Sad how this once great complex has become just another SW tourist venue.
They say never go back, and that is advice I shall surely heed. I have recounted the happy times we spent at Clawford with John and Wanda in South West Memories.
They say never go back, and that is advice I shall surely heed. I have recounted the happy times we spent at Clawford with John and Wanda in South West Memories.
In reply to Post #1
To be fair though Ken it looks very nice, the accommodation looks lovely and clean, modern, with every thing you need for a short stay. The ideal place to go if there are two couples with the blokes having a bit of fishing and the ladies going out doing some sightseeing, what's wrong with that?
Only 35 quid extra for a weeks fishing can't be bad either, 4 or 6 adults in October for 4 nights, sharing a ground floor apartment with a hot tub 680 quid, bargain!
To be fair though Ken it looks very nice, the accommodation looks lovely and clean, modern, with every thing you need for a short stay. The ideal place to go if there are two couples with the blokes having a bit of fishing and the ladies going out doing some sightseeing, what's wrong with that?
Only 35 quid extra for a weeks fishing can't be bad either, 4 or 6 adults in October for 4 nights, sharing a ground floor apartment with a hot tub 680 quid, bargain!
In reply to Post #2
If I get free choice on the other 3 adults I'm sharing the hot tub with then I'm definitely interested. ...
If I get free choice on the other 3 adults I'm sharing the hot tub with then I'm definitely interested. ...
In reply to Post #3
Stop pm'ing me Mal. How many times have I told you, I'm not interested.
Stop pm'ing me Mal. How many times have I told you, I'm not interested.
In reply to Post #3
Did you follow Ken's link?
Looks quite nice
Did you follow Ken's link?
Looks quite nice
Its 2021 ffs we aint in the 80s now and i agree it looks like a nice place to stay even if you dont fish its worth the money... fish somewhere else or pay it?
In reply to Post #1
I know what you mean Ken,same ,or similar has happened to quite a few places down this way now..
Shillamill
Meadowside
Frontier City,or Rettallack ,Bazelys place..in a nutshell everything is geared towards the holiday industry,and those formerly ,lovely quiet places are no more,..
It's a shame,they call it progress...!!,..I call it Lodge disease..
I know what you mean Ken,same ,or similar has happened to quite a few places down this way now..
Shillamill
Meadowside
Frontier City,or Rettallack ,Bazelys place..in a nutshell everything is geared towards the holiday industry,and those formerly ,lovely quiet places are no more,..
It's a shame,they call it progress...!!,..I call it Lodge disease..
It seems Cornwall has been fighting a losing battle with the tourist industry for decades now. More and more of these lodge type venues are cropping up all over the place. Supply and demand I suppose.
In reply to Post #8
It's all about the elites down here..everything is geared towards them..
Systematically and sure as night turns to day, the locals are being bullied out ..
Nearby,20 second homes being built,all sold off plan 750k each,planning granted..
My neighbour, born n bred 100 percent Cornish, wants to extend his garage,its on a farm,lots of land ,turned down because of phosphates?..its all part of the green agenda hidden by Covid..
Last month,Mr Davey,local farmer,died..4 days after his second vaccine, he died of a blood clot..now thing is this farmer owns most of the land round here,hiw wife is elderly, and the kids live up country somewhere they want the money,we fully expect our lovely village to turn into a developer's paradise..
You only have to look at Rock and Polzeath,to see what will happen,Fowey and Feock, Boscastle etc,all ruined...very,very sad...
It's all about the elites down here..everything is geared towards them..
Systematically and sure as night turns to day, the locals are being bullied out ..
Nearby,20 second homes being built,all sold off plan 750k each,planning granted..
My neighbour, born n bred 100 percent Cornish, wants to extend his garage,its on a farm,lots of land ,turned down because of phosphates?..its all part of the green agenda hidden by Covid..
Last month,Mr Davey,local farmer,died..4 days after his second vaccine, he died of a blood clot..now thing is this farmer owns most of the land round here,hiw wife is elderly, and the kids live up country somewhere they want the money,we fully expect our lovely village to turn into a developer's paradise..
