Locations

Cornwall serves as the backdrop to the film "George and the Dragon". Cornwall although a county of England feels like a Country like Wales or Scotland. The Cornish Flag (of Saint Piran) is to be seen everywhere. They share a history with the Celts of Brittany (Britons) and Wales and have their own ancient language (Kernewek)

Even in conversation with Cornish people now I hear them refer to "The English" as many do not identify as such. I am half Cornish and half Devonian so straddle two amazing but very different Worlds. Somehow I feel very drawn towards my Cornish half!

In George and the Dragon we will feature it's very diverse and dramatic landscape from the gritty scenes in Villages surrounded by the Clay Mounds of The English China Clays to the dazzling coastline that attracts the surfers to the moody moors of Bodmin where Daphane Du Maurier based her classic Jamaica Inn.

We will feature some of the wrestling bouts in some of these unique locations such as Minark Theatre, Ancient stone circles such as Merry Maidens, Porthtowan Beach, Tintagel Castle.

Merry Maidens. The site dates from the late Neolithic-early Bronze Age (approx. 2500-1500 BC) and consists of a circle of 19 stones, standing slightly below a ridge of the sloping field. First recorded in the 18th Century, with two stones lying down, the site was completely restored by 1879.

Porthtowan. Located within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this Blue Flag award winning beach is one of Cornwall’s most popular surfing beaches bordered by soft golden sand and backed by large dunes and dramatic cliffs.

Charlestown remains virtually untouched, an achingly picturesque relic of a former time, still a working harbour, with around thirty china clay ships still docking every year. The town is also home to a fleet of famous tall ships, one of which is always moored in the harbour. Charlestown's unique Shipwreck, Rescue and Heritage Centre is located in historic china clay buildings.

Port Isaac has been an attractive fishing village since the early fourteenth century. Its narrow, winding streets are lined with old white-washed cottages and traditional granite, slate-fronted Cornish houses, many of which are listed as of architectural or historic importance.

Tintagel. Built half on the mainland and half on a jagged headland projecting into the Cornish sea, Tintagel Castle is one of the most spectacular historic sites in Britain. Its association with King Arthur makes it also one of the most famous.

There is no doubt that Cornwall is a filmmakers dream. In fact on writing this if it were not for National Lockdown I would be heading down there right now for my "fix" of Cornwall. It seems it is in the blood.