I still want to move to Cornwall 🙂

What's the allotment scene like?

I still want to move to Cornwall

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What's the allotment scene like?

Strangely enough I know a few people in Devon with allotments and I think the whole grown your own scene is pretty big. I just shop at Morrisons. Much easier.

Allotments can give you a very good harvest, plus there are plenty of fishing opportunities in Cornwall.

Do you get your own little patch of sea?

[/quote]Do you get your own little patch of sea?

When it is very windy yes. Usually all over your house, car and garden if you live too close to the coast.

Mr Nutt – we live on an ex working nursery should you need a plot. 5 acres of fertile land.

Nice!

So where is the good riding?

So where is the good riding?

most of it stops at Devon on the way down to Cornwall 😉

there's a nice piece that sums up cornwall well on the surfnation blog by mick jardine, 'cornwall through australian eyes'.

http://www.surfnation.co.uk/2009/06/index.html

The good riding is concentrated on the middle of the County nr Bissoe/Poldice Valley but loads of other good areas too.

As Surf-mat,Poldice has some good riding but there are plenty of other places,Carn brea,Carn marth,Rosewall,The clif paths."The track" There are also a few local woodlands that have good rides through them,I quite like Tehidy and Treslothan and Pendarves + loads of Bridleways

I will ASAP, just got to find me a house.

Light the beacons, I'll be down that way come Monday, want me to pick up some property details for you? What's your price range? Let or buy? (I'll be looking at them any way)

Light the beacons, I'll be down that way come Monday, want me to pick up some property details for you? What's your price range? Let or buy? (I'll be looking at them any way)

nmd – some genuine bargains to be had at the moment down here.

nmd – some genuine bargains to be had at the moment down here.

Yeah – my bro' is just about to move from a 4 bed semi in Harrogate (sold for £250k) to a 4 bed townhouse in Truro for £250k

And he was looking to move to improve quality of life and reduce his mortgage.

So he now has a bigger mortgage (no savings to pay for move costs so extended mortgage by £10k) and will have 8 months of cowering indoors to avoid the rains….

But he never thinks things through.

Does it not rain in Harrogate then?! It's lovely down here out of season and Truro has plenty going on for cold, wet days. Not so clever on the mortgage though…

Does it not rain in Harrogate then?!

October average rainfall…
92mm in Cornwall
73mm in North Yorkshire

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About 20% more – so hardly noticeable to 99% of people.

Mind you Harrogate is actually quite nice.

Is surf mat the defender of cornwall?

Is your PR company serving clients in Cornwall or elsewhere?

my bro' is just about to move from a 4 bed semi in Harrogate (sold for £250k) to a 4 bed townhouse in Truro for £250k

Because the Westcountry needs another **** from That London.

Harrogate isn't in London…

Max – relevance? I just like it here. Yes we have clients in the county.

My family has had a cottage in Carbis Bay for nearly 50 years and I lived down there on and off. Nott much work down there and houses are expensive if you want to live near the coast. I think you'd have to be pretty commited to live in St Just as it is pretty remote and feels it, pretty barren too as cornwall jas a lot less trees than most counties. Somewhere like Hayle might be a better bet. It's a great place to bring up young children but absolutely awful for teenagers, I have first hand experience! I have mulled over going down there permanently with the wife for the kids sake but there are less jobs there than here in Liverpool and it is a pain in the arse to get back to 'civilisation' as from the cottage it's nearly 2 hours to Bristol let alone Liverpool!

20% more of anything if a fairly noticeable quantity!

I would think Harrogate has a shit load more things to do when it's raining than Truro

civilisation and liverpool in the same sentence. how quaint.

Wow, I nearly fell of my chair at that one… 🙄

We'd better all move to Harrogate then.

All those lovely beaches, all those estuaries to boat around in, all that surf…

It is actually possible to do everything outdoors in the rain – except sunbathe. In fact for surf it's better in the rain as the crowds bu66er off.

However I'd rather people stayed away TBH 😉

About 20% more – so hardly noticeable to 99% of people.

Well not in Cornwall in winter – they are all cowering indoors away from the floods.

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I would think Harrogate has a shit load more things to do when it's raining than Truro

Err……

But seriously – I love Harrogate and I love Cornwall. But I was surprised that my bro' spent the same money on a similar house in one of the least appealing towns in Cornwall against a town regularly in the UK's top ten most popular places.

(He did reduce the price by £50k for a quick sale though TBF).

One of the least appealing towns (actually it's a city) in Cornwall?

MF – you are actually talking BS this time.

Truro is a thriving little place full of decent shops, nice buildings and in on a river. It's also fairly affluent. It's one of Cornwall's best "towns" I'd say having lived in the county for a very long time. It has great roads links and a mainline station too – rare around these parts.

You must have it confused with somewhere like Redruth or Camborne? Or maybe St Austell? Compared to these, Truro is like Chelsea.

But it isn't by the sea.

What on earth is the point of living on the arse end of the country if you still can't look out of your window and see the sea?

Compared to these, Truro is like Chelsea.

Compared to Chelsea, Truro is like… (even compared to Harrogate, Truro is like….)

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(Matt – lighten up, I am only pulling your leg (mostly)

From much of Truro, you can see a river which leads to the sea…

And the sea is max 20 mins from anywhere in the county. Very nice on a sunny day before/after work. One thing it's very bad for is flying anywhere.

BTW I don't live IN Truro, just near it.

Never been there in tourist season, how bad is it?

My brother is moving from a place an hour from the sea (Whitby/Scarborough/Robin Hood's Bay etc), 30 minutes from the NY Moors and Yorkshire Dales, overlooking the Nidd Gorge with miles of beautiful walking.

To somewhere near Truro college within walking distance of Homebase (which he sees as a benefit)!

Much call for a mobile bike repair business do you think?

nmd – a mate is already running one in the Trurp area and is completely stacked with work. Well worth contacting him – he's on paternity leave for a bit but happy to pass on his details. But if outside the Truro area, loads of opps I reckon too.

The bike shops down here have big waiting lists and are often pantaloons at high end repairs (or even basic ones).

MF – oh bu66er – that is the WORST part of Truro! Is he a doctor by any chance?

MF – oh bu66er – that is the WORST part of Truro! Is he a doctor by any chance?

No – just doing something rash and without thinking it though because his wife suddenly decided it would be a good idea!

So where would be a good place to get a holiday home in Cornwall? Nice beach, village feel, perhaps a harbour…?! That'll cost a fair bit right?

Tiger – a fair few options. In desending order of budget with all/most of those options:

Rock
St Mawes
Port Isaac
Flushing/Mylor
St Agnes
Cadgewith
Mousehole
Sennen

And a fair few others!