Two former clay quarries on Bodmin Moor are being transformed into huge reservoirs by South West Water. Stannon Lake and Park Lake will form two of the largest reservoirs in Cornwall and help secure future water supplies for the county.

T he Ugly Sister, though set in Cornwall, is not part of the Poldark canon. It is nevertheless vintage Winston Graham. The Napoleonic wars are over, the age of steam has dawned and the author parades a fascinating cast. Interestingly, too, the novel is based in and around houses which still exist.

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Stuffed kittens dressed in bridal gear, a two-headed lamb, a four-legged duck: for more than a century, Mr. Potter's Museum of Curiosities has been amusing and horrifying visitors. Now the whole bizarre collection is going under the hammer. On Sept.