Exploding clock

Falling to pieces

I don’t do depression, stress, anxiety or sadness very well. I’ve been brought up in one of those families who, to avoid misery, attempt to make light of even the worse predicaments. We’re not inclined to wallow in pity, or wail

Exploding clock

Falling to pieces

I don’t do depression, stress, anxiety or sadness very well. I’ve been brought up in one of those families who, to avoid misery, attempt to make light of even the worse predicaments. We’re not inclined to wallow in pity, or wail

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Cornwall Asparagus Festival, Penventon Hotel

The Penventon Park Hotel in Redruth is an unexpected surprise. I’d never imagined such a grand and elegant establishment in grounds tight in the heart of Redruth. However, that’s not untypical of Cornwall. I’ve become almost blasé  about expecting the

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Cornwall Asparagus Festival, Penventon Hotel

The Penventon Park Hotel in Redruth is an unexpected surprise. I’d never imagined such a grand and elegant establishment in grounds tight in the heart of Redruth. However, that’s not untypical of Cornwall. I’ve become almost blasé  about expecting the

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Mrs. Middleton’s Rapeseed Oil

Two sisters, who live 300 miles apart, have joined together to launch a cold-pressed rapeseed oil produced from the seed grown on the family farm.  Whizz Middleton of Barton Hill Farm in Bedfordshire and her sister Ellie Michell who lives

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Mrs. Middleton’s Rapeseed Oil

Two sisters, who live 300 miles apart, have joined together to launch a cold-pressed rapeseed oil produced from the seed grown on the family farm.  Whizz Middleton of Barton Hill Farm in Bedfordshire and her sister Ellie Michell who lives

‘Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day’ ~ April 13th 2013

This is for my boy, my SWAN (and many, many others). I’ve had 16 years of people asking what’s wrong with him and I haven’t got an answer. All his tests have always come back as normal. ‘Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness

‘Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day’ ~ April 13th 2013

This is for my boy, my SWAN (and many, many others). I’ve had 16 years of people asking what’s wrong with him and I haven’t got an answer. All his tests have always come back as normal. ‘Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness

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Devouring the art of Nicky Grant, Patisssiere and Chocolatier

 One sniff of a taster session to Nicky Grant’s (and husband Tom’s) new chocolate making courses,  and I was right on it. I was prepared to ditch my no sugar, no fat, no carbohydrate diet for it. Chocolate is too

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Devouring the art of Nicky Grant, Patisssiere and Chocolatier

 One sniff of a taster session to Nicky Grant’s (and husband Tom’s) new chocolate making courses,  and I was right on it. I was prepared to ditch my no sugar, no fat, no carbohydrate diet for it. Chocolate is too

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Knightor Winery and Restaurant, perfect for the Cornish mizzle.

“What is it that’s quintessential about an English wine?” it’s a question that James Thomas, wine maker at Knightor Winery, and I are pondering. My nose, at this point, has just been given a polite introduction to Knightor’s own blended

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Knightor Winery and Restaurant, perfect for the Cornish mizzle.

“What is it that’s quintessential about an English wine?” it’s a question that James Thomas, wine maker at Knightor Winery, and I are pondering. My nose, at this point, has just been given a polite introduction to Knightor’s own blended

My son didn’t choose to be disabled.

I’ve always had this sneaky suspicion that you have to be just a little bit arrogant to be a politician or a county councillor. It’s probably in their DNA. That’s not as condemning as it sounds. We need people with

My son didn’t choose to be disabled.

I’ve always had this sneaky suspicion that you have to be just a little bit arrogant to be a politician or a county councillor. It’s probably in their DNA. That’s not as condemning as it sounds. We need people with

Heart of the Bay 2

Rebranding St. Austell

Now this is a speculative post… Can a town become a brand? Like a product to sell? Is it possible, through a simple little image and a snappy strap line to start turning around a stubborn mindset; getting folk on

Heart of the Bay 2

Rebranding St. Austell

Now this is a speculative post… Can a town become a brand? Like a product to sell? Is it possible, through a simple little image and a snappy strap line to start turning around a stubborn mindset; getting folk on

Nose Honk

Team Honk

  All these noses live under one roof. (My family and other noses.) Some are related. Some prove that people begin to look like their pets (or is it pets that look like their humans?) Play the lookey-likey game…  

Nose Honk

Team Honk

  All these noses live under one roof. (My family and other noses.) Some are related. Some prove that people begin to look like their pets (or is it pets that look like their humans?) Play the lookey-likey game…  

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Playing Devil’s Advocate* (In the Coyte Farm debate)

I am (very much) pro St. Austell. I’m actually pro keeping green fields and farmland rather than covering them in swathes of little-box housing estates. I’m also pro, despite the wind tunnel effect its lack of covered space, of White

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Playing Devil’s Advocate* (In the Coyte Farm debate)

I am (very much) pro St. Austell. I’m actually pro keeping green fields and farmland rather than covering them in swathes of little-box housing estates. I’m also pro, despite the wind tunnel effect its lack of covered space, of White