Walking with the Packet
12:57pm Thursday 8th February 2007
Various walks in the countryside and coastal areas of Cornwall will be added from time to time. The walks will be varied and some only suitable for experienced walkers Cornwall's Great Flat Lode Trail It's hard to travel through West Cornwall without seeing a reminder of the county's once thriving tin and copper industry. Most of us, however, drive past the old mine workings without giving them a second glance. Like the sea views and the rolling countryside, we take it all for granted.
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9:51am Thursday 8th February 2007
Falmouth has a marvellous heritage and one of the best ways to see and learn about it is by using the Packet Walkway Guide. You follow a trail of attractive plaques that take you to key vantage points in the town, and with the aid of the maps and the accompanying text you can open up the past. The new updated guide follows a similar format to the original guide celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first sailing of the famous Packet Ships from Falmouth.
New trail for walkers and cyclists
9:47am Thursday 8th February 2007
After many years of development, the Green Corridor Trail for walkers, cyclists and horse has been opened between St Austell and the Wheal Martyn China Clay Country Park .
South West Coast Path
2:30pm Wednesday 7th February 2007
The South West Coast Path begins at Minehead in Somerset and runs along the part of the Somerset coast, across North Devon, round Cornwall, then South Devon and Dorset to Poole Harbour - a distance of 630 miles. It is the longest path of its type in the country.
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In Cornwall many people spend time on one of the sandy beaches and shingle coves along the coastline.
Full programme released for Tall Ships regatta
The full regatta programme for the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta has been finalised. Falmouth is playhing host to the start of the event, with a fleet of some 20 Tall Ships arriving by midday on Wednesday September 10 for four days of entertainment and spectacle before leaving on Saturday September 13 in a Parade of Sail preceding the race start.
Watch out for ponies on the sands at Penhale
From this week, walkers out on the sand dunes at Penhale Sands Special Area of Conservation' may come across two very handsome Exmoor ponies, who are helping with the ongoing management of the site.
The Zutons confirmed to play Unleashed
The Zutons have been confirmed to join Groove Armada on the mainstage on Friday 08th August at the Rip Curl Boardmasters Unleashed Festival, the South West's largest live music festival The Zutons, Liverpool's first great band of the 21st century release their highly anticipated new album, You Can Do Anything, through Deltasonic on Monday, June 2.
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