From Time immemorial it was an ancient Celtic stronghold of the Bronze Age that pre-dated the Roman invasion of Britain. Its gentle fields and rugged moors still hide in them, remnants of an age so far past and forgotten that much of it refuses to offer up
historical explanation. Stone circles, druidic rituals and sunken castles remain intact only as skeletal shadows of the British Isles Neolithic period when it was nothing more than an obscure and barely known land mass to the north of Europe, inhabited by people with terrible Legends and harsh gods that scared the Classical civilizations of the continent to its bones.People and culture - Cornwall remains, as it has done for millennia, a place that is detached from the rest of the British Isles both geographically and to a large degree, culturally. Here the seasonal Pagan rites and rituals of old are still maintained by many of the Cornish with such a natural ardour that to ask them if they still believed in such things would be to miss the point entirely. They do this simply because it is what they have always done. Periods relating to the earth’s equinox along with the Winter solstice that have long been forgotten throughout the rest of the UK, are a staple of the Cornish calendar and any visitors to the county during these times will be warmly welcomed to join in the festivities.
Cornish people themselves have also long maintained a certain distance from the governing forces of Great Britain, and whilst not officially recognized, many Cornish lay claim to their land as a separate entity and worthy of the devolution granted to the other nations that make up the union of the United Kingdom.
Holidays in Cornwall - The thing that is at first most apparent to any visitor to Cornwall is its understated beauty. There are no wild untamed mountain ranges and precipices of the dazzling variety that Wales and Scotland possess and its countryside is not the patchwork of picture perfect Englishness found in rural counties to the South West of the country. Cornwall’s charm lies in its remote villages and wild moors that touch the coastlines north to south, and in the real life water colours of fishing harbors that are dotted along its bays and inlets.
A holiday in Cornwall can be a remarkably contrasting experience. Bed and Breakfasts can be found in every corner of the county from the stormy cliff face of the United Kingdom’s most southerly point at Land’s End, to the small town immortalized in the old English nursery rhyme about a traveller on the road to St Ives, and along the north coast to the British surfing mecca of Newquay. There is a wide and varied spectrum of choices available from the more antiquated and remote country cottages that are run by couples and families to more sophisticated lodgings in larger towns that offer luxurious rooms and fine dining to their visitors.
Wherever you choose you spend time in this unique corner of the British Isles and whatever it is you choose to do whilst there, you are certain to be left with an experience that will leave you with the feeling that one day soon, you will wish to return again to Cornwall. 'A range of Cornish bed and breakfasts or private rented holiday apartments can be found through wimdu.co.uk'.
