There can be no doubt that a unique sense of difference, and, of separateness exists throughout Cornwall. Forged on a history of resistance, Cornwall is strikingly different to its closest regional neighbours across the Tamar. Many people over the years have highlighted a sense of ‘islandness’, using phrases such as ‘almost an island’ or ‘all but an island’….Continue Reading “Cornwall – Almost an Island?”
This month, contributing writer Jackie Harding shares a vivid journey from Porthleven to Wynwallow in stormy weather with Cornish Story. Read below to discover more. As we set out from Porthleven on a wild and windy Sunday near Christmas, we were already looking forward to lunch at The Halzephron Inn, as famous for its smugglers…Continue Reading “The Wind’s Way”
Join Jackie Harding as she tells Cornish Story about her journey walking towards St. Michael’s Way in late Autumn last year. Towards the end of October, we met at the isolated railway station on the Hayle Estuary at Lelant. The wooden station building is now a house, weathered, with window boxes and a weather vane,…Continue Reading “Towards St. Michael’s Way”
Jackie Harding tells Cornish Story about her journey walking from Chapel Porth to Nancekuke in late September last year. In this regular series of features she will be mapping these kinds of stories onto the physical landscape of the Cornish coast. On the last Sunday of September we arrived at Chapel Porth. It was so early that…Continue Reading “Chapel Porth to Nancekuke”
Jackie Harding relates her journey of walking from Hell’s Mouth to Portreath in late August earlier this year. In this regular series of features she will be mapping these kinds of stories onto the physical landscape of the Cornish coast. Read on to discover more. On the last morning of August we set off from Hell’s Mouth,…Continue Reading “North Cliffs: Hell’s Mouth to Portreath”
English with Creative Writing student Enya Nwaegbe reveals her reflections on the Cornish weather, contemplating the possibility of another severe storm, similar to one three years ago. I came to Cornwall three years ago to attend university and I never gave much thought to the Cornish weather. But now I personally believe that Cornwall has…Continue Reading “Stormy Weather in Cornwall”