This country holds hundreds of beautiful places like this yet many don't even kno they exist they'd rather "travel the world" but don't kno what's on our doorstep ,we as a family love Cornwall and now in my later years spend lovely weeks with our dogs there a few hours in the van and we're there 😎
Cornwall is my favourite place in England. Not only for its beauty but also for it's history and it's Celtic mythology. To me it hums with magic and mystery. My heart is in Helston...Loe Pool is one of the places where King Arthur is said to have met The Lady of the Lake and claimed Excalibur. The Blue Anchor where they brew their own beer, Spingo. They have a 16th century skittle alley where you can play and take on the locals, who are very welcoming. I ❤ Cornwall.
It’s a sad fact that so many of those pretty little cottages are holiday homes owned by wealthy Londoners, making it almost impossible for locals to buy homes there.
Is it sad? Have you been to many other Cornish towns and villages with no 2nd homes nor tourism? They’re usually shit’oles. This place would be a shit’ole too without the Londoners money there. True story! 💯
And all knowingly sold by the Kernows to Londoners! Rather than sell at a price a local could afford which they were perfectly able to do so with means and ways available to do so had the vendors wanted to look after the locals rather than take the money and run..................so you cant lay all the blame with the buyers even though everyone tries to. Be careful what you wish for though as no holiday homes/lets and no local business/income bar the fishing which barely pays for the beer and a pasty these days................
Lovely to hear this chap say lovely things about the UK. Having travelled the world for many many years working, I’ve got to say ‘not too biased I hope’ that the UK is certainly one of the best places to live or holiday. The BBC, EU and folk who haven’t traveled love to put the UK down but it’s jealousy. Certainly it’s a lovely place but in the UK there are many hundreds of places like this, my village is one such place, totally stunning.
Well I have to say that what motivated my trip to the UK was my love of football. The discovery of its sheer spectacular landscape and the unique historic beauty of it's towns and villages was wonderful bonus that I was compelled to share. I have whole lot more videos to come. Cheers and thank you for your kind words
I grew up in Cornwall and it's my favourite place on earth when the weather is sunny. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to predict! You can easily spend a week in summer and see nothing but rain and grey sky.
Lived in Cornwall 20 years. Polperro was always my favourite visit. Bit of info. Harbour has no access to traffic, so when they built the new sewage treatment works EVERTHING had to bought in BY BOAT, from FALMOUTH!
Polperro is very pretty, but it can be a terrible tourist trap. I was working not far from there and went on a weekend off. It was rammed. Fish and chips were good though. I took a boat trip along the coast which was nice.
@@filevans North Devon and South Devon have beautiful villages , one being Clovelly Lynton + Lynmouth by the way Cornwall is in England even if you don’t like it so don’t talk a load of crap
I was, as we say in Australia, absolutely “gobsmacked” by its beauty ! That little port, idyllic !. Sitting on that bridge eating the pastie (not paystee) will live long in my memory ! Cheers ! Oll an Gwella !
Back in the 1960s, my family spent many holidays in Penny cottage, Polperro. My dad actually managed to drive our car over that bridge but then got stuck as the turns at the end are too tight. Happy days.
I was born and grew up in Cornwall but I would never visit it in any holiday period now. The road infrastructure is awful and the traffic jams horrendous.
it's not been a good road trip until you meet a coach coming head-on [with a huge line of cars behind it] - and it's been a great one when, you are stuck behind a tractor [with a 2 mile tailback] and it meets a coach on one of those lanes.
Don’t worry, in time plenty will visit this lovely little town. Mass immigrants….and they will change it like they will with most towns. Enjoy it while you can.
What are you talking about?! The indigenous rich have forced locals out by buying up homes for holiday use which has a knock on effect on the now even more limited housing stock. Keep your negative opinions off these lovely positive channels 🙄
@@moominmay negative opinions, is that, the kettle calling the pot black? It the locals fault for selling their homes to the highest bidder and has nothing to do with the fact that in 2036, by national statistics own figure there will be another 6 million migrant in this country, some of which will no doubt will be heading to this pretty little town. Additionally, I will post my opinions on any y tube channel that I feel obliged to comment on, irrespective whether others may agree or disagree with my comments. You do not have to read them. 🤛🏼
Fair call ! This however, is a simple travel vlog focussing on the beauty of the village. I never imagined it would be conflated with real estate pricing or prevailing sentiments on immigration (rightly, wrongly, illegal or otherwise). Nonetheless opinions matters albeit the subject of some disagreement. Cheers !
I moved to Cornwall over 3 years ago and can confirm the county has many beautiful places: historic former & current fishing villages, harbours, coasts, beaches & coves, woodland, rivers, reservoirs etc however, let’s not forget it is also one of the most deprived counties in England and relies heavily on tourism, farming and food production for its income. Some of the ‘non-touristy’ places are not so pretty and sadly have been allowed to deteriorate. Try and get an NHS dentist in Cornwall if you’re an adult…no chance.
