The first ever Padstow Lifeboat Open Weekend was on 11thand 12thAugust 2018. It took place at the amazing Padstow Lifeboat Station which clings to the cliffs at Trevose Head overlooking Mother Ivey’s Bay. The station is a fascinating piece of engineering and architecture, perched high above the sea. The highlight on each day was the […]
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Feb
Feb
Padstow to Rock ferry Every 20 minutes in summer the Padstow to Rock ferry transports foot passengers, their dogs and bicycles to and from Rock to Padstow across the calm waters of River Camel estuary. The Padstow to Rock ferry is even part of the official route for those walking the South West Coast Path. […]
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Feb
Feb
Rock Car Park Prices 2018 There is no increase in Rock car park prices for 2018 compared to 2017. Up to 1 hour 70p Up to 2 hours £2.30 2 to 4 hours £3.50 4 to 12 hours £5.00 12 to 24 hours £8.00 Weekly £45.00 Motorcycles 40p This information is the correct Rock car park […]
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Feb
Feb
Britain’s first ever Cornish Pasty Week runs from Sunday 25th February 2018 to Saturday 3rd March. Organised by The Cornish Pasty Association, Cornish Pasty Week will culminate on the Saturday with the 7th World Pasty Championships, held at the Eden Project, Cornwall. World Pasty Championships 2018 In the competition both amateur and professional pasty bakers will […]
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Jan
Jan
Eden Classic 2018 The date for the Eden Classic 2018 has been announced. The Eden Classic sportive will take place on 13 May 2018. Starting with a ride past the Eden biomes cyclists riding the Eden Classic will set off on one of the three different routes to suit ‘varying abilities’. The shortest is 35 […]
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Jan
Jan
At the time of writing Glen Valley Cottage has not yet been booked up as accommodation for the Royal Cornwall Show from 7 to 9 June 2018. If you are working at or visiting the Royal Cornwall Show Glen Valley Cottage is a great base. We’ve heard stories of people staying down in Newquay when […]
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Jan
Jan
Dates for the Cornwall Folk Festival 2018 have been announced as 23rd to 27th August 2018. The Thursday to August bank holiday Monday event will once again take over the streets and venues in and around Wadebridge. The Cornwall Folk Festival 2018 team are rightly thrilled to have booked songwriter, Gretchen Peters, from Nashville for […]
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Dec
Dec
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 […]
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Dec
Dec
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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Dec
Dec
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 […]