Call for improved catering (a Coffee Shop!) in Cornwall

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[grahame]

From Cornish News

A Camborne couple have called for a Costa Coffee to be built on top of Carn Brea after walking up the hill for the first time and being disappointed by the lack of refreshments.

Darren, known locally as “Dazza”, and his partner Debs say they had talked about climbing Carn Brea for years before finally deciding to give it a go at the weekend.

But after a gruelling half-hour hike to the top, Dazza said he was shocked to discover there wasn't a coffee shop waiting for them.

[Mark A]

My fond memory of Camborne: I'd stayed a couple of days in West Cornwall and on the last day rather than travel back from Penzance by rail, set off on the bike for Redruth, and that 6(ish) pm train there. The first half of the trip I somewhat followed the railway - and met with more than a few traces of the Camborne and Hayle line that it replaced.

At Camborne, leaving the route taken by the railway in favour of the valley behind that high ground there, the highlight of actually leaving the town was that I got away from a group of stone-throwing children. The valley south and east of Camborne was something special - extensive hard rock mining by an industry that had moved on, so, mournful relics everywhere, safely secured open mineshafts as is the Cornish way, and cycle/walking routes on the various tramways that served the industries, said tramways surfaced with some of the cleanest and most abrasive grit in the world.

Time was getting on a bit but the sun had been out all afternoon and it would have been churlish not to climb Carn Brea and enjoy the view in all directions - St Ives at a range of several score miles looking very picturesque, and Redruth below the hill - the last few miles being downhill there was even time before the train for a piece of cake from, of all places, Redruth's cinema's buffet.

[Chris from Nailsea]

From Cornish News

A Camborne couple have called for a Costa Coffee to be built on top of Carn Brea after walking up the hill for the first time and being disappointed by the lack of refreshments.
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But after a gruelling half-hour hike to the top, Dazza said he was shocked to discover there wasn't a coffee shop waiting for them.

 
Incidentally, there isn't a Costa Coffee at the top of Snowdon, either.  From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

I couldn't reach Yr Wyddfa's summit because people jumped the queue

When Helen Pacey and her family booked a trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, they were looking forward to touching the summit marker at the top of Yr Wyddfa, also known as Snowdon.

But after spending 30 minutes waiting in a queue at the top of Wales' highest mountain, 58-year-old Helen ran out of time and had to get the return train back down.

"I've had both my hips replaced, so there was no way I could have gone up the rocky side of it," said Helen, from Hull in Yorkshire. "Because people were pushing in, we missed out. That is not fair."

Scores of visitors have climbed Yr Wyddfa this summer, but there have been reports of people waiting more than an hour to reach the mountain's highest point, at 1,085m (3,560ft).

Earlier this week, we reported on arguments breaking out between queue-jumpers and those waiting in line at the top. Dozens of readers subsequently got in touch to share their views on the issue.

(BBC article continues)

[Andy]

Being related to "Cornish News", I think I can safely say this is not to be taken seriously.

:-)

[grahame]

Being related to "Cornish News", I think I can safely say this is not to be taken seriously.

:-)

Indeed.  Great fun. 

There are times my sense of humour - in this case when sharing a headline - is so dry it might be doubted.  Which is not always a good trait in the webmaster of a serious site.

[Witham Bobby]

From Cornish News

A Camborne couple have called for a Costa Coffee to be built on top of Carn Brea after walking up the hill for the first time and being disappointed by the lack of refreshments.

Darren, known locally as “Dazza”, and his partner Debs say they had talked about climbing Carn Brea for years before finally deciding to give it a go at the weekend.

But after a gruelling half-hour hike to the top, Dazza said he was shocked to discover there wasn't a coffee shop waiting for them.

The shop would have been open if they'd visited on any day other than Wednesday

[Andy]

Being related to "Cornish News", I think I can safely say this is not to be taken seriously.

:-)

Indeed.  Great fun. 

There are times my sense of humour - in this case when sharing a headline - is so dry it might be doubted.  Which is not always a good trait in the webmaster of a serious site.

Thing is Grahame, with any matters pertaining to Camborne, the line between humour and reality is so very very fine! ;-)

[bobm]

Coffee or not - there are some good views to be had from the vantage point

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..depending on your interests.

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[GBM]

Being related to "Cornish News", I think I can safely say this is not to be taken seriously.

:-)

Thank you Andy.
Was about to post the same in case anyone took the item seriously!

Cornish News is a spoof site (running throughout the year, rather than April 1st only).