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Serving the whole community Your free magazine — please take one MYLOR MAGAZINE MYLOR MAGAZINE MYLOR MAGAZINE June 2014 June 2014 June 2014
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Cover: The Cornish Chough photograph by Dorrit Smith
See more about our county bird on p18 and p30
Mylor Magazine [email protected]
Published by:
Mylor Community
Publications Group
Trustees:
Chris Perkins (Chairman)
David Eastburn (Membership)
John Symons (Parish Council)
Revd Jeffrey James (secretary)
Editor:
Michael Jeans-Jakobsson
01326 374767
Community contact:
Val Jeans-Jakobsson
01326 374767
Photography:
Geoff Adams
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Treasurer:
Andy Goodman
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Judy Menage (PCC)
Roger Deeming
Wendy Fowler
Matthew Dale
Terry Chapman
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July
3 4.30 Mobile Library
7 PH 7.15pm Parish Council
12 TH CL Midsummer market - p12
14 Quilter’s exhibition ends - p18
17 4.30 Mobile Library
27 StM 10.30 Family service p6
31 4.30 Mobile Library
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Contents
June
2 PH 7.15pm Parish Council - p8
5 4.30 Mobile Library
8 OS 10.30 Open-air service - p6
19 4.30 Mobile Library
28 MC Sponsored walk - p5
29 MC 10.30 Sunday Sch. - p6
29 StM 10.30 Family service p6
29 TH 2.30 Con Blind Assoc. - p18
29 Quilters’ exhibition starts - p18
Village Diary
Key: AS: All Saints Church, Con: concert, CL: Christmas Lights, CM: coffee morning,
FVC: Flushing Vlge Club, FSM: Friends of StM, MC: Methodist Chapel, MFC: Mylor Flower Club,
MGC: Mylor Garden Club, MM: Mylor Movies, MS: Mylor Sessions, MYH: Mylor Yacht Harbour,
OS: Ord Statter pavilion, PF: Playing Fields, PH: Parish Hall, Sch: Mylor School,
StM: St Mylor Church, TH: Tremayne Hall, TL: TDFAS lecture, Mylor Theatre, Truro College.
4 Vicar’s letter
5 Church notes
6 Chapel and Church news
8 Parish Council
8 Parish Plan
9 Playing Field
12 Christmas Lights
12 Landerio horse show
13 Churchyard Group
18 Quilter’s exhibition
18 Afternoon concert
19 Book Group
19 Garden Club
21 Health and Fitness
22 Creative Writing
25 Local History - Village pump
28 Centre Spread - May Fair
30 Wildwatch
34 On the water
43 Farming Notes
48 More about - Eddie Shelton
51 Crossword
55 Cartoon
55 Crossword solution
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Vicar’s letter ~ Revd Jeffrey James
If you are among the many people who pick up the
magazine as soon as it’s issued, you’ll be reading this
after Spring Bank Holiday Monday but before Whit
Monday, 9 June which will be an ordinary working and
studying Monday. If you wanted to celebrate Whit
Monday, you could pop over the channel to Belgium,
Holland, France or Germany where the calendar of
national holidays follows the church calendar and so 9 June is a national
holiday in those countries.
Here in Britain, the late Spring Bank Holiday was detached from its
religious origins in 1971, the same year as the introduction of decimal
currency in place of pounds, shillings and pence. There was a sense in
the late 1960s and early 1970s that the country needed to modernise
and tidying up the holiday calendar was a part of that general feeling.
Two generations later, there’s not much of a connection with the long
tradition of public celebrations that marked Whitsun. In many parts of
England there were outdoor religious services, marches, walks and
festivities of various kinds. For many people in towns, this was the first
opportunity to share time away from work when evenings were lighter
and the weather was warmer, if not always drier.
That sense of greater freedom to share with others that went along with
Whitsun was also at the heart of the religious celebration. Whit Sunday
or Pentecost (the name that’s more commonly used these days) marks
the story in the Acts of the Apostles of the coming of the Holy Spirit on
the followers of Jesus. It had remarkable signs with people able to
engage with one another across boundaries of language, nationality or
culture. At the heart of their engagement was a joyful sense that God
was present in unseen ways in the lives of ordinary people encouraging
and enabling them to live fruitfully and in the service of one another.
