Penzance Some sunshine again & supplies reach Scilly.

[Graham Easterling]

Some pleasant sunshine after recent dull or mizzly conditions. Bit milder yesterday (10.4C) minimum of 3,4C last night.

A great mystery (other than why it's popular.)

Why is "Beyond Paradise" pretend to be filmed in Devon, when it's all filmed in Cornwall. Even more, why does all the publicity say it's in Devon. E.G.

"We knew that we needed it to be very beautiful – somewhere that felt a bit different and somewhere that had similarities to Saint Marie, but also had a personality and its own cultural history. Very quickly, South Western England – and Devon in particular – felt like the right fit. We took it there and it was one of those things where once you make that decision, everything just starts to fall into place." 

Apparently, Devon, with it's quite rural, non industrial, middle class feel (away from Plymouth clearly) is much more suited to the 'target audience' (Escape to the Country loving tea drinkers in tilting armchairs) than the more industrial fun loving Cornwall with hundreds of derelict mines, the industrial urban sprawl of Camborne/Redruth, the surfy culture & party / hen night towns of St Ives & especially Newquay, the end of the line feel of Penzance. They had to perpetuate the image in the publicity.

But . . what happens when they serve a cream tea, or someone calls a pasty a Cornish pasty, when most of the boats are registered in Looe (where it's filmed). It'll be watching out for St Piran's flags http://penzanceweather.atwebpages.com/wpage3.html and seeing whether they've sprayed golden Cornish sands a Paignton red.

Still, good to know they couldn't find anywhere in Devon to live up to the hype.

Graham

Penzance

[Len W]

But Looe is only a stones throw from Devon.

It hardly matters to those up country.

They probably thought Port Isaac (Doc Martin) was in Devon as well.

You have to laugh.

Len

Wembury (almost in Cornwall)

[Graham Easterling]

I'm not moaning about the filming taking place away from where it was supposed to be, bits of Poldark were filmed in Wiltshire, and I suspect much of Dr. Who wasn't filmed on an alien planet. It's inventing a backstory, involving the cast, spouting nonsense saying they searched high and low until they found the perfect location in Devon. 

Anyway, the BBC have tried to smooth over the issue by saying the whole of the SW is a beautiful part of ENGLAND. St. Piran is turning in his grave! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCcSJiZR1I

Graham