Cornwall 4 stops fortnight No3: St Ives

We stayed at Polmanter park for 3 or 4 nights and were very impressed with St Ives. It has 4 lovely beaches, lots of galleries and great places to eat. The weather was showery and we had one terrible storm one afternoon and we had to take shelter in the conservatory next to the pool. It was still windy - in fact it just blew for the whole fortnight. We think we might have found the holy grail of pasties - Pengenna traditional. They are gorgeous. Much better than Anne's pasties on Lizard that people seem to rave about.

Gordon and I took the open top red double decker tourist coastal bus to Marazion. We'd been there twice before but never when the tide was out. So at long last I got to visit St Michael's Mount.

Spot the difference - hint: it has wings and is heading straight for me! Click to see a bigger version of these pics.