The months of May and June are particularly beuatiful in Cornwall. The flowering shrubs and the longer days after the dark winters completely transforms people's outlooks. It is a good time of the year to visit, especially when you are lucky with the weather as we have been recently, so if you haven't booked up yet, Cornwall.com has arguably the largest selection of accommodation on the internet.
I found an interesting article online today. Much as Cornwall's Tin and Copper mining history is well documented, it's connection with Gold mining is much less known. From a recent study in Ireland it seems that some of their finest ancient gold jewellery actually came from Cornwall. You can read the article on The Register by clicking here.