Author Archives / Caragh O'Donnell

Padstow chef represents South West in national television series

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Padstow’s Paul Ainsworth will face his toughest challenge yet against two of the South West’s leading chefs in the BBC2 series Great British Menu. Paul will pit his culinary skills against fellow Cornish based chef Nathan Outlaw and Torquay’s Simon …

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Choirs celebrate summer in Watergate Bay’s The Big Sing

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Cornwall’s choral superstars will flock to the beach this summer as The Big Sing returns to Watergate Bay on the evening of Friday 15 June 2012. Now in its third year, this midsummer community event celebrates the Cornish coastline through …

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Thundercats are go at Watergate Bay

Thundercat Racing takes place at Watergate Bay on 19th and 20th May 2012.

A new adrenaline-fuelled surf powerboat racing event is coming to Watergate Bay later this month. The Extreme Academy will host the first two rounds of the 2012 Thundercat National Championships – ‘White Out at Watergate Bay’ – on the weekend …

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Taste of success for St Wenn agency

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Cornish public relations agency Barefoot Media is going from strength to strength after recently landing a new client and welcoming a new staff member. Just days after new recruit Kate Ardron joined the St Wenn-based firm, the agency have won …

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Wavejam promises to hook UK’s leading kitesurfers

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The British Kitesurfing Association (BKSA) will hold a new wave surfing event as part of the second leg of their National Champions Tour at Watergate Bay in April. The new Wavejam competition format will showcase Cornwall’s best wave riding kitesurfers …

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Banquets provide banker for Cornish charities

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Representatives from two Cornish charities were in Padstow yesterday to receive donations totalling over £2,500 from Paul Ainsworth’s Number 6 restaurant. Mr Ainsworth held four special banquet evenings last autumn which raised £2,573 for The Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn, and …

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Learn to surf with The Olde House and Wavehunters

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A Cornish holiday provider has teamed up with a leading surf academy to offer their guests a kids surfing club. The Olde House in Chapel Amble, North Cornwall run a partnership with Wavehunters Surf Academy at the stunning Polzeath beach, …

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Essex event to launch national kite sports tour

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The British Kitesurfing Association (BKSA)’s national competition tour starts in April with a new event in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The BKSA Dong Energy Clacton Easter Weekender will take place on 6 to 8 April, where the country’s best kitesurfers will go …

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New farm trail opens Cornish countryside to all

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A Cornish farmstay holiday company have opened access to their 550 acre farm with the creation of three new permissive footpaths. Guests staying in the converted barns and cottages at The Olde House, near Chapel Amble in North Cornwall, can …

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Spring lambing live on a Cornish farmstay holiday

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With 16 million lambs born in the UK every year, lambing is one of the busiest events in the farming calendar, and this spring a Cornish farmstay company are offering families the chance to witness lambing live. At the The …

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