The Cornish diet campaign
As a part of a ‘Living Communities’ theme, the Cornish Diet campaign calls for 80% of all food served on Cornwall Council owned or run premises to come from Cornwall by 2012. This would include a clear long-term development path so that growers and producers can find and access potential future markets in the public [...]
Workshop on setting up farm nature trails.
WORKSHOP ON SETTING UP, MANAGING AND PROMOTING FARM NATURE TRAILS Thursday, 14th May 2009 10.00am to 3.30pm at South Penquite, Blisland, Bodmin PL30 4LH by courtesy of Dominic and Cathy Fairman 10.00am to 3.30pm Lunch included The day will cover appropriate routes, signs and posters, benefits to a farm tourist diversification and improving educational access. [...]
Smoking Engine houses
Imagineers a creative project taking place in the Camborne Pool and Redruth area during the summer of 2008. Part of this project this evening is recreating the landscape of times past by lighting fires in engine houses across the great flat load, once the richest square mile on the planet. Crowds gather at King Edward [...]
Cornish Midsummer bonfire at Chapel Carn Brea
As daylight fades from the sky people gather all over Cornwall for the traditional Cornish midsummer bonfires, these photos are from the top of Chapel Carn Brea where the first fire was lit. The next fire was lit on a hill near Madron. Other fires were lit at Castle-an-Dinas and Rosewood Hill until a firey [...]
Traditional Cornish Oyster boats
Traditional Cornish Oyster boats, part of the Port of Truro Oyster fishery, the last oyster fishery in Europe harvested under sail. Open ended cages are dragged through the silt to harvest the Oysters. The cages are tipped out onto trays built along the inner rim of the hull where the silt is washed out the [...]
King Edward Mine
King Edward Mine is the oldest Mine site left in Cornwall. All the buildings are Listed Grade 11 – meaning they are of National Importance. Much of the machinery is rare and is amongst the last of its kind in the world. Over the last 20 years volunteers have steadily worked towards recreating King Edward [...]
