tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post427021606959599556..comments2023-08-01T11:38:59.535+01:00Comments on Caro's Lines: CornwallCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-87591200370596892092008-05-08T18:09:00.000+01:002008-05-08T18:09:00.000+01:00Hi, Caroline. Tried to get in to comment yesterday...Hi, Caroline. Tried to get in to comment yesterday, but Blogger wouldn't co-operate. I wondered if your plans were moving forward. I had a week or so in Cornwall many years ago, and liked what I saw. Hope the right place turns up for you both.GreenishLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344455769443353585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-4351129190159288602008-05-08T14:29:00.000+01:002008-05-08T14:29:00.000+01:00Sorry Tony I just haven't got this joke... it is a...Sorry Tony I just haven't got this joke... it is a joke isn't it?Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-90293650467961185742008-05-08T14:20:00.000+01:002008-05-08T14:20:00.000+01:00"Coronworl...oh yes know Coronworl very well. Went..."Coronworl...oh yes know Coronworl very well. Went to school there, mother and father live there, ah yes. Go many weekend parties and polo playing cards in blidge club. Belong many clubs in Coronworld!"Tony LaRoccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645535189191174927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-80477816055146768392008-05-06T16:25:00.000+01:002008-05-06T16:25:00.000+01:00Tink - the air is definitely different near the se...Tink - the air is definitely different near the sea, for whatever reason. Glad you like the look of Cornwall... <BR/><BR/>Winterwood - St Ives is a place for love and romance :-) Hope you are not too homesick - its quite a long way for you to go for a quick visit!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-24024670546383165332008-05-06T11:11:00.000+01:002008-05-06T11:11:00.000+01:00*sigh* youve just made me so homesick Caro! I used...*sigh* youve just made me so homesick Caro! I used to go to st. amny times for hols, and it was a wonderful place...perranport too, but its st. ives that has a special place in my heart.. I think the lifeboat inn is still there? (ps...shsh...a secret - I fell in love in st. ives once...long ago...)Everydaythingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562558164959015562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-75748531400560758582008-05-06T06:48:00.000+01:002008-05-06T06:48:00.000+01:00It looks beautiful in the photos. Being near the ...It looks beautiful in the photos. Being near the ocean always seems to invigorate me - the fresh breezes and I also wonder if the ions are different because of all the saltwater - only speculating, as my science is rather sketchy...there's definitely a different feeling in the air though. <BR/>I hope you find your dream house. The tortoises are lovely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-47969626067497471152008-05-05T12:38:00.000+01:002008-05-05T12:38:00.000+01:00GG = I've no idea why he's called Giant Bolster......GG = I've no idea why he's called Giant Bolster... that part is not explained.<BR/><BR/>Cornwall is beautiful, especially those crags and cliffs and of course the sea. There are wonderful flowers on the cliffs and great walks along them.<BR/><BR/>Mally - Hi there - I checked and their calendars showed that they had stayed empty... not good business practice! Thanks for the suggestion we might try it if we fancy going to Padstow,<BR/><BR/>I think there enough people living there who are enjoying it after many years. I talked to a few such incomers who had not regretted the move in over 10 years each. It just depends what you want out of life. My biggest worry is being further from relatives, though I also rather suspect that if we have room for them that they'd be more likely to visit us there than here in Bristol!<BR/><BR/>Dru - It was great being the only tent - especially as there were only 3 loos and 2 showers for each sex - so when its full (it can take up to 50 tents) there would be huge queues! As it was some of the vans were clearly using these facilities too... not exactly a plush site!<BR/><BR/>Constantine sounds interesting... :-)<BR/><BR/>And yes those tortoises were quite large!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-74446575039123312772008-05-05T07:53:00.000+01:002008-05-05T07:53:00.000+01:00That looks like my kind of campsite; only one tent...That looks like my kind of campsite; only one tent on it... I bet it's a lot busier right now, at the Bank Holiday.<BR/><BR/>Those tortoises are HUUUGE! -crikey.<BR/><BR/>I used to go a lot to Falmouth with my job; I really liked the workiness of the place. And Constantine, a few miles away, where some friends live. A nice village with the best off-licence ever. Not that I'd know, of course...