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Truro School, CornwallSearching for the right secondary? Get the inside scoop (and a mum's view) from Muddy Cornwall
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Spain. With kids. Easy peasy (honest!)As the summer hols come to an end, what's the best thing to do? Look ahead to the next one
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Truro School, CornwallSearching for the right secondary? Get the inside scoop (and a mum's view) from Muddy Cornwall
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Local Gem Alert! Cinnabar BeautyBook to see facial expert Fiona for a tailored treatment in a tranquil setting
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Moving to Cornwall? 10 Tips From A ProFancy upping sticks to live in your favourite holiday spot? Read on...
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Beach Eats: Sea Spray, South Fistral
Locals and tourists are flooding back to this revamped surf-side café. Here’s why…
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Friday Lunches At La Cantina
Enjoy fresh and simple vegetarian dishes at one of Cornwall's special local haunts
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The Schooners, St Agnes
Relaxed beachside dining on the north coast. Expect small plates, big flavours and a dreamy sea view
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Eat Here: Samphire At The Headland Hotel
A stylish Newquay restaurant with 2 AA Rosettes - and now a Muddy Award to boot!
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Dine Under The Sky at Heligan
Muddy joins Woodfired Canteen for a memorable night in The Lost Gardens
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Spain. With kids. Easy peasy (honest!)
As the summer hols come to an end, what’s the best thing to do? Look ahead to the next one! Here’s a tip-off about the most family-friendly Spanish break ever.
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Muddy Stays: The Point at Polzeath
Golf, swim, walk and RELAX at these stylish eco-apartments by the North Cornwall coast
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Fitness
Five Scenic Cornish 5K Runs
Grab your trainers and hit the trails. These beginner-friendly routes take in some of Cornwall’s most impressive landscapes.
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Hotels & Inns
Blissful Spa Break: St Moritz Hotel
A properly stylish yet child-friendly hotel is the holy grail of family holidays and the St Moritz in Trebetherick strikes the perfect balance.
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Things To Do
5 Cornish Tide Pools & Lidos
Take a dip at the beach without braving the waves. Cornwall’s pretty tide pools and lidos are ideal for kids and less confident swimmers.
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Top Tassels
It’s summer, it’s the law that you must wear tassels! Here are our favourite dangly delights, starting with these cute, colourful earrings from Stella & Dot.
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Meet The High Street Comeback Kids
You know those shops you never bother with when you hit the high street? You might be missing out. Here's four to revisit.
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Wanderlust Life: Simple Summer Jewels
Need a little something to freshen up your summer style? Check out Wanderlust Life’s gorgeous gemstone necklaces & boho hoops.
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Local Gem Alert! Cinnabar Beauty
Book to see facial expert Fiona for a tailored treatment in a tranquil setting
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Hair Haven: Gold Bird, Truro
A hairdresser you love is hard to find, so I’ll let you in on my latest salon discovery…
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Muddy Book Club – September’s best reads
Read all about it! Muddy’s professional bookworm Kerry Potter burrows into this month’s best literary offerings. Make some space on your bedside table pronto!
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The September Festival To Hit
After some appley fun for the weekend? Look no further. Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival is days away and we can't wait.
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Muddy Book Club: Beach Reads Special!
Never mind what to wear on holiday, what to read? Here are our top picks for summer 2017...
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See This: The Third Policeman
Get the scoop on Miracle Theatre’s brilliantly bonkers, touring summer show
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Theatre Review: The Addams Family
Get the lowdown on this quirky family musical - coming to Hall for Cornwall this month.
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Instamuddy
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Moving to Cornwall? 10 Tips From A Pro
Fancy upping sticks to live in your favourite holiday spot? Don’t hit the estate agents until you’ve read this
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Wellbeing
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The Cornish King of Superfoods
The most powerful food on the planet, seaweed is making a comeback. Do you kombu?
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Want To Beat Stress? Live By The Sea!
Is it really the sea air or just a sense of perspective that makes coastal living so good for you?
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Are You A Work-Life ‘Blender’?
Apparently it’s the end of the road for the ‘work-life balance’ (or lack of). In its place, the buzz word is about ‘blending’ – but do you have what it takes to fully mix business with pleasure?
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Kids
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Truro School, Cornwall
Muddy says: An inclusive and forward-thinking co-ed, day/boarding school in beautiful Cornwall, with amazing results and a seriously impressive co-curricular programme.
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Artist Toby Ray: My Favourite Places
Toby Ray has life pre-e-t-t-ty sussed. He spends his days painting dreamy, contemporary seascapes at some of Devon and Cornwall’s loveliest beaches — here are a few of his top spots.
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Muddy Meets: Artist, Amy Albright
The abstract landscape painter tells Muddy about her inspirations, experimental style and favourite Cornish views.
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My Favourite Places: Snapshot Shirley
Emma Wilson and Shirley (her converted Subaru Samba photo van) work all over Cornwall. Here are the places they love best.
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My Favourite Places: Actor Tristan Sturrock
Unless you’ve been thrown in Bodmin Assizes for wrecking the past few months, you won’t...
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My favourite Places: Author Lucy Diamond
Romance novelist Lucy Diamond’s name isn’t really Lucy Diamond at all, it’s Sue...
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