Things Cornish

[Piipriker]

St. Ives

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St. Ives 2

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St. Ives 3

[JonathanB]

St Ives - I was there last winter and found a shop selling woolen hand knitted pulllovers. That was before I began wearing kilts, but the pullovers go very well with kilts. Now to try preview. It works.

[Jock Scot]

Ahhhh memories, memories! What a smashing thread this is!

[English Bloke]

... strawberry or raspberry jam on your scone?...

Strawberry here too.

[JonathanB]

The little chapel in the bottom row of piipriker's pictures of St Ives remind me of the parking ticket I got for not displaying my ticket (which I had purchased) clearly. After correspondence with Cornwall County Council they agreed not to fine me, as long as I didn't do it again.

The chapel is just above the car park.

[Liam]

Fabulous thread!

[Roderick Powell]

Good morning English bloke,
Smashing photos. Walked from Sennen Cove to Lands End. Heard the sound of the pipes in a Marque. The piper marched out of the marque playing his pipes and stopped in front of me and saluted."very good sargent major, Stand at ease. Stand easy."
We discussed the beautiful Cornish weather and he returned to his duties.
Quite bazarre but great fun.
I was youth hostelling in cornwall in my kilt and tweed day jacket with no trousers in my kit.
We were in the old hotel over looking Lizard point. A guest said to me "You look very smart Rod , why are you wearing a kilt ?"
"The nineteen thirties photos in the book of the history of the youth hostel association show young ladies guests in their long full skirts and male guests clad in their kilts."

"I find the kilt is a delightfully comfortable and practical garment to wear and the whole traditional experience of having kilt wearing male guests in the youth hostels is a tradition worth keeping up."
The kilt is always a good opening subject for a conversation.

[McClef]

Talking of strawberries - they go very well with lashings of Cornish Clotted Cream!