The Padstow Obby Oss festival is a folk custom unique to Padstow and now one of Britain’s most famous folk customs, attracting many visitors. It is Padstow’s most famous and popular event with as many as 30,000 people visiting the town for the day. Watching the processions and festivities is free and of course the […]
Monthly Archives: December 2017
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Dates have now been announced for the North Cornwall Book Festival 2018. It will run from 4th to 7th October at the same venue as 2017, St Endellion church, St Minver. The postcode for the North Cornwall Book Festival is PL29 3TP. You can get a taste of some of the previous six St Endellion book […]
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We found a book signed by Rosamunde Pilcher tucked away in a charity shop in Wadebridge. It’s called The World of Rosamunde Pilcher. It’s a glossy hardback book packed with photographs of Scotland and the Cornish coast where Rosamunde lived, places which inspired her novels. There are also family photographs from the authors own album […]
Out and about
December weekend break in Cornwall – bracing cliff walks and the Padstow Christmas market
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Whilst the Midlands was gripped in snow and sub-zero temperatures this weekend we were enjoying 10 degrees at Polzeath and Padstow Christmas market on our weekend break in Cornwall. The sun was shining over Polzeath beach as we set out for a cliff-top walk towards Daymer Bay and Rock. On the coastal path the wind […]