St Ives - Padstow

We spent a really horrible night on a buoy just off St Ives. We couldn't stay in the harbour as it dries right out at low water, and we needed to leave at low water to use the tide to carry us to Padstow. We also needed to arrive at Padstow at High Water to cross the Doom Bar and enter the inner harbour.
As I mentioned, it was a horrible night on the buoy. We just rocked back and forth, the plates were rattling and we kept banging against the buoy. Eddie thought he was going to fall out of his bunk. This was in very settled weather, but there was a two foot swell.
We set off shortly before 07:00, we had insufficient wind to sail, so we motored all the way to Padstow, arriving shortly after lunch.
We are moored alongside the wall in the inner harbour, surrounded by bars, cafes, restaurants and ice cream parlors. We have electricity and Wi-fi.
After a snooze and an ice cream, we explored the small town. We had a tour of the lobster hatchery, but they were not giving out any samples.
For dinner we had Steak & Chips in a restaurant on the quay, in the Old Custom House.
I chatted to the crew of the French yacht adjacent. They are leaving at 23:30 when the lock gate opens and are heading for Falmouth, a passage they expect to take twenty four hours.