travelling in the coming weeks north to inverness, south to the channel islands, west to wales and to the coast of yorkshireplus many other places in between. also this year, there are to be more roadshows than ever before, so there's much in store and i'm sure many surprises to come, as we begin our journey here in cornwall. the one feature that totally dominates the skyline at truro, is the cathedral. whichever way you approach the city; by road, rail or up river by boat, it's by far the most dominant local landmark. and rather like the great cathedral at chartres, it can be seen for many miles around. it appears to be a medieval church. in fact, it was only completed in 1910. but in cornwall, it's the sea and the rivers that feed into it which have influenced every aspect of local life. it's never a particularly good idea to be on the losing side, but that's what happened to truro during the civil war when it paid for its royalist sympathies by losing control of the river which links it to the sea at falmouth. falmouth's ascendancy was later broken by law, but to this day, the mayor truro regularly beats