Never been to…Godrevy

Never been to…Godrevy

Written by Sue Bradbury Kirstie, Cornwall Today’s editor, couldn’t quite believe it. “You grew up in Cornwall, have lived here for more than 50 years and hadn’t been to Godrevy?” Correct. I’ve seen its famous lighthouse from St Ives and Gwithian but can’t ever...
Never been to… Tehidy Woods

Never been to… Tehidy Woods

When you’re alone, do you ever get the feeling that you aren’t?  A friend of mine, scientific to his very core, surprised me by saying that, on a madcap solo sailing adventure to South America, he became convinced there was someone else onboard.  The feeling didn’t...
Never been to…St Juliot

Never been to…St Juliot

It comes to something when a self-confessed city lover tells you – someone who has lived and breathed Cornwall for most of their life – about a place so special that it played a major part in turning a moderately successful architect’s assistant into one of this...
Never been to…Bodmin Jail

Never been to…Bodmin Jail

Elizabeth Osborne was just twenty years old when a rope was put around her neck and she was hung at Bodmin Jail. Her crime? Arson. The year was 1813 and she and her husband had found themselves at loggerheads with their neighbours, the Lobbs. Mrs Lobb is said to have...