Write All About It!
It’s a pity we couldn’t stay longer. Lytes Cary was a stop-off point on the way through Somerset. It’s one of the National Trust’s smaller properties and delightful, but the walks around the estate are...
A Charming Harbour
Porthleven was an instant hit as soon as I saw it. Although the marina beckoned, I couldn’t help wandering into the Ship Yard. An inside modern marketplace selling art, innovative merchandise and artisan food and...
An Idyllic Part of Kent
“Oh no,” I groaned, as traffic ground to a halt near Stonehenge. We were a few hours into our journey to Kent, with another anticipated two hours before reaching our destination. Two cars were involved...
Underground, Overground
I can’t believe I haven’t been to Cape Cornwall before. Energy seems to radiate from the atmosphere. Light reflects off of the waves and intensifies the landscape’s colours, and salty air billowing in from the...
Seal of Approval
So the love affair continues. With lighthouses, of course, and I can’t believe that my feature published in “The People’s Friend” about these iconic landmarks and my fondness for them was over two years ago....
From Pots to Devil’s Bellows
My attention was piqued. A pottery shop, and selling crystals, too. We had stayed in Boscastle a long time ago, but I couldn’t recall seeing it, which surprises me, as I’m a great lover of...
Story Perfect
“I don’t know where it is,” I replied to Mr Word Loft one evening in the week. “It sounds like a place in an Agatha Christie novel.” And we were amazed to find out Crackington...
Up, Over and Around
Intriguing. I read the plaque on the Old Malt House, situated at the start of our circular walk from Lostwithiel town centre. The inscription tells of Walter Kendal who founded the mansion house in 1658....
The Pipe Well
Thanks to the recent stormy weather, I investigated part of Liskeard that I don’t often visit. I needed to buy presents for forthcoming birthdays, including Mr Word Loft, so in a lull between storms, I...
Camellia Companions
I’ve been curious to know why our camellias hadn’t started to bloom as usual, especially after our trip to Mount Edgcumbe last week and admiring arrays of the shrubs flowering in shades through from white...