By: William Gordon

William Gordon — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:53:45 +0000

Hey Ho from Orkney! Why is this appearing in the ‘Cornish Camper Van’ Section? Well, Orkney is about as far North from Cornwall as one can get (sorry Shetland, but do keep on reading!)-which has just secured a franchise for PROPER CORNISH PASTIES! (Grand Opening was last night, but unfortunately I couldn’t attend)I also just happen to be the proud owner of a vintage VW Camper! So you se, the two things sorta go together!And yes, of course there’s a third – I just LOVE ‘proper’ Cornish Pasties! Very difficult to track down outside Cornwall/Devon, but the ‘commercial’ version sold via the supermarkets is a fair replacement (well, at least they’re MADE in Cornwall, but obviously ‘suffer in transit’(and probably also from the demands of high production levels demanded by the supermarket bosses)So needless to say, I was ‘over the moon’ when I saw in our local paper that the ‘PROPER’ Cornish pastie was about to introduce itself into our magical islands. Just at the right time too – our tourist season has just started, and another ‘First’ for orkney – the TALL SHIPS will be sailing in here next month!! There’s two outlets for the pasties here also – Stromness – a historic port from the days of the Sailing Clippers, and a lovely old Country House hotel called Woodwick set in a glorious woodland (who said that there are no trees in Orkney?)-presently filled with bluebells – just the setting for a Proper Cornish Pasty picnic! (I shall be there tomorrow in my old campervan of course!)

By: Steve Baylis

Steve Baylis — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:12:58 +0000

I’ve always wanted a VW Camper but unfortuntely the revival means even ropey examples are fetching a high price – shame

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