Chess One wrote:
>
> "Michael Lightfoot" <michael@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:5qa8f8FutjmtU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> At the moment http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/evenearlier.htm
is showing a
>> view
>> across the Tresillian River at Tresemple Pool towards the church at
>> Merther
>> where my g-grandmother was christened.
>
> Out of college I took a job as intern at a school up the River. Used to
> walk down to Malpas, Tristan & Isolde crossing &c, one of the best
inland
> walks in the county [when it wasn't 3 am in the morning and you were
> tracking an epileptic run-away, hoping like hell they didn't try and
cross
> the river at low tide - depth of mud = lethal] then sometimes carry on
> into 'the bright lights' of Truro.
>
> Best mud around was at Penryn, only a foot or two and with plenty of
> rag-worms, and old bottles which were worth a lot. Put a dozen [worms,
not
> bottles] in a can and then go back to the north coast, climb down a
cliff
> in the dark, and fish all night with a couple of other blokes stupid
> enough to do the same :))
>
> Once I got to stay on the south side of the Tresillian R, on Lord
> Falmouth's estate for a few days - just outside it [I think the
placename
> is St. Michael Penkevil] is an estate-owned hamlet with a church which
has
> the most palpable sence of evil I ever experienced in the whole UK.
>
Tregothnan. There is a walk you can take along the old road created
specifically so that Lord Falmouth had access to the Grampound Turnpike at
Tresillian. http://www.plants.info/gardens/tregothnan-drive.htm
For links to the Boscawen family and the estate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tregothnan
> Man! We'll be doing real Cornish ghost stories soon.
>
Not much trouble with ghosts, but make sure you look after the piskies.
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Michael Lightfoot
Canberra, Australia
michael@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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