A Yank in Cornwall (Part One)

Another video involving our trip to Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset in October 2023! In this video we travel into Cornwall to Truro, and use it as a base to explore Looe and St. Mawes, and then have a look inside Truro’s amazing cathedral.
Credits:
• Paul Halliwell and the Cornish Ninja for drone video clips of Looe harbor and St. Mawes Castle.
• Thomas Faull, “Orbit Truro Cathedral,” via Pond5
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[@ramadaxl]

I used to live in Liskeard...just a few miles north of Looe...so we were there pretty frequently. It's absolutely BEAUTIFUL !

[@tomnicholson2115]

Very interesting again, some pretty towns and scenery down there in Cornwall 👍

[@littleannie390]

I love the Roseland peninsula. St Just in Roseland Church is my favourite place, it’s in a beautiful setting on the edge of the creek and the churchyard is a wonderful subtropical garden.

[@DroneViewsMedia]

You're very fortunate to have a wife like that, Cornwall is beautiful 👍

[@clarmarkable]

Enjoyed your trip so far!

[@kennethoconnell8476]

I’ve also swam in long distance races across the mouth of the Fal, about 7.5 miles. In my youth there were quite a few open water swims in Cornwall, mainly due to a lack of indoor swimming pools. I even played Water Polo in a few Cornish harbours as well. Those were the days.

[@user-gt2ud2gw9e]

Maybe you'll get to video all 48 counties (that's just in England).
I've done them all but mostly when the Internet was in its infancy.
So, it's for to show us how it's done. There's plenty to see and do in every single county, and it's even more developed for tourists now, than when I was exploring.!

[@lynnesears6254]

Well done

[@malcolmherbert5127]

The classic Roadstead in the U.K. is the famous Scapa Flow just off John o Groats. It was the home of the British Grand Fleet in WW1 and where the captured German High Seas Fleet scuttled themselves rather than be incorporated into the British Fleet.

[@kennethoconnell8476]

Hiya, good trip, though you missed out on Penndenis Castle on the other side of the river, on heights just to the south of Falmouth. More importantly there is cable that runs under the river, between Pendennis and a fort on the other side of the harbour of St Mawes. This had steam powered engines that would pull the cable tight, in case of an invasion up the estuary by the French fleet. Of course this would rip the keels off the French ships, and sink them. Falmouth is one of my favourite towns, lovely shops and pubs, and pasty shops. One in particular is worth a visit, Choak’s, they’ll teach you to make your own pasties, and bake them for you. My favourite pub is Beerwolf Books, quirky doesn’t quite describe it, always with a good selection of real ale beers.

[@SussexYank]

There are so many nifty places to visit! I had heard about that cable under the river. I wish I could spend lots of time in Cornwall -- it's just not going to be possible! Not that there's not a lot to comment on in Sussex.

[@sashaclarkson]

Living in Wales, I can shed some light on the old Cornish name of st Mawes.
In Ancient British (P Celtic), consonants mutate because of context and gender. Eg in Welsh, a church or land belonging to it is a "llan" - pronounced "hlan" or "khlan". Mary is "Mair", but (St) Mary's Chrch is "Llanfair" ( the "f" is pronounced "v")
Other common mutations are from p to b, t to d, and from b to f. So St Teilo's church (or the village containing it) would be Llandeilo.
Anyway, Cornish and Welsh are very similar dialects of old British, so the Cornish name Lannvowsedh derives from lan and mowsedh. So the modern Mawes derives from Mowsedh with the m mutated to a v.🙃
Hope this helps 🙂

[@SussexYank]

Yes, very helpful! When we visited Wales several years ago, I drove my wife to distraction with my attempts to sound out Welsh words on signs and place names.

[@michaelshore2300]

Cornwall in Sussex ??????

[@weepair2]

If Americans spent as much time studying their own country and less time passing comment on the UK, maybe the United States would not be in a terminal state of decline. I am fed up with Americans passing comment on things they know damn-all about, even though most of the comments are positive.

[@SussexYank]

LOL! I live here, and I love the UK, but I'm not allowed to comment about the place I live in, just because I'm an American? Interesting opinion, but you're entitled to it. If I become a British citizen, will it be acceptable to you for me to comment then?
Be sure to subscribe to the channel! 😄

[@weepair2]

I am referring to the people who put out mind numbing videos thrice daily some of them talking about things like crisp flavours and roundabouts. At least you have made the effort of coming over and having a look, these people have probably never been out of their state. Anyway, welcome Sussex Yank. @@SussexYank

[@RonSeymour1]

Ignore him. You are at least exploring another country.@@SussexYank

[@peckelhaze6934]

@weepair2 - Sad, rude person in the minority.. 🙄

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

@weepair2....He probably knows more about the UK than you do.....that's if you are even English/British. Somehow I doubt it.