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Literally an aussie in Cornwall: King Arthur’s scam

The village of Tintagel is a tourist hot spot.

Why, because the legend of King Arthur may have been from there.

Ofcourse it’s doubtful the old fella really existed, but if he did, Tintagel could have been his home.

That is the tricky bit for the town.

They would have done the research and would know he probably doesn’t exist.

But, without King Arthur they have nothing.

So they do their best to choke the legend for all its worth.

On the main drag their are about 4 or 5 places named after him.

And a shop full of china cats.

I was a little disappointed that there was no place called Krazy King Arthur’s discount car radios though.

Then you get down to where the castle was, and before you start there is a video on the history of the legend.

I expected a tourist hype up.

Instead they poor a bucket of piss all over the legend, all but say the dude probably didn’t exist, and talk about some boring dude in the 1400′s who built the caste you are about to see.

Then you waddle on up there, making sure not to trip on the dogs.

And you see what can only be described as craptacular remains of a castle, and a great coastal view.

No round table, no excaliburs, just dog shits, a couple of walls, and the ocean.

Personally i was happy to go there, not for the tourist stuff, but they had a very good full english at the pub.

And another thing that pissed me off in cornwall in general was parking.

You have to pay for parking in half the towns.

Little bum fuck towns like Bodmin and Tintagel, and they charge you.

It’s not much, its like a quid for 3 weeks, but it means you have to find the machine, work out the machine, go back to your car.

Piddly shit.

November 9, 2008 Posted by Jrod | cornwall | cornwall, king arthur, parking, tintagel | 3 Comments