St Ives September Festival 2015
Celebrating the town’s colourful artistic and musical heritage, and with more than 300 events taking place over fifteen days, the St Ives September festival is not to be missed. The headline acts at The Guildhall have all been confirmed, with
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La Casita, Carbis Bay
It’s rare to discover that double sense of escapism simply by dining somewhere that is ‘other’ to where you’re visiting. Allow me to elaborate. The Carbis Bay and St Ives area is exotic enough. Silken white sands fringed by aquamarine
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St Ives Lifeboat Day | 29th August
Visit St Ives on Saturday 29th August and you’ll be for a real treat. The RNLI (the charity that saves lives at sea) will be hosting their annual St Ives Lifeboat Day, where crowds descend on the harbour for a
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Summer sporting events in Cornwall
Whether you want to watch or fancy partaking in a physical challenge amongst some of Cornwall’s most stunning (yet gruelling) landscapes, this itinerary of forthcoming sporting events will satisfy everyone from spectators to serious competitors. For me, summer is the
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St Ives Literary Festival | 9th – 16th May
If you like books and poetry and spoken word then St Ives is the place to be this month for the town’s annual Literature Festival. Now in its 7th year, the event has grown into a nine day celebration of
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May Day celebrations
Heralding the end of winter and the arrival of spring, May Day is commonly observed throughout Europe and beyond. In north Cornwall the ancient ‘Obby ‘Oss festival in Padstow on May 1st sees the village awash with up to 30,000
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Choosing a holiday cottage in Cornwall
There is no better place to take your family on holiday than beautiful Cornwall. The sheer diversity of attractions, beaches and places of interest is unrivaled, and many people return every year to discover more jewels in the south west
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Making your holiday cottage dog-friendly…
Hello, Diva the dog here! My friends at Aspects have asked me to write a few words about how to create a great dog friendly holiday experience for us and our humans. I know my humans were a bit concerned
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Restaurants with the best views in West Cornwall
We are spoilt for choice here in West Cornwall when it comes to dining out. In many regions, that would be good enough, but we can offer something more. A view to die for… Carn Brea Castle, Carnkie, Redruth Let’s
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Christmas week in Cornwall
If you’re anything like us, planning a family Christmas has to start weeks in advance. There’s just so much to consider. The diary comes out and the countdown begins, planning out how we’d like Christmas to be this year. So,
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Cornwall Film Festival
In its thirteenth year, the Cornwall Film Festival is an exciting month-long celebration of local and international film-making. An opportunity to see some outstanding Cornish, British and international feature films on the big screen, many in preview and all with
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A winning family: meet the Garantinis
For those of you who don’t remember, in April this year we ran a contest to win a week’s holiday at one of our luxury cottages in St Ives, Stuart Cottage. On Friday I took the opportunity to meet up
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