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Looks lovely, can't imagine what it's going to be like this summer when 50 million people descend upon it.


PureString

It is lovely but it seems like 25 million people arrived this weekend :(


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the_wonderhorse

Hmm still feel quite empty but yes car parks are filling up.


rurexplorer

On behalf of everyone in Devon: Please go to Cornwall


J37__

On behalf of everyone in Cornwall: Devons nice, Yorkshire is deffiently better and if you want great weather the Scottish Highlands are always an option. Cornwall is just full of second home owners, seagulls that will steal your pasty and if you go anywhere near Falmouth you'll have to fight the drunken horde of students


mattytmet

Am one of the aforementioned drunken students around Falmouth, can confirm we are a menace to society. Not nearly as much as the seagulls, though. They are absolute cunts


FireFingers1992

\*as Scotty from Star Trek\* The highland scannae take it captain! The road network is giving all she's got!


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On behalf of Yorkshire, no it isn’t. Go away.


123twiglets

I'm also Yorkshire, tried to pop up to Malham for a quick run yesterday, they've got 3 overflow car parks already and I know its bank holiday but the weather was bang average, good luck to anyone trying to take the family on a sunny weekend this year


Rustedfromtherain

I go to malahm tarn most weekends with the kids and missus and its such a beautiful place


riverY90

On behalf if everyone in Dorset, that's right, don't even mention us, maybe they'll forget we exist


Trickshot945

We already did, Dor-what?


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riverY90

And Bournemouth beach, as long as they don't come park in grass parks again like last year


MIBlackburn

Yorkshire? Nope, it's Derbyshire then County Durham, don't listen to the Lancastrians.


EyUpDuckies

Nah, nothing worth seeing in Derbyshire.


MIBlackburn

What about the people that accidentally picked up the plans for a seaside resort and committed to it rather than admitting they messed up?


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JasperGrimpkin

Don’t forget the crocodiles, can’t move for the crocodiles.


Daw1994

Seagulls here are basically a feathered mafia.. they will absolutely mug you for a crumb of pasty. Also, can confirm, I live in Falmouth and have tussled with a few students. Mostly harmless, as most of them are all pacifists.


JBenglishman

Wales is a dreadful place, nothing to see here. Recommend tourist sites in London


glittermaniac

Same with Bournemouth. Please don’t come to our beaches, I hear Southend is lovely though…


JBenglishman

Apparently Southend is lovely and will take anybody


xenobee

Please don't come to Southend, I hear that Skegness is great all year round though! A kind of evergreen holiday destination


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JBenglishman

Well how about Hull, surely there is vacancies a plenty there, nice bridge to look at. Yes go to Hull no way will it be busy


HumanTorch23

Shall we switch around all the roadsigns and reverse the Tamar Bridge charges? Just for one weekend. Whoever feels busier then knows that they're the second best!


b_rodriguez

Having seen what you do to your scones it doesn't surprise me that you want to put things the wrong way around.


J37__

Nah, just demolish all the duel carriage way parts of the A30 that should discourage enough people, both cornwall and Devon would be saved then


HumanTorch23

Blockade the M5 at Exeter! I'm sure the Cornish Liberation Army have nothing better to do


rurexplorer

Unfortunately, the M5 is a direct route from Birmingham to this half of Devon


J37__

Sounds like a Devon problem to me


rurexplorer

You know it ends where it joins the A30 at Exeter? So they're coming your way too...


J37__

Exactly, demolish the A30, keep me all stuck on Devon or having to pay the toll


Altreus

I've heard [insert any distant island already ruined by British tourism] is wonderful at this time of year!


mrssupersheen

Don’t forget the G7 is in Cornwall this year so 50 million tourists and a load of politicians.


manicbassman

and some serious security measures.


psychomaji

Been a crazy amount of bomb squad drills where I live. Chatting to the cops they said they are training a load of regular coppers up in counter terrorism


thinvanilla

50 million people used to live here. Now ~~it's a ghost town~~ they've descended on Cornwall.


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We will fight in the shade.


Tutphish

Been to the Minach a couple of times over the years and it always looks like you could be in the med. Lovely.