The Church has been inspired by this witness and down the ages since
has kept Whit Sunday or Pentecost as a special day of celebration.
In Flushing and Mylor, we have been marking this by a
joining together of Methodists and Anglicans and other
Christian denominations in an open air service. This year is
Mylor’s turn so the service will be held at the Playing Field
at 10.30am on Sunday 8 June. Everyone is welcome to join
in - we’ll be in the Ord Statter if it’s raining.
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Parish of St Mylor: Regular Services
St Mylor with All Saints, Mylor Bridge www.stmylor.org.uk
Sundays
8am Holy Communion* St Mylor
9am Holy Communion All Saints
10.30am Parish Eucharist St Mylor
4pm Evening Prayer* All Saints
*these services use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Wednesdays
10am Holy Communion All Saints
For feast day services and other occasions,
see church notice boards
Enquiries about baptisms, weddings or funerals should be made
to Revd Jeff James on 01326 374408 or at
The Churchwarden, Judy Menage, can be contacted on
01326 259909 or at [email protected]
Friends of St Mylor Church Registered charity number 1129030
‘Music for Strings’ Played By
St Mewan Sinfonia Sunday 22 June
St Mylor Church
7.30 pm – Tickets £7
(including Refreshments and Programme)
Available from Committee Members
01209 820357 or 01326 373128
Raising Funds for St Mylor & All Saints
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Church News: Our combined service for Pentecost will take place
on Sunday 8 June at 10.30am on the playing field, or in the Ord
Statter Pavilion if wet, when we join with St Peters, Flushing and
Mylor and Flushing Methodist chapels to celebrate this great
Christian festival.
Our all age Service of the Word continues on the last Sunday of
each month, except August and December. This month it takes
place at 10.30am on 29 June at St Mylor and all are welcome to
attend. We meet at 9am for breakfast in Café Mylor prior to this
service.
Jeff, our Parish Priest, led a service of evensong in April, for
Falmouth and Penryn Churches together, when we were joined by
congregations from a variety of local churches and we were led in
our singing by a combined choir which included members from St
Gluvias, King Charles the Martyr, Mabe and All Saints, Falmouth
churches. At the end of June we host a service of evening prayer
for Carnmarth South Deanery.
We were delighted to raise £117 for the Playing Fields from our
Tombola Stall at the Mylor May Fair. Judy Menage
Chapel news: On Friday 2 May Vera held a very successful Coffee
Morning at her home, Lord's Piece. Many friends arrived for a chat,
coffee and browsed among her fantastic geraniums, cake stall, bric
-a-brac, and had a go on the raffle. Everyone gave generously and
raised £414 for Chapel funds. What a fantastic effort. Vera would
like to thank all who helped or attended on that Friday.
After a very successful start in April, our spring cleaning project
continues with walls being refurbished and painting underway.
Much is still to be done but a band of willing helpers are carrying
on the good work.
Dates for your Diary:
Sunday 8 June - Pentecost Service combined with our Anglican
friends at the Playing Field
Saturday 28 June Sponsored Walk and Cream Tea.
29 June 10.30am Sunday School Anniversary led by the children.
Vyv Curnow
Church and Chapel News
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Community News and Views
Parish Council meeting and the Annual Parish Assembly: was
held on Monday 12 May at Mylor Parish Hall. The Chairman's report
was given; this indicated a busy year and an increase in
responsibilities being passed from Cornwall Council to the Parish
Council. It was voted for John Symons to remain as Chairman and
Martin Jewell as Vice Chairman.
During public participation questions were asked about the
possibility of turning off or dimming street lights in the parish at
certain times of the night. Cornwall Council is carrying out a trial in
other areas and we will wait for a report. Councillor Polglase is
looking into the parish lighting scenario and similarly Councillor
Whiteley is updating the Council on bus developments.
