Grogley Junction (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
After much musing I'm gradually coming to terms with the possibility of an engine shed layout. Many designs have been sketched and much thought has been given to events that will create my alternative universe for this branch. All very 'His Dark Materials' stuff. I'm currently Temploting a couple of plans for a loco shed but think I have almost settled on one in particular. Just need to get to grips...
LOVE STITCHING RED (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Here in Cornwall, it's been stormy, blustery and rainy for weeks now. The opportunities for little walks in the countryside have been few and far between Last Friday, though, we had a dry bright day and I walked three miles to my "local" garden centre, stopping to pick berries and leaves along the way. I picked bittersweet and pyrocanthus berries as I was interested to see if they would give...
Shurdington Tri-er (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
There was one instruction when we were putting on our wetsuits. "…The zip goes at the back…" in the words of Aleksander the meerkat "simple". Yet John managed to get this wrong and put the zip at the front! Brilliant!! Now this was not the first part of the weekend but in case you read no further I wanted to make sure you read this! Now the beginning! This was the...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
A town councillor for Falmouth, reacting to the news that Rick Stein has applied to extend his foodie empire to the Cornish town, states "we don't want this town becoming 'Falstein'." Oh really? Padstow (where the chef has several outlets already) has been nicknamed Padstein because it's, er, a pun – which doesn't work for Falmouth, as the more quick-witted of you will have worked...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
• Stein proposes Falmouth takeaway and restaurant • Mixture of grumbles and guarded welcome in town His restaurants and shops are already so dominant in the Cornish port of Padstow that, to the chagrin of many locals, it has been nicknamed "Padstein". Now the celebrity chef Rick Stein is planning to extend his foodie empire a little further west and south to Falmouth, until now...
The Adventures of a Cornish Walker (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
I have a lovely time ahead of me as I'm just back from another wedding in York, and before that, almost three weeks in Cornwall with Tim, walking the coast path from Padstow to Falmouth! We based ourselves at his, and either caught buses or used the car and bus to complete this 'Part Two' of the walk. There are one or two little bits that we have left out - reasons will become clear, but we have had...
Pig Pig's Corner (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Here are some pictures of our holiday in Cornwall with my in-laws. Cornwall is really pretty and picturesque with lots of quaint little fishing villages. Our first stop - Stonehenge . Our Cornwall 'base' - Polperro, a very picturesque fishing village. The 'wonderful' coastal walk from Polperro to Looe. Looe On the way to Minack theatre. St Michael's mount Minack theatre - an open-air theatre Mousehole...
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Harlyn Sands Holiday Park (Padstow, Cornwall) written by FourPaws With both myself and my fiancé working full time and having a zoo worthy collection of pets at home, holidays are a very rare occurrence! So this year, after bribing the best mate to look after the animals and managing to both blag a couple of ...
Mikes Homemade (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
August 2009 Following a quiet August we escaped to the parents in Treyarnon Bay, Nr Padstow , Cornwall to part take in some adventurous activities in the form of sea kayaking which netted a substantial catch of Mackerel , Our boy Ben was very confused by the whole episode but was intrigued by the fish guts!!
Pig Pig's Corner (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Reviewed by the wild boar Padstow, Cornwall This is my second visit to the famous Rick Stein’s fish and chip shop. Located in Padstow, Cornwall, a town which almost seems to have Rick Stein’s name in half its stores – from what we saw in our little stroll around town, there was the main restaurant, a bistro, a café, a delicatessen and this chippy. The town itself is quite...
Blogs From the Dogs (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Cornwall!!!! our favourite place (not to be confused with Hadrian's Wall). Beaches, surf, pasties, fish'n'chips & ice-cream. YIPEEEE!!!!! We LOVE Cornywall: We were of course staying in the noisy blue house, but the humans found a nice spot in a big field near the beach to put it. And there were of course, more sausages: and Pasties in Padstow. We love pasties. We visited Tintagel Castle where...
Amanda's Musings (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
We've just come back from a lovely long weekend in Cornwall. On Tuesday last week our friends Carol and Albert came to visit us, and then on Thursday we all went down to stay with another friend at a property she part-owns in Cornwall. The Dome House is set on a Country Club estate and was very comfortable. The weather was extremely kind to us and we were able to do a lot of walking (the other four...
Bob's Blog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
At long last, Blob came back from Cornwall. She had a lovely time by all accounts. Apparently Tintagel is now up a mountain. She was quite insistent that it wasn't up so many stairs when she went as a child, but now apparently it is several hundred steps to the top and you have to climb up to two tops to see it all. She also went to see something called Boscastle. A few ye ars ago, the tide came in...
Raise. Exhaustion. Deontological. Opiate. Lobotomy. (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
It was really good to finally get out of London for a week. I'll write more in due course as I'm fairly tired at the moment, having driven nearly 350 miles today. In fact, I had to muster a surprisingly substantial amount of effort just to lift the cutlery involved in dinner. We had rented a large place, Ivy Cottage, near Watergate Bay. Our party consisted of myself, Catherine, Dad, Jason, Madeline,...
Bowes Wine (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Daymer Bay, looking up the estuary towards Padstow The road to Cornwall from north Wiltshire is paved with many things, not least some pretty ropy old tarmac. But it is also hemmed in by what seems to be dozens of National Trust properties and, being members of that venerable organisation, we decided to make use of the free entry membership bestows upon one to stop to exercise a pair of children who,...
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