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ABOUT
LOOE ...
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Like
our family does: I know you'll love the picturesque and magical
Cornish fishing village of Looe, with old buildings, twisting
streets, smugglers taverns and some fine restaurants, it is just
a lovely place to BE. Get a pasty
and a book and go for
a walk, have a sit
and stare every now and again and it'll soon be time for an early
evening beer before dinner ! What
a life!! Although my family are from the north coast of Cornwall,
I've been visiting Looe ever since I can remember!
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click
it - just a great picture!
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Only
quarter of a mile from the beach is St George's Island, once a
popular landing place for smugglers and popularised by the Atkins
sisters in their books 'We Bought an Island' and 'Tales
from our Cornish Island'. There are boat trips to the island
in the summer season, as well as along the coast. Enjoy its unspoilt
beauty.
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Popular
with tourists for years, Looe still retains its importance as
a major Cornish fishing port, with a sizeable fleet and busy fish
market. Important in the middle ages and during the French wars,
Looe continued to be busy in the 19th century, shipping stone
and copper from the quarries and mines in the north.
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Over
the seven-arched Victorian bridge is West Looe, with the famous
16th century Jolly Sailor Inn and St Nicholas Church. Explore
the culture and wildlife of the area at the South East Cornwall
Discovery Centre, by the Millpool, and at Hannafore you can stare
into the rock pools on the beach, and across to St George's Island,
which has 12th century monastic cells and once belonged to the
Abbot of Glastonbury.
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To
the east lies the stunning four-mile stretch of sand and surf
at Whitsand Bay, popular with beachgoers and shore fishermen.
Guarding the entrance to Plymouth Sound is Rame Head, with its
superb views, 400ft cliffs and 14th century chapel, where a beacon
blazed at the time of the Armada. Look out for the many stone
fortresses known as Palmerston Follies, a legacy of an 19th century
defence initiative.
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Continuing
around the headland from Looe you will come across the little-visited,
attractive and unspoilt coastal villages of Kingsand and Cawsand,
backed by high wooded cliffs. Here the future Henry Vll landed
before the Battle of Bosworth, later the villages were a smugglers
haven. If you go futher you'll come across the wonderful golf
course at Whitsands Bay, go in the hotel there and go back in
time about 60 years - great place.
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'It's
the best fish in the world' .......
says top chef and restaurateur Rick Stein in his television series
'Food Heroes' - 'Where better to experience superlative quality
fish than Looe - my favourite market'. Rick explained that
Looe's fishing boats are all quite small ones because of the nature
of the tidal harbour - they are day boats which go out in the
morning and come back in the evening - 'whenever you get fish
from Looe it's fresh and that to me is the best fish in the world
- it's the fish we seek out in our restaurant'.
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took
this picture in May
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CLICK
THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE
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tell
them it's only May!
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1
minute walk will get you here
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The
Banjo pier
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Nice
in winter too
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Talland
Bay - 3 miles from Looe
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