If you’re a lover of all things kitsch, pop on down to St Mawgan Village Hall this Saturday 1st December. There will be plenty of handmade gifts and Christmas treats to fill your stockings, as well as a vintage tea room with all your favourite cakes to raise money for Little Harbour Kids Hospice. Most of the Padstow Seasalt team will also be dropping in to get their vintage fix!
For more information see the Duchy Vintage Party website.
Truro’s annual City of Lights festival took place last night, with the streets coming alive with ingenious and creative withy lanterns, all representing the theme of Kings and Queens. Quite a lot of us from Seasalt hot stepped it down to watch the parade, and also partake in sampling a few hot doughnuts and the mulled wine, of course.
Here’s a few snaps taken by Celia, our visual merchandiser.
Barnabas sailing in Mounts Bay
Following their appearance in the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant earlier this summer our friends at the Cornish Maritime Trust have had all sorts of exciting adventures in the beautiful Cornish lugger Barnabas. Adam Kerr, Skipper of Barnabas has been in touch to tell us all about it and about how you can sail the stunning boats.
Looking for a way to escape this cloudy summer weather? If you’re in Cornwall during July head over to Penzance where the annual literary festival is running Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th.
Every year, on midsummer’s day, Penzance gets decked out in all its finest glory to celebrate Mazey Day and the start of the annual Golowan Festival.
Seasalt were watching as the Big Art project unfolded last week. Eight large blank canvasses were placed in public sites around Truro and were painted on site by local artists on the theme ‘My Truro’. Gemma and Nikki from our Truro shop have enjoyed watching the artists at work and speaking to them about their inspiration:
The world famous Mousehole Christmas Lights adorn the Cornish coastline again this year and everyone at Seasalt agrees they are the ultimate display and a ‘must-see’ part of any Christmas celebrations in Cornwall!
Every year Penzance holds the Montol Festival. A six day celebration of Cornish traditions that ends with a huge event in Penzance on 21st December. Throughout the week there are all sorts of seasonal activities and events, including lantern making workshops, bands, carol services, craft fairs, storytelling and late night shopping.
From carol concerts, husky hugging and food markets to Santa fun runs, Christmas lights and late night shopping there are so many lovely events on in Cornwall & Devon at Christmas that we have put together a selection of Seasalt favourites.
Why not pop in to see us in one of our stores whilst you are out to say hello and raid our giant sweetie jars or enter our Christmas store competition to win a Seasalt hat, scarf and gloves!
One of the delights of Christmas shopping are the fun and quirky little markets that pop up across Devon in the run up to festive season. Packed full of locally crafted gifts and yummy food (a Seasalt favourite!) they are a fantastic place to pick up some unique pressies and stocking fillers, or just fill up on mince pies!
