Well Matt Hancock said it so it must be true: We’re all staycationing for our holidays this year.

That may be the case but don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. If Cornwall is going to be busy read our top tips to get away from the crowds and make the most of your time in this gorgeous part of the world.

Our final note in the ‘Covid-19’ blog series. A reflection on how it’s going now we’re open and how it feels after lockdown. A footnote, if you will with a tinge of relief and lots of positivity after what’s been a difficult time.

“Right… you have to re-think the way your business operates from the bottom up; you have some time, maybe 3 weeks, maybe 6. It might be temporary… it might not. It may be that you have to work to 2m social distancing… it might be 1m. You will probably be able to open on 4th July, maybe not… maybe later; maybe some businesses will be able to open and that might be you but it might not: Either way make sure you are a fully trained social media expert, understand the contactless guest experience and can spot COVID-19 symptoms from at least 10 paces.”

The start of our journey to re-opening; from lockdown on 23rd March to now and looking forward. Socially distancing in a hostel and other, more emotional challenges. Read a note from the owner here.

Autumn is an awesome time of year in St Ives – it’s so beautiful and still relatively warm. Our lovely receptionist Kaz Turnbull takes you on a coastal walk with Josh Quick of Wild St Ives to find out just what you can find (and eat) on the SW Coast Path. Get foraging this October.

24 hours in St Ives is not long enough to do everything but it is long enough to get whet your appetite for a longer stay next time. Read our blog for our top tips on how to spend one day in St Ives from morning till night.

Happy New Year to all our friends, family, lovers and guests. We had a great time over NYE so thank you to everyone who joined us… and here’s what we’re planning in 2019.

In November 2018 we won not one but two GOLD awards. One for Tourism Innovation at the Cornwall Tourism Awards and one for Best Accommodation at the British Youth & Travel Awards.

Confusion is a huge barrier to people not recycling plastic, here we try and explain the codes, what they mean and what you can be doing to assist in the recycling of all plastics! We believe that it’s too important an issue for confusion to be an acceptable reason not to recycle.

The crisis of plastic in our environments has been highly publicised for several years now. Major organisations, businesses and the government are making moves to address the over consumption of plastic in our society. The Plastic Free Communities initiative is a grassroots movement to push the over-use of plastic onto the public agenda and also into the political arena.