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The
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St. Ives enters recorded history
with the arrival of St. Ia, the Irish princess
who introduced Christianity to this area, in the 5th
Century.
The legend tells
how St. Ia went to the seashore to depart for Cornwall
from her native Ireland along with other Saints. Finding
that they had gone without her and fearing that she
was too young for such a hazardous journey, she was
grief stricken and began to pray. As she prayed she
noticed a little leaf floating on the water and touched
it with a rod to see if it would sink. Lo, as she looked
it grew bigger and bigger. She saw that God sent it
to her and, trusting to Him, she embarked upon the leaf
and was straightaway wafted across the Channel, reaching
her destination before the others. Perhaps "pray"
is Cornish for "chew some 'shrooms". |
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St Ives remained in relative
obscurity until the dawn of the twenty-first century
when two significant events occured which put the
town squarley on the map.
The first of these was discovering
the wheel, or rather, discovering someone who had
a wheel.
The second was
the arrival of twenty six motorway-crazed divers down
from London for the weekend.
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The
Harbour, St Ives |
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Accomodation
Our Sal has sorted a range of accomodation from bunks in St Ives backpackers, to proper twins and doubles in the hotel. The list will go out when the money's in. |
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Transport
The Van is running any and all kit down and back up, £10 per person, contact me a week before departure at the latest for a space. |
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Kit
Bring what you need. If you need tanks let me know a week in advance, hire is £6 per tank. Air fills are no problem (not free though!) and nitrox too if you let them know in advance. |
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Dive
St Ives, down on the waterfront, arrange the RIB. . |
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The
Harbour at low tide |
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Dive
St Ives |
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Diving We have the RIB out of the harbour for the fast diving, and the hardboat out of Hale for the tech divers and photographers. Bring your own gear, sandwiches and KY jelly. Hale is a short drive out of St Ives so check it when I put up the schedules later on in the week to ensure you're there in time for push-off. |
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The
harbour at high tide |
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| Don't forget to get your money for accomodation to me soonest. |
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For some dive sites, carry on to the next page. |
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