So did I but couldn't afford it so North Wales was the next best thing. Almost the same weather (warm but wet), natives just as unfriendly and unhelpful (except when taking your money) miles of sandy beaches available to residents all year round and easier to get to London (or almost anywhere else) than it is from Cornwall. Unlike Cornwall .... N Wales also has mountains to compliment the heather covered moorland. From my back windows I can see the Sea and the Wirral, from the front I can see Snowdonia.
As Phil and Kirsty would say "It ticked all the boxes and was under budget".
An unexpected and pleasing bonus was I found Mr Nick and family living close by.