Cornwall UK

[fern]

My first time in Cornwall and I always thought it was a holiday destination for the British but what surprised me was the amount of international tourist there were lots of our European cousins and plenty of americans

First up The Eden project

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The village of Mevagissey

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Padstow The home of the famous TV chef Rick stein who as several restaurants here

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St Ives home of a thriving art scene

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And surfers

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St Michael's Mount

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Polperro village

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Truro Cathedral

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The town of Looe Cornwall seaside towns are pretty but after a while they all start looking the same

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This isn't Cornwall it's Wells in Somerset England's smallest city and in typical English weather it was pissing it down

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Back to Cornwall the lost gardens of heligan are amazing my pictures not so much

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Will try and post a few more later

[Nightsky]

Beautiful part of England, nice photos!

[Crawford]

Wow, looks great! I've always wanted to visit Cornwall; it's just a bit out of the way for foreigners.

Can one still hear Cornish in the villages?

[fern]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Wow, looks great! I've always wanted to visit Cornwall; it's just a bit out of the way for foreigners.

Can one still hear Cornish in the villages?

Unfortunately not there has been some efforts to revive it but it's still only spoken by a few hundred at best.Thanks

[fern]

This was our base the village of Charlestown it was a film location for the BBC TV series Poldark

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The town of Fowey

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[Bedhead]

Gorgeous shots - another fantastic collection of UK towns from your camera!

[mousquet]

Is this Normandy?

I'm a bit impressed and quite pleased. There's a big Honfleur touch to this pretty thread.
I hadn't seen these little towns showing these familiar textures over there.

Well, Normandy is that region that makes the junction.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Jolly good!

[shappy]

Originally Posted by fern

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Stunning!

[Centropolis]

almost has like a subtropical bermuda (mixed with the mediterranean ) vibe. it's still a tad shocking as an american to zoom out and see that cornwall is like at the latitude of newfoundland, canada.

[IMBY]

Where's the new construction? I understand there's lots of Nimbyism in England, which helps account for the housing shortage.

I was in Cornwall way back in 1986, 30 years ago, doesn't seem like much has changed.

No street art, no graffiti?

[Shawn]

Beautiful pics, reminds me of Cork. Speaking of...

Originally Posted by mousquet

Is this Normandy?

I'm a bit impressed and quite pleased. There's a big Honfleur touch to this pretty thread.
I hadn't seen these little towns showing these familiar textures over there.

Well, Normandy is that region that makes the junction.

Do these pics remind you of Brittany too? Cornwall and Brittany are both considered part of the traditional 6 Celtic Nations.

[LMich]

Originally Posted by IMBY

Where's the new construction? I understand there's lots of Nimbyism in England, which helps account for the housing shortage.

I was in Cornwall way back in 1986, 30 years ago, doesn't seem like much has changed.

No street art, no graffiti?

Cornwall is one of the poorest regions in the country; I wouldn't expect to see much new construction. And, then like you said, on top of that there are NIMBYs, which I imagine are probably even more active in the little tourist and resort towns.

[fern]

Originally Posted by Centropolis

almost has like a subtropical bermuda (mixed with the mediterranean ) vibe. it's still a tad shocking as an american to zoom out and see that cornwall is like at the latitude of newfoundland, canada.

Thank god for the gulf stream ,palm trees grow as far north as Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands about the same latitude as Juneau Alaska

Originally Posted by IMBY

Where's the new construction? I understand there's lots of Nimbyism in England, which helps account for the housing shortage.

I was in Cornwall way back in 1986, 30 years ago, doesn't seem like much has changed.

No street art, no graffiti?

Thanks IMBY There was quite a bit of construction going on but being on holiday with the wife and kids I had other priorities. It was my first time in Cornwall so I can't comment on how it's changed but I didn't see any graffiti or "Street art"

Originally Posted by Shawn

Beautiful pics, reminds me of Cork. Speaking of...



Do these pics remind you of Brittany too? Cornwall and Brittany are both considered part of the traditional 6 Celtic Nations.

Yes Shawn Cornwall is a Celtic Nation I saw Cornish flags flying everywhere . . I knew they had a strong regional identity but being there it felt more like it bordered on nationalism

Originally Posted by LMich

Cornwall is one of the poorest regions in the country; I wouldn't expect to see much new construction. And, then like you said, on top of that there are NIMBYs, which I imagine are probably even more active in the little tourist and resort towns.

It's poorer these things are all relative, not sure how you could construe lack of construction and Nimbyism from what is essentially holiday snaps.

Originally Posted by shappy

Stunning!

Thanks those houses were built in 1345 they built things to last back then

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Shawn

Do these pics remind you of Brittany too?

I forget. It's been a long while since I ventured to touristy Brittany, but there's definitely some very common aspects, especially the old use of hard stone to build homes. Something like iconic Saint-Malo would come to mind, and there are lots of similar things over the Celtic areas indeed. Obviously in both Britain and Northwestern France, and possibly up to those of Spain, although I can't tell cause I never went to the Spanish Celtic provinces.

Tourism is most often a blessing, even necessary to be deemed attractive by various business communities, but it may also be a plague when it's not submitted to a broader development strategy on a regional level, which (of course) involves politics and local policies... We always get there whenever thinking about development.

I think here in France, more and more professionals of tourism are realizing, as they try to encourage international tourists to spend more of their money in their regions.
Simple, well known fact anyway ; local economies just have to grow more diverse. You cannot really ensure steady local development and thrive on a longer run by specializing in a single particular industry.

[Ex-Ithacan]

So picturesque, and great photos.
Love this entrance:



Thanks for the tour.