The locals still able to live in Cornwall’s historic and picturesque fishing villages have long suspected that some of the tourists who come down don’t quite realise they are visiting real places, and one TripAdvisor review has gone viral after appearing to confirm just that.
The 131-word review was left by a visitor to the little fishing village of Mevagissey, suggesting that the ‘whole place needs a redesign’.
The disgruntled visitor wandered around the historic little port, where the 'modern' harbour alone dates back to 1774, and decided Mevagissey should undergo a complete revamp to better accommodate tourists.
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After leaving a lowest-possible one-star review, the TripAdvisor member listed all the things that were wrong with Mevagissey for visitors.
The person posted anonymously, their username of ‘Mr Brum’, suggested they were a man from Birmingham, and summed up his experience of strolling around Mevagissey as ‘nothing but avoiding cars’.
In the short rant written on Friday, August 12, they criticised the historic village saying it had ‘ridiculously positioned car parks’, ‘nowhere to sit’ on the harbour and, heaven forbid, ‘nowhere to dine outside’.
There has been a settlement at Mevagissey since the Bronze Age, and the first reference in the record books is from 1313. The village evolved, constrained by its steep sloped valley down to the medieval harbour, and it is the second largest fishing port in Cornwall.
The centre of the village has the B3273 running through it, with narrow, historic residential lanes running off either side, around the harbour.
But Mr Brummie wasn’t a fan, telling tourists ‘not to bother’ visiting at all.
The full review reads: "Nothing but avoiding cars as they drive around the streets to ridiculously positioned car parks. With two small children and a dog it was impossible to comfortably walk around the place without having to step out of the way every few minutes because of a car.
"Stressed me out so much we left. Not a visitor friendly place at all. Almost nowhere to sit on the harbour. Plus hardly any dog friendly places to eat,” he added.
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