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St Ives

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    • Day 7

      St. Ives & Lands End

      May 9, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

      England's weather reared its head today - heavy rain and fog played havoc with our plans and meant our views of the rugged Cornish Coast and the remains of the abandoned tin mines which dot the coast were non-existent which was a real pity. Even heavier rain at Lands End, the western most point of England meant we couldn't walk to the actual lands end.

      But we were lucky, as we had gotten our visit to St. Ives in before the rain started. An old Cornish fishing village with narrow cobblestone streets and quirky shops and bakeries, it was a place we really enjoyed.
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    • Day 3

      Hilltop Chapel

      December 29, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      This beautiful chapel which is situated on promontory at St Ives.

      At the top of The Island in St Ives, surrounded on three sides by the sea, stands the medieval chapel of St Nicholas, also known as the Island Chapel (though to be pedantic, The Island is not, in fact, an island at all, but a promontory).

      It isn't clear when the chapel was built. It is entirely possible that a timber chapel stood here as early as the 5th century when the first Irish missionaries arrived in this area of Cornwall. We do know that there was a stone chapel on this site in the early medieval period and the present building can be dated to the 14th century on stylistic grounds.

      St Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors and the chapel was a focal point of worship for local sailors.

      The chapel was always the responsibility of the town authorities. It is built of granite rubble under a slate roof with gable ends.
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    • Day 2

      St. Ives erkunden

      May 1, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      In St. Ives angekommen flüchteten wir zuerst ins Thai Restaurant. Ausgehungert von der langen Zugsfahrt (natürlich hatten wir keinen Lunch dabei 🙈) genossen wir das Mittags- und Abendessen in einem.
      Übernachtung im Lifeboat Inn.
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    • Day 3

      Tate Gallery

      December 29, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art museums, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

      The name "Tate" is used also as the operating name for the corporate body, which was established by the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 as "The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery".

      The gallery was founded in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include the national collection of modern art as well as the national collection of British art, in 1932, it was renamed the Tate Gallery after sugar magnate Henry Tate of Tate & Lyle, who had laid the foundations for the collection. The Tate Gallery was housed in the current building occupied by Tate Britain, which is situated in Millbank, London. In 2000, the Tate Gallery transformed itself into the current-day Tate, which consists of a network of four museums: Tate Britain, which displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day; Tate Modern, also in London, which houses the Tate's collection of British and international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day; Tate Liverpool (founded in 1988), which has the same purpose as Tate Modern but on a smaller scale; and Tate St Ives in Cornwall (founded in 1993), which displays modern and contemporary art by artists who have connections with the area. All four museums share the Tate Collection. One of the Tate's most publicised art events is the awarding of the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain.
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    • Day 3

      St Ives (cont’d)

      December 29, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      This was the view from Porthsmour cafe which incidentally is run by an ex Aussie who has an understanding of how to make great coffee as well as offering an Australian style breakfast menu...featuring granola, hash browns, spinach, salmon, pancakes etc.
      Quite a number of surfers out in the conditions wearing thick wetsuits, gloves, booties and hoods as well.
      Cool walks all around here and would love to revisit in summer.
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    • Day 3

      St Ives (cont’d)

      December 29, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      More of beautiful St Ives which incidentally has a tide change of approximately 9 metres which is really impressive to see.
      The tide also changes quite quickly and the water temperature was about 7 degrees celsius whilst we were visiting.Read more

    • Day 2

      St Ives

      December 28, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      St Ives is a beautiful little seaside village that is renown for fishing and the Tate gallery as well as surfing at Porthmour beach which was impressive the two days we were there.

      St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia, meaning "St Ia’s cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort, notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by The Guardian newspaper. It should not be confused with St Ive, a village and civil parish in south-east Cornwall.
      The village is characterized by very small cobblestone laneways and beautiful little houses that are all squeezed together around the bay.

      The Sloop Inn is an inn in St Ives, Cornwall, England, located on the wharf. It is one of the oldest inns in Cornwall, the public house is dated to "circa 1312" although the present building was built in the 17th or 18th century. Made of granite rubble, with a slate roof, the Sloop Inn was the favourite haunt of Victorian artists including Louis Grier and many of his paintings hung there in earlier years.
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    • Day 5

      Saint Ives

      August 26, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Questa mattina partiamo alle 8,40 e torniamo in Cornovaglia. Facciamo un lungo tratto in autostrada ed arriviamo a Saint Ives, una cittadina sita in un bel golfo. Come al solito parcheggiamo la macchina in alto e scendiamo a piedi fino al porto.
      La città è più grande delle solite, ha dei bei negozietti e un porto su cui si affacciano parecchi bar e pub. Il tempo di un caffè ed un giretto e si riparte.
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    • Day 3