The Parish Work Party continues to be
organized by Councillor Robson; the
pot holes in the Leats Car Park are
next on the action list. They will be
temporarily filled and resurfacing will
be done at a later date. The Parish
Council has agreed to join the
Cornwall Council Local Maintenance
Partnership, and cut the parish
footpaths. This should start in the near future. The parish council
will be responsible for cutting the ‘upgrowth’ and local land owners
will care for the ‘side growth’. Between us we hope to keep our
footpaths in good condition, so everyone can enjoy walking around
our beautiful parish. A new, full-colour Mylor and Flushing
Footpaths Map has been produced and is now on sale at several
outlets in the parish.
Concerns were raised again regarding the use of land (‘Leisure
Plots’) adjacent to Halwyn, on the Mylor side of Restronguet Creek.
Tony Martin, our Cornwall Council Ward Member, reported that an
Environmental Screening Assessment has been placed on the land
thus removing normal ‘permitted development rights’. Our Parish
Clerk has played a strong hand in bringing this about. Essentially
this means that no cars, caravans, sheds etc. are allowed to
remain on this agricultural land without planning approval.
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Community News and Views ~ continued
Anything not actually growing there would be illegal. Any untoward
activity should be reported to the Parish Clerk, who will inform the
relevant Enforcement Officer at Cornwall Council.
We continue to be concerned about the condition of our roads.
Cornwall Council has resurfaced Restronguet Hill. Please do contact
the Highways Department via www.cornwall.gov.uk if you have
concerns about the roads.
We would be interested if any parishioner knows who owns/cares
for the Ukrainian Memorial, on the Greatwood road. Comment has
been made that it requires some tender loving care ---- is it a job
for the Work Party?
The next council meeting will be at Mylor Village Hall on Monday 2
June. Public participation will be from 7.15 to 7.30pm or concerns/
queries/comments can be sent to the Clerk or to
[email protected]. Details of venues and agenda can be
seen on the village notice boards or www.parish-council.com/mylor
Jan Robson
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Community News and Views
Christmas Lights: The Lights Committee tried both old and new
ways of fund raising over Easter. With Allan and Leane’s kind
agreement and assistance, we held our customary Easter Egg
Raffle in the Lemon Arms on Easter Monday evening. Lots of
generously donated prizes, plus the Egg, plus the unfailing effort of
Barbara Taylor, raised just short of £250. Many thanks to all who
contributed towards a happy
result.
In addition, and new this year,
Elaine Munro-Lott and family
cooked almost 100 breakfasts
on Easter Saturday morning,
raising a further very welcome
£300. The Big Breakfast proved
hugely popular on our side of the
counter, and since they haven’t
ruled out doing it again, can’t
have been too bad on theirs
either. Well done and many thanks
to Elaine and team.
Next event: look out for our Midsummer Market on 12 July in the
Tremayne Hall, more details nearer the date.
Terry Chapman
Landerio Horse and Dog Show: We normally hold this delightful
annual event in June but this year we are postponing it until
September, due to weather constraints on crop planting. We hope
this will not inconvenience any of our supporters and look forward
to seeing you all then. Full details and dates will appear in the
August issue of this magazine.
Jackie Meyer
Vera prepares to tuck in !
A good crowd for the Big Breakfast
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Community News and Views ~ continued
Churchyard Group: Since 2009 a small group has worked along-
side the St Mylor’s gardener to help with the management of the
beautiful churchyard. The area had become overgrown with bram-
bles, ivy and other invasive plants and many graves and memori-
als had become difficult to access. The churchyard is a member of
Cornwall’s Living Churchyard scheme and this lays down specific
objectives to which we have to adhere.
Over the past five years all areas have been made accessible and
we now have a maintenance plan. There are specific areas that
are left to grow for the year and will only be cut in the Autumn.
