"You can't say that, in St Ives!" Is it worth visiting St Ives? A historical Town walk, Cornwall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2020
- NB: We filmed this walk prior to the lockdown rules coming into force.
Follow us as we use a Bob Acton walking guide to explore St Ives!
Bob Acton was a local author writing detailed history books, mostly focussed on Cornish Mining. This walk tells us all about history of St Ives, dusted with details that we have been guilty of walking past without a second thought - do you know where they used to dye cloth in St Ives?
A beautiful sunny spring day is the backdrop for our stroll through the narrow, winding streets, visiting Porthmeor Beach and St Nicholas Chapel. Busy and bustling, even out of season, St Ives is a wonderful place to visit.
NB: We have had a lot of comments pulling us up on the way I pronounced 'Digey'. This has lead to some 'ugly' comments which we have deleted. We are both Cornish and since making videos for our channel, we have discovered that simply 'being Cornish' does not mean that you are able to correctly pronounce every place name or street name in Cornwall, only that you are better equipped than most to have a good stab at it. We apologise for any mispronunciation and would appreciate a little tolerance and no more ugly comments. Many thanks Sarah
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Greetings from California. I bumped into this last night. What a beautiful area and scenery. I was near the Brighton area about a year ago. And you do artwork and baking too. How wonderful. Very nice. Stay well.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your lovely comment! Sarah :)
Proper job as always. Many thanks.
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)
Thank you again for your video It helps to get through the monotony of this awful time Keep safe and keep up the good work you two are such a blessing to take us to places we can’t visit anymore Bless you
Glad to help, we enjoy making our little videos and so glad it helps you! Sarah :)
You always uplift us as you go along . Xx Thank you for showing me the best of our beloved Cornwall. Xx
Liked before watching! You guys never fail to bring the magic of Cornwall to our screens x
Cheers! Glad you are looking forward to our videos! Sarah :)
Assalamualikum, dear zabeer , sarah makes an amazing videos
I live in St Ives and I have lived there my entire life. It is beautiful and I wouldn't change a thing.
You are so lucky. Xx as you probably know.
Arrrrr, I’ve just subscribed to you guys. Very much looking forward to my first visit to Cornwall in September. I shall not bother to visit St. Ives though, I don’t want a parking ticket. Sorry you got stung with that.
Have lived in st ives for 5 years ...and haven't been into town for 8 weeks ....miss it so much ...thanks for the video....xxx
You’re welcome 😊We are to the coast but not close enough to avoid a car journey so missing the sea!! Sarah :)
A wonderful hike to secret places in Cornwall. This hike is a must on your next vacation. The rating of 10/10 is not correct it is 15/10. stay healthy. Kind Regarts Günter.
If I don’t manage to get to St Ives this year, because of ‘you know what’ - this is the next best thing, thank you.
Fabulous - thank you! Sarah :)
Another brilliant video by Sarah and Andrew.
Thanks Sarah :)
With family living and working in St.Ives I can enjoy the delights of this wonderful place frequently.Your video provides a delightful diversion during the lock-down period,thank you.
Our pleasure! Thank you, Sarah :)
Hello again, Sarah and Andrew! A wonderful look around the town I know and love well. I have a signed copy of Mr Acton's 'A View From Trencrom' which I picked up in a charity shop about a year ago, and an unsigned copy of his 'A View From Carn Brea'. I am sorry he is no longer with us.
Sounds great! Still watching, dipping your toe in! Lovely to hear from you, Sarah :)
Loved Sarah's "Dieing Dyeing" impression. Made me laugh 😂
Thanks! Sarah :)
Enjoyed this video...been to St Ives in 1987 ...so many happy memories of this place ... great job u two .
Glad you enjoyed it and keep watching! Sarah :)
Beautiful. We hope to come here next year. We're in the process of moving at the moment.Roughly every 2 years we come to Cornwall. Nice being reminded of it. I love the sound of the seagulls!
Love Bob Acton i have many of my Dad's books glad to see it here! The Digey is pronounced " The Die-gee😊 as a native it's amazing how many different versions i've heard! Also you walked right past the famous dance hall opposite Barbara Hepworth house, it still has the same public looking frontage and was said to have the best sprung floor in the west! Then it became a storage place for Barbara Hepworth's sculptures, guess what it is now.... Flats... Please visitors and second home owners stay away, until the pandemic is truly over then St Ives will welcome you back. Thank you.
