Where Quayside Tales Were Born!
St Mawes’ lanes curl along the Fal, where fishing boats bob and tales take root. After the war’s din, this village turned muse—whitewashed cottages and Victory Inn pints drew writers to its quay. In the 1960s, Agatha Christie’s *Murder Ahoy* caught its harbour’s glint, Miss Marple sleuthing by the pier. J.K. Rowling set *Troubled Blood* here, her hero brooding where gulls cry. No scroll holds their drafts, but the town’s pulse—tides, nets, Keltek’s bite—fed their pens.
Today, St Mawes thrives—ferries skim to Falmouth, Rising Sun hums with locals’ chat. Stroll its sea-wall, sip by Summers Beach, feel Roseland’s spark. No castle’s shadow here, just life—hydrangeas bloom at Trelissick, roundhouses wink in Veryan. Stay in quay nooks, sketch the Fal’s sway, let St Mawes’ stories guide your hand. Its soul is its ink, Cornwall’s tide of dreams.
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