Travel Day: St Ives Getaway

Our travel day to St Ives started very early as we wanted to give ourselves plenty of time to get down to Cornwall and also beat local rush hour traffic. The drive down was excellent with no traffic hold ups, however the weather was very changeable. Two hours in and we were facing thick clouds, mist and rain for the remainder of the journey. Even when we got to our final rest point in Truro, the rain still didn't recede much, although that didn't dampen our spirits too much whilst we indulged in a bit of retail therapy.

Due to new Covid-19 restrictions, we were not able to get into our property until 5pm, so we took a slow drive into St Ives and started our search for a car parking space. Anyone who has stayed in St Ives before will know what a headache that can be, especially if you don't want to park your car miles away from your property. Luck was in for us at the station car park as we found what we could see to be the last remaining space! For our trip we had bought a Rover parking ticket for multiple car parks around Cornwall, more details about these type of parking tickets can be found on Cornwall council's website.

Once we arrived in St Ives, the clouds parted for a while and gave us some lovely blue skies and a dry evening.

After a brief walk around the town we went to investigate our property called Mermaid Cottage. Tucked away in a small street behind the main high street, our cosy cottage is ample space for what we need for the next few days.

After making a final trip back to the car to get the rest of our bags, we took an hour or so to settle in before heading out to get some fish and chips - a must do for the first night!

We decided to get some from the The Beach Restaurant takeaway on the Wharf, which in our opinion has the best fish and chips in town. 

Some much needed R&R was needed after dinner so we called it a night fairly early to get ready for Day 2 of our travels :)