Imagine my surprise when I turned this corner to find a West Highland cow in my path! after waiting for it to do it's thing I headed on up to the Carn Galver Engine House you can see on the left

This is the long scenic road that links where I just came from Botallack to St Ives where I'm heading, about 12 miles ride give or take

This journey was one of the most gruelling ones of the trip and this hill defeated me as I had to walk up it - the woman that just passed me was on a electric bike which was lucky for her!

On arrival in St ives I headed to the sea front and watched these waves smash against these buildings

An apt mural for the fishing town of St Ives

My camping spot up on Lower Penderleath Farm - spacious and free!

Birdies Bistro - spotted this on my way into Hayle and was a perfect stop off for brunch

A amazing 'Birdies Burger' meal and a seat overlooking the RSPB's Hayle nature reserve

A Snipe bird I spotted whilst having my brunch at Birdies

The town of Hayle was a important cog in the wheel of the Industrial Revolution

This Crimean Siege Mortar dates back to 1856

Information plaque: Crimean Siege Mortar

I've seen a few of these on my cycling trips! very handy! built by the National Cycle Network that spans the whole of England, they are usually sponsored by banks or local companies and each one has a unique design

This is Hayle Beach just outside St Ives, and as tradition has it I managed to dip my toes in the sea!

Pretty street overlooking Porthminster Beach and the harbour in the distance

A 'end of journey' selfie at St Ives just before I take the long journey back to London

St Ives train station is literally the end of the line and is also the start of my journey back home - goodbye Cornwall! it's been quite the adventure! :)

West Cornwall 2020 Fully Loaded Cycle Tour

Day Six: St Ives | West Cornwall Fully Loaded Cycle Tour (Inc. Video)

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This was my second cycle touring trip of 2020 after my ‘warm-up’ trip to Telford the month before (I say warm-up because it was my first trip out of town whilst we were dealing with the Covid crisis and was a good insight into seeing how cycle/camping worked under these conditions). I had planned to cycle around the South West Peninsula of Cornwall from Penzance to St Ives and along the coastline camping as I go.

Along the way I visited some of Cornwall’s most fascinating historic spots including the Porthcurno Museum of Global Communications formally the Porthcurno Telegraph Station, or PK, where the first international telegraph cable was brought ashore and was the World’s most important station during the late Victorian era and also Geevor Tin Mine, formerly North Levant Mine, which was operational between 1911 and 1990 and is now museum and heritage centre left as a living history of a working tin mine.

There was so much to say about this trip but as usual I’m going to let the photos tell the story and also the captions for each one and I can throughly recommend cycling/hiking around this area as there is so much history left in place to see!

Enjoy! 😀