Here is the flag of Cornwall. It is believed to date back as far as 1188, when the flag was supposedly used in the Crusades.
It is called Saint Piran's flag. Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin mining and has some claim to the patron saint of Cornwall title.
Saint Piran's day is a day where Cornish people celebrate all things Cornwall and this takes place on the 5th of March each year, as in the week running up to this date each year, a period of "Perrantide" would take place where Cornish people would consume large amounts of food and alcohol. This could also be where the 19th century Cornish phrase "Drunk as a Perraner" was born.
Here is a video of what Saint Piran's day in Cornwall looks like.
Here is a map of Cornwall
Here is a map of the Isles of Scilly for reference
Another landmark in Cornwall is the Eden Project. Located in St Blazey, it is an ambitious scientific program containing different artificial biomes concealed in large domes. Construction first started in 1998 and was completed in 2000, but it wasn't officially opened until 2001.
Here is a clip which details the construction of the project
It contains a Tropical biome.
Here is clip showing a walkthrough of the Tropical Biome
And a Mediterranean biome where olives and grapes are, and a tropical biome where bananas coffee and bamboo are grown.
There are plans for the Eden Project to expand for example, in the South Downs and in Morecambe, Lancashire for a marine based project, where biomes will be shaped like mussels.
So, as usual the transcript for the Cornwall episode can be found here as well as on the Transcripts section of the website. As always, I will leave you with some nice photos of Cornwall.
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