Chris and Katy say "I Do" at the Seaside

 We were invited to Chris and Katy's wedding at the Wedding Hut, Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall.  (Postponed for three years due to Covid and two babies later they finally said I Do).

We left on Friday morning with Gemma and met Alun for lunch at The Holt, 178 High Street in Honiton. A great pitstop on the A30.  

Suddenly driving into Carbis Bay the view opened out and we were gazing down at the almost- Mediterranean shores of Carbis Bay.  Fabulous.   

We were staying at Luna Beach a luxury Carbis Bay Apartment on Boskerris Road with Alun and Gemma.  An excellent location right next door to the Carbis Bay Hotel.

Friday evening we walked along the stunning coastal path from Carbis Bay to Porthminster Beach in St. Ives.  As you leave Carbis Bay, head west, picking up the path in front of the hotel.  This is the steepest section but its paved and easy to walk along.  A gentle stroll with spectacular views over St. Ives Bay, it took us about 30mins.  We caught the train home. (£1 - 3 mins).

Once in St. Ives we met John and Julia for a delicious meal at Porthminster Kitchen.  The setting was lovely.  We had a window table looking out over the harbour.  The service was good and the food delicious. St. Ives deserves its reputation as a food-lovers destination.  Cornwall has an incredible local larder, not least its abundant seafood.

Warning:  On the way to the railway station we decided to stop for an ice cream. Watch out for the seagulls, the herring gulls are exceptional for their savagery, they attacked Gemma from behind for her ice cream and Gemma has a serious phobia about birds.  Reminded me of Daphne du Maurier's horror story "The Birds" - set in Cornwall.  And they left proof of their awful diet sprayed all over our  freshly cleaned car.

The wedding day dawned. The weather was perfect.  We started the day with a bacon buttie and a glass of bubbles on the lawn with a beautiful view. 

Wow what a wedding.  The scenery, staff, food, drink, absolutely everything was amazing.

Katy looked like a princess in her gorgeous gown and Chris was so proud.  It was the perfect venue in a breath-taking setting and with the fabulous weather to enjoy the dazzling coastline.

I even went for a paddle in sea with Julia.

On Sunday we visited Godrevy Point. We parked right out at the headland on the National Trust car park which is found by driving to the right of the first car park up a single track road, it follows the coast for a while; toilets are also located at the car park.

The beach here is stunning with great rockpools and shallow safe water for the children to swim and play in.  We walked from the beach to Godrevy Point overlooking the lighthouse. Look down into the bay and you might see seals resting on the sand like we did.

We then returned to St.  Ives.  It was ridiculously busy this time unlike Friday evening - people and cars everywhere! Way too busy to be enjoyable.  Maybe due to the fact it was a very hot sunny bank holiday weekend.  There were waaaay too many people (yes, I do realise I'm one of them).  St. Ives is cursed and confused by its raging beauty.  It used to be a fishing village, now it is a tourist resort.  Pilchards have given way to tourism as the main industry.

I suddenly remembered this nursery rhyme.

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits:  Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?

We returned to the beautiful sandy Carbis Bay.