Hayle to Zennor 12

This is the view of the harbour from our large top floor bedroom

We had a lovely breakfast cooked by Anita who looked after the B&B on behalf of the owner. Then off to the bus station to catch the bus to Hayle. It was a lovely sunny day today which was lucky for me as I was only walking half way as far as St Ives having done the more difficult part to Zennor before.

Looking back to Hayle

I walked with Margaret for the first two miles then set her free to walk the rest to Zennor while I had a very leisurely day. First I had a coffee on the beach at Carbis Bay and then I had a lovely walk taking in all the beautiful beaches of St Ives before spending some time on Porthgwidden beach and having a paddle.

Carbis Bay

Porthminster Beach

There was a man here balancing stones on top of each other.

Porthmeor

Tate St Ives

The Tate Gallery is closed at the moment for refurbishment but will re-open next spring. It was about time for a cup of tea and I found a lovely little cafe, Olive's Cafe, round the back of the harbour for a cream tea. I also saw the group of Americans nearby celebrating with a bottle of champagne as they had just finished their walk. They had thoroughly enjoyed it even though they found it hard work and thought St Ives was the most beautiful place in the world!
Later I had a pasty on Smeaton's Quay and saw a seal swimming in the harbour. Margaret met up with me there when she arrived back on the bus from Zennor. Although my toes still hurt a bit and I would later lose both my big toe nails I managed to have a paddle today so it felt a bit more like a holiday.
Today was voting in the EU referendum day so of course we both had a postal vote before we came away. What would the result be? Will it be Independence Day?