The Wooldown in Looe has been top of the news agenda in Looe for some time now, ever since the Mums of Looe proposed a few additions to the area.

As most of you will know this has sparked a heated debate between the all parties with some quite unjustified remarks being made behind the scenes! 

However, the Wooldown is not the only area of outstanding beauty in Looe so perhaps now is the time to take a moment to look at Looe in a holistic way and try to work out what the town means to ALL of us and what we'd like to see it be like in 10, 20, 50 or even a 100 years time - when we're all 'pushing-up-the-daisies'!

I've just uploaded 49 photographs of the Looe Lugger Regatta 2009 to the galleries.

Please take a look and I'll try and upload the 'party' photos early next week - there are some good ones!

The Looe Lugger Regatta will be running over three days from Friday 12th June through until Sunday 14th June.

This is a lovely Cornish event and is wonderful to see (excuse the pun!) and join in with. The Cornish, French and UK Luggers create a magnificent scene on the sea and in the harbour.

I expect you already know, but it case you don't...........we have a new PLAY GROUND in Looe!

Its so exciting and the grand opening will be tomorrow on SATURDAY 13th JUNE from about 10am through until 3pm.

The opening ceremony will be at 11am.

The new playground occupies the same site as the old playground in the Millpool Car Park in West Looe. You won't miss it........just head for a very large gathering of delighted children and colourful play equipment!

The Herring Gull is an omnivorous scavenger and is found all around Looe.

You see them everywhere, nesting on roof tops and dancing on car bonnets! They're graceful, acrobatic, cheeky, fascinating, frightening and make for very protective parents! Personally I like them. 

Many people in Looe have a story to tell about having their sandwiches stolen. Many say they are the 'rats of the sky' whilst others see them as natural survivors who are adapting to us and our social habits.

Whatever you think, the Herring Gull has now been given Red Status by the RSPB and classed a threatened species. Love them or hate them, can you imagine waking up every morning to the eery silence of Looe without the cry of the Herring Gull?

It seems that the suggestions made for the Wooldown in Looe by the Mums of Looe group have caused quite a stir!

Further more, I find the behaviour of individuals and other businesses quite saddening.

If you, like me, feel that Looe is a beautiful place in an area of outstanding natural beauty then I urge you to read on, because we, as the residents of Looe need to work together to take Looe forward into the 21st Century and not get embroiled in petty infighting!

The National Powerboat Racing Championships are being held in Looe this weekend.

Date: 2nd and 3rd of May 2009

Venue: Looe Harbour and Looe Bay - watch it from our family friendly and sandy beach.

Classes: Class 3, OCR, V24, Ribs and Thunder Cats

Click the link below to read more.

Yep, that's you! Would you like to write for this up-beat, forward thinking gem of a website?

I need articles from people in Looe and Looe District. People who care about their town and surroundings and are willing to pen a few lines for me to publish.

If you'd like to write a regular column I can give you your own news/blog page!

Cllr. Edwina Hannaford has done just that...

Looe Rowing Club has been rowing up and down Looe River since the early 1950s(!) and last weekend saw the opening of it Esmée Couch Boathouse on East Looe seafront.

I popped along to take some photographs and enjoy the morning sunshine - it was glorious!

To see all 29 photographs click here.

Here come the Mums!

The Mums of Looe have banded together to take positive action and campaign for improved facilities for children and families in the town.

Katrina Ring, organiser behind the new group, said "Over 40 Mums have now joined us, we are definitely a force to be reckoned with!"

If you'd like to get involved, click here to hop on over to the Mums of Looe webpage on ilovelooe and see what they have to say. Contact details are on the page.

I thought you might like to see a little movie I found on YouTube this morning.

It could be a movie of a holiday in Looe or from a local resident, who knows but what I did think would be fun would be if the person who put it on YouTube could give us a little background information.

My quest is on and I'll update you when I know more. Enjoy...

Saint Piran (Saint Piran - Sen piran - Perran) is the patron saint of Cornish tin miners, widely regarded as the national Saint of Cornwall and to top ot all, it's Saint Piran’s feast day today - 5th March.

The Channel Four Time Team came to Looe last year (2008) to excavate the remains of a chapel called St Michaels.

They found more than stone foundations though, including a skeleton, pottery and a collection of Roman coins!

Looe or officially St George's Island is managed by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust who were delighted that Time Team could visit...

