St Minver Link Issue 191 July/August 2013

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Camel Estuary Community Magazine All proceeds to local good causes

Cover art based on an original design by John Hewitt. Paintings by Roy Ritchie.

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Issue 191 - Jul/Aug 2013

Est. 1981

Local News and Views

Hair at Nigel’s Modern & traditional cutting. Nationally recognized master craftsmen

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at the Pavillion, Rock 01208-862258

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Breakfast Bapsserved from 8 to 10.30 amWith Bacon, Sausage, Egg, Mushroom, Onions, Tomato

in any combination.

See our Notice Board for opening times and Special

Offers

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Privately owned boutique hotel in exquisite location overlooking the Camel Estuary in Rock. This is the perfect location to enjoy a short break or family holiday. Rock has long been popular for sports

seasonal produce and focus on locally caught seafood.Reservations please call 01208 863394 [email protected]

www.enodoc-hotel.co.uk www.nathan-outlaw.com

Call FREE 0800 975 5635

Save Money and help the environment

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Solar PV and thermal, wind, ground and air source pumps, biomass FREE no obligation property assessment All planning, grid and tariff applications covered Trusted and experienced experts 100s of satisfied customers

cleanearth - your solar and renewable specialists

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The Vac Sweeps

MrsMETTERS

& SONS

EST. 1953

Comprehensive and expert chimney sweep service using vacuum with brush for

NO MESS!

Call 01840 211089TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT

“Your local electrician since 1979”

I.Tatam Electrical

Electrical Installations & PV

Hughenden, Rock Road, St Minver, Wadebridge

Cornwall, PL27 6PW

Tel: +44(0)1208 862 522Fax: +44(0)1208 869 251

Email: [email protected]

New memorials supplied.

Leaning headstones realigned.

Re-lettering and cleaning.

Full maintenance service.

monumental servicesEst. 1985

For a friendly and reliable service contact us on 01840 212969 or 078950 72507

PROPERTY SALES, HOLIDAY LETTING AND MANAGEMENT, CHARTERED

SURVEYORS, VALUATIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

Looking after our clients’ property interests for over 40 years

Rock Office: Tel: 01208 863206 Port Isaac Office: Tel: 01208 880302

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PROPERTY SALES, HOLIDAY LETTING AND MANAGEMENT, CHARTERED

SURVEYORS, VALUATIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

Looking after our clients’ property interests for over 40 years

Rock Office: Tel: 01208 863206 Port Isaac Office: Tel: 01208 880302

www.johnbray.co.uk

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Trebetherick Stores is an independent village store, Newsagent and Off License situated in the heart of the village. Fresh bread is available each day, along with freshly baked croissants and a variety of freshly made sandwich and baguettes. With our new and improved Gourmet Menu, we produce even more delicious home made Take home meals in our own kitchen.

Steph and her team, Gemma, Barb, Becci, Laura, Annalise and Ashley, are proud to welcome you into your local convenience store, and look forward to seeing you all soon.

Come and enjoy shopping at a real jewellers!

ROBERTSON’S JEWELLERS LTD

The Company ofMaster Jewellers

25a Molesworth Street, Wadebridgewww.robertsonsjewellers.co.uk

01208 812291

Visit your local qualifiedjeweller for jewellery,

giftware and the widest selection of watches

aroundWe offer a full workshop

repair service for Jewellery & WatchesCommissions &

Insurance Valuations

Offering excellent prices for your Gold and Silver in any condition

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Wadebridge luxurious waterside development with apartments starting at £185,000 - 01208 813595

ESTATE AGENTS • VALUERSHOLIDAY LETTING

Malcolm Cole, FRICS CharteredSurveyor having lived and worked in theparish for over 30 years would bedelighted to assist with all your housebuying or selling needs.

Please contact Malcolm on01208 863322 www.crw.co.uk

Cole Rayment & WhiteRadley HouseRock RoadRockPL27 6NW

Cole Rayment & White are estate agents andholiday letting agents specialising in the Rock Area.If you have a holiday home to let please callDomenique or Sam on 01208 862299www.crwholidays.co.uk

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Matthew Dingle ElectricianNICEIC Domestic Installer Approved

TRUST MARK Approved Est Since 2005 with over 20 Years Experience

City and Guilds Quali�iedTel: 01840 214857

Mobile: 07795 281137Free Quotations

All types of Electrical work undertaken

Glowarm Plumbing and Heating (Cornwall) Ltd

Glowarm Plumbing and Heating (Cornwall) Ltd, Middle Fernleigh, Trefrew Road, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9TP. Fax: 01840 212457. [email protected].

www.glowarmplumbing-camelford.co.uk

Boiler Breakdowns Gas and Oil Installations

Bathrooms Heat Pumps

LeadworkDomestic Plumbing

Free Estimates 24 Hour Emergency call out

Gas Safe and APHC Registered

01840 2124570777 9969 484

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Spa quality massage & beauty treatments using Trevarno Organic products handmade in Cornwall; including facials, manicures, waxing and much more.Stockist of bareMinerals Makeup; pop in for a free consultation to fi nd a foundation for you.

They offer Caci non-surgical facelift treatments for those looking for a more youthful appearance.

w��.��r�p�.c�.��Wadebridge - 01208 895652St Enodoc Hotel – 01208 862858The Point at Polzeath – 01208 864603

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Bridge End, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6BX(01208) 812626. [email protected]

www.rjbray.co.uk

Independent Family Funeral Directors

R. J. Bray & SonLywydhyon Ynkleudhyas Teylu Anserghek

Extensive menu along with daily specials board. Food served from 10am to 9.30pm

All food is locally sourced including fresh fish specials, Porthilly mussels, great steaks and meat specials all freshly cooked to order by our talented team.

Come and enjoy unrivalled views over the Camel Estuary & Padstow

Rock Inn AT ROCK

Rock Seafront 01208 863498 www.therockinnrock.co.uk

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ENSLA PRODUCTS WINDRUSH, POLZEATH, CORNWALL PL27 6TN

TEL/FAX: (01208) 863483

ENGRAVERS IN SLATE

HOUSE NAMES MEMORIAL PLAQUES BUSINESS PLATES

Garden Services

ClearingGrass Cutting

Hedge TrimmingHedge Laying

Tree Worketc

01208 850 241 - 07891 828 313

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01208 812722 Just off the A39 at Wadebridge

Trailer servicing & repair. Garden machinery serviced & repaired.

Gates & Railings to order. Boat engine servicing.

Do you have a query about any

legal matter? We offer a free 30 minute diagnostic interview.

Call Graham at Macmillans Solicitors on

01208 812415

Macmillans Solicitors

Car Park beside office Manor House, Wadebridge- opposite Julian Foye the furnishers.

www .macmillanssolicitors .co .uk

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Lingham Hall St Minver School

Community Hall and Gallery for Hire

Sports, Dances - Keep fit Shows - Parties - Meetings

£10 per hour - Regular Users £15 per hour - Occasional users

Includes kitchen equipment and facilities for many sports.

01208 862496 (School Hours)

GROUP TRAVEL COACH EXCURSIONSDunmere Road Garage, Bodmin PL31 2QN. 01208 77989

1208 77989 / 7266916 Seaters availale for private hire . www .grouptravelcoachhire .co .uk email enneymoontinternet .com .

Jun 28 River Dart Cruise, Dartmouth, Steam Train to Paignton.Jul 11 River Fal Cruise Falmouth & Heartlands.Jul 25 Greenways, Rivercruise And Dartmouth.Aug 3 Newton Abbot Races.Aug 4 Gatecombe Open/Intermediate British Festival of the Horse.Aug 9 Grand Heritage Cruise. Aug 14 British World Firework Championships Plymouth.Sep 7-8 Burghley Horse Trials Weekend.Sep 21 Haynes Motor Museum.

Oct 9 Tavistock Goosey Fair.Oct 18 Daniel O’donnell Plymouth Pavillions. Oct 26 Halloween Mystery Trip.Nov 2 Bridgewater Carnival.Nov 18-22 Turkey & Tinsel Bournmouth.Nov 29 Tavistock Dickensian Evening.Nov 30 Clarks Shopping Village.Dec 15 Mousehole & Angarrack Christmas Lights.

Ian’s Logs and Kindling

Delivered within 20 mile radius of Wadebridge

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Busy LifeCleaning Services

Available to suit your needs Call Nicola now on: 07812 465439

Email: [email protected]

Piano Tuner & Technician

20 Years Experience

St Minver

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The Rock Shop and Post Office

Pavilion Building, Rock Road, Rock Tel: 01208 863079

Cards, Gifts & Prints Motor Vehicle Licences

SWEB Key Recharge

FREE Banking, Forex & Travel Services Most UK National Banks - Lottery

Wadebridge

Babes & Bikes Nursery Hire

Cots, High chairs, Z-Beds, 3 Wheeler Single & Double Buggies.

Wheelchair Hire Cycles

Sales, Spares & Repairs Delivery & Collection Service

01208 815262 www.babesandbikes.biz

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Domestic and Commercial electrical services New Installations Re-wires Fault Rectification

Test & Inspection Solar Panel Installation Pat Testing

Approved Electrician and Solar Installer

Friendly, reliable, affordable service, covering CornwallTelephone: 01208 895345. Mobile: 07411 147091

[email protected]

Rob Woodley

07816 90 20 80 19 Middlewell Park,

Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7HH

Your Local Taxi Service

Pityme Taxi01208 862212

07792 633150


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Issue 191 July/August 2013

Around and AboutThe Mattos Family provide Bristol Infirmary with Profiling Bed . . . . . . . . .16 New Beginning for Museum . . . . . . . .17 St Minver Church Fete . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Big Breakfast Huge Success for CRUK .17 Neighbourhood Development Plan. . .18 Rock Sailing Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 St Minver Probus Club . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 The West End comes to St Minver. . . .21 Wadebridge Choral Society . . . . . . . . .21 ‘Men of Rock’ Calendar Published. . . .25 Wadebridge Framing Workshop Bounces Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 A Trophy for St Minver FC! . . . . . . . . . .38

Guest ChefStuart Pate - Chocolate Fondant . . . . .46

Business SpotlightNatasha Mccormick Designs . . . . . . . .48

FeaturesMy Experience one Sunday Morning .22 Polzeath Marine Conservation Group Re-launched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Senior Circle visit Classic Air Force . . .31 St Minver School Update . . . . . . . . . . .32 St Minver Brownies visit Bodmin Police Hub. . . . . . . . . . .34 Images from St Minver Fun Run . . . . .36 Lunch at Westminster College . . . . . . .50 Easy Steps to Tidy Up Your Garden . . .51

Regular ItemsWe Will Remember Them . . . . . . . . . .22 Book Review - The Angel’s Game . . . .27 Something Fishy in Port Isaac . . . . . . .29 Country Diary from Cobb Cottage . . . .42 Rock Lifeboat Diary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Brain Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 St Minver Lowlands Parish Council . . .52 From the Desk of Dan Rogerson . . . . .54 Trebetherick & Polzeath WI . . . . . . . . .53 Church Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Local Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . .59

St Minver

LinkLike links in a fence we will unite

To create a fine community With willing hearts, with hands held tight.

