W. Cornwall Holiday Day 2

The first full day of our holiday started off wet. Nevertheless we set off for St Ives.  We parked the car at Carbis Bay and caught the train into St Ives. (Free car parking rather than the parking fee at the official park and ride at Lelant!)  We spent the morning looking round the shops in St Ives and visiting the Tate.  The most interesting exhibit there was the balloons which we walked through - a giant ball pool with fantastic view!

In the afternoon we drove out to the Godolphin Estate.  The building is in the process of being renovated by the National Trust and the old buildings were interesting to view.

In the gardens there was a beautiful patch of wild flowers.

When we went into the small cafe for afternoon tea there was not only a lovely cake with lemon curd but beautiful table arrangements using the wild flowers.

 By this time the raining had stopped so on the way back to the holiday centre we stopped at the beach at Hayle and walked down through the dunes to the beach.

In the evening we returned to St Ives, again travelling by train, which took us to Porthminster Beach.

The train that took us to St Ives

 This time we walked around the coast from Porthminster Beach past the harbour and across the Island to Porthmeor Beach.  Unfortunately there was no spectacular sunset but the light was still good.

St Ives Harbour

The Island, St Ives