Looe, Polperro & District Chamber of Trade & Commerce are holding a Speed Networking Event at the Hannafore Point Hotel in West Looe, Cornwall on Tuesday 3rd March 2009 at 7pm.

The event is FREE to members and non-members but is limited to 40 places only, although you can just turn up and network after the main sessions in the hotel bar.

QUICK LINK: Registration form

It's that time of year again when the Looe Film Society release their new season of films.

You should be able to pick up new LFS leaflets around town by the end of this month - I know because I design them!

The other news story though is that they'll be moving venue very soon to the new Children's Centre. More on this when the final date is released.

For the moment click the Read More link for more details about films for 2009.

I doubt it escaped your attention but just incase - it just snowed in Looe.

I think the last time there was any significant snowfall in Looe was in 2005, although do correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, for your delight and curiosity (if you don't live in Looe) I've just uploaded 20 photographs of the snowy event to the ilovelooe galleries.

You can view the photographs of Looe in the snow by clicking here.

It's easy to create your own web pages on ilovelooe.co.uk.

Use them to advertise your business or talk about something you care about such as Looe, Cornwall, your pets, football club or family history. It's up to you.

Creating a page is very simple and you can change your words, add pictures and change the design very easily via any computer connected to the internet.

There are no costs and there is nothing to buy. Everything is done via your internet browser, i.e. what you're using to read this.

Interested? Click the Read More link below for more details or just get started.

Smile, it's a new year!

This website is independent and not linked to the Looe Town Council or Looe Tourist Board in any way! However, occasionally I like to blow the 'Looe trumpet'!

Contrary to what the media have to say, things aren't so bad and if you're thinking about a short break or holiday this year, why not pop down to Looe in Cornwall.

We've got great Cornish food, sandy beaches, rockpools, sea fishing, interesting shops, pubs and even crab fishing for the kids! 

As Monty Python said, "Always look on the bright side of life" and come to Looe - ok, they didn't say that bit but it still applies!

Photographs of New Year's Eve in Looe, Cornwall have been uploaded.

We couldn't take pictures of the thousands of revelers in Looe on New Year's Eve 2008 but we did take about 40 so check 'em out to see if you've been immortalized forever on ilovelooe.co.uk

Click here for photos of New Year's Eve in Looe.

Looe is rated as the 3rd best place to be in the UK on New Year's Eve! Fireworks, fancy dress, the odd tipple here and there and lots and lots of New Year's Eve revellers all having a good time! Why would you want to be anywhere else?

To get the best out of the evening, follow our 10 Rules for a Great New Year's Eve in Looe. If you can think of any more add them to the end of the post. Enjoy.

If you don't live in Looe, you might wonder if it ever snows in Looe - then again you might not!

I came across this video, or set of stills made into a short film, by a couple of local guys that proves it snows in Looe! The makers of this video have a whole host of other fascinating films about the local area too on their YouTube portal so read on to check it out...

Do you do your Christmas shopping in Looe?
Did you know that Looe has NEW Christmas Lights this year?
Did you know that Looe has a huge range of independent shops, cafes and restaurants all open every day leading up to Christmas?

Did you know that shopping in Looe for Christmas is a pleasure? No? Well read on...

After nearly 20 years of being in a wooden hut on the Sunrising Estate in East Looe, the Barbican Pre-School has finally moved to a new and fully refurbished Pre-School building in Trewint Crescent.

The Barbican Pre-School is a charity set up to teach and look after local children from the age of 2 years and has seen many of the local children come and go through its doors.

The Looe Remembrance Sunday Service will be held at the War Memorial in East Looe by the Looe town bridge on Sunday 9th November.

Remembering all the people who died in both the World Wars and subsequent conflicts is vitally important and we should all take an hour out of our 'hectic' lives to pay our respects and spare a few thoughts for those who helped give us what we have today - freedom.

After a couple of years of lying low, Looe Chamber of Commerce has been resurrected by local Looe and Polperro business people.

A new Chair and Vice-Chair were voted in on Thursday this week and a new marketing and publicity sub-committee set up to look at the best way of promoting Looe and its businesses to the wider world.

The powerboat racing weekend in Looe is over but we took plenty of photographs of the racing, the boats and the winners for you to check out.

If you didn't make it to Looe this year then the plan is to hold a powerboat racing championship in Looe in 2009 on May Bank Holiday so why not try to get down here then.

