To boldly go ?

We plan to head this way later in the year. I have been doing some Location App surfing and have found some recent reviews saying 'now no overnight parking' or similar, for example 'Ballowall Barrow/St Just (Cornwall'. My understanding is that observations such as this should be advised via 'Report this Location' so that the POI can be removed.
 
WE are staying away from folk here as covid has went through the roof beyond what it was at its highest peak, no wonder ,pubs open and full shops little mask wearing, builders yard crammed like concentration camp with old fag spluttering builders, no the hills for us.
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UFO said:
We plan to head this way later in the year. I have been doing some Location App surfing and have found some recent reviews saying 'now no overnight parking' or similar, for example 'Ballowall Barrow/St Just (Cornwall'. My understanding is that observations such as this should be advised via 'Report this Location' so that the POI can be removed.
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What a shame re Ballowall. We've stayed there for years (not continuously obviously!).
It's that bliddy National Trust again. They also charge £8 for the Cape Cornwall car park. Tough luck if you are a local and want to have a walk on the coast path anywhere along that stretch of coast. All the car parks are NT.
 
Went all round Cornish coast using NT car parks, never had a problem, except once where a warden said ‘ok now but before Easter we have to crack down otherwise we would be inundated’….mind you it was February.
 
If all the car parks are NT I would be very happy, lots of "free " parking for me. However, I do not intend to go to Cornwall- too busy, too much covid and they don't like motor homes.
 
trevskoda said:
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There’s the problem, which may diminish as kids go back to school. It’s a long way down from the Scottish Borders and we’ll keep an eye on the statistics.
 
I'm afraid that the incidence of Covid is only likely to increase as schools re-open.
 
At the moment Cornwall has some of the highest CV-19 rates in the country, the tourist board are asking all those who haven't already booked accommodation to stay away. We where hoping to go in a couple of weeks, will be watching to see what goes on in the next few weeks, I don't expect we will go until October at earliest.
 
My son was in his van last week and wild camped no problem around penzance and then up on the north coast side of Cornwall.
 
I notice that the nearby counties’ infection rates are falling….light at the end of the tunnel ?
 
For what it's worth we have just returned from what should have been a seven day trip to Cornwall which we cut down to four I know it was the wrong time to go but we were visiting friends and family and fitting into their free time.
To say it was full is an understatement. Bodmin moor was rammed.All the usual tourist spots Sennen,St Ives,Newquay,Hayle etc were the same,at times you could queue for at least 1hr to get near, prices for eating out have gone through the roof in some places, parking is a joke locals want the trade but the infrastructure is under a tremendous strain. We didn't have any problems from the locals regarding our motor home found no problems with park ups around the Penzance area. LPG and water especially around Redruth just called in at Teresa and Paul's lpg stn (TR16 4JA) and filled up with gas 70p and free water.
Travelled into and around the Forest of Dean after that, used a few Pub stops relatively quiet compared to Cornwall.
Into Shropshire again quiet.
School holidays are nearly over so I expect Cornwall will calm down but our friends in St Austell are say covid cases through out the area are through the roof.

Ian
 
Wetwalker said:
For what it's worth we have just returned from what should have been a seven day trip to Cornwall which we cut down to four I know it was the wrong time to go but we were visiting friends and family and fitting into their free time.
To say it was full is an understatement. Bodmin moor was rammed.All the usual tourist spots Sennen,St Ives,Newquay,Hayle etc were the same,at times you could queue for at least 1hr to get near, prices for eating out have gone through the roof in some places, parking is a joke locals want the trade but the infrastructure is under a tremendous strain. We didn't have any problems from the locals regarding our motor home found no problems with park ups around the Penzance area. LPG and water especially around Redruth just called in at Teresa and Paul's lpg stn (TR16 4JA) and filled up with gas 70p and free water.
Travelled into and around the Forest of Dean after that, used a few Pub stops relatively quiet compared to Cornwall.
Into Shropshire again quiet.
School holidays are nearly over so I expect Cornwall will calm down but our friends in St Austell are say covid cases through out the area are through the roof.

Ian
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Thanks eveyone for the comments….we’re wandering down via our Yorkshire families and wil arrive in Devon in the middle of the month with fingers crossed and masks at the ready!
By the way we find lpg via MyLPG.eu anywher in Europe.
 
Was talking to a Cornish couple on Friday, they have abandoned Cornwall and working their way north to their sons in Edinburgh. Their view as we said we where considering going down there, "For your own sanity stay well clear"! I believe Cornwall and Devon hospitals are still under high pressure and not admitting for retinue operations.
 
Trompete said:
Thanks eveyone for the comments….we’re wandering down via our Yorkshire families and wil arrive in Devon in the middle of the month with fingers crossed and masks at the ready!
By the way we find lpg via MyLPG.eu anywher in Europe.
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Was in Cornwall late August no problems but quite busy . Made the mistake of going there half term [may/june?] again no problems but everywhere rammed
 
colinm said:
At the moment Cornwall has some of the highest CV-19 rates in the country, the tourist board are asking all those who haven't already booked accommodation to stay away. We where hoping to go in a couple of weeks, will be watching to see what goes on in the next few weeks, I don't expect we will go until October at earliest.
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When considering the CV-19 rates for Cornwall, please adjust the figures to compensate for the way that they are calculated. The authorities divide the number of reported cases for an area by the population of that area and then multiply by 100,000 to get the headline "cases per hundred thousand" figure. However, the population figure they use is the permanent population. Now, like several other tourist destinations, the population increases significantly during the tourist season. For example, during the summer school holidays, the population of Cornwall at least doubles and this year, due to 'staycationing' it roughly tripled. Now factor in the Boardmasters festival and the population during the second week of August probably quadrupled compared to the permanent population that the authorities use to calculate CV-19 rates. For that week, the reported rate was about 1,200 per 100,000. Since the actual population for that time was about quadruple the figure used in the calculation, it is necessary to divide that 1,200 by 4 to arrive at a true CV-19 rate of about 300 per 100,000 -- which was about average for the country as a whole.
With the schools back, September/October is traditionally the time when retirees and empty nesters take their holidays, increasing the population to up to double the figure the authorities use. AFAICT. So bottom line is that, for these months, you should probably take the reported CV-19 rate with a large pinch of salt, meaning Cornwall is currently one of the safest areas in the country.
 
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