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With Halloween just about upon us, we’ve been researching Cornwall and its mysterious tales of pirates, smugglers and spooky do’s. So look out for the ghost of Merlin, who is said to live under Tintagel Castle in his cave, hunt for the Beast of Bodmin Moor, who savages livestock and causes trouble in the dead of night. Visit these top choices if you dare… THE JAMAICA INN, BODMIN MOOR Built as a coaching house in 1750, The Jamaica Inn is most famous of all. With a colourful history as a smuggler’s den, the inn is classed as one of the...

Everywhere you look, from taps to dials and lighting, the bathroom is getting smarter. But the move towards all-sensing, all- convenient tech doesn’t require surrendering design credentials. So what will bathrooms look like in the future? As technology continues to progress, the way we interact with our environment will likely only grow more and more futuristic – even spaces as personal as our home bathrooms. The prospect of this trend’s potential for improving not just comfort, but health and safety, addressing scarcity of space and environmental sustainability issues. So what could we hope to see in the bathrooms of the...

We are now well into October and Autumn is well and truly here.  The nights are pulling in and the mornings are darker which are two things I particularly do not like. On the other hand when the sun comes out the days are crisp, bright, air quality is sharp and it gives you a zest for life.   This is the season when we start thinking of the next couple of months when we are going to be able to have a Festive Holiday (sorry), that we can properly share with friends and family.  You may also be thinking of the...

So how do you repair your shower quickly and cheaply? Often after a number of years and many hours of showering any sliding shower door can experience a degree of sticking due to many factors.  This can become infuriating but you can solve this quickly and at a tiny amount of the cost that you would have if you replaced your shower enclosure. A poorly sliding shower door can be rejuvenated by replacing its rollers or wheels and you may say "but I don't know where to source the correct shower rollers or wheels - they all look the same!"...

After a delay of a year due to the pandemic, today a cycling dream came true in Cornwall as the Tour of Britain zig-zagged its way through the Duchy, greeted by thousands of fans cheering them along the way. We were lucky that the race came by our office after some of the world’s best cyclists set off from Penzance, travelling 111 miles across Cornwall in a time that would be hard to match if you were driving, before arriving at the finish line in Bodmin for the first stage - known as the Grand Depart - of the 2021...