Personal Blogs

I've had a blogger account for a while now (4 years apparently). Originally I posted a couple of photos on there and waited to see what happened. Well, nothing!

Recently I had another look and have become enthused again. There are a few reasons for this. Firstly Blogger is fairly customisable right up to the point that you can use your own domain name. This inspired me to set up the Cornwall and Cornish Holiday Guide, a blog of ideas, articles and tips for holidays in Cornwall.

Today I posted an article about my hometown, Penzance, and last week an article about the merits of glamping. I have a few more articles waiting in the wings including one on Cornish beaches and another on St Ives. I'll post these over the next week or so and keep an eye on what happens.

Being an island the UK is literally surrounded by beaches, and many of them are well worth a visit. Having built websites featuring Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall and even Portugal's beaches I thought I'd turn my hand to creating a beach guide for the whole of the UK.

The UK Beach Guide features around 1,500 beaches in all regions of the British Isles. There are maps, photographs and I'll be adding tide and weather information in the near future.

This is still a project very much under construction but what better way to get the site indexed than linking from a .ac.uk domain!

As one of the UK's most popular tourist destinations Cornwall has a flourishing tourist industry providing plenty of accommodation options. Regardless of your budget , Cornwall offers a wonderful range of holiday accommodation including hotels, self-catering, B&Bs and camping in all areas. Offering everything from apartments in Newquay, hotels in Looe, self catering Fowey, Padstow cottages and Falmouth B&Bs. If you want a pet friendly cottage, or somewhere with a garden, beach view or open fire we know where to stay.

The beaches in Cornwall are without compare in Britain for their beauty and variety. Towns such as Perranporth, Polzeath and Newquay are some of the better known of these, with some excellent surfing beaches. In my opinion the most beautiful are the tiny coves that dot the coastline like Coverack and Porthcurno (home of the Minack Theatre).

Also on the coast are some of Cornwall's picture postcard fishing villages and harbours like Looe, Mevagissey, Tintagel and Mousehole. The towns of Cornwall are rich in history and attractions of their own. Padstow, home of Rick Stien, Falmouth - one of the World's biggest natural harbours and a charming shopping town.

Truro is the only city in Cornwall with the cathedral dominating the skyline.

Penzance is one of Cornwall's largest towns and has a good range of restaurants and attractions. From the towns ancient harbour to the sub-tropical Morrab Gardens.

In terms of history Cornwall's rich industrial herritage can best be seen in and around Redruth and Camborne. Once at the heart of the mining industry these towns have spent many years in decline but are finally bouncing back.

Cornwall's ancient past is written all over the moorland countryside of Bodmin Moor and West Cornwall which are littered with ancient sites such as standing stone and stone circles. Other ruins that abound are the remenants of the mining industry, in many places these share the same sites the ancients chose to build on and add to the sense of history.

Oh, and don't forget the Eden Project!