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rowes is the cornish greggs, its alright but a bit naff really. a pasty isnt a pasty unless its got steak in it, and carrots are illegal. i actually prefer devonshire pastys with the crimp along the top and no crust, which a bit sacrilegious.
i havnt been there in an age, but the blue anchor has an 100 somthing year old challenge. if you can drink 15 pints of spingo and walk down the hallway to the toilet, you get the deeds to the pub. ive managed 5 before being too pissed to actually do anything, let alone walk. i once saw the comdian jethro there, which was funny if you can ignore mild racism and backwards country views. he is from st just, which even by cornish standards is a wierd inbred place.
cornwall is pretty much all hill, but i manage it on a fixed alright. i think it is a bit of shock for people that arnt used to riding in that kind of enviroment, i always find it silly easy to ride when im in kent. the sea winds are also somthing to contend with if you cycling along the coast. i actually got physically blown off the bike while riding through mousehole once. theres also the classic turn a corner and stop dead from a wall of wind, that can be an unerving supprise.
a good ride is the coastal route from st ives to lizard, passing through porth curno (my favourite beach) and praa sands. theres a pub every 10 miles, land yachting, great cliffs to climb, good fishing, nice woods and countryside, and beautiful empty beaches to entertain you on the way. from lizard you can get a boat back to s-t-i-ves, or go east round to falmouth or st mawes.