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Chapter 11
An Uncommon Place
Reflect on a landscape through the eyes of those who have lived it, those who have penned its story and those who still shape its cultural identity.
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From farmer to fisherman, explore the Tin Coast through the power of words and culture.
Lose yourself in this land’s ancient tongue and savour the flavours of a proper Cornish pasty in the beating heart of its true home; where feasting on hevva cake and gazing at the wild seas is but a stitch in the pattern of everyday life.
❝ We try and make sure all our food is traditional, with modern twists, and we try and maintain our Cornish heritage as much as possible.
We make and produce things like Cornish pasties...quite a few of the guides who work at Geevor are ex-miners and they'll quite often radio up and say "anyone got a teddy oggy (pasty)?" ❞
A short film created in conversation with Loveday Jenkin and Matt Burford at the Count House Café, at Geevor Tin Mine
Reflect on a landscape through the eyes of those who have lived it, those who have penned its story and those who still shape its cultural identity.
Embrace the wild skies of the west, where stormy weather battering the isolated outpost of the Cape Cornwall National Coastwatch station is just another day in the office.
Immerse yourself in the traditions created by the people who shaped the landscape long ago, and find out how those very traditions are being brought back to life today.
Discover our rich cultural heritage which is so So SO much more than old buildings, we have an entire human history written into our landscape.
A place where people are born to and drawn to, find out why this coast has become home to artists, makers and more.
A landscape once simultaneously ravaged by nature and industry, discover how the unique mining history of the Tin Coast has shaped the community that thrives here today.
Hear from the farmers working in harmony with the historic landscape of the Tin Coast.
Uncover the secrets behind the remarkable people that have pioneered their own future on the Tin Coast.
Hear from the young voices fighting to protect Cornwall’s wild future.