You only have to look at Rock and Polzeath,to see what will happen,Fowey and Feock, Boscastle etc,all ruined...very,very sad...
In reply to Post #9
Sorry to hear some of this but this is the in your face money agenda. The green agenda has nothing to do with this.
This government is going to open the floodgates on rural development and it won't be for the natives.
Sorry to hear some of this but this is the in your face money agenda. The green agenda has nothing to do with this.
This government is going to open the floodgates on rural development and it won't be for the natives.
In reply to Post #10
One side of my family,farmers...SIXTEEN generations at Trewold,they not allowed to build a small house for daughter/son in law,but the land next door earmarked for major holiday park,owned by friends of Cameron, who lives nearby..
Again ,the reason they was turned down is environmental impact,using the green agenda lie,plan,ethos to stop them..thats what I mean,the green environmental laws are being used to stop legitimate local born and bred people to further their lives,however,...its all about the elites,I know because I deal with them on a daily basis..
Cornwall is being raped of its beauty..by the elites
One side of my family,farmers...SIXTEEN generations at Trewold,they not allowed to build a small house for daughter/son in law,but the land next door earmarked for major holiday park,owned by friends of Cameron, who lives nearby..
Again ,the reason they was turned down is environmental impact,using the green agenda lie,plan,ethos to stop them..thats what I mean,the green environmental laws are being used to stop legitimate local born and bred people to further their lives,however,...its all about the elites,I know because I deal with them on a daily basis..
Cornwall is being raped of its beauty..by the elites
In reply to Post #11
Just so long as we can recognise the real enemy.
Just so long as we can recognise the real enemy.
In reply to Post #1
I drove down there the other day to have a look, and what an absolute state. It looked like they were building an affordable housing estate. They are literally building a minature "up norf" on the edge of the lakes.
I drove down there the other day to have a look, and what an absolute state. It looked like they were building an affordable housing estate. They are literally building a minature "up norf" on the edge of the lakes.
In reply to Post #13
I can only imagine, in fact I don't want to image this one in my mind..
My idea of hell,or someone else's paradise..
There are several wannabe type Anglers paradise places round here now.. predict Simpsons will go the same way,especially now Andy has left..
Even Alder,is being earmarked for ecopods on the lake,and fishing stopped,this one is being ruined,Alder, under the guise of rewilding and the green agenda...
I can only imagine, in fact I don't want to image this one in my mind..
My idea of hell,or someone else's paradise..
There are several wannabe type Anglers paradise places round here now.. predict Simpsons will go the same way,especially now Andy has left..
Even Alder,is being earmarked for ecopods on the lake,and fishing stopped,this one is being ruined,Alder, under the guise of rewilding and the green agenda...
In reply to Post #5
In reality, Andy, it looks bloody awful, a real blot on the landscape. Yes, the glossy brochure (website) gives you the impression that is is paradise on earth; the reality, in my eyes anyway, is quite the opposite.
Try to picture a lake where you have met some great friends, caught some righteous carp, enjoyed a fantastic site, spent many memorable evenings in great company talking about carp fishing and generally putting thwe world to rights, organised several Carp Society meetings attended by the great and the good of carp fishing...Now picture it trashed, the lakes turned into tourist traps with so-called 'chalets' built of string and sealing wax, as out of place as a turd at a wedding.
read from post #422 to get the general idea of what has gone forever.
Hey-ho! Got to move on, I guess, but I doubt I'll ever find another Clawford Vineyard.
In reality, Andy, it looks bloody awful, a real blot on the landscape. Yes, the glossy brochure (website) gives you the impression that is is paradise on earth; the reality, in my eyes anyway, is quite the opposite.
Try to picture a lake where you have met some great friends, caught some righteous carp, enjoyed a fantastic site, spent many memorable evenings in great company talking about carp fishing and generally putting thwe world to rights, organised several Carp Society meetings attended by the great and the good of carp fishing...Now picture it trashed, the lakes turned into tourist traps with so-called 'chalets' built of string and sealing wax, as out of place as a turd at a wedding.
read from post #422 to get the general idea of what has gone forever.
Hey-ho! Got to move on, I guess, but I doubt I'll ever find another Clawford Vineyard.