isolated
comfort

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Built as 2 retreat by

*: Chelmsford Prison governor
Herbert Latimer Conor in
1900, Doyden House is
divided i into four self-con-

. tained apartments. A coal fire,
comfy chairs and beds and a
fully equipped kitchen make
Doyden comfortably isolated.
Ifa TY, books, games and
cach other aren't enterrain-
ment enough, you could be
inv the wrong place. With no

., Store, not even a pub, Port

it Quin® s social scene has been
. in remission since Symons’

"demise.

However, Dovden’s loca-
tion on the South West Coast
Path (also maintained by the
Narional Trust) makes it ideal
for families and walkers. Six
kilometres west is one of

. Bricain’s best surfing beaches

- at Polzeath. Grey seals bask

* off the oddly named

..*Rumps” headland and
puftins Frequent nearby

. Mouls isiand in summer.

. Six kilometres and a stren-

“uous walk over the cliff lies
Port isaac, a village that still

“accommodates motorists on

» roads barely wide cnough for
-a donkey. We followed signs
to. “Beach Parking” down a
perilously steep lane, strug-

_ gling to keep wing mirrors

“unscathed by centuries-old
houses abutting an ever-nar-

owing road. Just as a dead
nd appeared inevitable,

“Beach Parking appeared ...
the beach.

*. “Tide don’t come in till 7

“tonight,” said the attendant.
“You'll be fine dill then.”

‘Motoring over what was

nce probably a sandy cove
idn’t seem right. However,
ren rsing. -back up the hill
wasn’t, an option, Which is
ting Port
gaaé know’'the tide
amerable better than the |

dew geviough why oll”.

Cornish for “God be

himan landscape. Cornish, or
Kernewcek, is an ancient Jan-
guage unique.to Cornwall
(Kernew} and still spoken by
SiSiZOFS
mes like Trelissick,
‘Bohettierick, Bohortha and
‘Tnglewidden Vean — guaran-
teed. tO trip. up phonetically
chaltenged rookies.
Alternatively, Brown Willy,
he highest-deint on nearby
‘Bodmin Moor, poses no fin.
— it’s just its
origins that remain a mystery.
Buoyed by reeznt conces-
sions granted to Scottish
nationalists, Cornwall’s own
“nationalist Mebyor Kernow
(Party for Cornwall) has
made its demands heard fer
sclf-rule and a legislative
assembly, Radicals claim the
last. foreign force to invade
>Brirain was not Wiliam the
_ Cofiqueror’s men in 1066,
ebut a Cornish army protest-
“dng a: LSch-century version of
he pol! tax.
Local pride has not
mmed Cormwall’s weicame,
particularly to Canadians.
Maple leafs flew from
. Cornish fishing boats-and taxi
= cabs Jong alter then-Fishcries

north shore news

Sa ;
pierne 5

= ca

Photo Leah Vandeberg

NORTH Cornwail in England’s West Country (above) is as close as you can get to
the days when an Englishman's home was truly his castle..

Minister Brian Tobin's stand
against over-fishing by
Spanish iicets three years ago.
With a 3.000-year-old tin
mining tradition all but wiped
out by pit closures in recent
years, Cornwall is anxious to
hold on to its remaining cco-
nom: .aainstays — fishing.
and tourism. Thanks to agen-
cies like the National Trust,
visitors will continue to come
and enjoy themselves. Samuel
Symons would approve.
® The National Trust owns
and rents more than 240 hol-
iday cottages across Britain,
including converted churches,
castles,

lighthouses — even

the engine house of a disused
water tower.

Doyden House’s smatlest
apartment “Conor” sleeps
wo adults plus a baby. The
cost of 2 week'y stay ranges
from approximately $370 in
winter and carly spring to
$840 in summer and during
Christmas and New Year.
Electricity and hearing is
charged for by meter reading
and linen and towels can be
rented. A cot and highchair
are available upon request.

For a Nasional Trust
brochure, call 011 44 1225-
791199 or write to Caithness
House, Western Way,

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