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PlacesGwav Winter 2010Gwav Winter 2010PlacesLansallosWinter might not seem like the ideal seasonfor walking, but some places look muchmore dynamic when the wind is forcinggiant waves to crash against the rock you arestanding on, or the wild heather is blowingagainst the cliff it clings to.Lansallos, on the south east of Cornwall’scoast has coves, waterfalls and a beautifulcoastline which is untouched. There areplenty of different routes to take dependingon how energetic you are feeling (as well ashow the weather is looking!)The walk begins in the village of Lansalloswhere there is ample parking and thenheads towards the sea following a coastalpath. You will find yourself rambling throughfields, over stiles and alongside the sea. Formore details and specific instructions lookat http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/wcoastal_walk-lansallos.pdfSo wrap up warm, with your wellies andwaterproofs in tow, as well as a warm flaskof tea and head down to the coast for thisfantastic walk.The extra demand meant that the electricitymeter ‘went’ more frequently and had to be fedand wound with two shilling pieces that wereof course known as florins. This process wasoften accompanied by the question, “Where wasMoses when the lights went out?” There seemedto be much to do in those days leading up toChristmas Day and my father might describe howin the 1920s he and my uncle would mostly justhave oranges, some wrapped in silver paper andwalnuts and brazil nuts as the main fillers in theirChristmas stockings.After Christmas dinner, the turkey which wastaken upstairs afterwards into the preservativecool of the so-called small bedroom, borne onthe large appointed Victorian ornate and crazedplatter. It was carved for suppers and otherdinners over the next few days. Nobody couldquite get through all the cakes or biscuits, so myfather took it, as a snack, with his thermos flaskof tea to the factory where he worked until aboutthe middle of March. Apart from Sherry andusually Port – there might be a bottle of eachtherewas little in the way of drink until whitewine, in the form of Blue Nun became a favouritewith my mother in the seventies.On reflection much of the fun in the celebrationof Christmas was probably also a recoveryfrom the tough period during the war when myparents had travelled around air stations. FromFilton in Bristol, where they both worked and hadbeen bombed, they journeyed to Hull and Girvanin Scotland and other places. Housing shortages,especially in Cornwall had to be endured andthe severe economic pressures of the Crippsausterity period had also just ended.26 Cornish Story MagazineCornish Story Magazine 27