Our first full day in Hayle and we started it with a nice lie in. Then we had a nice fry up for breakfast and planned the rest of the day. As it turned out that meant just chilling out without a thought of work, household chores, and best of all the Internet. Having no Internet, we had to rely on the Freeview television set to find out what was happening in the world. This was obviously the Swine Flu and more locally the tragic story of three people who went missing when a car got carried away in a local stream that turned into a torrent the early hours of Saturday morning between Zennor and St Ives. These two pieces of news were headlines all week.
A little after we had our second cup of tea there was a knock at the door. A German guest from one of the other chalets had no electricity. He hadn't realised that he needed to put £1 coins in a meter. I showed him how, then gave a message to self to pick up plenty of coins so that we didn't run out either.
I won't go into all the ins and outs. However, between getting up and lunch we both had a walk along the beach. In my case, the memories came flooding back from my childhood as I walked along the sand and along the cliff tops. Dawn went out for a walk when I got back and went a different way. Mainly because she missed the path up to the cliffs. However, it did give her a chance to see some more of the beach.
We headed out towards St Ives after lunch, but when we reached downtown Hayle the traffic was gridlocked. So it was back to the Co-0p for some groceries and then to the chalet. We weren't too disappointed, as it gave us a chance to rest a little more and unwind. Dinner was Shrimp Creole which went down really good before we chilled out watching the BAFTA awards. However, not before I had been out again to get some photos of the beach and cliffs with the tide in.
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