Anyone staying in Cornwall holiday cottages during January might like to kick off their new year keep fit resolutions with one of the great local organised walks near the Cornish town of Bodmin.
The top attractions in Cornwall were recently recognised at the Cornwall Tourism Awards 2012, with the National Maritime Museum and Porthcurno Telegraph Museum topping their categories.
The beautiful Cornish coastline and countryside could soon gain the recognition it deserves as a rural group are in the first stages of applying for some areas of Cornwall to be awarded national park status.
Sending a Mongoose to Madagascar may not quite be what you associate with Cornwall, probably more likely to be great beaches, world class surf, wonderful foods and great places to stay.