Penzance and St Ives

In the end we stayed 6 days in Penzance, again waiting for favourable winds to sail to Scilly. We spent several lovely days in St. Ives, travelling there by train and enjoying the beautiful beaches. We all had a lovely time body boarding - Flora's first attempt ended in a spectacular somersault through the waves, but undaunted, she managed to continue and caught some great waves. We also visited the Tate in St Ives and admired the Alfred Wallis and Barbara Hepworth exhibits. We had a day at St Michael's Mount and also a day in Penzance - the latter a place we would definitely return to by sea.

However, throughout this week we were anxiously monitoring the weather. There was a brief 8 hour respite in the strong westerly winds and we decided to go for it, although we knew that the window was tight and a NE gale was foecast to follow right behind. Luckily the BBC forecast was spot on and we got into Hughtown in St Mary's just before the gale struck.