A West Country village is so overrun by tourists that locals have to leave to buy everyday essentials. Mousehole is the epitome of the picture postcard Cornish coastal village, which is very much a poison chalice for the area.
It's estimated that around 80 per cent of the properties are second homes and holiday lets and shops selling basic items have been replaced with trendy delis and bars, reports Cornwall Live. And tourists are prepared to pay over the odds to stay there, with people forking out £4,000 a week to stay in 'two garden sheds'.
But the village still has a tight-knit community and they are working together to tackle the destination's traffic chaos. Flick White moved back to Mousehole when she was 26 and works in Tyler Gallery and runs her own sustainable and eco-friendly swimwear business, Flickini.
