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Welcome to Tomage – the holiday blog from Tom's Cottage.
We love a good yarn in Cornwall: from intrepid tales of adventure to gossiping over local news…
Tomage will be sharing all the latest stories and cottage updates right here, along with events in the area.
Do share your stay experiences with us it could be the makings of a great feature.
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Remember Eddie the Eagle and Cool Runnings? Defying the odds to just compete at the Winter Games, to be Olympians. Dogged determination. Then there was Torvill and Dean’s Bolero that not only tested the boundaries of a sport, but also expressed ultimate dedication and commitment. Inspirational.
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A week isn’t really long enough to fit it all in: but pick and mixing is certainly fun. With a mid-month birthday ourselves, we know all about Cornish days out in February – whatever your age.
Sunny scamperings and blustery landscapes, spring blooms and cosiness: Tom’s Cottage brings it all…
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For the first time in over a century, 2025 relegated a British Royal to commoner status; and witnessed a televised meeting between two Presidents in the Oval Office. War continued in Gaza while hurricane Melissa devastated the Caribbean.
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Our Cornish Quiz was so popular last Christmas, we’ve put together a fresh one for 2025. Are you a Cornish know-it-all? Or just enjoy trivia, Tom’s Cottage style?
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Christmas markets are now in full swing and it is the season – of present-buying. Three weeks to the big day means there’s still time to bag a Cornish gift, without setting foot in a fair. For all the virtual shoppers: here’s our Cornish present guide.
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T’is the season – yuletide is incoming! We know this because – this very weekend – we jollied our way round the Cornish Winter Fair. The Tom elves have tinsel’d-together their best ever ‘advent diary’ and created a Cornish Christmas calendar.
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Have you ever hidden in the wind? An autumnal game and childhood favourite of ours, when calls were carried away on the breeze. The trick was to be downwind of the adult, to hear but not heard. Nowadays we tend to relish the smell of woodsmoke and frost on the November evening air.
Dog walks that end by the fire, pumpkin picking that morphs into making soup and pub lunches. They’re all synonymous with Tom’s Cottage, but what’s to do on damp days? Plenty! From lingering at-home to undercover attractions and local events, here’s our autumn lowdown…
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We’re captivated by our local stretch of cliff path (naturally) but are also enamoured with the Cornish countryside. Often overlooked for the coast, rural Cornwall is as diverse as it is charismatic.
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Sometimes, a short break needs somehow justifying. No problem – we’ve produced a handy code-converter: the translation from wistfulness to office-speak.
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