IT SO lovely there ,I haven't been for about year's. BUT my family live in Cornwall. And we THINK are sellvers very lucky to have family in Cornwall. Take care and all the best. 😊😊👍👍👍👍
I love this place, it looks beautiful in the video you have made. If it’s tricky parking you can get there by walking from Looe if and you get a great sense of journey. Then you can have a few beers in the pub and walk back in the evening on a beautiful summers day. 👌
Yep. Parking was a bit of a drag especially the "coins only" meter. We had to scrounge for change. Im an avid walker. Had I known about the trek from Looe I'd have surely taken it. I'll be back though !
@@pillred5974 definitely a bit of a long hike! It was a summer day and an incredible crab sandwich and a few pints of Doombar at the Blue Peter really helped. My wife was really dragging her feet on the way back! 🤣
@@arturotraveller3761 Thanks for getting back . Yep been back and forth to Nelson Bay NSW , then back to Cornwall ,then to Sydney for work , Germany, Cambridgeshire then back to Cornwall .Me and my Wife live outside Camborne, If you like a bit of History it is where Richard Trevithick invented the first steam vehicle ." The Puffing Devil" Trevithick day is once a year in the town . Tis a celebration of all things Steam .Worth a look on u Tube. UK can be a drag in the winter , but have to go with the flow ! Where in Aus do you live ? regards Graham
I wouldn't leave your pasty lying around like that.....the gulls in Cornwall have learnt there's many a free meal to be had off the tourists!! I was in the Three Pilchards pub there only last Saturday.
Spent some lovely holidays in Polperro years ago. Many happy hours in the Three Pilchards pub. Last time I was there there was a disastrous storm and flood, October1976, I think.
The pottery isn't local, it's a very high quality pottery made by a company called 'Moorcroft' and is highly collected. Smuggling was a huge industry in the 18th and 19th centuries. Oll an Gwella!
Lovely little gem this place fella. Lots of others around the UK also so I hope you got to see as many as possible. All about them Paaaaaasstys. Excellent video mate. Nice one!
I have been to Newquay twice and have been down as far as Truro, CORNWALL is Magnificent, Little known fact is that CORNWALL is part of the Crown Estates of the Monarch, but is not officially part of England, anymore. Check the History and you will see.
I live in Nz but moved here from Cornwall. I saw a painting of Polperro in a local op shop. It was awful but of course I had to buy it. Love that place 😊
Obviously the foreign influx haven’t reached out that far yet, hence why it looks beautiful and so peaceful, but give it time, it won’t be long before they come and destroy that lovely port.
@@garygalt4146urgh! Exactly! Increasingly I’m finding embittered old men usually, flooding comments on beautiful videos like this just to spout this one negative sentiment without any reference to what the video itself is about. I’m convinced they’re not even watching them lol but just copying g and pasting their hate before searching fir the next 🙄
It is quite correct that people don't know what's on their doorstep! Sadly getting the weather right is another matter. The U.K has 1,000 islands that's correct 1,000! With some beeches looking as though they've been pulled from the Caribbean and are totally unspoilt.
Portmeirion on the coast of North wales where the Prisoner was filmed in the Italian village, they have a beautiful range of pottery of the same name. You could visit our castles too.
I lived about six miles away from Polperro but have only visited it three times, each time by boat. Even as a teenager 50 years ago the car parking prices were too high to make it worthwhile. It’s very pretty but there are better places to visit in the area.
Wonderful video! You’ve eaten the pasty very wrong though!! You’re supposed to hold it by the crimp (the swirly thick part), technically you’d throw that part away in tradition of how the miners would eat them. Too tasty to do that these days though 😎
Thank for your kind words. As for the eating of the pasty, I’ll be taking your advice next time I eat one. Problem is you just can’t get pasties like that in Sydney, Australia - Cheers ! Reply
what a ridiculously dumb thing to say " eaten the pasty wrong" 🤣 is he a tin miner from the 1900's ??? no he is not !! he can eat it any way he bloody well wants !!! unbelievable 😂😂
I really think using words like “dumb” and “unbelievable”, just show how “dumb” and “unbelievable” you are! To not have the ability to recognise that my polite and lighthearted words about the traditions of a Cornish pasty were a well thought out comment to support the channel. All whilst posting a fun piece of information! You also seem to lack the ability to observe surrounding evidence, so I’ll highlight the fact that the channel owner has responded to my comment and clearly received it in the way it was intended. Meaning you must be ridiculously unbelievably dumb! Oh and by the way, although yes mining still continued into the 1900’s, in context of the miners eating pasty’s it would of made more sense for you to of put either the 1600’s or 1700’s as this is when it was much more commonplace. Of course I’d never call you dumb for this though.
Lime kiln cottage note: not a potters cottage! Limestone was brought in by sea and you can see lime kilns all around the coast. Limestone was burnt to create quicklime, and this was used to in construction (mortar, plaster, whitewash etc) but mainly to put on the land to make it less acid.