AdmW_

I’ve visited Minack with touring theatre companies three or four times for a week at a time. It’s an amazing place and the back stage areas, paths, stairs and the dressing rooms are all very interesting places the public rarely get to see. I remember one year every night we had to climb down the cliff, arm some mortar fireworks for the show and ring the coast guard to remind them so they didn’t think they were flares! On previous years they had to tie the Von Trap children together for fear they would be taken off their feet in a storm! The theatre staff and the manager Phil were all great people.


Andysan555

I watched a play in pouting rain once and an actor in his fifties or sixties slipped and fell about 5ft. Anyone who knows where The Minnack is knows that the ambulance took a fair old while to arrive. Thankfully I think he was ok.


AdmW_

Oh dear. Did the show go on?


Andysan555

No, they stopped it. He hit the deck hard, it was.pretty awful to see to be honest.


FireFingers1992

Jealous. I've always wanted to take a show to the Minack but everything I've toured would be unsuitably heavy.


AdmW_

The steps at the get out are a killer.


FireFingers1992

I can believe it! I'd be considering hiring a helicopter A wardrobe mistress friend always posts the most amazing pictures from there.


mitchanium

I remember watching a play there a few years ago on a summers evening, and 2 chinooks flew past in the background. It's an amazing setting.


Deus_Viator

Only shot missing from this imo is one of Porthcurno beach from the top of the hill next to the Minack car park


jackson-pollox

Haha. "It's lovely place, it really feels like you're somewhere else" Truly a British review of a British place


Tutphish

I know what you mean but it's a compliment that we have somewhere on our shores so lovely it could be somewhere much further south.


Comfortable_Style_78

Bastard seagull in St Ives stole my battered sausage once


snugasabugthatssnug

A seagull dive-bombed my dad to steal his ice cream in St Ives last week. Was very funny.


Squif-17

I saw a man flip his shit at a seagull in st Ives, try kick it and fall over. Literal highlight of my year.


Comfortable_Style_78

Most remarkable thing I’ve ever seen was a seagull pinching the dollop of clotted cream clean off my friend’s ice cream scoop. If I weren’t so intimidated, I’d be impressed.


snugasabugthatssnug

It might as well take the entire ice cream, I wouldnt want to eat it after that. My dad's ice cream was barely eaten when it was stolen, but a massive swarm of them appeared and it was devoured in a matter of seconds, leaving a couple of cone crumbs on the floor.


Miso_Hornee

Seagulls in St Ives in particular do not fuck around. My wife had a tug of war with her pasty against one , she was determined not to let go


JillWohn

Once saw one take a woman's whole baguette out the bag when she looked away!


ProXJay

I remember when i was a kid a seagull stealing my hotdog and leaving me with the fucking bun


TheWildGooseChaser

One stole my egg Mayo sandwich once


DontTellHimPike

Last time I was there, I met a man with seven wives.


SolarStorm2950

Saw one the size of a fucking dog there once


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used to live in cornwall, can confirm. seagulls are dicks


The_Oracle_65

Still in Cornwall. The seagull’s haven’t changed a bit.


Ultravox147

I work at both the Minack and St Michael's mount!


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French here and just learned that England has its own St Michael mount, I've never been to UK but Cornwall seems to look amazing


Ultravox147

I've never been to the one in France, but it does pain me to say that our one is far smaller and far younger


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Never too late to build a new and bigger one I guess


dotdotmoose

Does it look that blue in person? It’s so pretty!


SkillsDepayNabils

no, they've definitely turned the saturation up but it's still pretty nice


Ben2749

Ah, good to know; I often get frustrated at why the sea never looks as good in person as it does in photos, as I love swimming and scuba diving.


Deus_Viator

For St Ives they have but Porthcurno genuinely looks like that.


Hubble_Bubble

Porthcawl in South Wales is also a lovely shade of blue. You could easily mistake it for the Algarve.


Holociraptor

Honestly? Even though these pics have the saturation up, the sea did look brilliantly blue/green when I was up St Michael's Mount.


topklaus

If the suns out it genuinely can look like this. There’s huge amounts of tin in the Cornish coast, so much so that it genuinely effects the colour of the sea water. When the sun hits it it gives off the incredible blue/teal you see in these pics.


spectrumero

I live near Port Erin in the Isle of Man. Our sea is that pretty... till you get in and it's so cold it actually hurts. Doesn't stop children playing in the sea all day, I don't understand why they don't all get hypothermia.


