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Cornwall

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  • The Padstow 'Obby Oss day is an ancient May Day celebration, perhaps the oldest continuous observance in Europe, going back at least 800 years.  The Oss (horse) dance through the streets of the Cornish village bringing in summer, very much a pagan fertility celebration.
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  • In Polperro, a small fishing village, on the south coast of Cornwall.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
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  • Rowing with the Cadgwith Cove gig crew in the evening as they train for an upcoming match.  Gigs were fast rowboats made to deliver pilots to ships entering the English Channel.  Cadgwith is a tiny village on the south tip of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall
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  • The nethouse in  the fishing village of Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall. Known for its picturesque situation and long history of fishing and smuggling.
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  • Madron Holy Well and Baptistry sits on the outskirts of Madron, north of Penzance. The faithful dip rags in the water and hang them on the trees around the spring. In side the old Celtic church is Karen Ehrenfeldt, a druid from San Jose, California.
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  • Morning at St. Michaels Mount, at Marazion, Cornwall.  Tides make it an island twice a day.  An ancient Celtic hill fort which became a Celtic religious site and then site of the castle.
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  • In Polperro, a small fishing village, on the south coast of Cornwall.
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  • Rowing with the Ca
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  • Tintagel Castle on Cornwall's north coast is reputed to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
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  • St. Michael's Mount in the morning as rains come and go.  Known since Biblical times as a tin trading center, St. Michael's Mount was a Celtic sacred site, thence a monastery and then the site of the castle we see today.  A causeway allows access at low tide.
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  • Polperro is a well-known fishing village on the south coast of Cornwall, famous for it's beautiful harbor and history of fishing and smuggling.
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  • Rape crop growing near St. Mawes, Cornwall.
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  • St. Michael's Mount in the evening.  Known since Biblical times as a tin trading center, St. Michael's Mount was a Celtic sacred site, thence a monastery and then the site of the castle we see today.  A causeway allows access at low tide.
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  • Pasties, a traditional Cornish baked pie, for sale in Penzance, Cornwall.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
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  • Polperro is a well-known fishing village on the south coast of Cornwall, famous for it's beautiful harbor and history of fishing and smuggling.
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  • St. Michael's Mount in the evening.  Known since Biblical times as a tin trading center, St. Michael's Mount was a Celtic sacred site, thence a monastery and then the site of the castle we see today.  A causeway allows access at low tide.
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  • Gig racing on the south coast of Cornwall.
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  • Cadgwith on the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula is a quaint fishing village, complete with thatched cottages.
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  • Waves crash on the shore at Polperro, Cornwall.
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  • Tresco Abbey Gardens in the Scilly Islands off the tip of Cornwall, in the UK.  Famed for its climate that promotes lucious growth, including palm trees.
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  • Mazey Day celebrations in the streets of Penzance as the Golowan band draws Penglaze out onto the street where it creats havoc in the serpent dance. Children from the community schools take part in the parade.  Moch Mayor Miss Cornish Pasty marches in the parade.
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  • Pasties, a traditional Cornish food, for sale in a shop in Looe in Cornwall, an ancient fishing village.
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  • Polperro in Cornwall is an ancient fishing village, rich in the history of smuggling. Willy the Seagull sits outside our window, begging.
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  • Polperro in Cornwall is an ancient fishing village, rich in the history of smuggling.
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