This allows small animals to find cover, whilst our wood piles and
twig houses will provide excellent habitat for hedgehogs
(hopefully) and other woodland animals. In two areas we have
placed pieces of corrugated iron sheets to give a warm environ-
ment for such creatures as slow worms. Other areas are cut once
or twice a year allowing wild flowers to flourish and re-seed during
most of the year. These areas can look unloved but are necessary
to allow for wildflower regeneration. We have flourishing areas of
nettles which attract butterflies and other insects. We have also
cultivated shrubs to provide colour during most of the year. Other
grass areas are closely mown for a more manicured appearance.
We have been managing trees by removing dead or dangerous
branches as well as taking off ivy growth. Any wood is then cut
and bagged for sale as logs at £1.00 a bag. Recently we have
joined forces with Falmouth University and now have a number of
bird boxes fixed to trees. These boxes will be monitored by the
University and we hope to have interesting news soon.
Our latest project is to reconcile our churchyard Excel spreadsheet
of graves and memorials with the survey plan and to provide iden-
tifying marks within the churchyard to help location. This task will
take many months.
The group of volunteers meet on Wednesdays at 10.30am and
spend a couple of hours working together. It’s very informal and
we keep in touch by email. If you would like to join us please call
07711 040303 and someone will come back to you. Helen Fletcher
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Roads, we offer a fine collection of individual waters-edge, rural and
village cottages sleeping from 2 – 10 persons.
Whatever the time of year, there is always something hap-
pening that makes Cornwall special; perfect for family and
friends
Cottages available throughout the year: open fires, dogs welcome.
Telephone: 01326 375972
www.creeksidecottages.co.uk
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Local Arts and Crafts
Quilter’s Success: Jane Hawkins
of ‘More than Quilters’ (who meet
every Monday in the Tremayne
Hall) has produced an amazing and
spectacular piece of appliqué work
entitled St Piran. It shows the
emblem of the patron saint of
Kernow, together with St Piran’s
Cross, the Cornish Chough and a
tin mine representation. The work
is in the black and white of the
Cornish flag, the only colour being
the red beak of the Chough. It
hangs over five feet high and is to
be included in a Cornish Quilters
exhibition in Truro Cathedral during
the first two weeks of July, Thirty-
five groups and individuals are
producing designs for the
exhibition on the theme of ‘Saints
in Cornish Churches’. This will be
well worth seeing and we will give more details in next month’s
magazine. Michael Jeans-Jakobsson
Afternoon Concert: There will be a concert in aid of The Cornwall
Blind Association at 2.30pm on Sunday 29 June in the Tremayne
Hall. The charity is a small one formed in the 19th century and
since then has supported the people of Cornwall who have any kind
of eye problem. There is a big demand on their services, so they
need all the support we can give them.
The performers are Kay Deeming (soprano), Adele Berntzen
(mezzo soprano), Stephen Watts (Piano) and special guests Alison
Jane (piano) and Doug McClure (guitar). Alison has been severely
visually impaired since a child, but is the most wonderful pianist.
The programme is varied, leaning to more lighter music. Tickets
£7.50 obtained by phoning 01326 377189. If you are unable to
come, a donation will be much appreciated. Kay Deeming
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Local Arts and Crafts (continued)
Book Group: ‘The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite’ by Beatrice
Colin tells the story of Lily, an illegitimate orphan who becomes a
silent film star during the Weimar Republic. Lily’s early years are
marked by deprivations and setbacks that would floor a less
resilient character, but within her first two decades she withstands
ill treatment by nuns, seduction by her employer’s lover, near-
starvation, and widowhood in the Great War.
The group enjoyed the book and agreed that it revealed a side of
German history of which we had little knowledge. It sounds grim
reading, but this vividly written novel has the reader rooting for its
heroine from the first page. Through Lily, her close friend Hanne
and their associates, we gain insight into a world of ordinary
people living in extraordinary times, against a backdrop of
tumultuous history in Germany and Europe.
The writing moves at tremendous place and the denouement, in
which Lily attempts to escape with her lover, following a glittering
film premiere attended by Nazi bigwigs, is gripping. Some of us
questioned the writer’s habit of providing glimpses into the future
for some minor characters, but others found that this added to the
book’s richness. Either way, The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite
lives up to its intriguing title; a riveting and rewarding read.
