• Yurts in longdowns

  By vufijs

  Hi, I currently live in a caravan in Longdowns but would love to live in a yurt instead. So if your...

            

   

  By L&R Unique Furniture and Joinery at 09:59 on 13/06/11

  

  I think the recent report on 3 students choosing to live in a yurt in Mabe, in view of helping to reduce the carbon footprint is a great idea. It would not be like a 'hippy commune' as some would like to report. Having stayed in a Yurt they are a beautiful design using woodburners for heating. I have lived in Cornwall all my life and feel proud to live in such a beautiful place. Falmouth is ever growing especially with the students...

• Visit Ribticklers and look spook-tacular this Halloween!

  By chris_wasey

  I love an enigmatic ending! And nice to read about a local business keeping up with changing market...

            

   

  By BenjPower at 15:19 on 27/10/11

  

  Fashionistas may be gushing over this season's trend for warm autumn reds and browns, but in truth the must-have piece for anyone's wardrobe right now is a skeleton tutu, just ask Angi Hurst. Angi is the manager of Ribticklers party supplies shop on Market Strand, and for she and her staff the weekend before Halloween is one of the busiest of the year as partygoers make those all-important last minute decisions about their costumes. ...

• How to stay safe on bonfire night

  By chris_wasey

  Good article. Food for thought given recent events on the M5

            

   

  By BenjPower at 15:12 on 05/11/11

  

  With the fireworks and bonfire season upon us Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to stay safe this evening. Here's a guide to keeping out of danger on bonfire night.   Plan your firework display in advance to make it both safe and enjoyable   Make sure fireworks are stored in a closed box and use them one at a time   Always read the instructions on each firework carefully ...

• Falmouth School teachers complete epic charity bike ride

  By chris_wasey

  Well done to them! I got tired doing the camel trail. Also, cap dothed to Mr Power for using the...

            

   

  By BenjPower at 12:12 on 31/08/11

  

  Three teachers from Falmouth School have completed an epic bike ride from Land's End to John O'Groats, all in aid of a children's charity. The brainchild of English teacher Imogen Dyckhoff, she was accompanied on the 874-mile journey by textiles teacher Kate Axten and geography teacher Sally Miles, who decided to join Imogen after a chance conversation over coffee one afternoon. "Well I'd planned to do it at Easter, but I ended...

• Falmouth company creates 'wedding vending machine'

  By chris_wasey

  I am getting married later this year - this would have saved me a lot of money

            

   

  By irgmcdonald at 20:01 on 03/07/11

  

  A Falmouth based design company has caused a stir online with 'wedding vending machine.' Concept Shed's concept dispenses wedding rings and a certificate for only £1 whilst playing specially produced music.  The makers say they dreamt up the concept last year and build a concept for Marvin's Marvellous Mechanical Museum in Detroit. According to the designers, the AutoWed is over 8 feet high, took 3 months to...

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