Bodmin Moor

Well it rained, and it hailed, and it was freezing and windy but ...

A Liberal Dose (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008

Well we're now back from Cornwall after a largely cold, wet and windy week. We were staying just on the edge of Bodmin Moor but because of the weather didn't get the chance for any proper walks there. But despite the weather we had a great time. Amongst other things we visited the lovely Tintagel and its castle, the Arthurian Centre near Camelford, Bodmin, the Eden Project, Padstow, the famous Jamaica...

Bodmin Moor Cornwall Walk of the month

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008

In suitably wild weather Christopher Somerville heads to Bodmin Moor the setting for the climax of du Maurier's Jamaica Inn.

Water Firm Turns Former Quarries into Reservoirs

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008

Two former clay quarries on Bodmin Moor are being transformed into huge reservoirs by South West Water. Stannon Lake and Park Lake will form two of the largest reservoirs in Cornwall and help secure future water supplies for the county.

The inn that inspired a novel

kimbofo (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008

All pictures taken: Jamaica Inn, Cornwall. Date: March 1, 2008. Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3. Daphne du Maurier fans might recognise this building on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall as none other than Jamaica Inn. Yes, it's the very inn which inspired the 1936 novel of the same name. The inn was once a coaching house that smugglers used as a base for their crimes. Ms du Maurier apparently sought refuge...

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Camping: Cornwall

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008

The canvas revolution continues. Sitting beneath Bodmin Moor, Belle Tents Camping is a colourful encampment of six sleeping tents and three kitchen tents, all pre-erected and embarrassingly well kitted out: double-beds, rugs, fridges, cookers, lighting and electricity, and all served up with a relaxed Cornish attitude.

Camping: Cornwall

The Independent (Free subscription) | 27/01/2008

The canvas revolution continues. Sitting beneath Bodmin Moor, Belle Tents Camping (above) is a colourful encampment of six sleeping tents and three kitchen tents, all pre-erected and embarrassingly well kitted out: double-beds, rugs, fridges, cookers, lighting and electricity, and all served up with a relaxed Cornish attitude.

Father and daughter lost in fog

BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/01/2008

A search starts for a father and daughter who are lost in fog on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.

Hurlers may have been built to mirror the stars, say astronomers

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 19/12/2007

An amateur astronomer could have finally unravelled the mystery of the ancient Hurlers on Bodmin Moor. The three stone circles in Cornwall have been discovered to align perfectly with the constellation Orion