Eat Drink and Be Merry in Cornwall

When you want to experience the local life in Cornwall, it is best that you visit the pubs and stay at one of the Cornwall holiday cottages and have a taste of what it’s like living in this gem of a county. Pub culture is synonymous to England as tapas bars to Spain and outdoor cafes to France. Stepping into several of the pubs in the area gives you the opportunity to mingle with the locals and see what a regular person experiences in this county. There are numerous pubs where the locals hang out after work hours that are located nearby many holiday cottages in which you can frequent during the time that you are in the area. Here are some pubs that are popular with the locals and are conveniently reachable from any of the Cornwall holiday cottages and other neighbouring holiday cottages as well. There are traditional pubs and modern pubs in the area for you to consider.

The Fort Inn 


Address: 63 Fore Street, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 1HA
Tel: 0871 223 8000 (ref 13448)
 
This pub is not only famous for its good food and a wide selection of ales and lagers but it also has a spectacular view of the harbour. This is one of Newquay’s popular pubs that are frequented by locals and that is a good sign for tourists who want to observe and experience the local Cornish culture. This pub is located by the water and there are many Cornwall holiday cottages and holiday cottages in the neighbouring towns that make this pub conveniently accessible. There is an indoor play area if you have your children with you and an outdoor play area overlooking the beach so you can enjoy your stay in this pub while the children are having fun and are preoccupied. This pub is a family friendly pub that is very convenient for tourists vacationing with their family. It is also conveniently located new many of the Cornwall holiday cottages so that you do not have to travel long distances for a great meal or a decent pint. If you enjoy the beach and generous servings of food then the Fort Inn is the place for you. You can frequent this pub because of its close proximity from many holiday cottages. 

Miners Arms

Mithian, St. Agnes
Cornwall TR5 0QF

01872 552375

This is a fine example of a traditional English pub with years of tradition behind it. This is a very old structure which was built in 1577 and looks and feels like an old English pub. It cannot get more authentic than this pub. The pub has low ceilings and wobbly walls that have seen better days but this adds to the appeal to this veteran of the pub culture. This pub is accessible to public transport that means that it getting there from any of the Cornwall holiday cottages is fairly easy. Frequenting the place while you are staying at any of the holiday cottages is definitely doable but it is an acquired taste in which locals have learned to love and is frequently patronized.

Tree House Penelewey

Tree House
Originally uploaded by AndyRob

A nice tree house in a garden at Penelewey, not far from the Punch Bowl and Ladle pub. Handy for the King Harry Ferry crossing in South Cornwall.

Swanpool Falmouth Cornwall

Swanpool Falmouth Cornwall
Originally uploaded by AndyRob

This is the lake or pool that Swanpool near Falmouth is named after. There's road which separates the swanpool from the beach, and a big car park to one side. From the car park you can walk all around the swan pool but that does mean walking along the main road for one side and then on the far side, the footpath meanders away from the lake a bit and you only get the occasional glimpse, such as the one in the photograph here.

The Truro Agricultural Show

Truro Agricultural Show

The Truro Agricultural Show is a traditional folk song which commemorates the occasion when the Royal Cornwall Show was merged with teh Bath and West show in 1861 and held in Truro.

There were occasional visitors to the old Truro Folk club (The new folk cottage) who used to sing this unaccompanied, but here's a version by Andy Roberts with a guitar (of sorts).

The Truro Agricultural Show Lyrics

Good people all who hear my voice, you now have reason to rejoice;
For off to Truro you may go, to see the Agricultural Show;
But don't go kissing the girls you know, at Truro Agericultural Show.

A motley crew you will see there, fat farmers and their wives so rare
Their bounc'n daughters neat & clean, wi' a porkpie hat &a crinoline
So don't go kissing the girls you know at Truro Agericultural Show.

From Newlyn east and Saint Columb too, there's Humpback'd Jim
and Carroty Joe; and a special train upon the rail,
to bring all the thieves from Bodmin Gaol.
So don't go kissing the girls you know at Truro Agericultural Show.

They've got a band from Plymouth down, the best that ever was in the town;
And all the gentry will be there -'tis most as pretty as Whitsun Fair!
But don't go kissing the girls you know at Truro Agericultural Show.

There's horses, ponies, cows and calves, for Truro don't do things by halves - there be Devon bulls, sheep, pigs, and geese;
You can see it all for a shilling a piece!
But don't go kissing the girls you know, at Truro Agericultural Show!

There's things up there that'll make you laugh,
there's a two-legg'd cow and a nine-legg'd calf;
A billiy-goat that comes from Wales, with 16 eyes & 17 tails.
So don't go kissing the girls you know, at Truro Agericultural Show!

Now all around I hear you say, "we'll see that show this very day..
So off we go, all in a row, to Truro Agericultural Show!"
And don't go kissing the girls you know, at Truro Agericultural Show

Porthcurno, with Logan's Rock in the distance

Porthcurno, with Logan's Rock in the distance
Originally uploaded by C.H.Stocker

Porthcurno, with Logan's Rock in the distance.

Porthcurno was home to the first telegraph between North America and Europe - a small museum stands just above the beach

Cornish Wreckers

In history, there have been wreckers at work wherever there are rough seas, rocks, shipping lanes and poor people. The Cornish wreckers are particularly well known though, and the legend of the old Wreckers Prayer lives on. The wreckers prayer song, however, was only written around 2003 by Andy Roberts based on a memory from the Isles of Scilly and an experience in the Basque country, Northern Spain.

Cornish Wreckers and the The Wreckers Prayer

Gweek Seal Sanctuary Prepares For Busy Seal Pup Rescue Season

HELSTON, Cornwall:



Fish wait to be prepared for feeding time at the National Seal Sanctuary in Gweek near Helston. The Cornwall-based charity, which was founded in 1958 as a sanctuary for injured seal pups, is gearing up for the seal pup season when it is often called upon to rescue seal pups that have got into trouble anywhere around the coast. The centre employs a animal care team, who are on call 24hrs a day, to rescue seal pups, who, after being brought to the sanctuary receive expert veterinary care in a purpose built hospital before being transferred to outdoor pools where they gain weight and stamina before being released into the wild. The sanctuary aims to rehabilitate all rescued pups and since 1981 only two seals have been diagnosed as never being able to survive in the wild and they have now joined the full time residents at the sanctuary.