23 Things Only People From Cornwall Will Understand

Let's be honest: when you live permanently at the beach, you're the envy of the world, toiling away at their desks with noses pressed sorrowfully against the window dreaming of something better than the grey of Middlesbrough or Hull. But they don't know the truth; they don't know that even Disneyland would lose its magic if you were forced to live there every day. Equally though, they probably don't know the half of it. Like all of the areas of Britain that somehow managed to avoid being properly conquered by the Romans, Cornwall has an unrivalled regional identity and its residents a massive sense of pride at having had the good fortune to be born there. Yes it rains a lot, and yes there are way, way too many Cornish pasty shops and tourists who seem to forget that people live there all year round, but living in Cornwall is like nowhere else on the planet. And because it's St Pirans Day and in honour of one of the hottest and wettest places in Britain (seriously, make up your mind!), now is the perfect time to look at some of the problems and joys of living in Cornwall...