Neither keeping in nor shutting out But holding fast a fellowship

A refuge from adversity. Anna Alexander

Contents

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The Mattos Family provide Bristol Infirmary with Profiling BedThanks to the support of the Mattos family, Ward 11 at the Bristol Royal Infirmary has been able to buy a new profiling bed. The bed is automated which means its position can easily be changed to meet the patient’s needs – be it to sit up (to help keep the chest clear) or raise the legs (to improve circulation). The bed can also be lowered to the floor which is particularly important where a patient has mobility issues and the risk of falling is higher.

“The new bed has been invaluable to us. Patients find it very comfortable, and it’s a big help to our nurses who can move patients more easily. It’s fabulous - thank you.” said Ward Sister, Karen HolliwellThe Mattos family raised over £2,400 in memory of their father, Frank, who was cared for by Karen and her team. They wanted to raise money for a specialist bed, as this had made Frank’s time in hospital more comfortable. A bed fund was set up, where

parishioners, friends and family could make a donation. Members of the family including two daughters, a grandson and great grand-daughter also swam across the Camel Estuary, and local shops in Rock supported the cause. Even the local Post Office in Backwell bought apples and pears from the family garden to sell in their shop to help raise money.

We are hugely grateful to all the family.

Sister of Ward 11 Karen Holliwell shows the new bed to Frank’s wife Jose, and daughters Meg, Jas & Elizabeth.


Trebetherick & Polzeath WI

Open DayRock Institute

Monday July 8 2 - 4 pm

Craft Display cake Sale

Cream Tea (£2.50)

Admission Free

Polzeath Marine Centre

Summer Rock Pool

RamblesPolzeath Marine Centre

(Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’)

Monday July 22 (Easy Access Event)

Wednesday July 24Thursday July 25

See Page 24 for more details

New Beginning for MuseumIn recent years the Wadebridge and District Museum that was once lost when the building housing it fell into the River Camel has been accommodated in a temporary home through the generosity of a local businessman. Since it had to close for redevelopment of the site, exhibitions have been held to keep it in the public eye. Now it is to have a new home!Philip Mutton’s redevelopment of the old Town Hall site, at the junction of Chapel Lane and Cross Street, Wadebridge – near Spic & Span Dry Cleaners, provides ground floor space to preserve and promote a distinctive and colourful history: a railway service ahead of London, quays busy with shipping activity, early transport, the lives of our predecessors. In the new premises there will be the opportunity to research and study the past which shaped our present, and to provide outreach capability to inform local schools and organisations. A new facility is being created for locals and visitors interested in local heritage. Admission will be free of charge, with donations invited.We aim to open the museum later this summer and plan to staff it entirely by volunteers. If anyone would like to help we would love to hear from you. Helen Rawe

01208 816206, [email protected].

St Minver Church FeteSt Minver Church Fete will be held on Wednesday August 21st on the Cricket Field by kind permission of the Cricket Club. It will open at 2pm and will include all the traditional games and stalls which have made it so popular over past years. Refreshments and a Barbeque will be available with musical entertainment provided by the St Minver Silver Band. Parking and entrance are free. So come along and enjoy an afternoon of family fun, come rain or shine. The fete is arranged by the Friends of St Minver’s Churches, so all proceeds are directed towards maintaining our three lovely churches for future generations. Dawn Lawrence

Big Breakfast Huge Success for CRUKSunny weather and hungry appetites all helped to make our recent Big Breakfast a big success raising approximately £1,100 for the St Minver branch of Cancer Research UK.A big thank you to all our supporters and donators of bacon and eggs and a big thank you to Rock Sailing Club for hosting this event and to Henry and his team who worked so hard in the kitchen. Maggie Day


Chris Treglown Foundation

Maria Jagusz and members of MJUK

present

The West End Comes to St MinverSt Minver Church

August 24th and 25th

The Waterfront, Polzeath

August 28th include performances from famous shows including Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd

and Fidler on the Roof.ITickets for the event at the church

cost £10 each and are available from Newslines in Rock, St Minver Post Office, Cole, Rayment and White in Wadebridge or contact Julia Treglown 01208 862802.

Tickets for the Waterfront event cost £30 each and includes

Canapés and ‘Fizz’ at 7pm followed by a buffet of locally produce fish

and meats.

Neighbourhood Development Plan

The Neighbourhood Development Plan gives local people the opportunity to determine development in the local area by providing a clear, legally binding statement of requirements for the development of the Parishes. At the Consultation Event held in the Perceval Institute on May 18th and 20th over 200 people attended to view the work done by the NDP Working Groups and to make their views known on issues about the environment, infrastructure, housing needs, planning, business and leisure. Visitors typically spent over an hour in discussion with Working Group members. A total of 229 comments slips were collected during the event and many more comments have subsequently been posted on the NDP website. For anyone who was unable to attend all of the information presented can be found at www.stminvercouncils.org.uk/ndp/event-feedback.html which also includes a facility to provide feed back, thoughts and comments.The Working Groups are now reviewing the comments received and using these together with the data previously gathered to create a detailed questionnaire to go to every residence across the St Minver Parishes through August and September. This is the opportunity to get a very wide range of views on the important issues that the NDP needs to address and we hope you will all respond. From all of this information the NDP will then be drafted for further consultation and hopefully adoption in 2014.Further information on the Neighbourhood Development Plan is available on the Parish Council Website at http://www.stminvercouncils.org.uk/ndp.html.Progress on the NDP will be regularly reported through posters, fliers and articles in Link. If you would like to receive updates by e-mail please go to http://www.stminvercouncils.org.uk/ndp/contacts.html and provide an e-mail address. Carol Mould,

Chairman St Minver Lowlands Parish Council and the St Minver Parishes Neighbourhood Development Plan Steering Group

A Pat on the Back for Link! Please tell the Link team that John and I think that ‘The Link’ is going from strength to strength. Every issue is getting so interesting that I cannot put it down! It is a wonderful little magazine and worth every penny we people pay for it. It is very obvious that every member of the team work very hard to produce such a magazine.

Maureen and John Cocker, Stubbington, Hampshire.

We have been asked to publish the following:

ApologyTo HML Builders

I apologise for my comments that were

made which were untrue. F. Bickham



underwater Worlds

Polzeath Marine Centre (Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’)

Wednesday July 31 11.30am - 1.30pm

Make your own magical underwater scene to hang in your window at home to remind you of Polzeath.

Cost £2 (Free to PMC Friends).

No need to book

St Minver Brownies

Donkey Derby &

Car Boot Sale

Trewint Lane Playing Field

Sunday August 11

Donkey racing, refreshments, ice creams, bouncy castle,

side stalls.

Fun filled evening for all the family.

If you would like to book a car boot pitch please contact

Katrina on 01208 814793 or 07866 00 43 49

[email protected]

Summer Sailing at Rock Sailing & Waterski Club

July and August are the high points of Rock Sailing & Water Ski Club’s season. The end of July sees the ever-popular Junior Camel week starting, on the 27th. As always, a good sized fleet is expected with visitors from up country, Club sailors and CEYS juniors doing battle on the estuary.This is always popular with fun and games adding to the attraction of the week.Then, at the beginning of August there some of the Club’s trophy races happening: the Pyne Trophy, the Ancient Mariners and Grandparents and the Estuary Trophy, a race that takes the fleet over the length of the estuary from Cant Cove to Greenaway – weather permitting.The highlight of the year is Camel Week and once more over 100 boats will be taking part in racing from the 12th to the 18th. It’s a great sight so make sure you catch a glimpse of the fleet over the week.Finally at the end of the month there are several races for club sailors: the Adrian Hooper Trophies, the Ladies’ Race, the Westerly Cup and challenge Cups, the Shrimper Angus Scott and Potted Shrimper, and, for the junior sailors the Feva South West Traveller Weekend on the 31st.Details of these events can be found on the Club’s website – www.rswsc.co.uk, or you can contact Kim in the Club’s office on 01208 862709.

Racing during Camel Week in 2012.


St Minver Cricket Club

Casino Night

St Minver Cricket ClubSaturday June 29

8 pmEntrance £10 for which you

will receive 40 chips and food - such as

Porthilly Mussels.

Friends of St Minver Churches

Coffee Morning

‘Pentwyns’, Trewint Lane

Hosts Sue and John Ferguson

Wednesday Sep 2 10am - 12noon

Bring and Buy, Cakes, Plants and books

Friends of St Minver Churches

Coffee MorningPerceval Institute

Wednesday Aug 7 10am - 12noon

Bring and Buy, Cakes, Plants and books

Proceeds to be shared by St Minver Churches and

Perceval Institute Kitchen refurbishment..

St Minver Probus ClubApril Meeting: The after-lunch speaker was David Bartlett, from the National Coastwatch Institution, who demonstrated, once again, that this country would come to a halt without volunteers! The Institution was established in 1994, following a contraction of the Coastguard Agency. (sounds familiar?) Look-out posts were established all around the coast, to alert rescuers (RNLI, Coastguards, etc) efficiently and quickly. In Cornwall locals set up volunteer look-outs after an incident in which a fisherman was lost. These are now part of Coastwatch.David works from a welll equiped ‘hut’ on Stepper Point. Interestingly, the hut is totally green – its equipment and lights run entirely from solar and wind power. Those on duty are tasked with keeping a look out, from a brilliant vantage point 245 feet above the sea, for anyone who might be getting into trouble, and very reassuring that is too. They have a splendid view of the Camel estuary, along the coast and 43 miles out to sea, as far as the Bristol Channel! David showed us photographs demonstrating the quite unexpected ways in which they can act to prevent problems. One example was a photo of a 30 foot wave approaching Polzeath beach. They were able to forewarn the lifeguards, to whom it was invisible.Although Stepper cannot, for example, call up the helicopter, (got to leave something to the professionals!), they have frequently initiated rescues. More frequently, they have monitored situations closely, sometimes with baited breath, watching and ready as a boat com. This was a most enlightening and entertaining talk, and, to a landlubber like myself who occasionally takes to the water, reassuring!May Meeting: The after-lunch talk was by Tony Stuart on ‘Business Challenges’. Tony described how his ambitions led him from employment to ultimately very successful self-employment, via various occupations in industry and agriculture, National Service, then an application to join Nottingham City Police which failed for want of a half-inch of height! He had us all spellbound by his description of how he grew his first tiny enterprise of buying and restoring old bicycles into a small-time haulage business, then into a big-time removals firm. The major players in the business, Pickfords, BRS and British Rail, must have felt threatened, as they opposed his original B-licence application! (Operator’s Licence) They were quite right – he went from a small van to 33 large ones, to create the biggest removals firm in the area. e.Almost as a sideline (he implied), he redesigned the system of rigid demountable lorry bodies, being dissatisfied with those currently on offer! He also ventured into car transportation firstly for the Police, then discovered that motor dealers often wanted vehicles moved around their branches. Business, he claimed, was a matter of learning fast and being prepared to gamble. A most modest and unassuming man, with, he said, neither academic achievements nor a silver spoon. However, he obviously possessed massive talent, native wit and tenacity. (which he didn’t mention!)Since retiring to Cornwall 20 years ago, he has kept active and his latest venture is as a “supporting artist” (“extra” to you and me) in Doc Martin. The producer had better watch out, or Tony will soon be running the show! St Minver Probus Club welcomes any enquiries from new and prospective members. Telephone the secretary, Roy Birchwood, on 01208 880549. Tony Priest


Passionate about

planktonPolzeath Marine

Centre (Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’)Thursday August 1

2 - 4pmInvestigate and explore the

most crucial part of the marine environment that is not normally

considered or looked at; the crazy and bizarre world of the microscopic plants and animals

found in the sea....plankton. With arts and crafts as well as actually

plankton catching!Cost £2 (Free to PMC Friends).

