“Turn next left and you have reached your destination.” Thank god, I was getting ready to rip the sat nav off the dashboard. The soft and huskey tones of the woman giving us directions was starting to grate on me. If only I could have changed the voice to, say, David Hasslehoff or David Attenborough, [...]
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Endellion, Watergate Bay
Posted in Cornwall, Reviews, Travel, tagged beach retreats, endellion, newquay holiday home, watergate bay on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cowshed Hot Stone Massage, St Moritz Hotel
Posted in Cornwall, Reviews, Spas, Travel, tagged cornwall spa, cowshed st. moritz, hot stone massage, rock spa on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Time stresses me out. I hate being late and nearly always arrive early. So imagine my stress levels when I realised that I had completely missed my hot stone massage at Cowshed at the St. Moritz Hotel in Cornwall. I’d booked it for the wrong day. Big whoops. Luckily the lovely manager understood and booked [...]
The Nare Hotel afternoon tea
Posted in British, Cornwall, Cuisine, Reviews, Travel, tagged cream tea cornwall, high tea cornwall, log fire hotel cornwall, the nare hotel on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ding Ding. The bell rings and the receptionist immediately comes bounding through the door, all smiles. “Can I take your coat madam”, I am asked before being shown to an armchair situated by a soft glowing fire. I am surrounded by traditional furniture and an old grandfather clock ticks tocks in the background. The last [...]
Eden Project
Posted in Cornwall, Travel, tagged cornwall travel, eden project, eden project cafe, Mediterranean Biome, Rainforest Biome, st austell on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I walked around a rainforest. In England. Really, I did. I also took a stroll past olive trees, lemon trees and fragrant herbs in the Mediterranean. Don’t believe me? Then you obviously haven’t heard of the Eden Project in Cornwall. Situated in a former China clay quarry, the Eden Project opened in 2001 [...]
The Lugger, Cornwall
Posted in British, Cornwall, Cuisine, Reviews, Travel, tagged luxury hotel cornwall, the lugger hotel on December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Ohhh, you’re so lucky”, exclaimed my workmate when I told her that I was going to be spending my birthday weekend at The Lugger in Cornwall. Being from Cornwall herself, she had once treated herself to a night a couple of years ago and loved it. Driving down the narrow country roads in pitch black, [...]