Jane Moss
Garden Club: The last of this seasons talks was 'Fun with
Fuchsias ' with Carol Richards. Carol is secretary of Camborne and
Redruth fuchsia society and her whacky sense of humour did make
for a fun evening, as she showed slides and did demonstrations.
Besides fuchsias she is very knowledgeable about bonsai and
carnivorous plants.
She showed how to propagate yet more fuchsias using a pickle jar
propagator (you have to eat the pickles first!) and how to feed a
carnivorous plant (always use live insects or else your plant will
starve!).
The new season of talks starts in September with ' China: in the
Footsteps of the Plant Hunters' by Gary Long.
Maggie Farley
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Health and Fitness ~ Rhiannon Parsons
Summer Time – Make with the Wellies!
So June is here and I wonder, as I write this
listening to the wind and rain, if the weather will
have improved at all? Given our experience of
summer here in the UK, especially in Cornwall,
our hopes should not be raised too high!
Whatever the weather though, we need to get outdoors as much
as we can. Our bone health relies on vitamin D which we can get
from sunlight – even on a dull day. The vitamin helps us absorb
calcium and phosphate which are essential for strong, healthy
bones.
Daylight is also known to lift our mood, so it can be a real help in
combating depression, especially if you get moving outdoors, as
exercise can also help you feel happier. The main problem can be
actually getting out there – staying indoors can just make you so
lethargic that you can’t motivate yourself to go outside at all.
Try thinking about how much better you’ll feel once you’ve got out
there and done a walk or swept the patio or done a bit of weeding
or simply had a chat with neighbours.
Chair-Based Pilates
A chair-based Pilates group has been running for a while in the
Tremayne Hall on Monday afternoons. It offers an easy workout,
just right for anyone who can't cope with more vigorous
exercise. It raises the heart rate gently, gets joints and muscles
moving and ends with some great stretches.
It also provides a relaxed environment to socialise in one of the
village's wonderful halls.
Every part of this workout can be useful in everyday situations, but
as it has been very quiet, it has been dropped for the summer
term and will re-start in September assuming that there is enough
interest.
It is free to try the class - just give Rhiannon Parsons a ring on
01872 865017 for more details, or email:
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Local Arts and Crafts (continued)
Creative Writing: Writing is becoming a regular activity at the
Tremayne Hall, with monthly sessions on Saturday mornings and
an eight week Thursday evening class now underway.
We all have stories to tell and most of us can write creatively,
although we may not realise it. The question of what to write
about and where to start can be a stumbling block, but a simple
trigger can get the pen flowing.
For instance, look around the room in which you are sitting now
and choose an object. It might be something on the wall, a shelf or
the mantelpiece, or something you are wearing, such as a ring.
Give yourself a starting place such as ‘When I look at this I think
about...’ and write the story of that object; where it came from,
anyone you associate with it, and any memories or stories that you
can tell about it. You will be amazed at how much you can write
from this simple prompt.
When you are writing an early draft, neat handwriting and perfect
grammar do not matter. Just write freely and go wherever the pen
leads you. You can always go back later and polish it into a story
or poem. The important task is to get something down on the
page, then see how you can use it to create a longer or more
finished piece.
Our writing sessions in Mylor are hosted by Jane Moss, a published
author of non-fiction, poetry and a ‘Family Tree Magazine’ guide to
writing about family history and genealogy. Our next meetings are
on Saturday 21 June and 26 July in the Tremayne Hall, from 10am
to 12 noon. Everyone is welcome, so if you would like to come
along and have a taste of creative writing in a friendly and
enjoyable group, do join us.
Jane Moss
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We pass it every day. It’s as much a feature of
Mylor Bridge as the clock tower or the Lemon
Arms. But have you ever looked at the pump
and wondered how it works and why it’s there?
The first thing you notice is that it’s much bigger
than other remaining village pumps. Moving a
piston through that bore full of water would
need considerable force, hence the long handle.
