Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1985
Publisher
Santa Clara University
Abstract
When the train chugs into St . Ives, on the north coast of Cornwall a few miles east of Land 's End you see first a crescent-shaped white beach , filled with vacationers from York and Durham and the chillier parts of the Scottish Highlands. Not your usual English scene: there are hibiscus and bougainvillea; "chemist shops" selling Coppertone; bikinis of both sexes lying in a baking sun. It's July in southwestern England.
Around the western tip of the crescent is yet another crescent, this one filled with fishing boats and outlined by a busy boardwalk. And out at the end of the boardwalk, on the top of the hill, is an ancient stone chapel, dedicated to St . Michael and commemorating a spot of ground that has been sacred to the fishermen since the early Dark Ages.
Recommended Citation
Rewak, W. (1985). A Meditation in St. Ives. Santa Clara Magazine. 26(3) 7-9.
