I wasn't born there, but I've always felt more at home in Cornwall than pretty much anywhere else in the UK. Got loads of very good friends down that way and would definitely live there if we had to return to the UK permanently.

There's nowhere else in the UK I would live.

Cornish born, Cornish bred. Strong in the arm, thick in the head.

Al

Very, very true Badge

Please don't take what I said as a generalisation of the whole of Cornwall. It was aimed squarely at St.Austell and close district.

It is not (I hope) representative of what is happening elsewhere in the county.

Could I live in Cornwall again ?
Oh yes, but not in that part.

I had help

Da Boss was my tripod

And I didn't even name our old village Heather

Are we related ?

Most of us true Cornish are they say

We is all Couzin Jacks now me han'sum, but my ancestors come from Madron north of Penzance.

A lot of this land (especially Victoria) is here today because of our innate Cornish ability to dig great mines and sire lots of children

Mine hail out of St.Columb and Gothers (wonder if that's on the map)

The GM up here was taught in the Camborne School of Mines as was his predescessor. Mining and pasties are two of the most important thing we gave the world.

Well at least the Aussies got the mining right, because their Pasties are shocking. ******* carrots on everything and filo pastry

Al

Carrots

Here's an interesting story I picked up on whilst over there...

Cornish pasties travel to Cyprus

- Published: 30 May, 2008


Pasty maker Crantock Bakery is now supplying pasties to the Cypriot market.

The Cornish company has agreed a deal with Ayia-Napa-based The Pasty Mine, set up by Cornish couple Jon and Julie Carter.
All the pasties sold at the Pasty Mine will be made at Crantock Bakery to a traditional recipe and are hand-crimped before being blast-frozen ready for transportation.
The Carters moved from Cornwall to Cyprus specifically to set up their business. Julie Carter said: "The response has been absolutely fantastic; in the first week alone we've sold over 1,000 pasties.
"And it's not just the holidaymakers who have shown an interest since the shop officially opened on 21 April. Locals have also been really interested in sampling a traditional Cornish pasty and they keep coming back for more."
Nick Ringer, managing director of Crantock Bakery, said: "The opening in Cyprus is another example of Crantock Bakery developing new markets not just in the UK, but across Europe.
"We are delighted to be bringing the much-loved Cornish pasty to a wider audience."
The overseas outlet is the latest opening for the New- quay-based bakery. Crantock's Cornish Pasties can already be found in shops across Spain and Portugal.

And how about Australia's little Cornwall

http://www.yorkepeninsula.com.au/directory/moonta.aspx

Kernewek Lowender is the world's largest Cornish Festival; it's held every odd year in May. Attractions include Cornish dancing, crafts, Cornish folk singing, pasty making, and many events for the children. It's a great family festival.

Great post Bix ...my son lives in Bugle and I visited him there for the first time in 2006 (we are from the North West). I was quite disappointed but I did like Mevagissey...except for crashing the hire car when having to back down the windy hill when someone came the other way
Newquay????....oh my!! ...just not what I expected it to be or what I was led to believe it was like
Still better than my hometown though.

Ah, Bugle has a fond place in my heart.
I scored a great goal there once.
Need a good reason to go there.