Parrots are great animals. In fact, as a pet, parrots can be pretty entertaining especially with children who just love their mimicry. But like other kinds of pets, parrots are not all sweetness and light. They can also be a bother especial…
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You and your family have just moved into a beautiful new house and after several days of unpacking you realize that something just is not right. It feels a little bit too empty around the place. The atmosphere is too quiet for your liking. What do you do?
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I always wondered what it would be like to live in Cornwall in the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries. The craggy landscape and the sparsely populated villages must have been the perfect setting for conspiracy and piracy. It can0t have had quite the romanticised feel as it does today; in fact I am sure that the adventures of the gypsies of the high seas resembled less the film Pirates of the Caribbean and more Pentonville prison on a boat.
Nevertheless piracy in those days must have been a rather exciting affair. The world was a much bigger place than it is now and the sea was a fantastic escape for those who couldn0t or wouldn0t live an honest living. A free for all watery adventure with the risk of shipwreck and fighting to the death0more extreme thievery than burglars today could even imagine.
I can only guess what the Cornwall and Devon tourist information of the day would advise the holiday-makers visiting from the cities. 0Wear neutral colours, leave jewellery at home and look out for men with wooden legs and/or pet parrots.0 Maybe holidaymakers planned their Cornwall holiday around searching for loot instead of surf life-saving; and grog may have […]
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