It should have been the Mining and Pasty Festival today but some of the day had to be cancelled and the rest moved indoors as there was the most tremendous storm turning our main street into a river. There was thunder and lightning throughout Cornwall and a local photographer gave me permission to show you his amazing photo taken looking over St Ives.
Photo by Gary Phelps – who managed to get this picture this morning 😁 St Ives, Cornwall, UK 21st September 2024
Our ancient Butter Market is undergoing renovation and should be opening next month. We were allowed a walk around today and it is looking very good indeed.
Our Town Crier Max was about town doing his thing and kindly stopped for me to get some photos.
Max, our young Town Crier wearing the Story coat, showing my patch of Gracey Briney
nrhatch
September 22, 2024 at 2:42 am
What a fab shot of lightning!
And what a sporty coat!
Does the design of the patches have historical significance? Or are they more “random” in interpretation?
mybeautfulthings
September 22, 2024 at 7:13 am
Every patch has a story that is something to do with our town and its history. Each artist has chosen how to tell the story in stitching. I’ll tell some of the stories in the next few weeks. 😊
Heyjude
September 21, 2024 at 7:11 pm
It was quite a storm! Overhead here for a good hour, but I didn’t capture the lightning. That’s an impressive shot.
mybeautfulthings
September 22, 2024 at 7:17 pm
It certainly was! Quite wild and sadly a dampener on the festival.