Booking Essentialcall Abby on 07973 400183

or email [email protected].

Dolphin Seaquest

WatchSt Agnes Head

(SW699514. Turn off Beacon Drive (coast road) towards the headland

and the white NCI coast watch station hut. Please park in the main car park to west of the NCI car park

and meet at the headland on the coast path directly down the hill

below the coast watch hut.)

Sunday August 4 10am - 2pm

Join marine life experts to look for and learn about whales, dolphins,

seals, sharks and ocean sunfish and enjoy one of the most beautiful

coastal views in Cornwall!.Bring: Binoculars (but there will a few available to borrow), warm clothes, water proofs, sun block, hat, food

and drink.No need to book

The West End comes to St Minver

Following the success of last year’s concert in the church, Maria Jagusz and members of MJUK will be performing on three evenings: August 24th and 25th at St Minver Church and August 28th at the Waterfront Polzeath. The concert is entitled the ‘West End Comes to St Minver’ and will include performances from famous shows including Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd and Fidler on the Roof.Maria is an international opera singer, adjudicator and vocal coach. She has inspired many and was a coach to the late Chris Treglown. Following the tragic death of Chris in January 2012 Julia and John Treglown founded the Chris Treglown Foundation Fund of which Maria Jagusz and John Baxter are trustees. The fund is in its early stages but an award has been made this year to a successful Cornish applicant and with the advice and inspiration of others the aim of the fund is to provide opportunities for young people to have experience and gain skills through workshops as well as granting awards. The proceeds from the concerts will help to support the fund.Tickets for the event at the church cost £10 each and are available from Newslines in Rock, St Minver Post Office, Cole, Rayment and White in Wadebridge or contact Julia Treglown 01208 862802.Tickets for the Waterfront event cost £30 each and includes Canapés and ‘Fizz’ at 7pm followed by a buffet of locally produce fish and meats.

Wadebridge Choral Society’s Season Starts

Singing for Wadebridge Choral Society is over now until rehearsals for the Christmas concert at St Minver Church start in September. It has been an excellent season with the Choir’s success underlined by capacity audiences at the concerts performed.The Summer Singers, a section of the full Choir, enjoyed this year’s mid-season concerts at Wadebridge Town Hall and St Minver Church and were in excellent voice for the many lusty ‘Songs for Sailors’ in the programme.The new season starts in September when the full Choir will start rehearsals for a programme of carols and other works for the Christmas season under the baton of Nicholas Danks and with accompanist Jo Naylor.Keep in touch with the Choir through the website: www.wadebridgechoral.org.uk



Beach Detective & strandline

mobilesPolzeath Marine

Centre (Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’)

Wednesday Aug 7 11.30am & 12.30pm

Become a beach detective and take part in a scavenger hunt on the strandline. Learn about

this fascinating part of the beach and then bring your beach treasures back to the centre and create a mobile to take home to remind you of your adventure.

Cost £2 (Free to PMC Friends).

No need to book

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My Experience one Sunday Morning

I have an ‘Easy Bather’ bath seat which on the push of button lowers me down into the bath and another button raises me up, so allowing easy access.All went well until I wanted to get out and the ‘Easy Bather’ was dead and wouldn’t lift me up.I struggled for a while and then asked God “What should I do? The answer was “Ring a Friend” which I did. My friend rushed round (complete with plastic apron) and eventually managed to get me out.After dressing, I made a cup of coffee and sat down to read the Scripture Union reading for that day, which was Psalm 69. The first words were “Save me O God, for the waters have come up to my neck”.Further verses are:“I sink in the miry depths where there is no foot hold”“I have come into the deep waters the floods engulf me”And finally“I am worn out calling for help”.

Betty Bishop


Polzeath Marine Conservation Group

Re-launched2012 brought the start of a great adventure for our group - going independent! Up to then our activities and the Marine Centre in the heart of Polzeath had been funded by Cornwall Council and run under their auspices, allied with National Trust and Cornwall Wildlife Trust. With economic cuts, however, it looked as if the Polzeath Marine Centre might have to close and our events come to an end. None of the volunteers and friends wanted that to happen, as the marine environment in Polzeath is an important and greatly valued asset of the vil-lage for residents and visitors alike.The Polzeath Marine Conservation Group (PMCG), is a lively and enthusiastic bunch of people of all ages who want to protect our beautiful marine environment and the fascinat-ing wildlife that inhabits our ocean and shore. The Group supports an important conserva-

tion designation, called the Voluntary Marine Conservation Area (VMCA), which runs from Pentire Point in the east, to Greenaways beach in the west. Ours is not the only VMCA in Cornwall: there are 4 others in Fowey, Helford, Looe, and St Agnes. But Polzeath is the only one to own a dedicated Marine Centre which is tucked away beside the river, opposite the Pitch and Putt field. The Polzeath Marine Centre is the hub of many conservation and educational projects to raise awareness of our wildlife and the threat it is under. We run guided walks, rockpool rambles, beach cleans, evening talks, seal and seabird surveys, and arts and crafts events for children. Our centre has displays of shoreline finds that our visitors can pick up and examine, from crabs’ shells and ‘mermaids’ purses’ to a coco-nut shell from exotic seas and a rubber flipflop

A ‘Rock Pool Ramble in progress. Photo: Sarak Milward.


A Marine Arts and Crafts day at the Centre.Photo: Jo Avor.

encrusted with goose barnacles. We stock a large number of free leaflets about the coast and inland, helpful to visitors and locals alike. We have pictures of sea creatures for young children to colour in. When there is news of special a sighting such as basking sharks, seals, puffins, dolphins and sunfish, we record the dates and locations on a board outside the centre for passersby to see. To lose this precious facility was a prospect none of us could contemplate. We had to do our best to take it over and run it ourselves.A flurry of meetings of our members at the end of 2012 took the group through stages of plan-ning, writing a constitution, choosing a com-mittee and raising some initial funding. Annual Membership fees were now going to be part of the funding of the group. All members would have free access to events, while most events would have a small charge to others, rather than relying on donations as in the past. But the early membership fees were not enough to cover our first expenses, and we began to wonder if we’d be able to stay viable.Time was short, as we needed to plan all the marine events for our area for 2013 – and get the programme written up, proof-read and printed before the start of the New Year. We had a small float of money left over from dona-tions for the marine events we’d run during the past season, but not enough to pay for the printing and the first running costs. But kind supporters stepped in to help: Martin Taylor of the Valley Caravan Park, and the Rotary Club of Wadebridge, together with our local parish councils, St Minver Highlands and Lowlands, donated generous sums to fund the printing of our brochure and the early running costs of the centre. To our huge delight, we were able to have our shiny new leaflet published and begin to run our events in early 2013. So there we were, in the first icy week of January 2013, starting our brand new programme with a fascinating Bird Walk, led by our expert, Derek Julian, all set up as a newly independent group, and ready to

go! Suddenly, the future looked positive, and success for the Polzeath Marine Conservation Group seemed within our reach.If you’d like to find out more about our ac-tivities and talks, have a look at our website (www.polzeathmarineconservation.com) or pop in to the centre to see our busy pro-gramme of activities for the summer. We aim to reach out to all ages, all groups, and this summer, for the first time, we are running an Easy Access Rockpool Ramble suitable for any-one of any age with a disabilty/mobility issue, especially wheelchair users and their carers. Become a member! The annual membership fees are amazing value: only £5 Individual, £10 Family, and £50 Corporate Membership. Become a volunteer! Polzeath Marine Conser-vation Group needs your help, manning the marine centre, helping with rambles, beach care, and arts & crafts, and all sorts of events and activities. Come and join us! You’ll be very welcome!

Diana Millington


‘Men of Rock’ Calendar Published

The St Minver Cancer Research UK branch will be celebrating 60 years of fund raising in 2014 and to mark the anniversary a ‘Men of Rock Calendar’ has been produced.There have been many memorable events in that time which have brought the local community together and helped to raise a significant amount of money for Cancer Research UK. The highlight of 2012 had to be the events in October leading up to our Pink Day on October 31st. What fun the day was! The community had joined together for a very good cause and everyone made an effort to enjoy it. The day ended at The Pityme

Inn where the Grand Draw took place. There were lots of amazing prizes donated by our very generous business community. One was a studio photo session donated by Michael Scott Photography. This great prize was won by Jackie Williams. Not needing a photo of herself she asked Michael if he could help her to bring about a calendar to raise more money for CRUK. Together they planned and shot the Men of Rock in various locations so setting the theme for The Men of Rock Calendar. Jonathon Bailey from ProCo Sheffield, together with his team, have produced the calendar for us and it is now on sale in the village.


Wadebridge Framing Workshop Bounces Back After

Devastating Fire You may recall that in our Business Spotlight article in last November/December’s issue we featured Mike Polson who had recently taken over Wadebridge Framers.Sadly, barely 2 months after that article was released, Mike’s business was all but destroyed when a fire broke out in a neighbouring unit at the Trenant Industrial Estate where his business was based. Completely blameless in this catastrophe, Mike saw all his hardwork in evolving the original business into a new framing workshop and gallery ruined by smoke and water damage.Undeterred by this, Mike set about looking for new premises and in doing so found inspiration for stretching the business into some more interesting and complimentary areas. Here Mike tells us more.I decided to relocate the business to a more town centre location, where I was more likely to get passing trade. I was fortunate to find this unit, which is in the Courtyard opposite Lidls, next to Carpet Trader. It’s a great spot with access from the main road as well to the rear, with plenty of customer parking. The unit itself is across 2 floors and is light, spacious and airy and it was this spaciousness that gave me the ideas for expanding the business.So now as well as the framing workshop and gallery (selling mirrors, Mexican folk art, affordable contemporary art, Cornish themed posters and photographs) upstairs, I will also be using the downstairs space as an additional gallery which you can study whilst enjoying a coffee and cake. We also plan to hold a series of ‘pop up’ events, such as art viewings showcasing the best of contemporary work

from artists both locally and from further afield, kids art classes and regular comedy nights, playing host to talent from around the country. The first event at the beginning of August will be a viewing of the works of sculptor Dan Miles and modern artist Andrew Syms. (date tbc, so please check our website for details www.wadebridgeframing.co.uk)We are also offering the space for hire. We’re applying for a temporary event license for grown up parties and the venue is also suitable for children’s parties too (especially as you can take advantage. The space is also totally versatile with a PA system and all the fittings, including the bar, have been built on wheels so they can be moved around.We have named the downstairs Gallery, The Pop Up Café and Gallery, which reflects the ‘pop-up’ nature of the events we will be holding.On a final note, Mike Polson says he has had a great deal of support from all quarters and found potential hurdles eased by planning departments and town councillors. he would to thank everyone that has made this potentially nightmare time so much easier for him.

