Cornwall Tourism Awards 2010

Suited and booted we made the trip up to St Mellion at the other end of Cornwall in the Mini. Surprised by how many people were there we settled ourselves in and started chatting away, when we started hearing rumours about an 'email' - we hadn't received an 'email'; and were a bit concerned and baffled by it.

Malcom Bell, Head of Tourism at Visit Cornwall, in his opening speech once again started apologising for this 'email' and our concerns heightened and hearts sank as we thought the worst! We then found out that all the winners had received an email by accident the day before, but we hadn't picked one up!

The awards carried on and when it came to the large self catering award we didn't get bronze or silver and we really started to get quite concerned, but lo and behold we won - a brilliant surprise!

We were probably the only ones in the room who didn't know they had won! But it was actually a great surprise and we are thrilled to have won this award in only our second year of trading. Thanks to all who helped us get this far including but not restricted to: the staff, the housekeeping team, Joseph (the wonderful interior designer), Dave (Digga) and Max. 

We would also like to congratulate some friends of The Sail Lofts who did very well at the awards as well: Boskerris Hotel, Global Boarders, Treasure Trails and The Porthminster Cafe.

Surfing and hanging

The Sail Lofts has been busy this week with bookings flying in and a change of scene in some of the apartments. Whilst we are busy changing art, it is nothing compared to the scale of the rehanging at the Tate St Ives as they prepare for the new Dexter Dalwood exhibition opening on the 23rd January. 


New artwork has been added to many of our apartments, with some new pieces of work from Andrew Garner and additional pieces from Sonya Walters a local St Ives artist. Andrews work is very contemporary and his latest works, entitled ‘Passage’, reflect the layers in the stages of life.

It has been a good week of surf too, I've made it into the water a few times and feeling very jealous of those surfing Porthmeor today, 2-3ft and clean with a light offshore! Luckily the swell is going to keep rolling in we should be able to find a wave for a while yet. The winds are going to become a little more tricky, with North Westerlies forecast, possibly some South coast days?

For those who want to fly down to Cornwall for a bargain holiday, AirSouthWest are offering flights at £29, superb value!


We were interested to find out today too that not only are we five star but we have the Gold Award, which means we are at the very top of self catering holidays!

We still have great offers for breaks, so visit our website for more information and to take advantage of up to 50% off.