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Just back from a week at St Ives Bay - it's a good site.

The beach is beautiful and has life guards on some sections.

It can be very exposed and windy so make sure you have decent pegs and guy the tent out properly. The ground is also predominently sand so standard wire pegs do not hold particularly well - we used Delta pegs but I reckon those made of V shaped metal plate would also be OK.

We were pitched on the area with EHU where you simply drive around and pick your pitch. If you get there early there are some really nice pitches some of which are very large. Also some are well sheltered.

There is a Lidl just down the road which is open until 8pm and a good source of groceries. Hayle is very close by for other shops, cashpoints etc.

We didn't use the club etc., but we found the staff very friendly and the toilets generally clean although we sometimes had to queue for showers and toilets at peak times.

All in all it was a great site.

Delta pegs are not essential but I would suggest that you use more than just wire pegs on your guy lines. If you go with what you have and they are not up to the job the site shop has the cheap V shaped ones. The tent next to us looked very sorry for itself in the winds when their wire pegs pulled out (not an Outwell tent though), and my wire pegs on my Oklahoma shock cords pulled out in the winds.

I used some of the standard Outwell Blue Pegs and they were fine although I didn't try them on my main guys.

The pitches are quite good sized - we fitted our Monty 12 with side canopy and an Oklahoma day tent on the pitch so I guess you'll be fine. The pitch sizes vary so I would get there early to ensure plenty of choice. I think arrival by 12pm is about right. We were there at around 1pm and whilst we still had plenty of choice the best pitches had already gone.

Have a great time there. If you head into St Ives I can recommend the park and ride by train which is signposted just after you leave the A30 on the way in. It was much better than struggling to park close by.