Mike Polson.


Published by Phoenix Paperback £7.99 Wadebridge Bookshop

One of the attractions of the St Minver Church Fete is the second hand bookstall. People come from far and wide to search for bargains among the thousands of books, many of which should be consigned to the ‘Cemetery of Forgotten Books’. Readers familiar with Carlos Zafon’s ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ will recall the colossal labyrinth of bridges, passages and shelves which constitute the Cemetery, a place with equal significance in this remarkable work of fiction.Carlos Ruiz Zafon was born and brought up in Barcelona, a city he clearly knows intimately and ‘The Angel’s Game’ is almost entirely set here in the early years of the 20th century. Zafon’s work is highly regarded throughout the world and has been translated into over forty editions. This edition has been translated by Lucia Graves, daughter of the late, great Robert and she has expertly captured both the pace of the narrative and the devilish mystery of both the atmosphere and the plot. If there is a quibble it is the use of the surname, ‘Martin’ in dialogue between the central character and both his’ boss’ and those close to him, when his forename ‘David’ has hitherto been used. Such is the complexity of the relationships that Zafon might have intended this discrepancy for reasons that have escaped your reviewer.Felicitous phrasing is one of Zafon’s great attributes. Early on the central character, David Martin, describes his school days where his ‘only friends were made of

paper and ink’; where other pupils ‘saw notches of ink on incomprehensible pages, I saw light, streets and people’. One suspects Zafon might have been describing himself. Later, in a café, Martin does not pick up a newspaper left lying on the next table: he ‘adopts an orphaned copy’. Writing is at the heart of this book and the opening paragraph summarises what every writer must feel: ‘a writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story.

A Book Review by John Baxter

The Angel’s GameBy Carlos Ruiz Zafon


He will never forget the sweet poison of vanity in his blood’. Readers who have visited Barcelona will be familiar with the astonishing architectural legacy Antoni Gaudi bequeathed to this city before his tragic death in 1926. Zafon pays only passing reference to Gaudi as almost every quarter of the city is explored, but ironically it is on a visit to the building site of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s eccentric extravaganza, that David Martin is run over by a tram and loses consciousness. Gaudi was run over by a tram and never recovered.It is very difficult to pinpoint exactly what this novel is about. There is romance, and the sexual element is displayed with great sensitivity, but any prospect of happiness is dashed with bloody finality. Much of the book reads like a detective thriller but suspense turns almost to disbelief as David Martin defeats assailant after assailant in unlikely fashion towards the end. Entertaining as the story is there is very little humour apart from the ‘matchmaking’ dialogue David conducts with the shy son of the bookseller and the young aspiring writer Isabella. Central to the plot is Martin’s commission to write a new religion for a\ mysterious publisher, Andreas Corelli. This is predicted in an earlier, riveting discussion between Martin

and Corelli about faith and for a few pages the reader is immersed in a fascinating debate about whether ‘the art of believing in myths, ideologies or supernatural legends is the consequence of biology’. In what is possibly the key sentence in the book Martin is being asked to write ‘a narrative that awakens the soul’, (in return for a considerable sum of money). The first time Martin entered Sempere’s bookshop the bookseller told him, ‘every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and dream about it’. In choosing a book for the cemetery of Forgotten Books (or did the book choose him?) Martin had to undertake to protect it and to ensure that it would never be lost. Lux Aeterne, written by D.M (same initials) came to be the furnace for much which arises from its ashes in the mysterious tower building, Martin’s home.The Phoenix paperback edition of this book leaves a few notes for Reading groups in the form of 14 bullet point questions. Readers might wish to ignore these and ask their own but the one that cannot be avoided is the question of the identity of Andreas Corelli. Zafon leaves hints throughout the book but where fantasy and magical diversions embellish the narrative, can we ever be sure?

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The only way to describe spring fishing this year is disastrous .with the cold weather and constant easterly winds the old saying is ringing loud and clear “when the winds in the east the fishing at its least”. Catches were down to about one fifth of normal with most boats having a minimum of one fifth expenses. The start of the year was financially crippling and morale was at an all-time low.The main problem was the water temperature. A diver off Port Isaac recorded sea temp of 7.60C (45.60F) in mid-April, when the annual average is 10.50C (50.90F). If you were storing Lobsters the ideal temperature would be below 80C (46.40F) as they move very little at this temperature. Initially there was a panic that the Gulf stream was starting to fluctuate mirroring the changing patterns of the jet stream. However, it was soon discovered that the fishing for crabs and lobsters was very poor throughout the whole country with Scotland being the worst hit and reports of their fisherman starting the day with a trip to the food bank. The sea still remained cold into May and this was reflected in the continuing poor catches.With the under 10 meter Cornish fleet in

dire straits a large Belgium fleet of beam trawlers with French stern trawlers was fishing 24/7 off Trevose head all the way through to Bude and farther north outside the 6 mile limit with full consent of Uk government. The effect of beam trawlers on the stocks and the seabed is the equivalent of ploughing virgin rain forest as this is the most destructive form of fishing. On April 7th there were 14 Belgium beam trawlers and 3 French stern trawlers, all very large boats in the 30m class, fishing the north Cornish waters when all the local boats are tied up due to poor weather. You can view this for yourself at www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ - most boats over 16m give a position which can be viewed on this site with a description of the vessel. The wet fish stocks will never recover if they are allowed to be exploited in such a manner.We are fortunate that the majority of the Lobster fishery is mainly based inside the 6 mile limit and is non-migratory. Otherwise, that stock would also come under the relentless pressure from large nomadic boats.The sex life of a lobsterYes, as mentioned last month, the lobster

Something Fishy in Port Isaac

by Calum Greenhalgh Calum is the skipper of the ‘Mary D’ and proprietor of

‘Fresh from the Sea in Port Isaac


has two penises. It all starts when the female lobster cast its shell. The male approaches as the female is now soft and vulnerable (she is by far the more aggressive). The male flips the female onto her back and inserts its penises into the two seed collecting glands in the missionary position. After a few days the seed forms a hard plug to the seed glands to prevent loss. The seed can remain fertile for two years. A female can also flush the seed pods if she finds a better mate(one who is genetically better option).

The egg production then starts in the ovaries located in the cephalothorax, with a average female producing 20,000 eggs this stage can take up to a year. Each egg is then fertilized and glued to the underside of the tail one at a time. The lobster carries the eggs for around further 9 months until they are then released into the sea as fry, usually mid may.

We are all hoping that the sea temperature will increase to the average so that the shellfish can come out to play!

Next month: Summer Fishing.

This is a screen shot from the marine traffic website mentioned by Calum. It was taken at 10am on Sunday June 16th. It is fascinating. You can click on any vessel to discover its full details.


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St Minver School UpdateDave Cantin, Headmaster

We are now well and truly into the Summer Term and I would like to let all readers of ‘The Link’ know about some of the exciting things that have been happening at St Minver School in recent months.

RNLI—Beach SafetyWe welcomed RNLI Lifeguards, Chris and Rory into school to speak to our Key Stage 2 chil-dren on April 17th. They talked to the children about the work of the RNLI and how they can keep themselves safe on the beach and in the sea this Sum-mer. The Lifeguards were very impressed with the children’s knowledge.

Year 4 Viking DayI had a bit of a shock in May

when I was confronted by 30 Vikings before the start of school! As well as some wonderful art, cookery and drama activities throughout the day, Year 4 also managed to carry out an invasion of Year 3. Photos of the day can be viewed on the Class 4 page of the school website.

Tag RugbyOnce again we took part in the Tag Rugby tournament organised by police officers from the Wadebridge area and held at the Camels Rugby Club in Wadebridge. Well done to both of our teams that took part. Our B team came back to school with a trophy, having achieved 3rd place in their

league.Football

We competed against all of the other Wadebridge Schools on Monday April 29th. Our team, made up of children from Years 3—6 came a very credit-able fourth. Huge thanks to our coach, Joe Bouzaglo, who gives his time each Friday after school to train the team.

North Cornwall GamesCongratulations to all our ath-letes from Years 4, 5 and 6 who represented the school at the North Cornwall Games, held at Bude on Friday May 3rd. There were some superb individual and team performances in both athletics and cycling, and


the children should all feel very proud of their achievements. Well done to you all.

Year 3 and 4 Sikhism DaysWe welcomed Daya Stafford, a Sikh herself, to school in early May, to tell the children all about her culture. The children dressed in traditional Indian clothes, took part in some traditional dances and we even had a Sikh wedding! The children showed the rest of the school what they had learned in assembly.Please take a look at the photos on the Year 3 and Year 4 pages of the School Website.

Other ClubsIt has been great to see many clubs running so well this year. I cannot thank the volunteers enough for giving their time to run these clubs! Clubs that have been running this year include: Recorders, Gym Club, Ceramics, Golf, Football, Netball, Art Club, Forest Schools, Cycling, Cookery and a lunch time games club.

Healthy DayFollowing on from the Healthy Eating event that we held in March, we had a ‘Healthy Day’ for the children a couple of weeks ago. Activi-ties included making healthy fruit salads and smoothies, circuit training and a visit from the

police to tell the children about road safety. One of the many highlights of the day was a whole school dance session in the hall! A great day was had by all.

Future EventsWhat have we got to look forward to before the end of term that I can tell you about next time?An inter school beach volley ball competition at Polzeath. Reception and Pre School Pirate Day! Sports Day. An inter school rounders festi-val. Year 6 will be taking part in a ‘beach clean’. Year 4 will be spending a few days at ‘Camp Kernow’, living under canvas and enjoying such delights as compost toilets and solar powered showers, as well as archery, climbing, search-ing the woods for bats at night and preparing their own meals from food produced on the site. I will you tell you more about this trip on our return.Year 5 will be visiting Bristol for a few days in June, taking in Bristol Zoo, the SS Great Britain, The Matthew and Clifton Suspension Bridge. Agai, I look forward to telling you all about this trip when we return.And of course, we have Year 6’s legendary end of year play to look forward to!


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On the evening of Wednesday 15th May we went on a great trip to Bodmin Police Hub. First we met the Police Cadets, who are in sixes just like we are at Brownies. Then we met Rocky the 21 month old police dog. He was lovely and very big and fluffy. Later on in the evening we were all finger printed and we were able to take our own prints home with us. Then we looked at the Police car and van and heard all the different sirens on the Police car. All together it was a great evening and I really enjoyed myself.

Emily Gibson

On Wednesday 15 May the Brownie Pack vis-ited Bodmin Police Hub. We met PC Thompson and he showed us around the station. We met the Police Cadets and 21 month old Rocky the Police Dog. He was really lovely. After that we tried on different police hats heard different sirens on the Police Car, they were really loud. I had a great evening.

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On Wednesday 15th May we went to Bodmin Police Hub and we saw a Police dog called Rocky. We learnt about how to name our belongs with a special invisible pen and PC Thompson gave us a pen to take home. PC Thompson showed us all the different Police hats he has and he let us try them all on. He then got the Police Cadets to finger print us all. Before we went home we looked at the Police car and heard all the different sirens. We also got to go in the back on a Police Van. We had a really fun evening.

