The night before the defining moment of the Cornish Tick 2022, and I decided I’d better spend it in a hotel rather than the campervan, as I wouldn’t want my fellow travellers to the poshest place in the UK complaining about the smell. Cornwall in mid-July isn’t the best place to look for B &… Continue reading FIVE STARS IN ST. ERTH
Tag: St Ives
SOCIAL DISTANCING THRIVES, IN THE OTHER ST. IVES
Closer to home, our St Ives is now a mere 22 minutes away. I reckon it would have been twice that before the A14 upgrade. The Cornish version doesn’t want you at the moment, and I guess Huntingdonshire’s St Ives isn’t welcoming tourists, either. But there’s worse places to get your unlimited exercise, and a… Continue reading SOCIAL DISTANCING THRIVES, IN THE OTHER ST. IVES
SURVIVING ST IVES
Whatever I say about beer quality in Cornwall, it’s a wonderful county when you avoid the crowds. Gurnard’s Head gave us the coastline all to ourselves, but the walk from Carbis Bay to St Ives five miles east was clearly the designated ambling route for unfit Britons. There were some compensating views; The coast walk… Continue reading SURVIVING ST IVES
OAKHAM STARS IN ST. IVES
On those days when I’m confined to home, making a futile attempt at social niceties, I sometimes pick a shorter walk along the Cambridge Guided bus-way. The circular walk from Swavesey to St Ives is the last stretch of the busway proper, and a good 12 miler for a sunny Sunday spent avoiding the football.… Continue reading OAKHAM STARS IN ST. IVES
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