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pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 15 Aug 21

Hello. I hope you're all well. I've just been in Cornwall with my husband and two sons. Cornwall is a county in the south west of England - right at the bottom, on the 'leg' if you look at a map. I'd never been there before. We...

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Epic Typo In Ontario

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 21 Jul 21

Along the eastbound Ontario highway 417 at the highway 138 exit is one epic typo. Cronwall should read Cornwall. This made the news, and I captured the picture by zooming in on my TV with my phone. I’ve heard of human error...

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The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 22 Jan 19

The tip of Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula is the most southerly point of England. The cliffs rise to 70 metres (200 feet), broken by small rocky coves, some of which house harbours and tiny fishing villages. The rocks that form the...

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Flat and Sharps from Cornwall blew the crowd away

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 4 May 17

On the last night of the Fairbridge Music Festival in Western Australia, we watched a bluegrass group called 'Flats and Sharps'. Many of the crowd must have attended previous gigs as the mob were up and dancing as soon as the...

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Getting up a head of steam

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan 17

I have a steam train named after me – or perhaps it is just bearing my name as it is much older than I am, having been built in 1937. Judy the steam engine was at the Bristol Harbour Railway when we were there in 2015. This...

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Movie Review – Jamaica Inn

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 11 Nov 16

Spoiler alerts - 1939 Daphne Du Maurier wrote the novel Jamaica Inn while staying in the real pub of that name in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Thanks to the success of the book and this Hitchcock movie, the pub is still a major...

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Eating Crab..

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 15 Mar 12

Having visited the US,particularly New England,I've experienced the Speciality Clam chowder and crab cakes there..Yum! I caught part of a programme last night about Shellfish catching in Cornwall-these guys are...

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Devon.... I am dreaming of Devon............/ Cornwall!

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 28 Jul 10

Well I have been absent from mylot for several weeks. This summer I am not going abroad as I have been accustomed to the past few years. I have other financial commitments. My wife suggested what about visiting Cornwall and Devon...

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Have you ever visited a place because of a rook that you have read?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 22 Jun 10

I have to admit that I have done this several times!! After I read I Love Capri, I had to go to Capri!!, it was after reading My Family and Other Animals that I had the burning desire to go to Corfu and as a big fan...

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Thinking of taking the kids on holiday to cornwall

Skyeblue25 @Skyeblue25 (545) 28 Oct 09

I love cornwall I went there several times as a child and have happy memories. But now I am thinking of taking my kids and I have no idea of the best places to go. Has anyone here been to cornwall? And can you recommend the best...

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What do you miss?

Humbug25 @Humbug25 (12540) 7 Dec 08

I am originally from Cornwall, England but now I live in Devon just a few hours from my hometown. I really miss being so close to the beach, going for a long winters walk by the sea listening to the waves and sitting down looking...

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A pasty with your champagne?

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 26 Jul 08

The humble cornish pasty is making its way up the ladder.Its makers are looking to put it in the same bracket as Jersey royal potatoes,and champagne,as well as Newcastle brown ale!!..if the effort is successful it would mean that...

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What is your part of the world like?

kitkat1 @kitkat1 (1227) • Canada 25 Jun 07

I live in Nova Scotia Canada. We are mostly a fishing dependent community where i live. We live on the waterfrontage it is beautiful. We do have alot of people living on the system due to lack of jobs but do not suffer great...

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Boscastle has been flooded again - luckily the witches museum is ok!

Bizziebod @Bizziebod (3497) 21 Jun 07

Can't believe it, we was only there a few weeks ago in Boscastle Cornwall and today it's been flooded again:-( Its not as bad as a few years ago, but still it's a blow for some - Luckily it looks like the witches museum has missed...

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To Migrate or Not to Migrate?

cobiasca @cobiasca (16) • Philippines 6 Jun 07

Where do you want to migrate? Me, I want to migrate either to New Zealand or in the US..New Zealand because i know this is the safest country to live...being the 2nd peaceful country...and the cost of living are low compared to...

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What's The Best Part Of Your Country?

moneyseeker @moneyseeker (1024) 24 Apr 07

I live in England in what I consider to be the best part - Cornwall. Cornwall is in the south-west corner and is full of character. There are lovely beaches, quaint, old fashioned fishing villages and lovely country...

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Newquay! any recomendations for places to visit and things to do?

krusty1 @krusty1 (68) 23 Feb 07

Iv'e had a sh*t start to the year but things are now startin to look up. just got a job so can afford to carry on with my driving lessons etc and also booked a holiday to newquay in cornwall with my cousin and my sis. I'm so...

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Is there anyone from the UK on here?

xxclairexxj @xxclairexxj (590) 9 Nov 06

If so, where are you roughly? I'm in Cornwall.

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Where would you like to spend your dream holiday?

JB @joynatarajan (332) • India 1 Nov 06

I would like to spend it in Cornwall, in the UK. It's the most beautiful place I have ever seen, though I have seen it only in pictures. People tell me that the water is the bluest of blue there and the entire place is...

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