Hence, too, the clever double fulcrum
arrangement to give extra purchase. The
bending moment applied is restrained by a roller
on the piston-rod running between slightly
separated rails. A one-way valve into the lower
chamber, and others in the piston working in the
opposite direction, allowed water to fill and
empty alternately as the handle was lifted and
lowered. Water came through the central spout
on both strokes. A website dedicated to pumps (www.villagepumps.org.uk)
can only speculate on the function of the cylinder’s domed cap.
The website also speculates on the name plate: does it name the sponsor or
the manufacturer? Distinguished village historian Joan West writing in a
forerunner to this magazine (St Mylor Church and Village News, November
1973), and quoted in the Book of Mylor makes us pretty certain it’s the
sponsor. Both attribute the pump’s colours to those of earlier cart wheels:
blue rims with red spokes. The earlier article records that the pump was
largely superseded by mains water laid to military camps above the village in
1944. Both also suggest that the pump was originally the gift of the
philosopher Squire Davies Gilbert of Trelissick, perhaps as repayment for the
pleasure given to his wife when Mylor Choir and Band played in the house at
Christmas. Since that Squire died in 1839, and the pump is dated 1852, there
might be another reason. His daughter Catherine married John Samuel Enys
in 1834, and her obituary (quoted on www.enysfamilyarchive.co.uk) reports
that, ‘her benevolence was lavish and exercised without regard to sect or
creed’. My earlier research posited Enys family philanthropy as likely to have
influenced the village, but I couldn’t provide an example. Could the pump
bear the maiden name of the benevolent wife of the Enys, who had the house
built? That doesn’t help us with the manufacturer though. Terry Chapman
Mylor Local History Group
The Archive Centre in the Tremayne Hall is open during Thursday afternoons.
Do call in and have tea with us. Maybe you have something old to show us?
You can also find us on www.tremaynehall.org Jill Quilliam 01326 376403
Local History ~ The Lemon Hill Pump
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Mylor May Fair 2014
Photographs by Geoff Adams
Mylor May Fair 2014
Very well supported
in spite of the
rather dull weather.
Photographs by Geoff Adams
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Wildwatch: The Cornish Chough ~ Dorrit Smith
Last week I had a treat! I went to
Porthgwarra near Land’s End and saw
several of these magnificent birds.
The red-billed, red-legged Chough,
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in
the crow family. It can easily be
confused with a Jackdaw as it zooms
around our cliffs, but look for the
deep slots in the slightly upturned
wings and the tumbling, playful flight.
It earned itself the name 'Cornish Chough' because of its close association
with the Duchy for several hundred years. It features on the Cornish coat
of arms, proudly sitting on top of the crest flanked by a tin miner and
fisherman. Its Cornish name, Palores, means digger, a reference no doubt
to its habit of digging away at loose soil to find its food.
Legend has it that the soul of King Arthur departed in the form of a
Chough, the colour of its red feet and bill
being derived from the blood of his last
battle. In heraldry, choughs are known as
‘beckits’. Three Red-billed Choughs are
depicted on the coat of arms of Thomas
Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
city of Canterbury also has choughs on
its coat of arms, because of its connection to
the saint.
Killing this bird was thought to be unlucky, but luck was out for the bird
itself for 1947 saw the last successful nesting in Cornwall and after 1973
the Cornish Chough was seen here no more. At the end of the 18th century
several naturalists were already noting the decline of the Chough in
Cornwall. The steady degradation of the chough's preferred habitat -
grazed cliffs and heath land - played a major part in its demise. In past
centuries, sheep, cattle and ponies grazed the Cornish cliffs all year
round, keeping vegetation short and providing perfect conditions for the
birds to find a supply of insects and grubs. The removal of stock animals to
inland pastures, where they could be managed more easily, meant the cliff
slopes soon scrubbed over and Choughs were no longer able to find
suitable feeding areas.
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Wildwatch ~ continued
For 28 years these iconic birds remained absent from Cornwall then they
returned naturally. Legend holds that their return would mark the return
of King Arthur and recognition of the greatness of Cornwall and it seems
that this part of the legend may be true as we have just been granted
National Minority Status!