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-90117748104951925832008-05-05T07:17:00.000+01:002008-05-05T07:17:00.000+01:00Hi CarolineGreat to read your thoughts of moving t...Hi Caroline<BR/>Great to read your thoughts of moving to Cornwall...and shocked that these holiday cottage owners dont discount - expecially out of school holidays, and especially short notice. We stayed just outside Padstow not long ago - www.padstow-holiday-cottage.co.uk - and I am sure that the owners would discount.. they certainly looked after us. We too have thought about moving to Cornwall - but I wonder if real life would kick in once we had made the move...?! Mally RogersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267932060597881664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-19332272129725319852008-05-04T20:18:00.000+01:002008-05-04T20:18:00.000+01:00Giant Bolster made me think of the Big Banana and ...Giant Bolster made me think of the Big Banana and Big Lobster in Oz...then I I read what you wrote in the brackets, it's not a bolster, haha.<BR/><BR/>Last night I saw Cornwall in a mini-series, The Shell Seekers. I was fascinated by the cliffs and crags and sea. <BR/><BR/>Jim looks happy!neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-75785370228998741402008-05-04T18:20:00.000+01:002008-05-04T18:20:00.000+01:00MP - that photo was in our first year together, so...MP - that photo was in our first year together, so about 13 years ago!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-77252799854199652772008-05-04T18:13:00.000+01:002008-05-04T18:13:00.000+01:00Cute little sexy hubby... Hhehehe... Seems you had...Cute little sexy hubby... Hhehehe... Seems you had a nice holiday, after all.... :)merlinprincessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635335494563402858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-70019623292433310712008-05-04T08:36:00.000+01:002008-05-04T08:36:00.000+01:00Becky - We have wondered about buying a yurt and g...Becky - We have wondered about buying a yurt and going elsewhere during the summer indundation! And yes the light is high on the list of attractions.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous - yes and the tent was entirely sodden when we packed it away - though we have had to dry it since we got home. I'm very drawn to St Ives, or at least near there... but it is very expensive... will wait and see what the credit crunch does to property prices there...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-83777483826612865662008-05-04T01:39:00.000+01:002008-05-04T01:39:00.000+01:00HAHAH, another holidaying in the rain, but it's go...HAHAH, another holidaying in the rain, but it's good you receive sunny periods :) We are often the only ones in tents when travelling - they don't know what they're missing out on, especially when it's raining! One of my favourite places I lived became a 'tourist town' during the Summer, but I found it be one of its charms and miss living there (which is even not affordable to rent now). Good luck with finding a place, it sounds St Ives might be the go?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-57966605339795699472008-05-03T21:53:00.000+01:002008-05-03T21:53:00.000+01:00I'm very envious of your Cornish trip, I used to l...I'm very envious of your Cornish trip, I used to live in Exeter and go down to Cornwall as much as I could - still a long way, even from there! I'm not sure I'd want to live there though, especially in summer when it's overrun with tourists. The thing that always strikes me is the amazing quality of light down there. Everything looks fresh and new, even on the stormiest of days.Becky Mairi Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243000959387999082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-23149869575953896052008-05-03T15:12:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:12:00.000+01:00My home village is like that - the Cotswolds have ...My home village is like that - the Cotswolds have suffered even more than Cornwall from becoming a stockbroker belt of weekend cottages - the only real solution would be to ban people owning more than one house I suppose... though I'm sure such monied people would find a way around any such law... <BR/><BR/>One of my brothers was bemoaning the fact that the place we grew up had last sold for over a million pounds...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-73361847800211950192008-05-03T15:03:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:03:00.000+01:00I love reading this kind of post and hope you cont...I love reading this kind of post and hope you continue to keep us abreast of your possible moving activities and explorations. I know what you mean about Cornwall's inequalities. Many of us who grew up where I did never had a chance of actually buying/living there when we became adults as the desirability quotient skyrocketed when I was in my teens and is now accessible to only the very wealthiest.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.com