Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
''TOO MANY MK WORDS LIKE 'SANDALS' & 'BEARDS' EQUALS A KERNOW FOREVER UNDER THE ENGLISH AND THEIR IMPERIAL ESTABLISHMENT ! MK AS MUCH USE TO KERNOW AS A FART IN A SPACESUIT
= REPUBLICAN KERNOW NOW !''
isn't it so typical of anything to do with our great land, people and culture that the Cornish and cornishness just gets shoved to one side and overlooked. And why is it that the chief protagonists in these things are always people coming into Cornwall never the locals themselves.
Jason Donovan is an Australian.
Films like Blue juice where Sean Pertwees character is originally from London who moved here and became the bestest surfer of them all (yeah right!) Doc Martin crusades into Cornwall and is bemused and befuddled by the comical antics of the "stupid" locals. Even Wycliffe who admittedly was a local was so grossly inaccurate in his portrayal of a "local" man when the phrase "That be favorite" was used by all the other incidental characters, I'm 35 years old and from old Cornish stock and i have never heard anyone from here say that!!.
If they are gong to make a truly accurate drama about Cornwall why dont they have real Issues that affect this land
Poor wages
lack of affordable housing
miseducation about our culture
the corruption in our local government
how everything belonging to us is being usurped by economic terrorism
INSTEAD of making a program that does nothing but promote "Trendy Cornwall" to our neighbors over the water. And you can be sure they will be signing up to the housing lists now that we have 70,000 house being built here in the next 20 years.
'economic terrorism' - a true and accurate description.
It has been and is doing more damage to Cornwall, her people and her environment than any of the activities the anglo-imperialist media such as BBC Radio Cornwall and Northcliffe Media's Western Morning News have described as Cornish 'terrorism'.
Rise in county's road death toll
The number of people who have died on Cornwall's roads rises in the last year to 35, police say.
Film con man ordered to pay £100K
The man who swindled almost £2m in a film studio scam is ordered to forfeit £100,000 by a judge.
Triplets survive against the odds
A woman from Cornwall who gave birth to triplets 14 weeks early describes their survival as a "miracle".
Call for inquiry into fire centre
Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre.
Prison sentence for benefit cheat
A man who admitted swindling more than £51,000 in benefits over a six-year period is jailed for 18 months.
Divers face trial over shipwreck
Three Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court.
‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPs
Proposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs.
Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessary
Their plan having been rejected by the public in the final exhibition in Septmber with 90% against the Route Partnership have decided to try again in mid January after a mailout and poster campaign.The Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this campaign.