We have found that you can travel less than 20 miles away from your 'local' area and the accents and pronunciations are totally different! A wealth of info - thanks for sharing! Sarah :)
Always enjoy seeing old towns in UK 🇬🇧!!! It’s amazing how much history they have!!! Thanks for sharing
Our pleasure! Our towns are stacked with history that even we don't realise is there and these old books are great as a source! Sarah :)
Thoroughly enjoyed your walk around St Ives. It is my favourite town in Cornwall and we spent three days there enjoying all those quaint back streets you showed so effectively. You also showed me many quaint places we missed when we were there. Thank you so much. Sorry about the parking ticket! Keep safe.
Beautiful place, a bit special! Sarah :)
Keep up the good work 😁
Hi just subscribed loving your vids. We can't get enough of Cornwall and are very envious you have lived there all your life. Brightened up our day during lockdown thanks
Thanks for the sub! and I hope you keep watching! Sarah :)
we have been done out of our St Ives holiday this year, covid, so thank you for the trip.
Our pleasure! I hope you get back to St Ives soon. You may enjoy our virtual walk, its been very popular! th-cam.com/video/PoDCErezRHM/w-d-xo.html Sarah :)
AWW NO!!!!!!!What a shame, you had a parking ticket entertaining us all in lockdown. FANTASTIC bit of filming, having lived in Cornwall all my life the things that I did’t know about St Ives. A most enjoyable film with a backdrop you can’t fail with. 10/10 to you both. & THANK YOU
Glad you enjoyed, Sarah :)
Assalamualikum(means peace be to you) , dear friend sarah, thank you for making nice video. Keep up the good work
Absolutely love your channel. You really capture the feel of every place you visit. Perfect filming and information sharing, plus your joint humour is an added bonus. Well done keep up the excellent work with your channel 🌞
Thank you very much! Sarah :)
A delightful walk around,looks tranquil and spectacular.
Loved your walk around St Ives Did not make it there on my last trip so will have to come back again Have not been there since I was a child
Beautiful place! We really enjoyed our walk! Sarah :)
I was in St Ives that weekend and then moved on to Padstow midweek. It was a bit surreal as we knew that the Corona virus was taking hold. I have being visiting St Ives since 1976 and it has suffered change far less then many places. I do miss The Hobblers restaurant that used to be on the Harbourside though. Parking just gets worse and they have now moved the park and ride to St Earth. Your video is great and I agree with you about the Barbara Hepworth sculptures Andrew, sorry. The Newlyn school of impressionism is more my thing. I love Fore Street and the Harbour, I love it all really. Keep up the good work and thanks.
Lovely place to wander, winter or summer! Sarah :)
Очаровательный городок Сент-Айвс! Скульптуры Барбары Хепворт великолепны! Мне очень нравится, с какой любовью вы рассказывает о своей малой родине, Корнуоле. Спасибо вам, это так сейчас облегчает нам жизнь, в период самоизоляции
Great stuff. So Glad you managed to Bank a couple of Episodes its keeping me dreaming of Cornwall and Sane!! Thank You.
Our pleasure! We have a few more... Sarah :)
Great video of beautiful St Ives. I got lost at exactly the same place! Must be a problem with the directions, but as you know I'm a big Bob Acton fan, he takes you to places other walk books don't. In the same book there's a fantastic walk round Hayle, which I'd always thought of as not a particularly attractive town, but his walks really bring such places to life! Many thanks.
Thanks for the info about Hayle walk - Hayle is so close but so far away! I think we will do more from this book in due course! We really enjoyed the walk around St Ives, Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew another most enjoyable video in an area of Cornwall I’ve been to a few times before but not for nearly 20 years now so it’s going to be one for my bucket list I’m sorry you got a parking ticket though thank you for sharing your walk with us atb Glenn
Glad you enjoyed it and one to keep on the bucket list! Sarah :)
Marvelous!
Enjoyed that. Thank you.
Great informative video.
I love St Ives and been quite a few times.
Wish I had heard of that book as I would have done the same as you both.