Early in the spring of 2001, there was a small influx of wild choughs along
the south coast of England, from Portland in Dorset to the Isles of Scilly; a
group of three took up residence on the Lizard. The origin of these wild
birds has been the subject of much debate, but we now know they came
from Ireland.
In 2002, two birds raised young, the first in Cornwall in more than 50
years. Since then, this pair have nested successfully each year - raising 44
youngsters, many of which are now to be found on the Lizard or Land's End
peninsulas. 2013 will be their 12th breeding season.
A milestone was reached in 2006 when a second pair (a male offspring of
the Lizard pair, and an incoming wild female) successfully bred, raising
three young. In 2008, another pair
successfully raised young in West
Penwith, the first time choughs have
bred here in 150 years.
Since 2002, 88 chicks have fledged
from Cornish nests. Not all young
choughs can be expected to survive,
as the mortality rate can be quite
high. Despite this, these Cornish
pioneers are faring as well as their cousins in Wales or Brittany.
Various suitable breeds of animal graze the coastal cliffs including Shetland
ponies, traditional breeds of cattle such as Dexter, north Devon and
Highland. Thanks must go to all those farmers and landowners who support
the project by managing their land for the choughs.
Behind the scenes, work continues to encourage farmers to manage a
suitably grazed habitat around the coast to maintain the short open grass
in which Choughs probe to find their invertebrate food. Grazing also
enables a host of small flowering plants to thrive, keeps scrub from
invading the open coastal grassland and heath land areas and is good for
many other species too. The RSPB is on watch right now at Lizard Point. Do
go out and try to see them.
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On the Water ~ Nautilus
For anyone going afloat, this year will certainly stand out, with so
many exciting events happening or planned: Falmouth Week, a
new Falmouth Dinghy Week, the Tall Ships, to name but a few. You
could be forgiven for thinking that nothing else could be scheduled.
Over Whitsun week the prestigious Pendennis Cup draws arguably
the most beautiful yachts in the world to Falmouth to race. It
clearly illustrates the world class venue we have, backed up by an
amazing strength in depth of marine businesses right on our
doorstep.
Cockwells Boatyard, based in Mylor, is one such business that has
been making a real impact in producing hand crafted bespoke
launches to tender for the discerning superyacht owner. Part of its
Pendennis Cup sponsorship is providing two such tenders to ferry
VIP’s around in the style to which they are accustomed. You may
see them in the Bay if you watch the Red Arrows do their show on
Saturday 31 May.
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On the Water ~ continued
The, ever
popular
dinghy
season at
RSC has
seen a
welcome
resurgence
in the Dart
18 fleet.
They are
clearly
looking
forward to
celebrating
their SW
Championship over the weekend of 5 July. Throw in the Beach
Party with a bar, live music and the amazing backdrop of Mylor
Yacht Harbour and this is one social ticket worth getting hold of!
A final mention
must go to
those dedicated
Gig rowers who
endured many
hours of
training for
their World
Championships.
Both the
outstanding
Falmouth men
and ladies took
the overall titles again but congratulations must go to all the
Flushing and Mylor crews for equaling or bettering their PBs too!
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I think that Paul and I have had a rush of blood to the head - we
are thinking of getting some cattle again. Beef cattle not milkers;
there is no way that we would ever go back to the tie of milking
cows 730 times a year. We rent most of our grass to Stephen
Nicholls but we have some other odd patches that need to be
grazed and it might as well be done by our own cattle.
Whilst I love growing good crops, especially the premium barley
for the maltsters, there is something very fundamental about
keeping stock. We buy weaner pigs from time to time and grow
them on for our freezers, but this is not the same as having
suckler cows and raising your own calves and cattle.
The other plus is the muck. We feed our crops with the correct
amount of fertilizer but the soil is our single biggest asset and it
too needs feeding. Humus levels, earthworms, trace elements, soil
micro-flora, water absorption; they all need to be looked after and
muck and organic matter are key to this. Animals always bring
with them hassles and unexpected costs – usually massive vet bills
– but as long as we do not lose money the benefits will outweigh
the disadvantages.
