Dear Morticia

We have several friends who have fairly recently abandoned the overcrowded east for Cornwall's Lizard peninsula. Like any place desireable the world over, it's growing more popular, but there are still some wonderful places to be had, some quite reasonably if you're handy with DIY and elbow grease. There is folk music to be found if you poke around and one of Cornwall's greatest attractions is that no part of it is very far from the sea.

My wife and I are quite partial to that magical part of the world and hope someday to divide our time between Cornwall and the States. PM me if you'd like the name of a good estate agent or two in the Lizard area or other parts of SW Cornwall.