Clive Gardner loves living in Looe - but spends the winter in Thailand (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) Many Brits would love to live in Cornwall 365 days a year, but one businessman has revealed his seasonal plans to jet off from the beautiful coastline. Clive Gardner, 71, came to Looe, in the south east of the county, in 1996 and runs Clive’s Cat’s Cartoons - a gallery and framers with a waffle hut - with his partner Mandy Rose. They live above the business, in the heart of Looe’s old town - until winter comes, and they leave Britain behind.
Cornwall may have a subtropical climate, with milder winters than the rest of the UK - but Clive and Mandy batten down the hatches at their home and business and - and head to truly tropical Thailand. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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We work seven days a week in the summer and take the winter off. READ MORE: The beautiful seaside UK town that Beyond Paradise fans will instantly recognise Summer season in the town of Looe in Cornwall. (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) “It would cost us more in electricity to stay here in the winter.
Especially now the government has taken our winter allowance away! "Everything here costs an arm and leg - so we go away to Thailand. We rent a villa for £14 a night on Koh Samui - we couldn't stay here for that. And it costs next to nothing to eat out there.
” Despite decamping to an island paradise for the winter , both Clive and Mandy, maintain that Looe is a great place to live. Even in the winter. Clive said: “Looe is still a really good community and during the winter the character of Looe changes - the pubs have pool nights and quiz nights - it’s more about the locals.
The restaurants tend to close during the week and just open at the weekends. But it’s not like Polperro [a neighbouring village] - it’s deserted there in the winter.” “The holiday season can be absolutely monstrous - but Looe is a nice town to live in.
” Looe can be 'monstrous' during the summer - but is a great place to live, says Clive (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) Don't miss...
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Read our Privacy Policy Kelly Jones, 41, also runs a business in Looe - the Uncharted giftshop on the quayside. However, she stays in Looe all year round. She told the Express: “In the winter it’s deserted down here.
From November through to March it’s just empty. Sometimes I’ll open [the shop]- but it really depends on the weather. If it’s dry, I’ll come down and open up and give it a go.
“But the locals don’t even come down this far if it's raining - it can get pretty windswept down here in the winter! But I still think Looe is beautiful in the winter. Even in the wind and the rain!”.
