Weekly Round-up: Cornwall and Devon Stories You May Have Missed

Weekly round-up: Cornwall and Devon stories you may have missed

Our pick of some of the stories which may have passed you by this week in Cornwall and Devon.

‘I have the island to myself’: how to be a castaway in Cornwall

Book an overnight stay in the cosy smuggler’s cottage on Looe Island and you get to enjoy this marine nature reserve after the day trippers have gone homeIt is just after dawn and from a viewpoint on Looe Island, Cornwall, I watch two seals on the beach below. The pair entwine in the surf, her freckled, creamy belly against his, flippers wrapped around each other, eyes closed in blissful bonding. I feel like a peeping Tom, watching from behind a…

'Dangerous' cliff-edge drops on popular North Wales beach as river alters course

It follows work to reduce flooding in nearby properties

Meet the terrible knitters and cheesecake gatherers in the topsy turvy Dales

FROM caves to Quakers and on to cheesemakers, the Yorkshire Dales are packed with great stories and traditions that make up their unforgettable character as much as their rolling fells and windswept moors.

I tried a new float therapy centre in Cornwall – the result was uplifting

The idea is to slowly turn off the senses, giving the central nervous system a chance to fully relax.

Letter: Heartfelt hope to save pub where I have fond childhood memories

It gave me great pleasure to read in this week’s Journal that the folk from Netherhampton were organising an appeal to reopen the Victoria and…