Teagan Worden

On Wednesday 15 May we visited Bodmin Po-lice Hub as part of our Crime Prevention Badge. It was very interesting. We all had our finger prints taken and we met a Police dog handler and his dog ‘Rocky’. Rocky is 21 months old and weights 42 kilograms. Rocky is trained to track robbers and to chase but he was really big and very soppy and loved us all giving him a stroke. We were also locked up in a police van and let me tell you it was not nice in there!. It was a really cool evening.

Grace Campbell

We visited Bodmin Police Hub on Wednes-day 15 May. I found it very interesting and I especially enjoyed wearing the police waistcoat and white hat. I loved meeting the police dog Rocky and have my fingerprints done. It was also very interesting to know about the police cadets. Pc Thompson gave us all a colouring sheet and a UV pen to mark our property.

Ellie-Mai Jepson



Images from the 25th St Minver Fun Run


Images from the 25th St Minver Fun Run

Photos: Martin Broadfoot and Brian Crank


A Trophy for St Minver FC!On the May 11th 2013 St Minver had two league matches to play in what has been their best season for a decade. LC Phoenix , the Launceston college team, had tracked Minver in close second place all season without Minver being able to pull away. Phoenix however had taken over top spot after playing one more game than St Minver due to St Minver’s extended cup runs, so Phoenix had only one more league game to play. Phoenix v St Minver! it was set up to be a thriller! A few weeks earlier, St Minver’s slightly better goal difference meant if they ended up on equal points with Phoenix they would take top spot, but, all that was alarmingly brushed away when Phoenix beat a 9-man Delabole side 11-0. The unlikely chance of Minver being able to go to Callington the following week and beat Phoenix by a margin of at least 5 goals was a very tall order. So we had to win this game!The day came, excitement was mounting. The kick-off was 2.30pm and we arrived at the Launeston ground about 1.30pm in plenty of time for the warm up and prepare. We realised immediately why the college pitch had caused this fixture to be called off three times previously in the bad weather, there was a steep slope down the pitch and due to cuts in the ground staff at the college many deep divots had been left unrepaired - indeed it was a bit dangerous. The referee insisted on the worse holes to be attended to before the game could start.

There was a good crowd of noisy supporters and the chairman of the Duchy league arrived with the assistant secretary. The cup for the division winners was in the boot of his car ready to be presented to St Minver if they won. If Phoenix won, it would have to stay there until next week. There was a cold wind which would make it difficult for defences to cope with the high ball, and we soon realised Phoenix were used to hoisting the ball from their goalkeeper down the slope hoping their big lads at the front could cause chaos in the St Minver defence. But our back four stood firm and won almost all of the aerial battles. Defences, as in our 1-1 draw with them on our ground, were in control and half time came without a real goal scoring opportunity for either side. In the second half St Minver were determined to play their own passing game and not to

be tempted to just punt the long ball forward. Our midfield worked harder to get the ball out to the wings and St Minver started to look more likely to score and a few half chances came our way which we wasted. Halfway through the second half it started to look as though a late goal would seal it . But our chance came, and thank goodness it came to our top marksmen. A perfect through ball put Jason Northcott on a one to one with the Phoenix keeper, we held our breath. We needn’t have worried as, as he has but been doing all season, he slotted it into the corner of the net as cool as you like. The man of the match Dayll Beesley ably assisted by Dan Haynes held the defence together and guided us to a deserved victory.As you can imagine the lads went wild at the final whistle, they had finally achieved what

The team celebrate after winning the trophy.


St Minver Football Club. Back rowck (left - right) Daniel Haynes, Darren Lang, Danny Witts (captain), Chris Simmons, Jason Northcott, Ben Beesley, Joe Robinson.Front row (left - right)Corey Cleave, Sam Cleave, Mike Kempthorne, Chris Andrews, Richard Simmons, Jason Keatley, Dayll Beesley.

they had worked so hard to do,we were going to get our hands on that trophy at last. What a great season it has been,but it would not have been

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BeesleyGet that second division trophy ready , we are coming to get it!

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Written and Illustrated by Joan Cockett

On Saturday evening May 4th, I went with friends to St Endellion, to hear the Joyful Company of Singers give a concert entitled ‘The French Connection’.St Endellion was bathed in evening sunshine, and the ornamental cherry tree alongside the church glowed richly against the grey stone walls; even the overhead wires and cables along the lane became gold threads against the deep blue-grey of the sky. Such an evening created expectation, and the Joyful Company of Singers rewarded us with

a wonderful concert. Conducted by Peter Broadbent, we heard music by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel, words from vari-ous French poets. The unaccompanied sing-ing of this mixed group at about twenty-five or so singers was perfectly balanced in this setting, and as the sun gradually fell from the clear glass windows behind the alter, we were taken on a journey through love, joy, loss, memories and seasons. I found most moving Poulenc’s music for Paul Eluards’ words ‘Un Soir de Neige’’ Poulenc wrote


this during the Second World War during the German occupa-tion of France, and a stillness ensued as the music finished and we felt the chill atmosphere of that time – I particularly liked Debussy’s ‘When I Heard the Sound of the Tabor, Calling us into May’, to the words of Charles of Orleans. If I hear some of this music again in the future, I shall be transported back to St Endellion, on that magical May evening.I was thinking today how much music be-comes related to where we first heard it. In 1948, camping on a bomb site in war-scarred Paris, a radio blared from a nearby apart-ment block, - the evocative voice of Edith Piaff, singing ‘La Vie en Rose’. That song was heard all over Paris, in the cafes and mar-kets, and for me it still evokes a powerful memory of Paris. With other art students, we explored the markets, Left Bank, Mont-parnasse, the Louvre and the Rodin Museum in Le rue Barbet de Jouy, where the campsite was situated and loved the vibrant feel of the city, recovering from the war.In 1950, when Len and I were first married, we lived in Whitechapel be-hind the London Hospital and so as we came home each day and were coming out of the station into the busy mar-ket stalls of Whitechapel Road - the pop song of the day playing from a cheap record stall was “I taut I tor a puddy cat a creepin up on me -, I did! I tor a puddy cat, as plain as he could be!” (Mel Blanc, I believe). The some-what tinny sound, and insistent rhythm, became part of Whitechapel Road for me and always makes me smile. A different memory from my schooldays. A perfect May morning and we are at

our School Assembly. We are singing “Morning is Broken, Like the first

morning, Blackbird has Spoken . . .,” and at these words our (very large) and inspirational music teacher lifted one hand from the piano, and gestured

towards the window, where out-side a blackbird in the May tree was competing with us (or the other way

round?) at full throttle; and so music punc-tuates our lives. It is still my favourite hymn.

Well, Thomas Fuller, my Toolips are beauti-ful! Those of you who have read the last copy of Link will know that Thomas, writ-ing in 1660, didn’t think much of this new flower. I think even he might have liked these rich apricot blooms, and dark Queen of the Night. They are now in their 6th week of flower, and have given so much pleasure. All the fruit blossom is prolific this year, the apple trees surviving very well in spite of gale –force winds. These old trees are tough; an enormous apple crop is predicted. . . The South African Daisy, (Euryops) is very good this year, the single petal flowers in brilliant yellow making up for the lack of sun on gloomy days. There have been some wonderful days, though-, just grab them and enjoy them as they come!


Rock Lifeboat DiaryShouts do vary so much in character - some are effectively false alarms, some are amusing and some are tragic. We had our share of all these in the last two months.

MissingOn April 9th we were called to search the west side of the estuary for a missing person, thought to be north of Gun Point. When we had searched to the vicinity of Stepper point we were stood down by the Coastguard as the missing man was located, safe and well, in Padstow. The helm was Pete Thomas and the crew, Dave Mably and Dan Bosley.

OverboardOn the morning of April 13th we were

called to assist the crew of a triamaran. The skipper had managed to get ashore at Daymer Bay with his boat but his crew was floating 150 yards away! The casualty was picked up and taken to the Lifeboat Station for a cup of tea, meanwhile the lifeboat re-turned to escort the trimaran back to Rock. The amusing part was that the casualty was our old friend and supporter, Graham Renwick. This incident rather confirmed some people’s opinion that donating to the RNLI is like an insurance policy should you venture on the water - in Graham’s case it obviously was! The helm was Neil Davis, supported by Paul Hancock and James Bolton.

Courageous 2 Wreck

the crew after returning from the May Bank Holiday shout with (left to right) Jake Bishop, Pete Thomas and Paul Hancock, obviously relaxing in the sea after a strenuous morning !


On April 29th the historic fishing vessel ‘Courageous 2’ went on to the Doom Bar at four in the morning. Shortly afterwards she managed to get off the bar but was soon dashed on to the rocks at Greena-way. It was widely reported in the press. The crew of the vessel were brought ashore by Padstow lifeboat who had also been called out. We were stood down and returned to base. Jinx Hewitt was our early morning helm with Pete Thomas and Dan Bosley on the crew.

Estuary TragedyI don’t think any one reading this will not be aware of the power boat tragedy in the estuary on Sunday May 5th resulting in the death of Nick Milligan and his daughter, Emily. I will not repeat the details of this tragedy which is subject of an on-going investiga-tion by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch. However MAIB thought it appro-priate to issue an immediate Safety Bul-letin during the investigation, emphasising and stressing the need to use a kill cord properly, and at all times, when driving a RIB with an outboard motor. The Royal Yachting Association endorsed this recommendation and further details may be found on the RYA web site.Our sincere sympathies go to the family.Our crew on this occasion was Dave Ma-bly, Paul Hancock and James Bolton and the station was called to help in follow up investigation in the estuary on three subsequent days.The last shout of this period was on the late May Bank Holiday Monday when a visitor from Yorkshire got into trouble on his wind surfer off Trebetheric Point. The

man got himself safely to shore but his sail was picked up by a passing fishing boat and we had to recover his board from the Greenaway rocks.

The sail was retrived from the fishing boat when we eventually tracked it down the estuary! Pete Thomas was the helm with Jake Bishop and Paul Hancock on board.

Gus Guest, Chairman rock Lifeboat

Lifeboat open day and beach

partyRock Beach and Lifeboat

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Guest Chef - Stuart Pate,

Executive Pastry Chef, The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

Stuart Pate began his catering career at Exeter College where he was awarded diploma of the year in 1980, before embarking on his first role as commis chef at Exeter’s Rougement Hotel. From there Stuart moved on to similar positions at Hyde Park Hotel, Knowstone Court and Chateau Hotel before becoming a part-time lecturer at Exeter College where he was awarded Bakery Student of the Year.

In 1989 Stuart moved to London where his talent led him to work as pastry chef at some of the city’s finest restaurants, including The Savoy Grill, The Dorchester and The Lanesborough, before becoming executive pastry chef at St Martin’s Lane Hotel in 1999.

His work has taken him all over the world, including Chateau Hotel on the Gold Coast in Australia where he worked as larder and pastry chef for one year, as well as Las Vegas,

New York, France, Hong Kong and Switzerland, broadening his knowledge and experience.

