Where I live it's considered the warmest part of the country. 25miles off shore are the Isles of Scilly some tropical pants grow (outside)..
There are still a lot of holiday makers around.. in the summer Cornwall is PACKED full of them.. They come because it's such a beautiful peaceful place. The scenery is amazing.. coastlines beaches and the Atlantic all around us.
It's a much slower pace of life than most other places in England. No one hurries to do anything.. There are gorgeous cosy comfy country pubs.. where you can sit by a roaring fire and listen to local people playing some great *Fiddley-dee* music.. on various instruments.. Everybody is friendly.. everybody treats you like a friend. And in the summer we do all that outside instead.
People here are not impressed with who owns.. wears.. or has what.
In the Summer.. we BBQ all the time.. practically live outside at the beaches.. People come from all over the UK to surf here.
We have a lot of history and stories here.. Excalibur.. Merlin.. King Arthur.. Knights of the Round table. Mermaids.. and all that.. that all comes from here..
There is *said* to be a lot of magic and mystery here.. Witches.. Wiccans .. Pagans and all sorts of (that are all still practised a lot) We have standing stones.. stones circles and all that kind of thing. Naked people dancing around fires.. (honestly lol)
We have wine-dy (so you know what i meant lol) country roads.. where often when another car is coming you have to pull right over and off the road as there is no room for two to pass..
We Gig row... (long skinny boats).. Sometimes we Close off the little town I live in and have all day *Sessions* of Carnivals and plays.. live music.. and laying on the grass all day with your buddies.. drinking something tasty in the sunshine..
There are A LOT of very talented people in Cornwall.. There is a lot of art.. and artists.. as there is so much for them to draw from.
We live in tree's.. eats babies.. and burn strangers..
Well.. that's what people often think.. haha
Is that enough to keep you going for a while Gilly?
gillyloves69OPlondon, Greater London, England UK7,359 posts
there's just soo much to talk about here eupho ...i'm so looking forward to it ...like a lot of other people i'm sure !
i'll start talking about it all tommorow
by the way have you lived there all your life ?...is it windy living near the coast ?...how do you all talk ?...how far are you from plymouth and st austin ?
do you get many foreign people visiting where you live ?..have you got a boat ?...are the people there reserved or more working class ?
i'll talk more tommorow
its bed time !
oh by the way did your parents ever take you away on holiday as a kid ?
gillyloves69OPlondon, Greater London, England UK7,359 posts
" We have a lot of history and stories here.. Excalibur.. Merlin.. King Arthur.. Knights of the Round table. Mermaids.. and all that.. that all comes from here.. "
wow i bet the history of cornwell is really interesting
what did they teach you about it at school ?
are there any landmarks there ?
i remeber seeing seeing a statue of sir walter raleigh in plymouth ...or was in st austin ?...anyway how old are some of the buildings around cornwell ?
what happened with king arthur and the knights of the round table ?... il ove english history and can't get enough of it ( me talking to people like you that is )!
whats the story behind exculabur and merlin?
did you see the film ?...and do you live in one of those old cottages that look like they're falling down
you know the ones with the thatch roofs that you always see on the postcards ?
and do all you people talk funny like " whooo arrrrr..do u like my combineharvester "
whats the difference between people from cornwell and devon by the way ?
well im in the southwest aswell n today theres a bit of sun out but its been raining for 3 days and its still f***ing freezing. i need to move away from this country !!!!
Ah yep... My sister used to live in Bath.. one of my buddies lives in Weston.. and one is Bristol.. but I forget what its called.. down under the suspension bridge.. past that.. near some huuuge costco.. lol
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