Thursday 24th July

Another hot day! We had found a launderette and took the sheets, towels etc in to be done while we went to Waitrose. On our return they had all been washed and dried - worth every penny!!!

This afternoon we went to the St Ives Museum, which has a lot of local history, followed by a visit to the Chapel on the bridge.

This is now purely a tourist attraction but in the past has been a toll booth, a pub and a private residence. The top two floors have been removed from when it was originally built, as it was felt it was too heavy for the bridge. Evidently there have only ever been five built on bridges throughout the country






The Bridge Chapel/Pub/House

A model showing how the bridge used to look

(Note the extra floors on the chapel)

Inside the Bridge Chapel

On the balcony of The Bridge Chapel

We bumped into Linda and Ebony the dog in the town - they are moored in the centre of town but are moving on tomorrow.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing alongside the boat - it was just too hot to do anything else