The Saints Way is a wonderful 28 mile walk from Padstow on the north coast to Fowey on the south. This is the introduction from the Encounter Walking website: “Based upon ancient trade routes the path takes you through the complete spectrum of Cornish Landscapes, from tranquil harbours and ports, options to include rugged cliff […]

The last blog on surfing turned out to have a particular resonance as news came in of a number of surfers needing rescuing from Polzeath last week when an unexpected rip tide caught many out. Thanks once again to the RNLI for their skills in  monitoring the situation with and reacting with great skill to […]

Being surrounded by sea is rather like having a wonderful natural playground at your doorstep. Did you know that Cornwall has over 400 miles of coastline and that everywhere is within 20 miles of the sea? If you were brought up in Cornwall the chances are that you can swim, surf and often sail and […]

Visit Cornwall recently published the results of a Cornwall Tourism survey for 2012. Before you yawn and stop reading fear not this blog won’t be regaling you with facts and figures … well just a few maybe relating specifically to Padstow (population 3700) Here are some of the more interesting bits: 1600 actual jobs are […]

The National Lobster Hatchery was established in Padstow in 2000 and its aim is to conserve wild populations by releasing baby lobsters back in the sea. They do this by raising them through their first vulnerable stages in captivity. The fishermen bring in the pregnant female lobsters where they are raised in safety before being […]

As many of you will know there is such a variety of good walks around Padstow that you can often spend as long deciding where to go as actually walking. Such was the case yesterday afternoon when we spent some time in pleasant anticipation debating the issue whilst looking at gorgeous blue skies. Eventually we […]

A week can be a very long time where the weather is concerned. Saturday saw a glorious blue sky, no wind and balmy temperatures so we did what all right minded Cornish folk do, and that’s head for the coast. Having heard, and in some cases witnessed, the events of the past few weeks when […]

If you see many more boats in the inner harbour at Padstow, the chances are a storm is imminent and so it was yesterday. Overnight a spring tide combined with high river levels and a south westerly gale made for a potential flood risk. Before the tidal flood gates were built this would be a […]

Understandably, the majority of people who visit Cornwall arrive by car but train travel can be very enjoyable and a range of branch lines within the county makes it a feasible alternative. If you’re heading down from London taking the sleeper from Paddington can be a wonderful way to arrive. It’s a rather an old […]