my first visit years ago. As I walked down to the bay, I gasped in amazement at the storybook scene ahead. Turquoise surf and yellow sands,...
Sea, Forts and Driftwood
Approaching Crownhill Bay, the scenery is breathtaking. Mr Word Loft stopped the car so I could take a photo of the yellow wavering fields ahead, the sea, and the crescent-shaped Plymouth Breakwater. We parked near...
Beautiful Bude
It must be one of Britain’s best-known seaside resorts. That is how it seems to me. As a child living in London, I had only read about Bude in storybooks. However, since moving to Cornwall,...
In the Pink
Cotehele’s orchard blossom spectacle sent me on a journey of nostalgia. I had missed the organised tour, but roaming from row to row on a balmy day and breathing in the delicate scent was magical....
Tuk-Tuk Travels Around Gozo
Coach, boat, tuk-tuk and ferry all in a day. It was windy, and I’m not wonderful on boats, so I took a motion sickness pill. On the coach, our excursion guide assured us that in...