Excuse the enthusiasm but where to begin! Cornwall always get to spring before the rest of the country and it was so great to be able to roam further afield once again, I’ve barely been in the house. We’ve been swimming, cycling, exploring and generally annoying the gulls. In fact, we were in the Hubbox […]
Bigging up the small businesses There are so many brilliant businesses and creators out there that I want to get into the habit of telling others all about them. I tend to just use them and then forget to share. Share because you care is a naff phrase but it does what it says on […]
Three months in lock down just flew by, didn’t they? No, I didn’t think so either. In fact, the weeks hung very heavy and the final kicker came when my National Trust renewal subscription came through the post. I had joined in February 2020 when I visited Hinton Ampner and Mottisfont in Hampshire, with a […]
Looking Backwards Hey-ho. Back into lockdown we go. That said, I won’t complain. I live in a beautiful, under populated county and I’m just going to try and make the best of it, and share it with you. So before we were full locked down Steve and I went out for a ride around Goss […]
The Saints’ Way – A Long Cornish Walk Over the summer I walked the Saints’ Way with friends. Each leg was around 15 miles and we were walking to raise money for a friend’s charity. I was also walking to research a new walking guide and finally, we were all walking just for the sheer […]
Liz HurleyLiz Hurley as well as being the owner of this blog, runs a bookshop in Cornwall, right by the sea and writes books. You can buy them in her shop (of course), Waterstones and other outlets as well as Amazon. Amazon.co.uk When she’s not reading, she’s writing and when she’s not writing, […]
The National Trust (NT) has created a new path that connects two existing paths, making a lovely loop out by Lamledra near Gorran Haven. So I thought I’d go and explore. A lovely small loop walk with some great sites and sights along the way. No facilities Liable to be wild horses and cattle along […]
We probably all have our favourite Cornish place names, but I think the number one place name, is one we can all agree on. Before we get to that one though let’s have a look at some of the other peculiar place names in Cornwall. Let’s start with Pennycomequick. As bizarre as this name is […]
There is something about the landscape of St Agnes that invites larger than life tales. Here, a most unpleasant giant mistreats his wife and moons after a local saint. Boy did he pick the wrong woman to mess with. — Once upon a time, many years ago in the lands to the far west, where […]
Alright so that headline is a bit of an eye grabber but I do like it. At this time of year I love mushroom spotting and occasionally picking and eating. The first wild mushroom I ever picked and ate was when I was about seven or eight and the mushroom in question was a common […]