Drive to St. Ivesto the idyllic little harbour overrun, however, very much.
The journey showed us around Redruth, Camborneto St. Ives.
The St. Ives liked the car park high over - a bus conveyer brought us to the harbour.
In St. Ives we made a walk around the harbour and the city.
All the ships in the harbour were located on the dry, it was low tide.

St. Ives

Once one of Cornwall`s major ports , the harbour is still at the centre of life in St. Ives and the oldest part of the town which surrounds it retains much of its old-world charm. This delightful maze of narrow streets and picturesque buildings has attracted artists since the 19th century and many of the ancient fishermen's houses have now been converted into studios.

After the tour we went to the Tate Gallery, was but it very disappointed was very, very modern there.

We then drank tea in a small coffee nearby the harbour.

Afterwards we drove something to the picnic from St. Ives outside.
The area called itself Rosewall and little Trevalgan of Hill and had a marvellous view of the sea and the moorland.
This area also was the National Trust under the administration.

Rosewall and Little Trevalgan Hills

For those coming from St. Ives in the east there is a moment when the road rises over the pass between the hills of Rosewall and Little Trevalgan, and the ancient landscape of the Zennor coast suddenly stretches out before you, which cannot fail to lift a flagging spirit, for its is truly one of the great views in Cornwall.
Both hills are wild and uncultivated, but Rosewall has long been grazed by hardy sheep and cattle to keep down the bracken and bramble. From the roadside car park footpaths run over both summits, with spectacular far-reaching views, and circular walks can be devised. High on Little Trevalgan Hill there is a massive granite boulder which bears a simple memorial plaque to one of the finest British painters of the twentieth century, Cornishman Peter Lanyon, who was a leading member of the St. Ives school, was only 46 when he died in a gliding accident in 1964. Of this very stretch of coastline he wrote that it'emerges out of carns and bracken, and cultivated greenland, revealing on its varied faces a sea history and a land history of men within and without.... Here, in the small stretch of headland, cove and Atlantic adventure, the most distant histories are near the surface'.
Unlike Little Travalgan, Rosewall Hill has seen a fair amount of mining activity since ancient times when the "old men" dug shallow pits to get the tin-bearing rock. There was deep mining from the end of the eighteenth century, and several small mines sprang up on the ridge and flanks of the hill, with names such as Wheal Winze, Trowan Consols, Wheal Racer, Wheal Ransom and Goole Pellas. Most of their countless shafts and dumps are now hidden by gorse and scrub, and it is wise not to stray from the paths on Rosewall Hill as not all the shafts will have been safely protected.

After the picnic we still drove a little more to the west and reached an old desert Carn Galver Mine at the Bosigran.
We did an circa 1 hour South West Coast Path walk with a lovely view on the sea and the cliffs there.

Carn Galver Walk

A wonderful overview of Porthmeor, Bosigran and Rosemergy, with their ancient field patterns, can be had from the summit of Carn Galver which can be included in a fine walk of about 1 1/2 miles. It is steep and rough underfoot in places.
From the car park by the old Carn Galver Mine buildings, turn right and go down the road for about 50 yards before turning left and following the rough track leading uphill for about 1/2 mile. This route was probably used in the past as drove road by local farmers for taking their beastst to market in Penzance. It would also have been used by miners.
Where the track levels off, continue alongside a low, grasscovered wall until abreast of the end of the rocky ridge that slices across the skyline high on the left. Turn left, and go through a gap in the low wall, the follow a narrow path leading left and uphill until the broad crest of the ridge is gained. (The highest point of Carn Galver can be reached by traversing the ridge, with care, inland.)
To regain the road, follow the path down the broadback of the ridge towards the sea, past a fine granite for then go more steeply downhill - the pack is rocky in places - to the road, turning left for the car park.

Temperature: circa 25°C - wonderful summer weather

Driven miles: 74 = 119 km