Just a tip for family's with kids (or adults that are kids).
I had to pause this video at 2:52 for that gorgeous view of St Ives, but if you look at the right hand side, just past the lighthouse and you can see a rock sticking out of the sea?
Well between the lighthouse and that rock are some fantastic rock pools with loads of life in them to look at when the tide is out.
I found them at the end of my holiday and I can't wait to go back and explore them further.
So Great video and loads of things I never knew.
The first time we stayed there was in a street called Teetotal Street which I think they had to rename after we stayed there 🤣 🤣 🤣 .
Teetotal Street - conjures up all sorts of images! Sarah :)
Oh sorry you got a ticket in pursuit of exploring St Ives. Thanks for an historic tour of the town. Weird to see it busy and this only filmed 7 weeks ago.
I thought it looked different with people - have I got used to seeing everywhere empty already! Sarah :)
Another great video, cheered me up no end, 'just the ticket' lol
oh no! LOL! Sarah :)
How annoying that you got a ticket!🙈thanks for the video, always enjoy watching them, even more so at the moment! Stay safe!
Thanks so much!! Sarah :)
Brilliant Video...Thanks..Look fwd to many more..we try get down there every year. It's the Jewel in the Crown for sure.
We have family who live in Draycot Terrace Overlooks the Pier from where it sits. Johnny & Sharon.
Andrew is so naughty - 'a load of rubbish'! Lovely video packed with information and history, and the light and colour of St Ives was amazing as usual. Bad luck about the parking ticket though! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it - we had a great day out and seems so long ago now! Beautiful and special place! Sarah :)
Very enjoyable! Sorry u got a fine, if ur having fun time passes so fast & stressful 2 worry about a costly deadline. So much better if u could pay when u leave the car parks. No rushing then. Great video, looking fwd 2 seeing more!
St Ives is my favourite place in Cornwall - thanks for this 🥰. They didn’t waste time giving that parking ticket 😅. Really enjoy your videos.
Glad you enjoyed it and yes, they seem to like giving out parking tickets! Sarah :)
Lovely, thank you
We have so many family photographs taken by the Barbara Hepworth sculpture on The Malakoff.
😂😂😂😂😂 when Andrew saw the penalty tag. Such a pretty place. The little lanes and sea.
Saw you both on video on Hayle sand . Years ago now the council took lots of sand off the beach there for building etc. I wanted to see old chalets on towans. I was horrified when you came to the sign that said 7400 or more STEPS ??? When we were in Hayle as kids we just went down a sandy slope to the beach. Xx
@CornishWalkingTrails I love these videos 🙌😊
Thank you! Sarah :)
A windy day in St Ives .... I didn't expect it to be such a big city! You walked past a huge pile of creels near the end, so St Ives must have a considerable lobster fishing fleet. Did you taste one of the cute beasts? ;-)
Crab and lobster are local delicacies, usually served in the local restaurants, Sarah :)
Thanks for a fun tour of St. Ives! Its so nice when you go there. Too bad about the ticket though. Stay safe!
Thanks for watching! It's a special place to visit, love it! Sarah :)
Rather appropriate sign as you came out of the Parish Church Sarah.....a shop called Heavenly!! I think what Andrew was heard to mutter after finding the parking ticket, was a little less than heavenly though! I do sympathise, we have run out of time in car parks in the past too! It just makes the walk a bit costly :-(( Worth it for seeing another side to St. Ives around the back streets. Hope you have a few more vids stored up for the next few weeks to put on line. As always, keep safe. xx J xx
We have a few more, hopefully we will be released soon! We are getting a bit of cabin fever and would love to visit St Ives ourselves. Sarah :)
That was really well done. I thought it was going to be cheesy but it was really nice. Thank you. I now must see St. Ives. Can you elaborate on the title of the book. I checked eBay and Amazon but without the exact title - cannot locate it. Cheers and many thanks indeed.
You were lucky to get a station car parking space. We use stennack car park. Love st ives ... we try and go at least once a year .... hope to this year. Thank you for sharing your visit. Ps if you pay for parking online you can add time on so you dont have to rush back. Oh no ticket!
Great video Sarah and Andrew, mega watching. Bri and frei east Yorkshire.
