Padstow and the Obby Oss
-a short guide with pictures

Padstow,Cornwall
Padstow

Camel Trail

Padstow and the Obby Oss

Slate hung houses crowd narrow streets leading to a picturesque harbour on the on the western side of the Camel Estuary North Cornwall, Perhaps best known for the Obby Oss, when the 1st of May sees Padstow decorated with the first greenery of the year, bluebells, and hazel twigs, and the procession of the Oss, teazer and the dancers, singers, and musicians playing a hypnotic tune, to celebrate the coming of spring. The dance's origins are believed to be pagan and it is one of the oldest remaining customs in England.

Padstow- the Harbour and Camel Estuary

Padstow Dusk The Camel Estuary is popular with sailors, so in addition to fishing boats, yachts often moor in the Inner Harbour sheltered behind the closed lock gates, whilst along the Quay a crane off loads a sand barge. Padstow has in fact been an important boat building and trading port for hundreds of years.

Padstow is at one end of the very popular Camel Trail

Visiting North Cornwall why not stay at Tregleath Country House only a half hours drive inland from Padstow ?

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Padstow and the Obby Oss -a short guide with pictures