      Lifeboat Inn St. Ives

      May 2, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Ganze Nacht KEIN Auge zugedrückt. Hier war aber nicht das Lifeboat Inn schuld, sondern meine hochgradige Kieferhöhlentzündung. Dank dieser hatte ich weder durch die Nase, noch kaum durch den Rachen Luft. Hatte mich entschlossen mit dem Taxi in die Notaufnahme des Spitals Penzance. Alle Taxis durchtelefoniert, alle am schlafen. Spitalnotaufnahme arbeitet erst am Morgen 8:00.
      Somit verbrachte ich meine Horrornacht mehrheitlich im Badezimmer, um meine Freundin nicht aufzuwecken. Um 9:00 ging ich dann zum Doktor. Sonnenaufgang vom Hotelfenster aus.
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    • Day 3

      Auf nach St Ives

      May 15, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Um 7:45 klingelte mein Wecker und um 8:30 Uhr gingen wir unten frühstücken. Ich freute mich auf den Toast mit Ei, Avocado und weissen Bohnen, aber dummerweise hab ich nicht richtig bestellt und bekam nur Toast und Rührei, tja, Pech für die Schweiz. Irgendwie schade, dass wir den schönen Ort (Exeter) heute bereits verlassen mussten.
      Um 9:45 Uhr holte uns das Taxi ab, obwohl die Fahrt zum Exeter St. Davis Bahnhof nur ein paar Minuten dauerte, aber die an der Reception meinte, lieber zu früh. Als ich den Taxifahrer fragte, ob er viel zu tun habe, meinte er, nein es sei gerade langweilig. Tja... Die Sonne schien noch, aber kurz bevor der Zug eintraf, tröpfelte es. Heute fuhren wir übrigens zu dritt, Mr. Pringles begleitete uns netterweise. Bald fuhren wir dem Wasser entlang und kamen an die Küste. Zum ersten Mal sahen wir auf dieser Reise das Meer. Wir konnten die Küste nicht lange geniessen und bogen wieder ins Landesinnere ab. Immer wieder sahen wir grüne Wiesen mit Schafen oder Kühen. Ich liebe diesen Anblick mit Schafen, wahrscheinlich seit ich 1990 das erste Mal in England war. 🐑🙂 Kurz vor Truro sah ich das erste Windrad, bald gefolgt von einer grösseren Fläche mit Solarpanels. Sonst sieht man fast nur Grünflächen, Bäume und Büsche. Um 13:30 Uhr, nach 3 Std. Fahrt, kamen wir in St Erth, einem winzigen Bahnhof an, stiegen um und fuhren nur zwei Stationen bis St Ives. Hier schien die Sonne. Nadine bestellte ein Taxi. Es hiess, dass er in einer halben Stunde kommen würde. Deshalb kaufte Nadine zwei Kafis, während ich mit den Koffern wartete und auf den Strand runter schaute, an dem ein Fest im Gange war. Jedenfalls waren da einige Festzelte aufgestellt, irgendwo spielte eine Band und es hatte viele Leute. Die halbe Stunde war noch nicht um und schon kam das Taxi. Es fuhr uns ein wenig runter und wieder hoch zu einem grösseren Haus mit Garten. Die Gastgeber waren nicht hier, aber der Schlüssel lag bereit. Unser Zimmer war, wie konnte es anders sein, im ersten Stock. Ok, Koffer wieder hoch schleppen 😆 Das Zimmer ist typisch englisch, mit blumiger Tapete, einer Kommode, Schrank und lustigen Lampen. Da wir drei Nächte hier verbringen werden, packten wir einiges aus und gingen dann zu Fuss runter ins Zentrum von St Ives. Leider regnet es inzwischen. Ich hatte, gemäss meiner mittelprächtigen Laune, langsam Hunger. Da es ziemlich stark regnete, suchten wir nicht lange und kehrten im Sloop Inn, einem alten und urchigen Pub ein. Der Burger war leider nicht so der Hit, etwas zu fest gebraten und die Pommes trocken und dick. Dafür war der Wein ok. Dann gesellten sich auch noch zwei Päärchen an den gleichen Tisch, die schon angeheitert und vor allem laut waren. Zum Glück hatte es aufgehört zu regnen und wir konnten gemütlich durch das Städtchen schlendern. Wir werden uns alles morgen noch genauer anschauen. Hier trafen wir auch die ersten Schweizer, ein Ehepaar, das mit dem Camper unterwegs ist. Wieder im Zimmer hab ich mir ein Schwarztee gemacht und schreibe nun diese Zeilen.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    St Ives, Porth Ia, Saint Ives, سنت ایوس، کورنوال, セント・アイヴス, စိန့်အိုက်ဗ်မြို့, St. Ives i Cornwall, St. Ives, Сент-Айвс, 圣艾夫斯

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