Taking advantage of the northerly breeze Pete Goss and his crew on Spirit of Mystery slipped away from Newlyn on Monday night en route to Australia. Spirit is a replica of the original Mystery a 37ft Mounts Bay lugger, which left Newlyn on the 18 November 1854, bound for the Australian Gold Fields. 116 days later after a voyage of 11,800 miles the intrepid seven-man crew reached Melbourne. Goss together with his brother Andy, son ...

I have always had faith in the Falmouth Oyster Festival as possibly one of the best food events to be found anywhere in Europe if not the World. It is such a unique event inextricably linked with the working boats and the oyster punts and of course our wonderful Fal estuary. You begin to realize that organizers Carrick District Council and Falmouth Festivals have got the mix right when you can find the 2008 edition ...