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The bay to watch

This is a useful article from the Telegraph, summarising some of the attractions of St Ives.

If everyone had an ocean

Finally the Tate in St Ives has a must see exhibition. Based around the Beachboys genius Brian Wilson here is art which reflects the area (in an odd sort of way). Well worth a visit - and the cafe is good too.

UPDATE - The Guardian has a good review of the exhibition here with lots of images of the art. Almost as good as being there - except you can't see Portmeor out of the window.

Blas Burger

Another excellent week in St Ives and I found the name of the burger place I mentioned - Blas Burger.

It is really excellent - we had take away from there the first night and went back for a meal there a couple of days later. Great food, really nice people and a good atmosphere - described well in this post I came across when looking for their website.

Dream Destination

I saw this posting on a blog I read for work and it summed up well just why St Ives is special.

He is particularly focused on food;

There are plenty of places to eat there, and some are amazing, but they either fall into the expensive and complicated camp (you know, pan fried this and that drizzled with a balsamic reduction) or into the fast food camp. Don't get me wrong, both are great, but I'd love to do something different.

We love the food there too - our best meals last year were at;

• Fifteen -  a bit of a drive to Newquay but well worth it
• Porthminster Beach Cafe - a friends birthday and a fantastic evening
• St Andrews Street bistro - quite new but already a firm favourite of the locals - and of Rick Stein
• and a fantastic little burger place that had just opened almost next to St Andrews Street bistro. Can't remember the name but we're there next week so will get the details.