Throughout his career Stuart has been awarded numerous accolades and international awards, including two gold medals for Parade de chef and gateaux decoration, six silver medals for pastillage, four plated desserts, centrepiece and petit fours, christening cakes, bread displays and cold buffet work, and three

bronze medals for gateau decoration, grand prix and senior pastillage. In 2005, Stuart was awarded the Craft Guild of Chefs Pastry Chef of the Year award.

During his time at St Martin’s Lane Stuart was also involved in a Carlton television series, for which he co-presented 13 episodes on cake decoration with actress Julia Peasgood.

Stuart returned to the South West in 2003 to take the position of executive

Stuart Pate.


Chocolate FondantStuart Pate

Makes 5

60 g (2¼ oz) caster sugar 3 whole eggs 3 egg yolks 125 g (4¼ oz) dark chocolate

125 g (4¼ oz) unsalted butter 10 g (½ oz) sieved soft white flour 20 g (1 oz) cocoa powder 20 g (1 oz) soft butter

Prepare 5 x 8 cm diameter tin foil moulds by brushing with soft butter and then dusting with a light layer of coca powder. Place in the fridge.Gently melt the butter and chocolate separately in bowls in hot water baths no hotter than 38.5°C. Mix both of these together.Place the sugar, whole eggs and egg yolks into a bowl and whisk by hand for 4 — 5 minutes. Do not over-whisk as the pudding will collapse when cooked. The mixture should be light and voluminous.

Mix the chocolate and butter into the blended eggs and sugar. Fold in the sieved flour. Spoon the mixture into the prepared moulds leaving a 1 cm space from the top of the mould. Leave to set in the fridge overnight.Pre-heat the oven to 200 °C/ 400 °F/ Gas Mark 6 and bake for 8-10 minutes until the outside is firm, but the inside is still runny.Gently turn out of the mould onto a plate and serve with double cream.

pastry chef at The Seafood Restaurant Ltd, where he was instrumental in the opening of Stein’s Patisserie in 2004 and

the establishment of a wedding and celebratory cake service for the business. Stuart also worked closely with Rick

when he was writing Food Heroes (2nd edition), developing two recipes which were included in the book.

If you are a chef working in a local restaurant and would like to have your recipe published in Link, it’s easy and will cost you nothing.

The recipe needs to be suitable for preparation by an average cook in a domestic environment using, if possible, local ingredients.

Email it to [email protected] together with your photograph and a brief resume of your career to date.

A photograph of the finished dish would be good too.


Natasha McCormick Designs is a local company, set up and owned by Natasha McCormick. The company sells greetings cards and home furnishings; all of which have been developed from original designs created by Natasha. “I started to embroider back in 2006, just for pleasure,” comments Natasha. “I’ve always loved working with textiles and colour and embroidery became a way of combining the two. I had the idea of creating greetings cards from my designs – scanning the original embroidered picture and printing the image onto cards. They proved very popular with local shops and the business has really just developed from there.”Natasha has been designing most of her adult life. Before moving to Cornwall she enjoyed a career in London as a shoe designer and buyer. Natasha began learning her trade at the famous Cordwainers College and then moved on to De Montfort University in Leicester and gained a degree in fashion and textiles, specialising in shoe design. From here she went to work for the British Shoe Corporation designing shoes for Dolcis, Ravel, Top Shop and Cable & co. Natasha then worked for Bronx shoes selling to Europe and America and was then snapped up by Miss Selfridge to become its shoe designer and buyer. During this time Natasha won a Royal Society of Arts award for one of her shoe designs, which were displayed in the Business Design Centre in Islington. This design pedigree portrays itself in the various techniques she incorporates in her current designs, her choice of textiles and use of colour.Although hand crafted design lies at the heart of the collection, Natasha has cleverly combined this with line drawings, colour wash and textile backgrounds to give a contemporary twist to this traditional craft. “I am constantly experimenting and looking for new ideas and using different techniques in the designs, but

much of my inspiration for the subject matter

comes from the beauty and humour found in everyday life down here in Cornwall.” One of her most popular design collections to date is the ‘Beside the Seaside’ collection. “I like to observe the goings on at the seaside and have tried to capture some of the fun and colour in this collection,” explains Natasha. “Beside the Seaside started out as a range of 12 greetings cards, but people loved the designs so much that I have created a range of fabrics, cushions and embroidered pictures from the collection, which people can use to add a splash of coastal colour to their homes.”Natasha McCormick also offers a bespoke service for her customers. “We can create a hand-embroidered picture from any one of our designs and personalise it with names and dates - making them ideal birthday, ‘newborn’ gifts or wedding gifts. We are finding that many people like to give ‘unique’ gifts and are looking for something a little special that cannot be found on every high street.”Natasha McCormick Designs sell through

Concluded at foot of next page

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Natasha McCormick Designs

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description and a photograph of yourself.

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Natasha.


Brain GymDavid Topliffe

This Month’s QuizFollowing are a series of letters and numbers. Work out what the letters stand for.

Example 24H in a D = 24 hours in a day.

Suduko

Answers Last Issue’s Brain Gym1 . . . . Bread / circuit / sheep . . . . . .Short.2 . . . . Mail / out / sheep. . . . . . . . . .Black.3 . . . . Dress / wear / achieve. . . . . Under.

4 . . . . News / toilet / wall. . . . . . . . Paper.5 . . . . Foot / medicine / moth . . . . . . Ball.6 . . . . Muscle / stunt / man . . . . . . . Man.

Unfamiliar with Sudoku? All you have to do is to fill each of the 9 sub squares (marked with heavier lines) with the numbers 1 to 9 without repeating any number. In addition, a number must not appear twice in any row or column of the puzzle as a whole.

3 4 9 1

4 5 6 8

1 9 5 2

3 8 5 6

9 6 2 1

4 2 6 7

9 7 4 2

3 6 7 5

4 9 2 1

1. . . . . . . . . . . 10 G B H on a W2. . . . . . . . . . . 101 D3. . . . . . . . . . . 366 D in a L Y4. . . . . . . . . . . 659 M of P

5. . . . . . . . . . . 7 B for S B6. . . . . . . . . . . 147= M S in S7. . . . . . . . . . . 29028 = H of E in F

Continued from previous page.ndependent gift shops throughout the UK and direct via the online shop at www.natashamccormick.com. The company’s ethos is to design goods that are lovely to look at and

a pleasure to use. All the designs are created in Cornwall and made in England.For further information on Natasha McCormick Designs email: [email protected] or telephone 07775 931573.


Lunch at Westminster CollegeExcellent food in central London at a very reasonable price

On a recent trip to London I remembered that Westminster College, where I trained as chef many years ago, used to have a restaurant that was open to the public. It turns out that they now have two: the Escoffier Restaurant, where you can get a six course ‘Taster Menu’ for £25, and the Brasserie where the most expensive dish is around £12.The Escoffier Restaurant was fully booked but we were able to get a table in the Brasserie. Our meal was cooked and served by second and third year students – our waitress turned out to be a third year trainee chef getting front of house experience. There was an interesting choice of dishes and the standard of food and service was very high. It was most enjoyable. Our bill for a three course high quality lunch for three people with a glass of house wine (I had two) came to £72 – that’s amazing for central London.I noticed that the food was more lightly seasoned than it would have been years ago and the dishes were different from the dishes I trained on when at the college - it used to be almost exclusively classical French cuisine with liberal use of butter and cream. For example, one of the components in my main course was Fondant Potato. This was light and a million miles away from the Pommes de terre Fondantes I was taught to cook as described by Escoffier in his classic book ‘A Guide to Modern Cookery’ which was my bible at the time. I still have it

although it is now very dog eared. Here is Escoffier’s original recipe from the book:

2214—Pommes De Terre FondantesCut the potatoes to the shape of large, elongated olives, and let each weigh about three oz. Gently cook them in butter, in a sauté pan, and take care to turn them over.When they are cooked, withdraw them, so as to slightly flatten them with a fork without breaking them. Drain away their butter; return them to the sauté pan with three oz of fresh butter per every two Ibs of their weight, and cook them with lid on until they have entirely absorbed the butter.These days the very high calorific value of this dish would make it a no no for most people but it would taste very nice.While we were having lunch one of our party told the waitress I was an ex student and I was subsequently treated like royalty with a conducted tour of the kitchens. I felt quite emotional.The restaurants, are now collectively known as the Vincent Rooms, are only open in term time and is essential to book. They are now closed until September for student examinations and holidays.You can make a booking by calling 0207 802 8391 or by email at [email protected]. For more details visit www.westking.ac.uk/The_vincent_rooms/index.html

Brian Crank


Easy Steps to Tidy Up Your Garden

Natalie Ashbee, Garden Designer in Rock (07929 071953)Its been a hectic few months for me, plant-ing up a variety of different gardens on both sides of the estuary and just when I think I can breath, new designs and projects come flooding in!Something new for me this year has been project managing and consulting on proper-ties being bought, sold or renovated. This is a new string to my bow but one I thoroughly enjoy. Being a typical Virgo I have a need for a sense of order and practicality in proper-ties, both inside and out. I love looking at a garden and seeing the potential, advising clients on how I can improve it aesthetically or practically and how the inside and outside of a property can link together better.One such property this year was a bungalow on Rock Road. This property was bought by a family from London, to use for their own holidays and to rent. It was in a fairly run-down state and the garden completely overgrown. My amazing colleagues James Symes, Jim, and tree surgeon John Glynn-Jones have worked wonders on the garden, cutting back overgrown shrubs and hedges, removing conifers which towered over the neighbour-ing gardens, cutting and treating the lawns, removing ponds and patios. The garden has had a new lease of life, much needed, and the house is about to receive the same treatment. It should make a won-derful holiday home and hopefully eventu-ally a permanent home.Creating a better garden, a more pleasing and calm space to be in, has never been more important in these times of austerity and the one piece of advice I have found myself repeating over and over again this year is “mow your lawn”! It’s such a simple

remedy to every other issue in your garden. If your lawn looks good, or at least looks cut, then everything else is forgiven. Borders can be full of weeds but if your lawn is neat, they will be overlooked!Other simple steps to create a tidy garden:Place pots together in groups – no mat-ter what you put in them, if the pots are grouped it will always give a more coherent look to the garden than if you ‘spot’ them individually around the garden.Keep hedges in check – have them cut regu-larly, at the correct time and they will give a beautiful definition to your garden that noth-ing else can duplicate.Power-wash furniture – James and Jim recently did this at Treverra on the outdoor hardwood furniture and the tables and chairs look like new. Brush or power-wash patios and decks – not only does this make them safe, it’s like

A quick pressure wash can make tired garden furniture look like new.