Following on from our earlier news item about the fireworks in Looe being cancelled, here is a quick update to let you know they are BACK ON - yipeeeeee.

Click the Read More link below for the latest news.

Alastair Pearn is helping to bring powerboat racing to Looe this weekend.

The 11th and 12th of October 2008 will see the first of what could be an annual event in Looe. Zap Cats, V24 and Class3 Offshore powerboats are just some of the powerboats expected in Looe for what promises to be an exciting and thrilling event.

For more information, click the Read More link below.

Looe Film Society have just released their latest season of films via their free leaflet and brand new website www.looefilmsociety.org.uk

Films this season include:

The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
Persepolis
Mamma Mia!
The Rules of the Game
Happy-Go-Lucky
Abouna

Click the read more link for more details.

Looe Valley Walking Festival 2008 is run and organised my Mark Camp, a qualified Blue Badge Guide, who has lived in the Looe area for over 30 years. The festival consists of five days of walking in and around the Looe valley, including walks on Bodmin Moor, the South West Coast Path and a pub crawl around Looe itself!

Click the read more link below to find out more.

We've just added a Flickr account to our list of facilities for ilovelooe.co.uk.

Click here to view our Flickr account or click here to view the photos of our I Love Looe photo group.

Flickr is a free photo sharing/posting service from Yahoo. Click the read more link below to find out more.

Looe in Cornwall is hosting the Dehwelans 2008 festival. We wrote about this awhile back so sorry about lack of coverage up until now! The week long celebration of all things Cornish including history, culture and traditions is running from 1st - 7th September 2008 in Looe Cornwall. Click the link below to read more.

We've just added Twitter to our list of 'keeping in-touch' web services, the first being RSS. Twitter is FREE and enables anyone who's interested to keep in-touch with what's happening in Looe and ilovelooe.co.uk. Heck, we can even respond to weather report requests if requested! Click the link below to read more.

We've just read in the local paper that the fireworks have actually been cancelled this year. Is this a good decision and has anyone told the hordes of people who will be going down to the beach to see them? Read more below and add your comments to the forums. 

Yes it's true, 5000 yellow ducks were seen swimming down Looe river all racing to the freedom of the open sea. Needless to say none of them made it but there were some that were quicker than others!

Just to prove that there has been some sunshine here in the UK, click the read more link below to see a lovely picture we took of Looe beach, the Banjo Pier and some, wait for it... ...BUE SKY!

For the first time in 32 years, the annual Morval Steam Rally has been cancelled. Prolonged rainfall has waterlogged the fields to such an extent that the surface has become unsuitable for the heavy machinery due to appear at the show . There has been no word yet that the event at Bray Farm, Nomansland will be rescheduled.

Heavy rain over the past few weeks may have been to blame for the landslip on Quay Road, West looe on Monday morning. Fortunately, the bungalow was unoccupied at the time, so no one was injured, but a white Volkswagen van belonging to local man Lee Provost wasn't so lucky. A second landslip occurred on Tuesday morning, bringing down yet more rubble on top of the vehicle. The area has now been cordoned off in the interest of safety and a full structural report is been carried out. 

We're in the process of adding the photographs we took throughout the Looe Carnival and procession last week. We'll update this post when they are all live. Here's a link to the Looe Carnival and Procession photo gallery as it stands at the moment.

Last weekend we trekked over to the Liskeard Show 2008, had a lovely day and managed to grab some photos for you to look at into the bargain. Click here to go straight to the gallery or click the Read More link below.

We've just uploaded photographs of Millendreath (via this post) and sourced the plans being proposed by the developer Espalier Ltd.

Caradon District Council and Espalier Ltd have announced a two-day public exhibition to consult about the proposed regeneration of Millendreath.

We've just added an RSS feed to ilovelooe.co.uk so you can subscribe to updates without giving away your email address. For more info about RSS feeds click the Read More link below.

The fifth Festival by the Sea in Looe, Cornwall opens its door next week. Read more for dates and details.

It took some doing to integrate the new Looe forums but we hope you like them.

We've just added a page of 'Old Looe' photographs from the Francis Frith Collection.

We just uploaded some photographs of the unveiling ceremony of Nelson the seal. 

Nelson the one-eyed grey seal was unveiled in Looe today as a life size sculpture. 

Moshulu, the fun and fresh shoe store, has set up shop in Looe.