Thousands of people are expected to visit Padstow this morning ( Monday May 2) for the town's Obby Oss festival. People come from all over the world. In previous years the event has brought more than 30,000 into the town.Unlike some of the more recent festivals, which have been designed to be commercial as much as cultural attractions, the Obby Oss event is a centuries-old very local tradition whose origins are lost in the mists of time.While some bed-and-breakfast businesses, and certainly the...
