Didn’t complete the post yesterday for a few reasons: we have a rest day today in St Ives and so we took the time yesterday afternoon to catch up on (hand) washing and to actually have a look around this lovely town.
We had a lovely walk yesterday, at first into the strong breeze along the road out of Hayle but the rest of the morning on the leeward side of the headland as we passed Porth Kidney Sands, Carbis Bay and Porthminster beach before getting to St Ives just after noon. Right at the headland was a church, St Uny, that people are trying to promote as a Camino to St Michael’s Mount and onward to the Camino Inglès!
The forecast was for little to no rain but we got hit by a fairly strong downpour between Porth Kidney and Carbis Bay and we were fortunate to miss another as we stopped for a coffee. I think I’ve worked out the correct interpretation for met office forecasts:
Fair: it’s going to rain but the might be some sunshine in between showers
Showers: it’s going to rain all day
Rain: start building an ark!
To be fair, we are walking south west into the prevailing westerly along the coast of the North Atlantic so we’re going to cop anything that’s out there. I bought some new water resistant walking pants, so the weather should ease up😀
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