Sunday 2 April 2017

Keith Holmes: A Taste of Cornwall

Polzeath Cornwall
Photograph © Keith Holmes 2016
At this month's meeting, 87 of us sat down to lunch at Linden House. We were entertained with an illustrated talk about Cornwall by Keith Holmes. From the towering cliffs and surf of the north coast to the pretty coves and harbours in the south, this talk was an epicurean journey through England's most westerly county.

Keith told us all about his experience wine tasting at the award winning vineyard in the Camel Valley; we also learnt that Tregothan is the only place in England to grow tea commercially. We took delight in the magical Lost Gardens of Heligan where productive  gardens are still worked in a time honoured way. Later on, he showed us how Cornish pasties are still being made by hand (in their hundreds during the summer season). The scenic trip ended at a fishing village Portloe with a traditional cream tea..

By the time  he had finished his  talk, we all had a longing to be there to see life in Cornwall as it is today and sample some of the local delicacies.