A Cornish Vacation

As many of you who follow my blog will know, even though I left England a long time ago, I still love the southwest corner of England - Cornwall - and the place of my childhood summers. This year, I'll be taking my Swedish children to relive some of my favourite childhood memories in Cornwall - places such as Padstow, Tintagel, Penzance and Land's End. They are looking forward to the promised fishing nets, as we explore the rockpools of Constantine and Porth beaches.

I discovered that Cornwall was an unfamiliar name to many Scandinavians. They prehaps had vaguely heard about this corner of Britain, but still if they were coming to the U.K then London, Scotland or Dublin were placed higher on their list of destinations to visit. And yet it's easy to travel to Cornwall from either Malmö airport in southern Sweden or Copenhagen in Denmark. You just connect through from Gatwick to Newquay Airport. So I set about creating a new website all about Cornwall - with both English and Swedish text. A site packed full of not only descriptions of this great place, but practical advise on how to get there, where to stay and what to do. To me, a family vacation on Cornwall's wild atlantic coastline and stunning array of sandy beaches, beats your average week in southern Spain or Majorca, hands down.

To this end, my new website is ready for you to check out at www.cornwall.se or click on the link "Welcome to Cornwall!" in the right-hand column on this blog. This will take you straight to the English text.

If you go directly to the start page of Cornwall.se, you need to click on the Union Jack flag at the top of the page to get the English text.

The site is packed full of information about the best places to stay in Cornwall. So feel free to browse. Thanks to all of you who have mailed me telling me what you think about the site. Keep those comments (and links!) coming!