Hiding in the wind and other autumnal activities

• Wood burner: topping the list for cosiness and cottage-vibe. The sitting room’s centrepiece, complimented by velvety sofas and throws. (Central heating chugging away in the background for whole house comfort).
• Smart TV: movie night or binging a box set: just add popcorn (we’re still by the fire here!) Gaming? – bring a couple of beanbags in from the den: perfect!
• Wi-Fi: superfast broadband, boosted throughout the house. Streaming sorted and online happiness all round. (Switching mobiles over to receive calls via the internet combats patchy phone signal indoors).
• Radio: we’re old-school enough to use this (and even refer to it as the wireless on occasion!) Mains operated but portable – take it into whichever room suits and listen to a play or Women’s Hour, tune in to Classic FM or the top 40
• Books: get lost in an adventure of someone else’s making! Reading is a real treat and the den’s bookcase has a broad selection of genres (including for younger readers and Cornish themed).
• Board games: the fun that spans across generations, uniting (and sometimes dividing) comes with a laughter warning! Also found in the den, there’s 2-player duels to be had with the likes of backgammon and chess, monumental multi-player Monopoly games and the (maybe) gentler Scrabble or Snakes and Ladders. Not forgetting jigsaws, cards, Uno and memory games; the initial difficulty comes in choosing which to play.
• Junior activities: dressing-up drawers and a junior activity basket also live in the den (includes a variety of activity books, colouring-in pencils and art pad). Bingo!
• Recipe books: on a kitchen shelf, from Jamie Oliver to Delia Smith (and a splash of Cornish recipes). Cook up a storm and sit down en masse to enjoy. We suggest eating around the dining room table (next door to the kitchen): creating a cook’s flourish of delicious delight without the slightest hint of a groaning sink!
• Utility room: sounds mundane but this is the main entrance. Actually known by us as the back kitchen from Tom’s Cottage farmhouse days, there’s space for numerous coats, boots and multiple people to be un-layering at the same time. Boot bench and washing machine next to each other for peeling off soggy socks. Original slate floor and doormat to transition between the great outdoors and homely interior (and where we’d towel off damp dogs!)

• The Regal Cinema, Wadebridge: live streamings of classical performances as well as latest film screenings
• Pencarrow House, Washaway: take a tour of this privately owned stately home
• Witchcraft Museum, Boscastle (always check their opening hours): small establishment but is as the name suggests
• The National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow: well worth a visit
• Bodmin Jail: tours and immersive history of Victorian prison
• Bodmin Railway: ride a full-size steam train
• Jamaica Inn, Bolventor: (Dapne Du Maurier and Smuggler museums) in the heart of Bodmin Moor (on the A30), somewhat commercialised
• Discovery42, Bodmin: interactive science museum
• Super Tramp, Bodmin: trampolining!
• The Eden Project, near St Austell: horticulturalists’ special
• Emily Hobhouse Museum, near Liskeard: *NEW* Cornwall’s humanitarian known as ‘that bloody woman’ during the Beor War
• Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro: rebranded from what was the Royal Cornwall Museum
• National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth: surrounded by sea the Cornish are historically a seafaring nation
• The Tate St Ives:Cornwall’s famed Newlyn School of Art will have featured in The Tate coming to Cornwall

October

• PYO pumpkins at Trevathan Farm Shop, St Endellion
• 4^th C Bone Band live, Haywood Farm Cider, St Mabyn; from 3pm
• 4/5, 11/12, 18/19 & 25-31 Pumpkin Picking at Cedar Croft, St Tudy; 10-4
• 5^th North Cornwall Mini Railway & Toy Museum, Cold Northcott, nr St Teath; open afternoon for charity (from midday)
• 9^th Saints & Sinners talk by Nicholas St Aubyn, Pencarrow House, Washaway; 7-9.30
• 16^th Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman concert, St Endellion Church; 7.30
• 19^th Tretawn Farmers Market, St Kew Highway; 10-12.30
• 19^th Great Cornish Market, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge; 10-3
• 25^th Farming, Food and Craft fair at the Cornwall Calf Show, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge; 10-4
• 25^th Pumpkin Trail, Pengenna Manor; 11-1 & 6-8
• 26^th, 28^th – 30^th (& 2^nd Nov) Steam and Scream, Bodmin Railway – spooky fancy dress optional!
• 26th Antiques & Vintage Market, Tretawn Farm, St Kew Highway; 10-3
• 30^th John Butler & band live, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge

November

• 1^st Make Club: Drawing Machines, St Endellion Hall; 10-12
• 2^nd Howl-o-ween Doggy Market, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge; 10-3
• 2^nd Steam & Scream, Bodmin Railway
• 5^th Bonfire Night, Sea View Farm Shop, nr Delabole
• 7^th–9^th Boscastle Shanty Festival
• 14^th N’Faly Kouyate Re-Generation concert, St Endellion Church; 7.30
• 15^th-16^th Cornish Winter Fair, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge
• 16^th Tretawn Farmers Market, St Kew Highway; 10-12.30
• 22^nd–23^rd Christmas Artisan Fair, Pencarrow House, Washaway; 10-4.30
• 29^th RNLI Christmas Market, Port Isaac Village Hall; 10.30-3
• 29^th Ninebarrow concert, St Endellion Church
• 29^th Make Club – Felt Christmas Decorations, St Endellion Hall 10-12