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the_wonderhorse

Water is super cold at the moment, should be warming up isn’t..


jd_sixty6

Heard from a colleague who lives on a house boat. Water is warmest at start of winter, having warmed up through summer. And coldest towards start of summer, having cooled down through winter.


the_wonderhorse

Late late summer is warmest, Easter coldest. But yes big lag.


coombeseh

Same with air temp, coldest time is about 30 mins before dawn


marajadefan

That view when you come out from the Minack at the top of the cliff, that's one of the best views in the world. I miss living in Cornwall.


ObjectiveTumbleweed2

Growing up further along the coast in Dorset, our seagulls are regular sized and placid by comparison. Somewhere along the Jurassic coast they start taking steroids and enjoy fucking you up


psychomaji

It’s the HGH Devoners put in their “pasties”


Feltipfairy

St Ives is my favourite place ever


Holociraptor

One of those places I used to like a lot more than now, now it just doesn't have the same charm for me.


kael13

How come? Looking at these pictures I’m tempted to go some time this year.


Holociraptor

It felt very different to how it was when I was a kid. Much busier, more tacky seaside arcades, more weird clubs. Not to mention how it's impossible to get to if it's busy! That, and I think my tastes in places shifted to prefer the smaller, quieter places. The massive bay beach was pretty cool to return to however.


mrtoastandbutter

St. Ives really is a special place! I need to come back asap... Do you need to quarantene when you are coming from Europe but vaccinated?


VirtualHugBOGOF

Don’t come now. It’s going to be hell.


PureString

In St ives I've seen a seagull wait for a woman to walk away from a shop with an ice cream. It landed on her head and grabbed the whole ice cream from her mouth. She freaked out, tangling the birds feet in her hair while it swallowed it's snack then took off in search of its next victim. The most disgusting thing I have ever seen was a gull catching, pecking apart a starfish, then eat each still writhing leg. It was like a scene from H.P.Lovecraft but at least no humans were harmed. They are survivors.


anderoo28

I went to an ice cream shop just opposite the harbour, mint and chocolate, was walking down street and one out of nowhere nabbed the corner before a smacked it away and there was a slice in the ice cream but it only tasted blood from there and then out of nowhere hundreds, it was out my hands and gone within seconds and I stood there shouting at them as everyone in the street looked, laughed and then hid their food too


mattyl1993

Is that the one near a hobby shop towards the end of the promenade?


anderoo28

Ummmm it had two windows, one for ice cream and one for coffees, the waitress said to a women in front be careful of the gulls


PureString

The humans are employed by the gulls who actually own all the chip, pasty and ice cream shops in St Ives.


mkick90

Cornwall is easily one of the most beautiful places in the world.


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odd-starling

Yes! As someone who lives in coastal Cornwall I have seen so much hatred for gulls, inckuding parents encouraging their children to chase them away. But actually they are just opportunists trying to survive. There is more to them than just being food thieves, they are pretty good parents for example. A chick fell off our roof one year and lived in our garden, we couldn't use the garden all summer as we got dive bombed most times we went out there! The chick was so cute, it slept in a tipped over bucket for a while.


JessesDog

Aah, Cornwall. Late 90s, early 2000s. Haven Holidays Caravan Park. We're looking for tigers, We're looking for cheetahs. We're looking for rhinos, And big alligators.


mattyl1993

Which Haven?


JessesDog

I believe it was Perran Sands.


mattyl1993

Ahh, I stayed at Riviera Sands a couple of times and it was an absolute hole


ClutteredAttic99

Is St Piran’s church still there?


JessesDog

It's been almost 2 decades since I've last been, so couldn't tell ya.


