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    Scones, Surfing, and Castles in Cornwall: England's New Coastal Hot Spot

    The county of Cornwall used to be famous for one thing above all else — the homegrown “bucket and spade” beach holiday. Every summer, families from London and the surrounding environs (mine included) would load up their cars and head west, making their way down roads of steadily reducing diameter, to the land of clotted cream, strawberries, and sand castles. As much today as when I was a child, Cornwall often feels like an entirely different country from the rest of the U.K. It’s impossible to