mostly due to the pandemic. And who would have ever thought that we would
get warm
sunny days for every day we were there after the awful weather in early
May around the
time of The Royal Coronation.
The highlight of the holiday was of course that trip to The Isles of
Scilly, almost 30 miles
from the Cornish mainland. But like this large post I'm forced to make a
seperate large post
for The Isles of Scilly in the next few weeks as the two subjects together would have been too large
a posting.
So I am looking forward to returning to Cornwall later on this Summer, although I won't
be expecting that Spanish type weather we had in May. But when we were there, St Ives was
simply looking spectacular like a picture postcard every day.
So, below are some new pictures as well as a few videos, although I wish
the few videos
were a bit longer as they were intentionally made for another website
which preferred shorter
videos, a platform I no longer use.
I did create a few videos while visiting the Islands. So I'll try and
post the first one at the bottom
of this page.
date on the building always fascinates me. Apparently it has
stood there since the year 1312.
It's a piece of history.
I remember a holiday here in late September once which ran into the first
week of October.
at the top of this cobbled road that I stayed in during my first ever
visit to Cornwall.
The cottage was originally a Bed & Breakfast establishment but is now
a self catering
the cottage excitedly even before breakfast or washing. Guess I was
keen to check out the views
of the nearby Porthmeor Beach. Also I was pleased to see lots of pink
wild sea thrift
which always carpets the coastline during May. It's something I miss
out on
up view of Godrevy Lighthouse. And it was my first close visit to the
Lighthouse. And to get to
camera tripod. But of course I forgot to film the actual sunset. Still it
was entertaining watching
a couple of boys splashing about in the waves while chilling out on a
beach rug watching nature's show.
Above and below is the cottage we stayed in while in St Ives. And a perfectly comfy place it was.
The best thing about it was that it was just a short distance to
Porthmeor Beach. But the only
drawback was that it was a slight distance from the main town
supermarket. Of course it
allowed us to pop out of the front door each evening to check out the the
sunsets every night.
In fact you soon notice the evening ritual of holidaymakers and locals
heading for the sunset
show on Porthmeor Beach with cameras at the ready anticipating a new
instagram post.
The main living room, kitchen and bathroom was all on the sunken lower
ground floor while the two
bedrooms were upstairs along with the main front door entrance on the
ground floor,
so I guess you could say that it was a bungalow style cottage.
Of course this wasn't our usual holiday accommodation, our regular place
got sold. But we're looking
forward to staying in a new property right in the center of town just
feet away from the main
edge of Porthmeor Beach. Well back in 2018 it was put on the
property market and it was
sold at an auction to a couple who paid over a £million pounds for it,
eventually
knocking it down only to build a luxury property in it's place.
Well it would seem that the house with it's spectacular views over
Porthmeor Beach has now
become a holiday let in St Ives, having looked up online information on
the property
after seeing a sales plaque on the front of the house. Apparently it's
fully booked up
until Sat 2nd of September. But to book from Saturday the 2nd to the
following Saturday the 9th,
then it will cost for that one week alone a gobsmacking £8,119.
And by the end of September the weekly fee goes down to around £4,000 a
week.
And so if you'd like to see the amazing interior shots inside the house
then click on the
link below. The views are quite spectacular. And I was pleased that they
kept the
original name of the property, Sunset House.
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