Another place that the Oldies visited in 2007 was St Ives in Cornwall. They say that St Ives is one of the prettiest towns in the UK. Like many of the towns in Cornwall, it is built around a small harbour. The road into town is so narrow that tourist buses aren't allowed to drive into town. They have to stop at a parking area out of town and tourists are taken into town in small shuttle buses. The first photo was taken from this parking area. You can see the harbour and the tall tower of the church. The streets near the harbour were packed with people sunning themselves (it was a cloudless, warm day and the English grab every bit of sunshine they can get. It usually takes them around half a day to badly sunburn on Australian beaches:) What I find strange is that the harbour was almost empty of water. It is several metres deep when the tide comes in but at low tide the boats sit on the sand. At the entrance to the harbour is a small lighthouse, another one for Mum's growing collection of "lighthouses I have visited". Oh yes; there was no sign of a lot of kittens, cats, sacks and wives going or coming on the roads. The Oldies keep saying that they would like to go back and spend a few weeks driving around Cornwall and I keep encouraging them to go, provided they take me with them.
Labels: England, lighthouse
# posted by Bart Bear @ 5:54 pm
