We've been to St Ives.....

Boy did we ever go to St Ives....

Dick and I still dream of these hot delicious Cornish scones...

spread with smooth & creamy clotted cream & luscious strawberry jam

plus the comforting hot teapot of black tea...

We enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of so many we met along the way

Just look at this lovely town...

full of people, homes, shops, bakeries, pubs, churches, theaters, boats...

an enchanting town on the water in Cornwall, England.

A wonderful pub on the water...

The boats....

Bridges...

views...

Unique house with flowers that matched the front door..gotta love that!

Just up from this house was a shop, The Porthminster Gallery 
with this adorable ceramic teapot and cup 
created by an artist named Karen Shapley

I really wanted to take these home with me, however,

the teapot was 160 pounds and the cup was 55 pounds...

that's about $340.00 ....

this picture of it will have to do..sigh.

and this one too

The Sloop Inn

Back to the Pastry Shops... ;-)

This was apple pie...served with clotted cream

Busy, busy workers....serving perfection

Many pasty shops to chose from...no time to diet!

Hard to pick just one.... so we got two!

This little pastry shop, in the picture above and below,
only allowed for one shopper at a time...

we were in line here with a very happy lady

said she had been visiting this bakery since the 50's...wow!

The many fun shops to browse.....

Cars navigate around the narrow streets with people milling around...

Churches...

The gardens....

St Ives will always stay in my heart...

Tally Ho! St Ives!!

St Just-In-Roseland

Just the most beautiful, peaceful, holy place....

"Love each other as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this,

that he lay down his life for his friends."

The walk down to the church

All of these stones are inscribed with uplifting messages of hope

"How Beautiful it is to be alive

To live - To love - To work for God

Till He sends his messenger

King Death to call us home"

"To me to live is Christ

and to die is gain

I am in a straight betwixt two

Having a desire to depart

and to be with Christ

Which is far greater "

Holy Well

St Just-In-Roseland
1261

Dick and I were in complete awe of this church,
it's grounds and it's surroundings...

We didn't want to leave, and truly hope to return again some day....

St Mawes Castle....

St Mawes Castle was built between 1539 and 1545, half way down the hillside on the eastern shore of the River Fal estuary to provide protection to the large inland expanse of water known as the Carrick Roads, near Falmouth (which is the third largest natural harbor in the world).

 
If you look closely you will see a small door in the center
with a blue jean leg sticking out...that would be Dick

It rained off and on the whole time we were at the castle
We paid it no mind....we were having so much fun discovering

This hearing devise was awesome...

you could go around the castle at your own pace.

The grounds of the castle were beautiful and so well taken care of

 
My new friend...

Fire in the hole!!

Dick really enjoyed every minute of this tour....
he checked out every nook and cranny....

 

These steps were really steep and slick....

The clover leaf design of this castle was amazing thanks to Henry the VIII
The Spanish nor the French attacked

We walked away with a sense of awe