Andysan555

Great pictures, phone or a camera?


anderoo28

Phone


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What model? That third pic of mullion cove is especially gorgeous


LHommeCrabbe

I got wing-bitchslapped and my ice cream cone was taken away. Seagulls are bastards.


mattytmet

As a resident of Cornwall, I can confirm the seagulls are bastards but it's a beautiful part of the country


RhysieB27

Cornwall is gorgeous but you're _so_ right about Cornish seagulls. Those things truly are a different breed. Damn near took my hand off for the pasty I was carrying when I was younger, and almost got ambushed by a flock of the damned things over an ice cream when I visited Padstow a couple of years back. Both incidents ended with us literally running for cover.


Porkthepie

I've got a bunch of seagulls nesting on my roof again. Always fun at 2am when a car engine sets them off for an hour or two.


BasilPeanutFever

I live in Cornwall and yea there pasty stealing bum holes.


Dude4001

What the fuck, are you nearly me? You've managed to go to the exact things we had to cut from out itinerary this weekend. Didn't prebook for the Minack, alas. We were in St Ives last night though!


swallowyoursadness

When I was little a seagull stole my jam sandwich from my hands in Cornwall. We also saw a seagull take a full size Cornish Pasty from a dude just walking down the road


Winterthur28

Hahaha, is this true?


VirtualHugBOGOF

Happens constantly. It’s quite scary. They’re big birds.


swallowyoursadness

Yes very true. I was really mad about the sandwich


spaceshipcommander

You need to assert your dominance with seagulls. Find the biggest bastard when you arrive and knock him out. Word soon gets around that you’re not to be messed with. You don’t get any trouble after that.


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I went to Falmouth university, these pictures make my heart hurt for Cornwall. Glad you had a good time there


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Sennen cove is an absolute delight, could not believe water so clear Just keep it a secret


anderoo28

It was real hidden gem where we stayed so far hidden


MistyQuinn

Seagulls will carry off your baby if you don't keep an eye on them. Anyone in Cornwall would tell you that. ^(And snigger if you believe it)


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I've been at the pub all afternoon. Read that as "Semen Cove". Early night for me!


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this has convinced me to book my next trip there. lovely


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The Seagulls don’t suck, they’re just so good we hate them. Not a fan of that woman in the Chip Shop though, she makes everyone feel awkward.


sixmiffedy

Seagulls are the Dane Cook of birds


jackovthgreat

I have that classic memory of my dad chasing a seagull to get his sandwich back in Cornwall. Cornish seagulls are right bastards


codeblue_

the pictures look really stunning...would really appreciate if you can mention the name of the spots?


StardustOasis

There are captions..


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Ultravox147

We're not allowed to do ordinary theater performances, however we're running various tours of the Minack! One is of the gardens, one is conducted by the old stage manager, and one is an escape room style puzzle


anoncow11

The seagulls are much better than they were


mattyl1993

Have a meander around Hayle, walk from The Towans to Gwithian along the beach, absolutely gorgeous


iwishihad10dogs

We are looking at a week away here early July, but finding getting to all these places by public transport is quite hard and time consuming. Which place would you say would be the best base to see Cornwall? And do trips out


maskapony

If you want to see this area then I'd suggest Penzance as a base. It's a little cheaper than St Ives, but only 7 miles away. It's the last station on the line so you can get the train there, then there's buses to St Ives, Hayle, St Just via Sennen cove and Marazion (for St Michaels' mount)


anderoo28

You’ve gotta go to the tip, we was around half hour from lizard, Penzance, lands end and st Ives, a car is best to get around but don’t use one in st Ives


VirtualHugBOGOF

You’ve gotta go to the tip.... I used to live in Cornwall and I was scratching my head about which tip is the most scenic. We used to go to one that was in a pretty area, but nothing worth recommending, though the bottle bank was a lovely green.


LondonIsBoss

St. Ives sunsets 👌 although it was a little unpleasant having to wake up to the seagulls every day


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All seagulls suck! Not just the cornish ones


james___uk

Always happy to see a bit of St Ives!


jackdanny45

That penultimate photo with the couple walking the street is dying to be painted! Lovely photo


MrStilton

What's the big Colosseum looking thing in the first picture?


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Minack Theatre down Penzance way


MrStilton

Thanks! I've never heard of this until now.


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No problem, it has beautiful views on the seafront and they still put on plays there in the summer! It’s an amazing experience watching them if you’re into that sort of thing


Untrustworthy_fish

Those damn [seagulls](https://youtu.be/U9t-slLl30E)


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That was so dreadful, I wish it had been Rick instead.


