zilspeed
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 02:57 PM |
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Cornwall
Going on Saturday for a week's holiday.
Where should we visit while we're there ?
We'll be staying here
Michaelstow Manor
P.S. Anyone like to swap a couple of hour's loan of a 3 year old female child for a locost for a couple of hours 
She'll be as good as gold - honest...
[Edited on 13/7/05 by zilspeed]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:00 PM |
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Depends on what you are after ?
Got Kids ? what ages ?
want walking ? want theme parks ?
want beaches ? want culture ?
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:07 PM |
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i like newquay and torquay, very nice places but a little further east. If you like boats, any lil fishing village will do! 
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marktigere1
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:12 PM |
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St Ives is a must visit. (If you can find a car park)
Bodmin moor if you fancy something remote.
Cheers
Mark
PS. I have a 3 1/2 year old Female child. Are they all from other planets or wot?
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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Hellfire
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:16 PM |
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I'll second St Ives - tis gorgeous!
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JAG
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:37 PM |
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Perranporth
great beach (little else!) bit further south along the north coast from Newquay.
Fowey
On the south coast by St Austell. Lovely harbour, quaint town, hundreds of boats from small sailing boats to steam powered launches to large
tankers.
Charlestown
Close to Fowey. Unusual harbour with large sealed dock area and three 'tall ships' - although the tall ships aren't always in.
St Austell
On the south coast famous for The Eden Project.
Penhale
It's on the Lizzard peninsula and near to Goonhill Earth Station. Great place to visit for kids and adults.
Porthcurno
Very close to Lands End. The Minnack Theatre - depends what's on. More for the adults than kids but a superb place to either catch a show or
just visit during the day to see the views and look at this remarkable open air theatre.
I took my Locost down there recently, see the thread in 'Driving' or my photo archive for piccys of Perranporth beach.
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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barrie sharp
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:37 PM |
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If your looking for old monuments try Mark Allanson
(where he lives actully St Micheals mount ,then on to Penzance for the shopping and back to St Ives for ice cream with clotted cream and a stick of
rock for us all)
enjoy your hols and wave as you pass Okehampton on the A30
Barrie
the cars looking good" a blind man would be pleased to see it"
''stop press'' the blind mans seen it said "it felt ok"
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donut
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:46 PM |
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Mevagissy
if you can find it!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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James
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 03:59 PM |
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Padstow!!!
Padstow's pretty much my favourite town in Cornwall. It's got a bit touristy in last few years and most of it seems to have been bought by
Rick Stein but it's still nice.
Almost worth the trip there to visit The Buttermilk Shop the most amazing fudge shop ever. Ask for the Scottish Tablet they do... 100% tooth rot in
one glorious mouthful.
If you have other older kids then crab lines off the jetty/harbour wall was always one of my favourite afternoon entertainments. There's a
brilliant little cinema there too. (Well it seemed brilliant to my parents 15 years ago when it was pissing down with rain and we couldn't be
taken to the beach! ).
Have a good time wherever you go!
Cheers,
James
P.S. Oo, oo, oo, and renting bikes to ride along the camel trail to Wadebridge
P.P.S. And getting a ride on Jaws...
P.P.P.S And getting the ferry to Rock
Can you tell I used to go to Padstow a lot? Aah, happy days! 
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 04:39 PM |
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I'll third St Ives - been going there every year since I was born and love the place!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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colibriman
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 05:26 PM |
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theres a kart track down there too..can't remember the name of it though...wasn't that far from Newquay I think.
take your Mrs and daughter shark fishing from Padstow
enjoy yourself...!
need a bike engine? - www.colibriman.com
SVA ready Mk Indyblade possibly for sale.....if the offers good...!
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wilkingj
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 05:42 PM |
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Nice drive is the "B" coastal rouad running South from St Ives to Cape Cornwall.
Do it on a nice sunny evening about 7pm onwards.. Beautiful countryside views, and excellent setting sun over the sea.. Always my favourite evening
drive.
Visit Mark Allanson.. got a Bootiful Locost..
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Rek
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 05:52 PM |
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Go to davidstow there's an abandoned airfield there where you can do the clarkson thing (Hooning). If there are no learners on the runway at the
time that is!!!
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bob
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 05:55 PM |
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I had my honeymoon in polruan/fowey in 1993 it is a very nice part of the country,i even got to see some of it
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 05:57 PM |
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There's a run-what-yer-brung drag meet at Portreath air base this Sat and Sun.
Its predominantly for bikes, but there may be a couple of 'interesting' cars entered.
Andy.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 06:04 PM |
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Oh goody.
What time do you think a Seat Ibiza 1.4 (60bhp) with the air con turned on would do. Three up with a week's worth of lugage as well.
Thanks for the pointers everyone.
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Lightning
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 09:04 PM |
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Did someone say Culture in Cornwall surely not. Not that side of the Taimar Bridge
Steve
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robinbastd
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 09:31 PM |
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Head west to Newlyn - a proper fishing port,then on to Mousehole (pronounced mouzel) Visit the Minack theatre - you don't have to suffer any
culture,just go when there's no play -stunning view and mostly built by one woman.
For the best drive in Britain take the coastal road from Mousehole onwards taking in the Minack,avoid Land's End theme park and on to
Sennen,Zennor (if you like wood carvings go to the church and see the mermaid pew)
If you like boats there's the National Boaty Museum in Falmouth.
Heligan Gardens near Mevagissey are well worth the trip. The Eden Business -it's a greenhouse and likely to be too hot for a littlun.
Tyrrells - best gift shop in Cornwall and the earthly home of smuttygifts.com -a blatant plug for my shop and well off the tourist track.
I could go on.............
Ian
PS The very strangest place is Madron wishing well - the trees there are covered with strips of cloth and it's quite odd. Nearby is Men an Tol -
an ancient stone circle with a difference - you'll see!
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 10:42 PM |
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As a St Ives boy...
This is how it looked 3 hous ago
 
Rescued attachment St Ives 3 hours.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/7/05 at 10:58 PM |
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Mmmm........
I think I can handle some of that.
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James
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| posted on 14/7/05 at 07:38 AM |
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I wasn't too impressed with The Eden Project but my cousin worked at The Lost Gardens of Heligan (same owners) and reckoned it was really
good.
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Scotty
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| posted on 14/7/05 at 07:50 AM |
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with all those places listed above, looks like you'll be here for several weeks
wherever you end up - enjoy
PLEASE NOTE! All comments made by this person are to be considered "Tongue in Cheek" and are not meant to be taken seriously in any way - so there!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 14/7/05 at 08:06 AM |
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have a good hol, does look lovely down there Mark!!
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 14/7/05 at 08:53 AM |
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And here's some St Ives in widescreen from over the other side...
 
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It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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ned
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| posted on 14/7/05 at 08:57 AM |
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theres a nice narrow gauge railway at launceton if thats your sorta thing.
don't forget the gwr and ikb stuff too.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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