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...
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,...
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,...
Exploring Polperro
How could I have not written about Polperro before? There’s my blog post from five years ago about the Cornish fishing village’s celebrated Shell House, titled Thank you, Mr and Mrs Puckey, but nothing else,...
Trelissick and the King Harry Ferry
After Storm Goretti swept through the Southwest, I was unhappy to hear that Trelissick was closed due to fallen trees and debris. It is one of my favourite Cornish National Trust properties. The weather had...
Up and Around Kit Hill
After a hectic few weeks, it was wonderful to exercise in the green outdoors. I’m passionate about Christmas and relish festivities with family and friends. But once the New Year has been celebrated, I’m eager...
From St Ive to Africa
Intrigued by a leaflet’s content, I picked it up. It advertised The Story of Emily experience, honouring the 19th-century welfare campaigner and humanitarian’s life. The interactive museum is set in the village of St Ive,...
Vineyard Wanderings
An unintended detour led to my discovery of a romantic and unexpected landscape deep in the Cornish countryside. Last autumn, Mr Word Loft and I planned to meet up at Forder to go for an...
Glorious Poppies
Like other flowers, poppies seem to be blooming earlier each summer with climate change. It came to my attention four years ago in May when I was on holiday in Tuscany. I shrilled with joy...