Best gay bars in cornwall

Richard Ammon. Epstein Autumn I misunderstood, I thought you wanted a double bed. Should I give you two twins instead? Since this took place in a big city, I was naturally a bit suspicious of how things might be in rural Cornwall. Ivesand we started each day with a yummy breakfast, served to us in our comfortable room.

During the day, we explored St. Ives, which is filled with galleries and museums such as the Tate St. Ives photo left known for its great views of the sea and less great contemporary art.

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Nearby is the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Gardenwhich is in the former studio and garden of the modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth, and has lovely sea-front walks. In between our visits to the galleries and the local shops, we stopped for warm cider and Cornish creamed teas pots of tea served with scones, jam, and local clotted cream at tea shops like the delicious Digey Food Room.

While we quite enjoyed St. Ives itself, we found other places a bit disappointing. Nearby is the Eden Project in St. In St. Ives, we quickly got used to being able to hold hands or show affection without anyone commenting, but when we went to the small village of Tennor, known for its 13 th century pub, we were reminded of how non-gay-friendly so many places actually are.

The atmosphere in the pub was decidedly awkward and we ate our food and drank our ales and then made a swift exit, under the watchful gaze of the locals. Still, there were other nice aspects to our trip. All told, we had a wonderful time in Cornwall and found it to be a mostly gay-friendly place to visit.

There is a gay Cornwall guide that lists events and gatherings in the area. We would definitely return. Epstein is a lecturer in literature and translation at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England.