I have lived in North Cornwall for the past 28 years and I can tell you 'idyllic' little towns such as Polperro, Mevagissey, Fowey and Looe are bloody murder in the last spring, summer and early autumn. Crowded? It's often as bad a Leicester Sq on a good day. OK, this is from a visitor and a non-Brit and as he's on holiday he's enjoying the change. But most of the south coast is twee little tourist trap with a fake 'traditional' and 'authentic' gloss, mainly provided by incomers who have started a business. And the point has already been made that far, far, far too many of the homes are second homes (rarely visited).
Patrick, my video as you point out is through the rose coloured glasses of a bloke on tour but if it has helped to increase awareness (in its own small way) albeit of a different issue, I take some pride in that - Cheers ! Oll an Gwella
This is happening all over the country to the lovely seaside towns. Here in Felixstowe it has started already. Lots of Airbnb, holiday rentals. Results very little on the market for locals to rent. It usually is the beginning of the end for a town when this happens. I blame the government policies but local councils can do a lot to control it.
There are hundreds of places in the UK just as attrective. Cornwall is excessively over hyped to its overrun with tourists. Far better to go elsehere and avoid the hordes.
Get a map and head to places which are 10 mins away from other well known places. You could have gone to Downderry also near to Polperro. Walking the coast path is a good way to explore.
Ignore the hype around the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, Cornwall, York, Stratford upon Avon etc. Yes these places are attractive and interesting and if you don't mind rubbing shoulders with half the world's population fine. The fact is though that anywhere in the UK will give you stunning scenery, pretty towns and villages, castles and churches and stately homes. Buy a good guide and do some research. Then just choose a location and explore. Of course it will take a lifetime to explore it all. Best plan is not to try to see places far apart. It takes a lot longer to get around than you think. Go for a locality such as Shropshire, Norfolk, Scottish Borders or Pembrokeshire for example and you will never forget it.
My Grandfather was the policeman in Polperro(the only one) it's where my mother grew up. And my great great great Grandfather skippered an open top lugger from Newlyn to Australia a couple hundred years ago, I'm sensing a slight Aussie accent?
@@arturotraveller3761 I think that was his office/station as my mother said where they lived their kitchen was 'across the way' as she put it and they had to carry the water from the kitchen to the main cottage to have a bath. This was in the 40's. I'll ask her tomorrow she's still going strong.
This county has been “scoured out” by second homes, (and third homes?) and AIRB&B . Nothing for locals who need homes to actually live in! I accept that it takes one person to sell, to allow another person to buy up, but the prices only allow wealthy folk from up the line to buy into eg.Polperro! The county cannot recover from the onslaught that started in earnest some ?20? years ago. Cornwall is certainly not the only county to suffer this fate. Sad, very sad, as many of these folk don’t give a fig for the places they’ve bought into, except maybe when they rock up for their 2 or 3 weeks in July/August!
I’ll soon be uploading my series on the Cotswolds. Another magical part of the world . Stay tuned. In the meantime check out Bibury ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8MgvNpM5RwQ.htmlsi=RDBJ2yNihJIec1Ut
@@arturotraveller3761 Check out a Clovelly, Hope Cove, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Noss Mayo/ Newton Ferrers, Bigbury Island and its sea tractor, the South Hams area in general with Salcombe (most expensive coastal real estate in the UK) and Dartmouth
These video clip travelogue guides are always misleading. Try visiting - or living in - such a place in the middle of Winter when it's freezing cold and p*ssing down with rain. It might dissuade a few people from such an idyllic place !
There is another way of seeing this. It’s a tourist trap and nearly all those houses are second homes and holiday lets. Not a place l would choose to go.
Yeah ! I kinda felt an Oggy for 12 Aussie Dollars ( double the hit) was a bit much but here’s thing. I didn’t pay for the pasty I paid to sit on that bridge and eat it ! That was a bargain at any price - Cheers !
Depends on what you call expensive. As I recall it was 7-8 pounds. Comapred to similar parking in Europe and what we pay in Sydney around the trousit district it was cheap and that considering it was $15 Aussie. Cheers ! BTW - the cost of the parking was worth it
Spent 3 nights in Whitby. What a beautiful town. Not really comparing "apples with apples" though. One is a picturesque, the other historic. Whitby one of the highlights of my trip. Will soon be uploading the video - cheers
You are mixing it up with a Clovely in North Devon. Polperro is not owned by one family. Houses are freely bought and sold on the open market and the roads are not private,
I love it ! I thought Kernow was a County in England. It appears however that the people of Kernow may see themselves as a separate nation . I recall being in Perranporth and the seeing the black and white Cornsih Flag flying highly on a rocky outcrop of the beach. If Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland can have a naitonal identity then why not Kernow !
Jeez you suggest that its all lovely when it is clearly tourist hell. The people of that place must never leave their houses given the crowds in such a tiny place. Nightmare.
i'm sure that if made this video from the point of view of the locals, you'd be right, This video however, is not a critique about local living conditions. It's a vlog from a tourists perspective. You might in the wrong forum.
Cornwall nice but its not as idyllic as The Cotswolds, polperro ok but St Ives , and Mousehole are better. They are all a nightmare with a Motorhome or a Car but Polperro is by far the worst.
