We drove to St. Ives today and on the way detoured to visit Newlyn and Mousehole.

Wandering around we found a plaque with a story indicating there was no love lost between Newlyn and Penzance. In 1937 the Penzance Town Council started to clear the houses from Newlyn for a redevelopment. A group from Newlyn left by sea to petition Westminster to have it stopped. However it was only stopped by the advent of WWII. The town is now a conservation area and justifiably so.

Newlyn is a working port - mainly fishing. There are lots of fish shops and we will be buying some but not today. There are also a number of galleries and touristy shops as well as cafes etc.

As we had already parked the car we thought we would walk around the coast to Mousehole as it is sometimes difficult to find parking in small villages. The walk was a bit longer than we expected although pleasant enough. As we approached Mousehole we came across lots of parking on the way so could have driven but then we would have missed the allotments alongside the road with their quirky scarecrows and garden ornaments. Nothing wrong with the exercise although it almost made us late arriving in St. Ives

Our rental in St. Ives is called Lighthouse Watch. A million steps up to the rental (the name of it should have warned us of this) but a nice unit with a great view of the town and harbour. We plan to stay here for a week and use it as a base to see some surrounding area.