Cornish Barn Holidays

17/08/2025

SUDDENLY AVAILABLE …. Next week beginning 23rd August 👉❗️❗️£100 off the original price when booking a full week ❗️❗️
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🛏 Sleeps two
🐕pet friendly
🌳3 acres of lovely private gardens
🤸‍♂️footpaths straight from the front door to dog friendly pubs 🍺and the Bissoe trail along the valley.
Close to Truro 🕍and Falmouth ⛵️and both coasts.
🚂Little branch line railway and buses 🚌 a short walk away.
Privately owned and run so direct for the best price

21/07/2025

😂Been there done that on the old Scillonian II. The horse and I were the only ones that weren’t sick ! It was too rough to dock in St Mary’s so he had to rough it out and wait offshore until we could unload 😫

📬 Letter to the Editor: “My Personal Titanic – Aboard the Scillonian”

Dear Sir,

I write to you today as a changed man.

This morning, I boarded the Scillonian bound for the Isles of Scilly with high hopes, a Boots meal deal, and a stomach full of optimism.

By 11:07 am, I had experienced every known human emotion, lost all trust in gravity, and witnessed things no man should see unless in a war film or a budget cruise to Narnia.

Let me be clear: I don’t blame the boat. It’s a lovely vessel. Flat-bottomed, apparently, which I naively assumed was some kind of ergonomic feature. Like memory foam.
What they failed to mention is that “flat-bottomed” is sea terminology for “rides like a possessed shopping trolley in a hurricane.”

We hadn’t even passed Newlyn before a toddler behind me shouted, “Mummy, the floor’s moving!”
Ten minutes later, the floor wasn’t the only thing moving. So was my breakfast. And Susan’s from Devon. And an entire youth group from Slough who will never be the same again.

The Scillonian has no natural front or back during a swell. Just multiple directions of chaos. It was like being trapped inside a washing machine full of digestive biscuits and regret.

People were going down left, right and centre. At one point I swear I saw a vicar cling-wrapping himself to the bulkhead. A woman used a Cornish pasty as a flotation device.
A crew member, bless him, handed me a paper bag and said, “Ride it out, me ansum.”
Ride it out?!
Mate, I was astrally projecting.

I held on to the side so hard my fingerprints are still in the railing.

And yet… as we pulled into St Mary’s and the sea calmed, something strange happened.
People clapped.
We had survived.
We were brothers and sisters in spew.
There was beauty in the madness.
And I finally understood why the Scillonian is more than just a boat —
It’s a rite of passage.

Still won’t do it again though. Flying next time.
£130 well spent.

Yours traumatically,
Colin Wretchworthy (Age 43 and a half, still swaying)
Penzance

02/07/2025

Our Village shop will be back in its original building again soon, thanks to such a lot of hard work and effort...

Sunday July 27 is the day that the Perranwell Community Store will open for business in its old premises.

30/06/2025

I love this article written by my favourite blogger, podcaster and now author.. The Cornish Bird do follow her if you have an interest in Cornish history or even just and interest in what has gone before...

A visit to the north coast of Cornwall brings you to a place of high cliffs and wild seas. It is a favourite with surfers and holiday-makers now, but in the past it was the scene of many ship wrecks and foolish bathers were often lost in the fierce and unpredictable tides. Crantock beach is [...]

24/06/2025

Thank you very much 😀

Cornish Barn Holidays: Superb and spacious Barn - See 78 traveler reviews, 153 candid photos, and great deals for Cornish Barn Holidays at Tripadvisor.

22/06/2025

just out of Falmouth …

17/06/2025

For all of you Snug Fans ... We now have very limited availability before the end of the season, there are just two weeks available.
The week beginning 👉26th of July and the following week beginning 👉the 2nd August. Both weeks are now on offer ❗️❗️£50 off the original price when booking a full week ❗️❗️
details >>
https://www.cornishbarnholidays.com/accommodation/the-snug/
pics >
https://www.cornishbarnholidays.com/accommodation/the-snug/accommodation-the-snug-photo-gallery/
🛏 Sleeps two
🐕pet friendly
🌳3 acres of lovely private gardens
🤸‍♂️footpaths straight from the front door to dog friendly pubs 🍺and the Bissoe trail along the valley.
Close to Truro 🕍and Falmouth ⛵️and both coasts.
🚂Little branch line railway and buses 🚌 a short walk away.
Privately owned and run so direct for the best price

12/06/2025

A crossing that I tend to take for granted sometimes, but it really is rather a nice commute …

22/09/2024

Happy to share, everyone who stays with us goes to The Royal Oak, Perranwell and they all LOVE it …