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How to fry and spice rocks, in Porthleven, Cornwall

24. September 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

Porthleven is a cute village by the sea in Cornwall. One of many vibrant fishing villages turned tourist town in summer and (I assume) fairly slumbering in the winter. White […]

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Carboniferous, Cornwall, Crash'n'bang geology, Devonian, England, Mines & Metals, Palaeozoic, Tips

How to bike the English Channel Coast (with help of plane and trains)

22. September 2015by Karsten Eig 2 Comments

The garden of England. The cradle of geology. The buffer zone against the frog eaters. Dear Channel Coast has many names, and from the wild coast of Cornwall to rolling […]

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England, Travel Tips

Mines, men and clotted cream in Cornwall

18. September 2015by Karsten Eig 5 Comments

Hi, Blog! Daddy’s back from the summer break. Or “summer” break. I know, you have been lonely, during the time when Norway is on pause, because we all go on […]

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Carboniferous, Cornwall, Devonian, England, Geology and society, Mines & Metals, Palaeozoic, Tips

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