St Petroc himself brought Christianity and established a Church here around AD 518. Petroc was a Welsh nobleman educated in Ireland. He set out with his followers in boats, or coracles, and the winds and tides brought him to the river Camel estuary. Here he built a Monastery, with a School, Farm, and Church to [...]
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No Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2026
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Prideaux Place
Prideaux Place (Cornish: Plas Prideaux)[2] is a grade I listed[3] Elizabethan country house in the parish of Padstow, Cornwall, England. It has been the home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years. The house was built in 1592 by Sir Nicholas Prideaux (1550–1627), a distinguished lawyer,[4] and was enlarged and modified by successive generations, [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2026
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Land’s End
Land’s End is the most westerly point of mainland England, a dramatic clifftop headland near the village of Sennen where the Atlantic Ocean stretches unbroken towards the horizon.
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2026
A pine needle fell in the forest…
The deer heard it…
Edith Pattou
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2026
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Tedventures
Ted enjoyed his recent holiday adventures.
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2026
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day Nine
For my last breakfast at the Watermill, I chose the safe small portion option of ‘one’ Belgian waffle. After breakfast we were departing for our next destination, Exeter.
Mr C had planned that we would visit Polperro and Looe on our journey to Exeter. However, we arrived at Polperro to find that car parking was a [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2026