Photo: Mark Ashbee


keeping the kitchen floor clean, you’ll feel so much better!Apply weed-killer to gravel areas and driveways to banish nasty weeds. This is especially important in front gardens as the approach to your house makes such a huge impression on others as well as improving your mood when you return home!Repaint rendered walls – soil has a tendency to run down my nice white one.Remove anything dead or dying. You’d think

this was obvious but you’d be amazed at how many properties I go to where dead plants are the first thing you see. If any of your plants aren’t showing signs of life by now you can be pretty sure they’ve had their day, so give them a happy burial in the com-post bin. No plant lasts forever!I’ll be updating my website with properties I’ve worked on this year, so take a peek if you’re in need of some inspiration. www.natalieashbeegardens.co.uk

St Minver Lowlands Parish CouncilHelen Highland - 01208 812289 - [email protected]

New Term of Office A new term of office has started for councillors. On May 2nd 2013 six nominations were submitted with all of them attaining uncontested seats. Since then we have co-opted four more councillors so are now at full complement.Mr R R Harris (Chair), South Winds, Old Polzeath RD, St Minver. PL27 6QU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 863267Mr B P Bartlett, Ocean Breeze, Higher Tristram, Polzeath. PL27 6TF 862314Mr F B Bickham, The Barn Flat, Churchtown, St Minver PL27 6QH . . . . . . 01208 862055Mr M W Dingle, Braemar, Dunder Hill, Polzeath PL27 6SUMr B A Gisbourne, Carnsmerry, Menefreda Way, St Minver PL27 6QL . . . . . . . 01208 869315Mr S H Lander, Lander, Chapel Amble, Wadebridge PL27 6ET . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 865330Mr B E Lane, 5 Tredrizzick Close, St Minver. PL27 6PD . . . . . 01208 862494Mr B Owen, 34 Lower Elms,

St Minver. PL27 6QB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 862176Mr M Parnell, Treswarrow Park Farm, Trelights, Port Isaac. PL293TW. . . . . . . 01208 880990Mrs J Shepherd, Roseneath, Dunder Hill, Polzeath PL27 6SX . . . . . . . 01208 863387Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30 pm at the Perceval Institute, St Minver and members of the public are most welcome to attend.

Policing PC Malcolm Taylor continues as our excellent local Police officer, with PCSO Claire Drennan completing this great team. They provide us with a regular report.This their report for April: • Four crimes were recorded: one theft, two criminal damage and one dog Incident.(For the same period last year there was a total of six crimes: two burglaries, two thefts, one drink drive and one criminal Ddamage).PCSO Drennan advised the meeting about other relevant issues. Building sites continue to be hit, not just in our area but

further West (Truro/Falmouth). Properties that are being built, renovated or just having work done are being targeted. The builders` expensive tools and equipment are being targeted as, often, these are left inside the property or in a shed overnight

Highways Issues Most of the scheduled road repairs have been completed now but there are some sections with potholes reappearing.We are constantly monitoring the roadways and advise the Highways Department as soon as a problem arises. Please contact the Clerk if you come across a particularly dangerous pothole.The grass is growing quite quickly on the roadside verges and the warning chevron signs have become obscured in places. If you notice any that have become overgrown I would welcome you contacting meIf I can be of any assistance on Parish matters, do not hesitate to contact me. I may not always be able to answer your query or resolve your problem but I can point you in the direction of someone who might.


June MeetingPresident Pam Curtiss welcomed us all and Jerusalem was sung. Pam then introduced Mr Michael Prettejohn our speaker for the evening. Mr Prettejohn began by saying “My Life as a Vet’ began 50 years and has taken me to many parts of the UK but mostly in the west country. I spent a few years travelling including Botswana, Swa-ziland and Australia with my wife and four children. What a wonderful education they received by seeing many cultures and way of life”. Mr Prettejohn attended to many different animals and to some unusual events like rescuing a calf who had fallen down a cliff or helping with calving when problems arose. Also there was the the mundane like being asked by a dog owner would ask ‘how do I give a pill to a dog’. Mr Prettejohn has had such an interest-ing career and is such a good speaker one could listen to him for hours.During refreshments many of our mem-bers chatted to Mr Prettejohn and then we began the business of the evening. The Minutes of May meeting were read, agreed and signed.Pam has invited St Teath and St Kew WIs to our Open Day which is being held on July 8th to include Craft Display and Cream Tea. St Teath replied to say they would have liked to come but they have an out-ing on that same day.Our outing on June 19th was a coach to

Truro with some shopping time and lunch and then boat journey to Falmouth in time for afternoon tea before the coach for our journey home. It has been a few years since we did this trip and our members are really enjoyed it.Several of our members will attend the showing of ‘The ‘Quartet’ at the Regal Cinema on July 2nd.We have a table for sales at the Council Fair at Trewint Lane on June 29th all pro-ceeds to our charity for the year which is Rett Syndrome.We were very pleased with our results of the competition at the Royal Cornwall Show the subject ‘Afternoon Tea’ we re-ceived 119 points – the winner got 124½ points.We are holding an ‘Open Day’ on July 8th which will be a Craft Display and Cake table and a Cream Tea on offer. Entrance is free and the Cream Tea £2.50.We raised just over £189 at the St Minver Fun Run and all proceeds will go to the Brownies, Scouts, St Minver School and Pre-school.Raffle was won by Phillipa Bartlett. Com-petition of an Animal Momento: 1st Bridget Taylor, 2nd Betty Bishop and 3rd Dorothy Bennett. Best Flower from your Garden: 1st Phillipa Bartlett, 2nd Pamela Curtis and 3rd Audrey Webb.

Patricia Crank

Trebetherick and Polzeath WI


From the Desk of Dan RogersonSharp’s New Storage

FacilityIn May I visited Sharp’s Brewery in Rock to cut the ribbon at their new storage facility, and to hear more about their plans to con-tinue to grow the business and provide job and train-ing opportunities for local people. Over the past few years I have been working with Sharp’s to campaign to get a fairer deal for the industry and so I am glad that our campaign to scrap

the controversial ‘beer duty escalator’ - that saw tax on beer rise by 2 pence per pint above inflation every year - was been scrapped by the Coalition Govern-ment in March’s Budget. The British Beer and Pub Association estimates that pubs and breweries employ around 2,100 people in North Cornwall, providing around £23.8 million in wages for the area, so it is good news that the pattern of rising tax on beer has

been halted, which should keep pub-going remain affordable and help sustain

Dan Rogerson ‘Cuts the Tape’ at Sharp’s new storage facility in Rock.


local jobs and stop the clo-sure of well loved commu-nity pubs.

Lower Taxes This year’s Budget also had good news on something which I have been cam-paigning for – the raising of the personal tax allowance to £10,000 next year. This means that people on low and average incomes won’t pay any income tax on the first £10,000 earned each year. That’s an extra £700 in people’s pockets to help with the rising cost of living. This also brings the low-est earners out of paying income tax altogether, and helps to make sure that work always pays. This was the Liberal Democrats top priority at the last General Election and I am glad that we are delivering it in Gov-ernment.As well as reducing the tax bill for lower earners, the Coalition has also an-nounced measures to curb tax avoidance. Tax on petrol and diesel has been frozen, meaning a planned 3 pence per litre rise in September won’t happen now. There is also a new Help-to-Buy scheme to help people get on the property ladder with interest-free loans for a de-posit. Hard working families

will also benefit from extra help with childcare costs, and a cut in National Insur-ance contributions for small businesses meaning it will be easier for them to hire new staff. In these tough economic times I hope that this will increase jobs and give relief to Cornish busi-nesses.

State Opening of Parliament

Since I last wrote for the Link we have also had another big event in the political year – the State Opening of Parliament in May. Aside from all the pomp and ceremony, the Queen’s Speech outlined which new laws will be debated by Parliament in the coming year. Long-held Liberal Democrat policies that are set to become law in order to help us build both a stronger economy and a fairer society include: introducing a new ‘flat rate’ pensions system to make saving for retirement sim-pler and fairer, especially to thousands of women and the self-employed; new laws to tackle anti-social be-haviour; capping social care costs so that people don’t have to sell their homes to fund their long-term care; and more money to help

families with the cost of childcare.

Council ElectionsOn 2nd May people went to the polls to elect new Cornwall Councillors for their areas. I would like to congratulate Andy Penny on his election as Cornwall Councillor for the St Minver and St Endellion division. As I write this, the politi-cal groups on the council are discussing how best to work together to serve the people of Cornwall. It is a privilege to represent my home area of North Corn-wall in Parliament, and it is always my top priority to fight for a fair deal for local people. I look forward to working with the newly elected councillors from all parties and with the new administration at County Hall to continue to cam-paign to make sure that North Cornwall gets a fair deal from both the Govern-ment and from Cornwall Council.Dan Rogerson MP, 4 Tower

Street, Launceston, Corn-wall PL15 8BQ

E-mail: [email protected] Telephone:

01566 777123


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Anglican Church Services Weekday Services

Wednesday St Minver Holy Communion 10am Wednesday St Michael Evening Prayer 5.30pmSunday July 7th 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday July 14th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 9 .15am . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday July 21st 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday July 28th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Songs of Praise . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . No Service 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday August 4th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday August 11th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 9 .15am . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Evensong Sunday August 18th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . EvensongSunday August 25th 8am . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 9 .15am . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . .St Minver . . . . . Freestyle Service 3pm . . . . . . . .St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . .St Michael . . . . Evensong

Please Check With The Parish Newsletter or Church Notice Boards Latest Information.

Catholic Church ServicesWADEBRIDGE, St Michael’s Church. Mass: Sundays 8.30am.

BODMIN, St Mary’s Abbey. Mass: Sundays 10.30am.

PADSTOW, St Saviour & St Petroc Church, Mass: Vigil Mass Saturday 5.30pm. Confessions: Saturdays 5.30 - 6pm.

TINTAGEL, St Paul The Apostle Church, Mass: Sundays 5.30pm.

For current information about these and other Services [email protected]

Methodist Church Services

Rock Methodist Church 11 am every SundayWadebridge Methodist Church (Worship takes place at Wadebridge Primary School) 10am Every Sunday Morning.Trelights Methodist Chapel Sundays 6pmTubestation (Polzeath) Multi-denominational10 am Every Sunday.

Quaker MeetingsSunday mornings at 10.30 in the John Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge (next to library). All are welcome.

Polzeath Area Residents’ Association

Hospital/Surgery Car ServiceIf you need transport please ring one of our voluntary drivers: Mr Harry Hardcastle (01208 862343), Mr Harold Sillifant (01208 862989) or Mr Gary Cooper (01208 869165)Standard charges are based on 40p per mile and include reasonable waiting time: Wadebridge (£8). Bodmin (£14), Truro (£33), Port Isaac (£8), St Austell (£22), Falmouth (£35), Hayle (£37), Newquay (£20) and Plymouth (£37 - excluding bridge toll).Please Note: If you are receiving income support, you should take your book with you for reimbursement.


Local Telephone NumbersCompiled by Olivia Warr, Wadebridge Comprehensive School.

