shoulders with local performers and pubs and other venues in the town are alive with impromptu jam sessions.
If hills are your thing, North Cornwall can help you – big time. Brown Willy and Roughtor are the county’s highest spots, and the views from both, to which access is open, are stunning.
North Cornwall boasts some of Britain’s most unusual tourist attractions: for example, Hawker’s Hut is a simple timber structure perched precariously on the cliffs near Morwenstow. Here, the local vicar, Robert Stephen Hawker, inventor of the modern harvest festival, used to sit in a fug of opium smoke, writing poetry and entertaining famous friends like Tennyson and Charles Kingsley. Today, it’s the National Trust’s smallest property
Wadebridge
and access is free.
Another great sight of North Cornwall, but on an entirely different scale, is what was once claimed to be the ‘biggest hole in Britain’ - the startling slate quarries at Delabole, still worked, from which the roofs of Britain drew their covering.
Among the most famous sites in North Cornwall is Tintagel Castle, legendary birthplace of King Arthur in myth, but in reality an awesome medieval fortress constructed on the ruins of a Dark Age monastery in one of the most stunning locations you could ever imagine.
Today, English Heritage preserves the castle and celebrates the Arthurian legends that surround it.
The village itself, complete with Britain’s oldest Post Office, offers great shopping and refreshments.
Camel Creek’s Cool Summer
Camel Creek Adventure Park near Wadebridge have a cool Summer planned; packed with excitement, colour and thrills!
Whether it’s making a splash in Water Wars or getting soaked in Downpour Derby, Camel Creek is perfect for your Summer adventures.
Children’s favourites Peppa Pig and PAW Patrol will be joining in the fun too and will appear at regular intervals on the following dates: Peppa Pig and George on the 7th and 28th August, Chase and Skye on 31st July and 21st August, and Marshall and Rubble on the 14th August.
This Summer will also see a
splash of colour as Camel Creek prepare to hold their annual Colour Run on Saturday 15th September, this year supporting Penhaligon’s Friends who support bereaved children, parents and carers.
The colourful event will see hundreds of people walk, jog or run around the adventure park while being covered in a rainbow of different powder paints, thrown by Camel Creek team members.
You can find out more information about Camel Creek’s Cool Summer and book tickets online at
www.camelcreek.co.uk.
24 Cornish Visitor Guide - Summer 2018
www.cornish-visitor.co.uk
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