Cornwall suggestions??
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Thank you will do! Whats the Emmets?? Are there any wet and wild type parks the kids will like?
Outsiders! Foreign Devils! Tourists! Them be Emmets.
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Thank you will do! Whats the Emmets?? Are there any wet and wild type parks the kids will like?
Emmets = Cornish slang for tourists, not meant kindly! Flambards at Helston is that sort of thing, there may be others near Newquay X| but as they are anathema to me I don't keep track of them. Depends what you're into really, if you like scenery then just about anywhere on the coast is good, if you like tourist places then Looe, Newquay X|, Eden Project :mad:. Land's End has scenery and rides for the kiddies so could please everyone.
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Personally, the first and last place I would visit would be the first Cider Farm I see.
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Well there's one a few miles from Mullion so he'll be OK for cider.
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Emmets = Cornish slang for tourists, not meant kindly! Flambards at Helston is that sort of thing, there may be others near Newquay X| but as they are anathema to me I don't keep track of them. Depends what you're into really, if you like scenery then just about anywhere on the coast is good, if you like tourist places then Looe, Newquay X|, Eden Project :mad:. Land's End has scenery and rides for the kiddies so could please everyone.
Everything I know about Cornwall I learnt from "The Famous Five". Full of Smugglers you know! Also My friend is shown in a life sized picture at Land's End, Naked and Rambling!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Lands End/The Lizard/Newquay/Mousehole/Eden Project/Flambards/Penzance (The Dolphin Pub does great cake)/Lamorna Cove/Jamaica Inn (on the way)/Bodmin. Lots of different things to do and see, depends on the attitude of the kids and their interests. Porthcurno is the home of the World Wide Web, it started there in 1870's! Also Falmouth is nice with lots to see and do.
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
Newquay is so developed and touristy that it's not considered part of Cornwall any more...and don't get me started on Eden. :mad: X| :mad: X| :mad: X|
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Everything I know about Cornwall I learnt from "The Famous Five". Full of Smugglers you know! Also My friend is shown in a life sized picture at Land's End, Naked and Rambling!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
Dalek Dave wrote:
Also My friend is shown in a life sized picture at Land's End, Naked and Rambling!
Now why doesn't this surprise me? :laugh:
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Everything I know about Cornwall I learnt from "The Famous Five". Full of Smugglers you know! Also My friend is shown in a life sized picture at Land's End, Naked and Rambling!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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I am going to Cornwall(Mullion) next week for the first time with the kids (9 year old girl and two yr old boy)has anyone got some reccomendations of what to check out while we are there?
Yes, the first motorway exit you can find that heads you back toward civilisation... :-)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Also My friend is shown in a life sized picture at Land's End, Naked and Rambling!
Female friend????
I suggest you go look! :)
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Yes, the first motorway exit you can find that heads you back toward civilisation... :-)
There are no motorways in Cornwall!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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There are no motorways in Cornwall!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
Precisely.
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Precisely.
And long may it remain so.
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Newquay is so developed and touristy that it's not considered part of Cornwall any more...and don't get me started on Eden. :mad: X| :mad: X| :mad: X|
Steve, you missed the point, Pompey is going to be one of your hated Emmets, only a local hates tourists.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I am going to Cornwall(Mullion) next week for the first time with the kids (9 year old girl and two yr old boy)has anyone got some reccomendations of what to check out while we are there?
The ice-cream parlor.
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I suggest you go look! :)
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
She'll catch her death today, it's piddling down!
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I am going to Cornwall(Mullion) next week for the first time with the kids (9 year old girl and two yr old boy)has anyone got some reccomendations of what to check out while we are there?
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------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Outsiders! Foreign Devils! Tourists! Them be Emmets.
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
A bit like the grockles we get down 'ere, then! :evil grin:
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A bit like the grockles we get down 'ere, then! :evil grin:
Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Tech Blog | Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Ah yes, I have heard tell of such things as Grockles! No, wait, I am a grockle! D'oh!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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I am going to Cornwall(Mullion) next week for the first time with the kids (9 year old girl and two yr old boy)has anyone got some reccomendations of what to check out while we are there?
If you go to Cornwall you have to do some of the coastal footpath walks, take in a pub for lunch on the way (or probably better, at the end). Hopefully you'll get some decent weather so you can chill out on some nice beaches, have a bbq on the beach and watch the sun set. The Eden project is worth a visit although a bit of a drive, the 9 yr old might love it or might think it's naff.... There are the lost gardens of Heligan nr St Austell too. Eat some fish and chips, eat as many pasties as you can (but ask a local for somewhere good - the bad ones are rank), if you like cream have loads of cream teas. I would avoid the bigger towns, e.g. Falmouth, stick to the smaller places, lands end itself is a complete eye sore if you ask me, but the beaches and small towns around it are lovely, you sometimes see dolphins around Sennen. The Minack theatre is lovely and cheap, but you have to book early if its busy, lovely walks around it on the coast and a great beach just next to it (Porthcurno). Polperro, Fowey, Mevagissey, Mousehole are all lovely little towns to visit (some a bit of a drive from Mullion though). The Lizard is also nice, actually it all is! Enjoy!