Great vid, very imformative just had to subscribe!
Fabulous walk around My town love it.. Iv had parking penalties as well
I wish I lived round there. Beautiful.😀
You and me both! Just imagine waking up to those views every day ... Sarah :)
A few years ago I was working in a shop on Fore St in St Ives when this posh London family came in and asked what life was really like living in St Ives because they were planning on moving down. I looked at them straight in the face and said "Drink and drugs!" They laughed, thinking I was joking. When they realised I wasn't, they said "But it doesn't say anything about that in the brochures!"
Its wonderful that people who work hard and pay extortionate prices should experience all the good of St Ives, but its such a different world when you live there. Most crimes don't get reported because the Police want to keep crime figures low to keep attracting the wealthy second home owner market.
Common to most places, just in differing levels! The Cornish Tourist Board does an impressive job, promoting the idyllic side of Cornwall, maybe glossing over the less desirable side - have you seen 'Bait'? Sarah :)
Thats so true. Looks beautiful but has the same problems as any other town, but tourists don't think about that, they think its safe.
Thanks for this video. We should’ve been in St Ives this week. Sadly, we’re not! 😕
Oh no! Sorry to hear that, but St Ives will still be there for another trip, Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails You walked past the place that we stay at on your way to the Island. Going next year instead. :-)
Great wander around. Just thought I’d watch again :) Shame about the ticket !
Cornwall is beautiful
Brilliant...as always..
Even your seagulls sound better than ours at Cleveleys. ..
Spoils your day a bit to get a ticket😭😭..xx
We still had a great day and the video shows that we were happy until that point! Sarah :)
Thank you for taking me back to beautiful St. Ives. Thank you! I have stayed there 4 times for several nights at the time. But it takes time to explore and, you show me a lot of new streets and details, and I love that you give so many facts about what you see. I have also understood earlier, to my great dismay, that Norway doesn't have a square there at all ;-) It is just lazy pronunciation by the St. Ivians (or what they are called...) :-) I was a bit extra intrigued by the book title, as I have "climbed" Trencrom Hill on our way along St. Michael's Way from Marazion to St. Ives. We saw both sides of the peninsula West Penwith from there. I actually have both Godrevy Lighthouse and St. Michael's Mount on the same photo ;-)
Hi Torunn, beautiful place with lots of interesting back streets that we find it was really easy to get lost in! Shame about Norway, but typical of the lazy Cornish! Trencrom is definitely on the list to do - we will keep walking until we run out of walks!! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails I guess that will never happen, that you run out of walks :-)
Staying in Carbis Bay - love St Ives - very sophisticated
Hi Sarah and Andrew@ just thought you'd like to know that book by Bob Acton now sells for $851 on amazon here in America! Only one left! xx. Danny
Oh Blimey! Really! That's bonkers! Well perhaps we had better look after the copies we have got! We have a lot of Bob Acton books, with various titles. Sarah :)
Another brilliant video from you both! Even though I have been visiting St Ives since I was a kid, I saw more of it in your video than I ever did in all the years I have been visiting the place! ( and that is more than 50! ) A question for you:- Do you know what happened to the fish and chip restaurant that was along The Wharf a hundred yards from the Sloop Inn? - I used to go up some stairs inside the entrance to get into it. The restaurant part was on the second floor. It had approx 15 tables, and about 6 of them were by the window, which gave magnificent views across the harbour and bay. The last time I was in it was a few years ago, and fresh cod and chips was around £6 which included bread and a cup of tea. I think it was called "The Kingfisher" not sure. When I was in St Ives in March I was looking for it, but in the area where I thought it was there is now a posh fish and chips restaurant which is expensive. The fish and chips was nice, but half the portion size of The Kingfisher, and twice as expensive! I wish they would not change everything in St Ives trying to go "upmarket". I preferred it the way it was, with affordable things for the locals as well as the tourists. I used to laugh at some of the street names in St Ives as a teenager. Virgin Street and Court Cocking were 2 of them. And also Sarah, don't take any notice of ugly comments that some idiots might post. How anyone could moan about your videos about such a beautiful place is beyond me. Social media like Facebook and Twitter are full of people attacking everyone, and now it has spread it's virus onto TH-cam! I even had nasty comments on my little TH-cam channel as well which I deleted. Much love to you both, keep calm and carry on making your great videos!! Bob :) x x x
Enjoyed your video. I was born in St Ives but like a lot of people had to leave to get a good job. It's a pity that most of the houses shown in your video are now holiday lets or second homes.
