Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

Russell gave me some lovely old books about Cornwall for my birthday, and I was struck by a reference in The Story of Cornwall by A.K. Hamilton Jenkin (March 1938) to Sycamore being part of the May traditions...

Was surprised to spot a reference to Hayle while watching Michael Portillo's latest railway jaunt - stopping at Didcot

On a lighter note, there was some really interesting historical sleuthing behind the story of

Saw a piece earlier in the Guardian about Steve Keen, the Australian econonmist who seems to have been more right than most on the crisis and actually saw it coming.

Larry Elliot has a good piece in The Guardian today

Great news.  Godolphin House works are nearly complete - see

interesting point of view from jfjfp.com/?p=16048

I came across a lovely book on Project Gutenberg - Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot, by Wilkie Collins 1861

I particulary liked the story of the Loggan Stone [Pg 141]

From Marazion we walked to Penzance, from Penzance to the beautiful coast scenery at Lamorna Cove, and thence to Trereen, celebrated as the halting place for a visit to one of Cornwall's greatest curiosities—the Loggan Stone.