The Cornish pasty proved its worth to Cornwall and the world last week as Cornish Pasty Week touched the hearts of people across the globe. 

The Cornish Pasty Association, the not-for-profit collective of Cornish pastymakers who organise the week, saw messages pour in from pasty-lovers as far away as Mexico, South Australia, Canada, Bermuda  and the United States as people got behind the week, many of them having a go at making their own pasties at home following the Association’s recipe.

The Association sent life size costume characters, Mr and Mrs Pasty, on a Grand Tour of Cornwall.  Travelling from Land’s End to the Tamar, they stopped off to showcase a number of Cornwall’s classic landmarks on their way.   Last stop was Cornwall Blood Bikes, a volunteer out of hours service for transporting essential blood supplies, who received pasties from Helluva Pasties near Callington.