Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Giant Navy ships docked just off the beach, helicopters overhead and Joe Biden's shining 4x4 motorcade at the local Spar garage are just some of the strange sights surprising locals in Carbis Bay today.
The quiet Cornish seaside village is the unlikely host of the 2021 G7 summit - and is preparing for the arrival of seven world leaders, including the President of the United States.
Boris Johnson arrived in Cornwall this afternoon to greet his international counterparts, who will be arriving from the US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and Italy, over the next day.
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