 Cornwall's narrow peninsula leads
westwards from the River Tamar to the spectacular granite cliffs
of Land's End and the Atlantic ocean. Historic fishing villages,
secluded harbours, seaside resorts at Newquay, Falmouth and St
Ives and the natural beauty of the coastline give Cornwall a
character of its own, while inland the countryside is dotted
with remnants of its past mining industries. The peninsula has
the ideal conditions for energetic adventure sports - sailing,
surfing and rock-climbing - and for the gentler pastimes of walking,
bird-watching, painting and sea-fishing. Thirty miles across
the sea to the southwest lie the beautiful Isles of Scilly, an
archipelago of about a hundred islands, only five of them inhabited. |
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