A coastal stroll

by | Sep 23, 2017 | Cornwall, Rhyming Poetry, Story poems

I am meeting people for a short clifftop stroll. It’s wild. I’m windswept, watching waves roll in on the low-tide sun-soaked shore. Here come the ladies I’ve never met before. We walk for a bevy to a nearby caff getting to know each other, having a...
Beaches and Walks near Porthcothan

Beaches and Walks near Porthcothan

by | Jun 7, 2016 | Cornwall, Family Memories

Beaches nearby List of beaches North to South from Padstow to Perranporth: Padstow (5m by road) is a picturesque harbour town on the western banks of the Camel Estuary. To the north of Padstow and accessible by the coast path is a super stretch of sand from St Georges...
Cornish Fever

Cornish Fever

by | Mar 16, 2016 | Cornwall, Rhyming Poetry, Seasons

I must go back to Cornwall again at least one more time before I die and all I ask is a sunshine, not rain, on my walks for my dog and I. I must go back to Cornwall if I may: to eat fish and chips by the sea or a Cornish pasty every day and at least one cream tea. I...

In a Japanese Garden

by | Dec 31, 2012 | Cornwall

On the way to Padstow we made a special journeyto the Japanese Garden and Bonsai Nursery.In the village of St Mawgan, famed for being “best kept”,we found these beautiful gardens and I could have wept. There can be no more tranquil place on this earth...
Porth Kernow

Porth Kernow

by | Dec 31, 2012 | Cornwall

 I went to Porthcurno Beach as a childand I have never forgotten its charm.The day was windy and the sea was wild, although as I paddled it felt quite warm. Years later I went back with my daughterbut had no time to go onto the beach,seeing the Minack we were too late...