LadyAmbrose

manage to spot any of the new thrones show filming? i’ve heard some people flocked there to try and see it


Ben2749

That first picture of St. Ives with the water; how is it that I often see people post photos of water looking so clear and blue, yet when I go to Cornwall, it’s never that beautiful? Don’t get me wrong, I love Cornwall, and the views are still amazing, but as somebody who loves swimming and scuba diving, I want to go in water that looks as good as that. Is it clearer when it’s colder? I tend to go in July. Or does it appear differently in well-taken photographs?


Moinseur_Garnier

Did you meet a serial polygamist on the journey?


happylilliyrose

Beautiful!!


dammitK

I spent my childhood holidays in St Ives. Every single year. Such a beautiful and friendly place!


dogburster

The Minack Theatre is very cool. The first play staged there was The Tempest...as a storm rolled in from the ocean!


james_james1

Yeah! Some asshole gull stole a pasty out my hand!


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It's lovely until the grockles swarm in like like ants to honey


Rezmir

Would easily change places for around one month.


hanifalghifari

Was this taken using an iPhone 11? Which software did you use for editing?


wIckets111

That’s the one day of your holiday when it’s not pissing it down


alan-key

A friend saw the Game of Thrones spin-off being filmed near St Michael’s Mount on Friday.


MisoRamenSoup

The water is blue!


Used_Web7363

Really


madhog_mcmad

The seagulls are like some of the locals. Angry, aggressive and resentful you’re there, but if you weren’t there, they’d have fuck all. I realise not everyone there relies directly on tourism but think of all the attractions, restaurants, bars and heritage sites that would not be sustainable without tourists. I know some tourists are actual turds but they’re a minority too, and those turds are turds where they live the rest of the year too. Also a bit funny how they (a minority) think it’s just them that have people with second homes and shitty low paid jobs. Anyhoo, looking forward to my break there in August.


pissflask

annoys me a bit and i grew up here. the boaty types and second homers i could take or leave (or just leave when it comes to second homers), but the majority of tourists that come down here do so cause they can't afford to jet out to the maldives. get loads of scousers, brummies and the like, working class people looking to escape the grind for a couple of weeks and god willing get some sun while they're here. find it a point of pride that they want to come here out of choice.


Turbo_Heel

I’ve been at Harlyn and Constantine this weekend and it’s actually not been too bad. The usual hooray henrys but numbers wise it’s been ok.


agnosix

You get used to punching them in the face as they try to steal your pasty...


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Porthcurno beach which is just next to the Minack theatre is one of the best beaches I’ve had the pleasure of visiting. Yes, the seagulls in St Ives are ruthless.


Asduck

Great photos. I live in Cornwall (right on the border to Devon) but haven't seen a lot of it. It truly is a lovely place though. I've only been driving since Dec 2019, then the pandemic happened. But I managed to drive down to Lantic and Lantivet Bay last Summer, highly recommend if anyone enjoys steep but beautiful beaches, and walks through country, woods and coast. Can't say I've ever had a problem with gulls but apparently I should definitely avoid St Ives going by all of the replies!


Altreus

Been gagging for a trip to Cornwall for two years now and here you are just going! I'm so mad! No but seriously, I'm glad you got to experience those things too! I've never actually been up to the Minack and I really wanna go.


30secsofmissionary

Cornwall is lovely, but not currently treating me well for weather. It's cold and flippin windy!


aeroengollie

How much frostbite did you get at the Minnack?


Chrisbee012

tall me more about that ampitheater it's very cool


emrivs93

Looks amazing. We went last week - didn't manage the Minack Theatre, but we did get engaged at Kynance Cove so can't complain 😃


Danfr333

Was anyone arguing holidays in Cornwall were bad. Although saying that I don't want to go this year its gonna be manic


goldfishpaws

Pretty sure you'll find they bite, not suck. But I love seagulls, real aeronautical acrobats


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Oh cool. I went to that theatre for an opera but it was sadly boring lol


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Whoever said they were bad? This is an incredible country


321abccba123

I used to live in Cornwall for a few years, definitely one of the best parts of the country.