St Ives

After our four day stay in Penzance and trip to Land's End we journeyed to St Ives - another seaside town in Cornwall frequented by the bucket and spade crowd. The harbour area is quite pretty though and there are lots of artisan shops to visit in the old harbour-side streets.

We probably would have enjoyed our stay in St Ives more if it wasn't for the dodgey night we spent in St Ives Backpackers Hostel - no sleep thanks to a crowded dorm room with a guy drunk from a beer festival being held in the town. This was compounded by the fact that there was only cold water in the showers on our side of the hostel so we were forced to use the showers that were situated on the other side of the hostel. We don't mean to winge but after enjoying our stay in the smaller, much friendlier and much better run Penzance Backpackers Hostel, this was a rude awakening! Thank goodness we only stayed one night. The next morning we got up early (thanks to the almost comatose drunk guy's alarm going off at 5am!) to find that no bakeries or cafes open in St Ives before 9am on a Sunday...and it was 7:30am and we were hungry!!!

Anyway, our photos are below and the town looks pretty good.







Look at the moss growing on this roof!