\nI love all the Cornish B’s – Beaches<\/a><\/strong>, Beers<\/a><\/strong>, Bands<\/a><\/strong> and Blogs<\/a><\/strong>. When it comes to Cornish blogs,
\nOn Serpentine Shores has got to be one of my favourites. I asked Alex from On Serpentine Shores a few
\nquestions to find out a little bit more about her and her blog:<\/p>\n
I started blogging on 11th November 2013. It was reading week. I was procrastinating and my housemates pretty much talked me into it. Yet coincidentally 7 years ago something dark and devastating happened on 11th Nov. It\u2019s always been one of those days that you remember despite your best efforts not to; always 24 hours that you pass feeling not altogether there. However in 2013 I didn\u2019t even notice it had passed until a few days later. Upon this revelation I decided blogging was somehow good for me and something I potentially needed more of in my life. So despite not knowing anything about it I continued.<\/p>\n This is something I\u2019ve been exploring in my resolution to \u2018Develop my blogs identity and image\u2019 but I intend to blog about something along the lines of conscious living, care for the environment, the poor and the marginalised, health and well-being, sustainable practice, simple wisdom, promoting great Cornish SME\u2019s and places that just sell great coffee, outdoor pursuits and other reasons why I love living in Cornwall.<\/p>\n I\u2019d say I\u2019m different because I don\u2019t neatly fit into any current niche. I\u2019m certainly no #Fblogger or #Bblogger that\u2019s for sure! Don\u2019t get me wrong I applaud creative, sartorial expression; but I\u2019d say my blog has more substance than style. Although completely by default \u2013 I love men\u2019s flannel shirts too much! But seriously, there are green blogs and political blogs and spiritual\/well-being blogs and even Cornish blogs – maybe I\u2019m looking in all the wrong places \u2013 but I cannot find a blog that covers it all. So many of these issues are intimately connected and irrevocably tangled that I don\u2019t quite see how I can blog about just one. Still I know I haven\u2019t exactly covered these things myself.![\"shores](\"http:\/\/wildtide.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shores-title-620.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTell us a little bit of your back story?<\/h6>\n
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<\/a>Until adulthood I lived on the same road, in the same house, in the same bedroom, in Birmingham. I thoroughly enjoyed my childhood but by around the age of 13 I started to question where I lived and how I lived. In later years I began to feel quite strongly like a caged animal; on some intrinsic level I did not feel designed to live in a city.
\nAt 18 I fell in love with Cornwall and moved down to study Human Geography at the University of Exeter\u2019s Penryn Campus. Interestingly on my course I have been able to study something referred to by academics as the \u2018Back to the Land Movement\u2019 \u2013 where every 30-40 years humans return to living in \u2018deep rurals\u2019 often growing their own food and sourcing their own energy. It is thought to be happening at the moment due to issues such as climate change, poverty and resource distribution + exploitation. Such issues are intimately linked with western lifestyles; what we choose to eat or wear or consume. Yet others and my own research reveals humans are hardwired to live in nature and flourish when they do so. <\/p>\nWhy did you start blogging?<\/h6>\n
Why did you choose that name for your blog and what do you blog about?<\/h6>\n
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<\/a>I am something of a collector of words; words that express things I did not know could be expressed in a single word – such as balter (to dance gracelessly, without art or skill, but perhaps with some enjoyment) or alexithymia (a difficulty in describing one\u2019s feelings to other people) – as well as words that just sound right to me. Serpentine is one of these. I came across it through my partner who studies geology, particularly the geology of the Lizard. Serpentine is a rare, beautiful green rock exclusive to the shores on the Lizard in Cornwall. \u2018On Serpentine Shores\u2019 just seemed to roll nicely of the tongue and express reasonably well what I want to blog about. Which leads nicely to\u2026<\/p>\nWhat makes your blog different from others?<\/h6>\n
\nI guess when it boils down to it I\u2019m an #Lblogger as I\u2019m blogging about how I\u2019m attempting to live; simply, sustainably and healthily.<\/p>\nWhere is your favourite place in Cornwall?<\/h6>\n
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<\/a>This is so hard you\u2019ll have to allow for a top three!! My favourite beach is probably Prussia Cove; small and secluded and once home to smugglers it\u2019s definitely got a certain charm to it. Although you can\u2019t surf there, the water is just divine for swimming. There\u2019s a multitude of crystal clear, deep turquoise blue lagoons carved out by the rock that heat up in the sun; it\u2019s just incredible. Last time I swam there I shared the water with a bright blackcurrant coloured jellyfish.<\/p>\n![\"alex\"](\"http:\/\/wildtide.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/alex.jpg\")
<\/a>*Sung to the tune of Favourite Things from The Sound of Music*<\/p>\n