I have a list, created some time back, long before I thought of coming to Durham, entitled ‘Places I would like to see one day’. Escomb Church is the first place I put on it. Thus it was the first eager destination in my explorations of Co. Durham. It is Saxon you see and an […]
That Cornwall was once ruled by a separate and unique lineage of Kings is exciting is it not? It makes me think of Tolkien, of a lost land of legend and myth. It also highlights that this little nub of land is imbued with its own idiosyncratic but marginalised history. Just the names of those […]
Summer is a busy time for me, I will explain why, for the moment allow me to break my post drought with a small piece of Talland Bay. Situated betwixt Looe and Polperro you will find Talland. It is overlooked by the Cornish, much like the rest of South East Cornwall, but for those faithful […]
Whisperings of dark rituals and black magic run through Luxulyan valley. People talk of unexplained pangs of fear and the feeling of eyes on them at night. This folklore ruminates in imaginations around the area and I distinctly remember hearing tales of nightly processions and carnal rituals deep in the woods when I was a […]
I often hear Hemmick spoken of in reverential tones; friends, family and strangers all utter soft, dreamy cooing sounds when the name is mentioned. They bleddy love the place basically. Soft sand, clear water (my Father and I, keen swimmers, always note that the water feels colder here than in the St. Austell bay) […]
The stretch of coast between Gorran Haven and St. Mawes is sparse, local and overlooked. Expansive and remote but gentle and sloping in a way you won’t find west of the Lizard or on the windburnt wave-carved north coast. The stark difference between North Coast and South Coast is something that has always grasped […]
