On Hayle beach Batting for Yorkshire Magical Minack Theatre In a very small house Did someone lose the thread here? A pig’s bum St Michael’s Mount glitters dramatically above the no parking sign on Penzance Harbour. Board meeting High water at Mousehole Bam- boo! In a puddle in Marazion, hopefully not comment on the food. […]
Is too much choice ruining our lives?
I’m all for freedom of choice, dancing to your own rhythm and individuality. However, I wonder if we now have so many options that we are too busy making our minds up to actually live our lives. Let me explain. Here we are on holiday with a small suitcase of clothes apiece, just a few well-chosen […]
Cornwall: Land’s End and Geevor Tin Mine
Ok, I admit I’m a snob
Natural fibres and proper coffee. Meals at the table and butter in a butter dish. Bed time stories and thank you letters. My fondness for these things is what, on occasion, the Panther of News has used as evidence of my snobbery.I poopoo this notion insisting that it’s just proof that I know what I […]
Family holidays – at large without a capsule wardrobe
Pan-icking about our holiday Was a time when my holiday packing might have resembled something from a magazine. You know – the top that goes from beach to bar and you tart it up by knotting your sarong in a different way and using your sunglasses as a necklace, or something. Once, in 45 years have […]