Like you and many of our school friends, we should have left and done that 'better job' tactic, instead we've battled through! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Hi Sarah, even after over 50 years away I still refer to St. Ives as home, must be a Cornish thing.
Wonderful video. I can hear that it is windy but I am curious what the actual temperature was...do you recall?
That's difficult to say! I always find these comments a bout temp difficult to answer. Filmed at the beginning of March so probably between 9-13 degrees C, but that's a guess! Google may give you a better average temperature range, Sarah :)
not you roasting Barbara 🙊🙊 she was an amazing artist!
So what did Andrew say when he spotted the parking fine...'oh, bother'? 😉
Just as a matter of intrest, what part of Cornwall are you from? Keep the videos coming, they brighten my days,thank you.
Thank you I am so glad we brighten your day! Sarah :)
I think every st ives local creased at least ten times during this
Cool! Sarah :)
Those wardens are pretty quick in St. Ives. The only thing quicker are the gulls nicking your chips. People , you have been warned!!!!
Perhaps they should be dressed as seagulls?!? Sarah :)
Another great video👍although I think that it was a really bad idea for that church to use gravestones as a walk path👎that is very disrespectful to those dead people!
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Remember Sarah, when a girl gets used to attention it's like a runaway train!! Be happy, enjoy the Nature.
great film that guys weird seeing people mingling in shops boo about the parkin ticket drat
I know! The parking ticket was not good! Sarah :)
Very nice video well shot, what camera are you guys using.? Thanks for posting.
Details are in the description, Sarah :)
The presenter Sarah was excellent....very photogenic, interesting and funny. Actually the most important parts of SI were missed; not your fault Sarah; just not mentioned in that book you had. You'll have fun finding out what they are. How do I know? I lived in St Ives for decades and wrote a book on the HMS Wave incident in 1952......one of the things you guys missed!
But hey.............I liked this video, is all!
Thanks for your comment! We love our old Bob Acton books; there was plenty of info in there that we didn't add to the video. Andrew was aware of the HMS Wave but not sure if it is mentioned in the Acton book. Sarah :)
What was the Cornish word Andrew said when he seen he had a ticket ? But a lovely film, thank you both and stay safe.
Well it wasn't 'bother!' Sarah :)
YOU CAN'T SAY THAAAAAT
very cheeky
I know! Can't take him anywhere! Sarah :)
Sarah where did you get your lovely wooly bobble hat from, do you know? Thank you 🌞
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I live in Austraila .It looks like a nice place .Sherpa the famous husky Dog lives there.💕💕💕🆒🆒👋👋🐶🐶🐶
Had a flat above bumbles cafe for 3 years
Wow! I bet that was a great 3 years! Sarah :)
Taxi driver in Bodmin told me a few months back that some people who visit Cornwall are a joke. He says they come down once a year on holiday, then act like they know everything and everyone as if they were locals. Embarrassing really. All these dreamers who cant afford to move there.
As a local, we couldn't afford our own house these days!! We count ourselves lucky, Sarah :)
Yes a parking ticket that everyone is talking about
this video make me laughed
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Hi Sarah! Are you a good cook? If you are, then please do a video on making pasties. Many thanks for this video.
I am! I am actually making them today! Would you believe that! We are just laying out the ingredients... Sarah LOL!
Once all else is forgotten concerning life in the pandemic, we will be left with annoying disclaimers like that heading this video.
Actually, the disclaimer was placed at the front so that I can remove it by trimming the video when all of this is over. Unfortunately, we are threatened by viewers with being reported without it at the moment. It seems we are caught between a rock and a hard place, Sarah
@@CornishWalkingTrails : I didn't know it was possible to edit previously published videos so I'm going to have to eat humble pie on that one.
Some people, haven't they heard of "innocent until proven guilty"?
@@ccityplanner1217 Absolutely no problem! I hope you maybe enjoy one or two of our other videos - disclaimers aside! Sarah :)