To think Cornwall is much nicer than Devon?

[Mrswoollyfromwoollylane]

Can anyone convince me otherwise?

I go to Cornwall every year and I love it.

Someone I know keeps telling me that Devon is nicer, so what am I missing?

I live in North Wales. Enjoyed holidays with children in Devon. Driving to Devon with two children has tested my sanity. Can't afford to fly to Cornwall. To me Cornwall is just too far with young children. We could get to the Scottish Highlands quicker.

You are absolutely right. Cornwall is rugged and windswept and interesting. Devon is inoffensive and that is the best that can be said about it

Devon has always struck me as a squishy sort of place: "Pinecoffin was a Devon man, as soft as butter, whereas Nafferton was a Dalesman from beyond Skipton, where they forgive an insult when the Strid lets a man live". - Kipling

Cornwall is rugged and windswept and interesting. Devon is inoffensive and that is the best that can be said about it

WHAT???!!!

Have you been to Dartmoor? If rugged and windswept and interesting are what you're looking for, I'm pretty sure you'll find it there!

Cornwall's more scenic than Devon. Devon's all old ladies and gentleness, Cornwall's rough, ready and rugged* (spoken as a Fowey girl, now living up country!)

I've been to both and I think they are pretty much the same , slightly prefer Devon as it's that little bit closer.

Never been to either.

We've had lovely holidays in both. We went to Cornwall last summer staying on the Roseland Peninsula. I fully expected the journey down to be full of traffic jams but it wasn't. Nothing much was particularly busy either apart from things like the Eden project which I expected to be busy.
On the journey there we did get up and leave home early - I think we were on the road by 6.30am. On the way back we were held up only at Stonehenge. Dualling on the A30 has definitely helped.

Cornwall's miles away from everywhere - including Cornwall
Both are nice to visit - but I prefer a big sprawling metropolis meself

Cornwall is stunning, Devon is very pretty. I think Cornwall has lovely beaches.

I was in Cornwall this weekend (Lizard), and found that people were a bit surprised when you smiled and said hello. So I sort of stopped saying hello as well. Do people in Cornwall normally greet strangers?

I love both Devon and Cornwall, I especially love those little coves that only the locals know about so even in the mad summer we can find a bit of peace. I feel pretty lucky to have grown up somewhere so beautiful and at times idyllic. Happy memories

the council have decided to start roadworks in several places between Devon and Cornwall until late this year, 30mph speed limit for miles

Is that on the A30 or the A38? We usually go via the A38, as we tend to start our holiday on the Roseland peninsula (where there is a pub that does the best fish and chips I have ever eaten).

Please don't tell me they're digging up both roads...

"Do people in Cornwall normally greet strangers?"

No. Usually they're too engrossed in throwing stones at the moon shouting "bugger off ye bastard"

Lakie M5 from Exeter all the way through Cornwall it seems. 30mph speed limits in place from 7pm to 6am..deep joy.

Also A38 I meant to add.

Pembrokeshire is better than Cornwall.
Better beaches, better coastal path, better castles.
I remember going to Tintagel and being incredulous that anyone took it seriously as a castle. But I suppose I have been spoilt by castles as stunning as Pembroke, Manorbier and Cilgerran (to name a few out of many).
Pembrokeshire is lovlier, cheaper, less crowded.

Devon 100%. But I'm biased as I live here.

And jam on cream always. Dairy goes first. You wouldn't put jam on your toast before you butter it!

No. Usually they're too engrossed in throwing stones at the moon shouting "bugger off ye bastard

Is this a Cornish in joke?!

I found both Places to be very boring. I went to Cornwall and could not wait to come home. I agree with Reinette Pompadour. For the price of either you could go abroad and wake up to sun, blue sea, and amazing beaches.

We go at least once a year to Cornwall, it’s the only place in the uk that I find nicer than where we live. We love the beaches and small sea side villages on the north coast. This year we are going mid summer holidays and I know it will be busy, we will be staying near Bude but will travel further down to find smaller beaches. We love Boscastle and Tintagel but love going down towards st ives and landsend (these will be too busy in the summer holidays). We have visited Devon quite a few times but usually end up driving into Cornwall for days out. Love Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Aren't they roughly the same with some arbitrary border drawn up in the middle ages!

@CherryMaDeary

No, a Devon in-joke. It suggests that the Cornish are stupid and fooled by the moon.

Devon is better for a number of reasons

• We put cream on scones first like decent, god fearing human beings. The cream is the butter then the jam goes on top, you Cornish wildlings.
• We have two separate coastlines, you only have one
• David Cameron holidays in Cornwall
• I am in Devon
• Our Trago Mills is bigger, has more dropslides and more alpacas

I found both Places to be very boring. I went to Cornwall and could not wait to come home. I agree with Reinette Pompadour. For the price of either you could go abroad and wake up to sun, blue sea, and amazing beaches.

You can get sun, blue sea and amazing beaches in Devon and Cornwall, but "abroad" you'll never spot Aidan Turner filming Poldark when you take the dog for a walk like I did near St Just the year before last!

Devon clotted cream is much nicer than Cornish, smoother and more creamy.