To suggest ammendments to this list email [email protected]

ChurchesCatholic (Bodmin & Wadebridge) ------ 01208 72833 (Tintagel) ---------------------01840 770663Methodist (Rock, Steward Mr F L Cope) --01208 863481 (Wadebridge) -----------------01208 812887Multi-denominational (Tubestation Polzeath) --------01208 869200St Minver Vicarage (Rev Jonathon Mosedale) -----01208 862398 (Warden Mrs E Elliott) --------01208 863905 (Warden Iain Gordon) --------01208 862388St Endellion Rectory (Rev Dr John May) ------------01208 881041Doctor / MedicalBridge Medical Centre Wadebridge ------ 01208 812342Bodmin Hospital ---------------01208 251300Frank About Drugs -------------- 0800 776600Drinkline -----------------------0800 9178282Port Isaac Surgery --------------01208 880222Rock Surgery -------------------01208 862545Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske) ----------------------01872 250000Wadebridge Health Centre -----01208 812222LibrariesCornwall Library Renewals Line 0845 6076119All Libraries --------------------0300 1234111Reference Library ---------------0800 0322345PoliceDevon & Cornwall Police (non-urgent) -----101Crimestoppers ------------------- 0800 555111Emergency / HelplinesAge UK -------------------------0800 1696565Air Ambulance HQ --------------01840 213574Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service -0300 1234232Electricity (Western Power Distribution) -- 0800 365900National Domestic Violence Helpline ---------------------0808 800 5000National Gas Emergency Service 0800 111999NHS Direct HelpLine ---------------- 0845 4647Parentline Plus (24 hour) ------0808 8002222Police, Fire, Ambulance Services,

Coastguard ---------------------------------999Samaritans ---------------------08457 909090Women’s rape/abuse centre ------------- 01208 77099/0808 8029999Water Helpline -----------------0800 1691144Veterinary and RSPCAWadebridge: (G & P J Nute) --01208 813258Bodmin: (Harleigh Vets) -------- 01208 72323St Columb: (RSPCA Animal Centre) -------01637 881455(RSPCA Animal Centre 24 hour) 0300 1234999General Numbers Bridge Club (Robert Mabley) -01208 814564 British Legion-St Minver (Fred Prior) -------------------01208 862543Cancer Research (Gina Snelling) ---------------01208 862820Citizens Advice Bureau (Advice Line) ----------------08444 99 4188Cornwall Council ----------------0300 1234100CRUSE Bereavement Care Cornwall ----------------------- 01726 76100Animal Welfare & Veterinary Laboratory --------------------01872 265500 EDF Energy ---------------------- 0800 365000John Betjeman Centre ----------01208 812392Old Cornwall Society (Margaret Bartlett) -----------01208 816307Padstow Harbour Master -------01841 532239Parish Council: Highlands Clerk (Helen Hyland) ---------------01208 812289Parish Council Lowlands Clerk (Gillian Thompson) -----------01726 882145Perceval Institute (Maureen Rickard) ------------01208 863366Polzeath Area Residents Association (David Short) ---------------- 01208 862568Polzeath Surf Life-Saving Club (Susan Rowlands) ------------01208 859161Relate Relationship Counselling (St Austell) -------------------- 01726 74128Rock Institute (Allan Caswell) - 01208 869420Rock Lifeboat Station ----------01208 863033Rock Sailing & Water Ski Club (Secretary Kim Oaks) ---------01208 862709

Rock Water Taxi (Boat -during operating hours) 07778 105297 (offices) -----------------------01208 862815St Minver Beavers (Alison Cox) -------------------01208 862839St Minver Brownies (Kathy Hore) ------------------01208 862340St Minver Cemetery Committee (Mary Drummond-Dunn) -----01208 863491 St Minver Cricket Club ----------01208 863402 St Minver Cubs (Nigel) --------01208 815102St Minver Football Club (Roy Birchwood) --------------01208 880459St Minver Flower Show (Joan Cock) -------------------01208 862144St Minver Post Office -----------01208 863366St Minver Pre-School -----------01208 869511St Minver School ---------------01208 862496St Minver Scouts (Robert Watson) -------------01637 889 190 St Minver Senior Circle (Jo Holt) ----------------------01208 863993St Minver Short Mat Bowls (Pat Crank) -------------------01208 869120St Minver Silver Band (Gary Gauss) ------------------01208 814170St Minver Sunday School (Marjorie Mabyn) -------------01028 862678Trebetherick WI (Pam Curtiss) -----------------01208 862067Tre-Pol-Pen Hand Bell Ringers (Tony Priest) ------------------01208 863450Wadebridge & District Angling Association (Jon Evans) -------------------01208 812447Wadebridge & District Camera Club (Pam Hall) --------------------01208 862957Wadebridge Choral Society (Annabelle Woolcott) ---------01208 815322 (publicity, George Dale) -------01208 815981Wadebridge Male Voice Choir (Taff Williams) ----------------01208 814717Wadebridge Post Office --------01208 812813

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FORRESTER FRAMES PICTURE FRAMER

For all your framing needs including bespoke frames and

frame restoration Wayside Cottage, Tregawne, Withiel

Nr Bodmin, Cornwall PL30 5NR

01208 831303 ** 07802 705104

[email protected]

Fresh Crabs and Lobsters landed daily in Port Isaac from our own boat ‘Mary D’. Available cooked, dressed, in a sandwich, boxed to take

home or even alive.We also have a small seasonal selection of sustainably caught Cornish fish, mussels, oysters and smoked fish, locally roasted coffee, homemade cakes and lots more.Why not call in for a crab sandwich or

lobster salad and glass of wine?

(Situated at the top of the hill near the Pea Pod Gallery) [email protected]

Calum and Tracey Greenhalgh, Fresh from the Sea, 18 New Road,

Port Isaac, PL29 3RE

01208 880215

Fernleigh Garden Services

Helping you enjoy your garden

Call John on 01208 815384 or 07936380547 Fully Insured

Lawn cutting

Pruning & planting

Leaf clearance

Decking and patio cleaning

Hedge trimming

Border & bed care

Fence maintenance

Overgrown gardens cleared

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A proper nursery growing plants with a passion

Specialities of Perennials & HerbsWide range of Shrubs, Climbers & Trees

Coastal plants, Marginals, Bedding & Hanging BasketsDeliveries by arrangement. Open every day.

Farmers’ Market 3rd Saturday in the month: 10am-2pmQuality plants, expert advice.

Laveddon Mill, Bodmin PL30 5JU (A389 between Bodmin & Lanivet)

Tel: 01208 72837 www.bodminnursery.co.uk

Muts Cuts Qualified City & Guilds Dog Groomer

Ring Kerri 01840 211786 07921 637055

www.mutscuts.co.uk Gable Cottage Newhall Green

St Teath, PL33 9ES

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Licenced Key-holding and Response Service to BS 7984:2008. Detection Dog Services. Static Guarding Event Security.

On-site Customer Support with Opening Up Services. Full Commercial and Residential Hygiene Services.

Spring Cleans & Changeovers. Grounds Maintenance.

Emergency Security & Sanitation Services South West

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M J Taxis

0791 5169 902

Car and an 8-Seater available

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Plumbing & Heating Contractors

Trenant Vale, Egloshayle, Wadebridge PL27 6AJ 01208 814838

Specialists in the design installation and servicing o il as and renewale Heating Systems . Heat Pump Systems . nderfloor Heating Systems .

ree estimates and consultations.

J M BREWER LTD

Rock Television and Electrical Services

For all your electrical needs.

01208 863788

End of season cleans include: Carpets, upholstery and general cleaning services

Professional eco friendly carpet & upholstery cleaning.Stone Floor Cleaning and Restoration, including impregnation and sealing.

Spring Cleans, One-off Cleans & Holiday Changeover Cleans.

“Environmentally friendly cleaning solutions without compromisingon performance and safety”

Tel: 01208 816729 • Mob: 07952 802850 Email: [email protected] • www.greengeckoclean.co.uk

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Inspirational Home Furnishings

17 Polmorla Walk, Wadebridge PL27 7NS Open Monday to Saturday 10-5. 01208 814023

Gorgeous Fabrics.

Poles & Tracks.

Full Making & Fitti ng.

Free measuring.

Painted Furniture.

Cushions & Lighti ng.

Gift s & Homeware.

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01840 212315

42 Fore StreetBodmin

01208 72328

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01840 212315

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Nursery Storesat your convenience

Open Mon to Sat 8am - 6pm. Sun 9am - 1pm (extended during the Summer)

At Nursery Stores we stock an excellent range of local and international fruit and vegetables; we can also order other items with 24 hours’ notice.Check out our large range of local and continental cheeses. You’ll find a well-stocked chilled range including Rachel’s organic yoghurts, local sausages, bacon and a good selection of joints, meats and Free Range Chickens. Bridport Pies and Cottage Kitchen Quiches, cottage Kitchen Treacle and French Apple Tarts are stocked all year round.We have a wide range of groceries to create many meals, plus all the everyday essentials.A fine selection of International and Cornish Camel Valley Sparkling and still wines. Check out some of our multi-buy promotions in store.Also stocking many local and international beers and ciders including Sharp’s Doom Bar available at a special case price. Malcolm, Val, Pete, Rory and Eloise look forward to seeing you in your local convenience store.

Rock Road, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall,PL27 6NW. Tel 01208 863328

[email protected] patients using the Surgery not park here as our parking’s

limited and used by three businesses.

Free LocalDelivery

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HAWKSLAND CANINE HYDROTHERAPY

www.hawkslandhydro.co.uk

Hydrotherapy and Physiotherapy for dogs

Rehabilitation Sprains & Strains Arthritic Pain Overweight Disc Problems Fitness & Fun

Swimming Pool, Water Treadmill & Hydrospa

01208 813199 Higher Hawksland Farm, St Issey,

Nr Wadebridge PL27 7RG

It’s about quality of life! Specialist Neck & Back Pain Treatment Joint and Spinal Manipulation Soft Tissue Mobilisation Acupuncture, Laser & Ultrasound Treatment for Car Crash Injuries &

Headaches Sports Injuries Post Operative Rehabilitation Pilates Core Stability Horse & Rider Assessment

Recognised by Health Insurers & HPC Registered

Call: Rosalind Boisseau MCSP, Category A member of ACPAT

01208 813199 www.hawkslandphysiotherapy.co.uk

Higher Hawksland Farm St Issey, Wadebridge PL27 7RGor

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Tel: 01208 862562 • Mob: 07977 [email protected]

Web: www.treleavenspropertycare.co.uk

Treleavens Property CareProvides the complete range of holiday home services

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Farm Shop &Restaurant

Pick our wn r eady Picked Home rown Strawerries asperries ooseerries Black currants and ed currants

Home produced eef lam and freerange eggs and Seasonal egetales . Homemade ams pickles and marmalades .

ocal produce cheeses country crafts gifts country wines and ciders .Breakfast unches elicious Homemade Cakes and Cream eas

rders taken for Celeration CakesChildrens Play rea Pets Corner .

Find us at St Endellion Nr Port saac on the B331

Tel 01208 880164www.trevathanfarm.com [email protected]

Open Daily from 9.30am Mid-March to end of OctoberNew for 2013. We have extended our Farm Shop and Restaurant.

Why not come and have a look?

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WELCOME18 hole golf course12 bay driving rangeRestaurant and BarHealth Club with indoor poolSpa roomTennis courtHoliday rentals

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A flexible design service inNorth Cornwall.

Specialists in lighting design & furniture specification.

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Tides Restaurant offers A la Carte and set menus using the best of Cornish produce complemented by an excellent

selection of wines

See our website for menus, opening times and special events.The Mariners Rock, Slipway, Rock, Cornwall, PL27 6LD

01208 863 679 [email protected] www.marinersrock.com

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