We have looked at various breeds in trying to decide which would
be best for us. The Continental breeds – Simmental, Charolais and
Limousin – offer big meaty animals that grow quickly if you feed
lots of grain, but we fancy something British. The Hereford is a
lovely looking animal with an easy temperament but the meat can
be fatty. The North Devon cow, the Red Ruby, is a very cute, curly
coated, deep red animal but
again prone to fatty meat. We
reckon that the answer might
be the South Devon breed.
They are a big beef animal
that produces plenty of milk
for its calf and they do well on
grass. Oliver Bromley’s South
Devons in Enys were looking
a picture recently so we may
well follow his lead.
Farming Notes ~ Matthew Dale
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More about ~ Eddie Shelton
Eddie was brought up in Christchurch,
where he learnt sailing at an early age.
He started work as an aircraft engineer
but when the company moved from
Hurn, he changed to building work.
When his parents moved to Mylor in
1954, he came to help them with the
house and he’s been here ever since. He
got married and lived on a boat in Mylor
for four years. He got some work deliv-
ering boats then moved ashore to start a family. They had two
children and now he has several grandchildren.
He started dinghy sailing instruction for children at Restronguet
Sailing Club with Phil Slater in 1989. Phil started a Cornish Squad
and Eddie instructed the beginners group, often called the Ice
Cream Brigade as when they did well they all got an ice cream.
He has taught many young sailors at an early age, but the most
remarkable was Ben Ainslie. He started sailing Optimists at seven
and Eddie coached him for four years before he progressed to the
Cornish and then the UK squad and the rest, as they say, is his-
tory.
More recently, Eddie has coached Benno Marstaller who is now
ranked individually at number one in a UK Optimist team that is
clearly destined for further achievement.
Eddie has strong views about funding of the sport at a local level.
All the coaching and organisation is done by volunteers at the club
and all the equipment, including boats, are provided by parents.
Although the RYA is busy with organising and funding at a national
level and providing the infrastructure of regulation and training,
very little of the money put into the sport filters down to the local
level.
What cannot be doubted, however, is the fantastic contribution
that a dedicated band of volunteers makes and it can be no acci-
dent that such a well-spring of talent has emerged from this tiny
club over recent years.
Michael Jeans-Jakobsson
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Tosher 20
Across
1 See 23 Across
3 Where the thief on the cross was told he
would be, with Jesus (Luke 23:43) (8)
8 Invalid (4)
9 Blasphemed (Ezekiel 36:20) (8)
11 Adhering to the letter of the law rather than
its spirit (Philippians 3:6) (10)
14 Shut (Ecclesiastes 12:4) (6)
15 ‘This is how it will be with anyone who —
up things for himself but is not rich towards
God’ (Luke 12:21) (6)
17 Mary on Isis (anag.) (10)
20 Agreement (Hebrews 9:15) (8)
21 Native of, say, Bangkok (4)
22 Deaf fort (anag.) (5-3)
23 and 1 Across ‘The Lord God took the man
and put him in the Garden of — to work it
and take — of it’ (Genesis 2:15) (4,4)
Down
1 Struggle between opposing forces
(Habakkuk 1:3) (8)
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2 James defined this as ‘looking after orphans and
widows in their distress and keeping oneself
from being polluted’ (James 1:27) (8)
4 ‘The one I kiss is the man; — him’
(Matthew 26:48) (6)
5 ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in — , faithful in
prayer’ (Romans 12:12) (10)
6 St Columba’s burial place (4)
7 Swirling current of water (4)
10 Loyalty (Isaiah 19:18) (10)
12 ‘God was pleased through the foolishness of
what was — , to save those who believe’
(1 Corinthians 1:21) (8)
13 Camp where the angel of the Lord slew
185,000 men one night (2 Kings 19:35) (8)
16 ‘There is still — — — Jonathan; he is crippled
in both feet’(2 Samuel 9:3) (1,3,2)
18 David Livingstone was one (4)
19 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority
(1,1,1,1)
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