Like a mini St Ives, Polperro is a pretty fishing village full of tiny buildings and windy cobbled streets. In 2023 it was named Britain’s ‘coolest place to live’. Personally I think it was probably cooler back in the 18th…
As an improver surfer you put endless pressure on yourself – I need to paddle out back, I should be popping up faster, I should surf bigger, longer waves, I shouldn’t get stuck surfing the white water … And there…
Porthcothan is a deep sandy beach with a river running down its right side. On a calm day, the waters are crystal clear, and there are several rocks to swim to – or around – from the shore, including the…
Carlyon is a wild card on this list of beautiful Cornish swim spots, but bear with me. It’s a very large sandy beach, stretching over 2 miles, so you can get a good distance swim here along the shoreline. And…
