The Lost Gardens of Heligan was exactly that, for over 70 years. These gardens were hidden by bramble, ivy and weeds, untouched since World War II. Once rediscovered in 1991, many secret paths, chambers, inscriptions and myths derived and then began the drive to restore these gardens which was held in ownership of the Tremayne [...]
Read More...Lappa Valley Steam Railway, is a railway with steam trains running between Benny Halt and East Wheal Rose train stations. The train travels, as its name suggests, through the Lappa Valley. The railway was opened in 1849, so today the tracks are probably the oldest tracks in Cornwall. The original lines closed in 1963, and [...]
Read More...Virginia Woolf, it is claimed was inspired by Godrevy Island (as were many others), producing the novel ‘To the Lighthouse’. The island is host to a single solitary lighthouse which is the main reason for its popularity. The building of a lighthouse started around the late 1850s, because so many ships had been wrecked by [...]
Read More...The mysterious Bodmin Moor is one of Cornwall’s treasure gems. A location where you will find many historical points, including Standing stones, bridges, cottages, burial chambers and farms built from boulders emanating from the Moors surface space over many centuries. The Moors is an ever deceiving landscape, giving the distinct impression that the area expands [...]
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