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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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Breakfast Baps served from 8 to 10.30 am With Bacon, Sausage, Egg, Mushroom, Onions, Tomato in any combination.

See our Notice Board for opening times and Special Offers

Hair at Nigel’s

Modern & traditional cutting. Nationally recognized master craftsmen Main Salon

Colour Studio

Registered with the Hairdressing Council as a top salon in the South West

at the Pavillion, Rock 01208-862258

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

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I.Tatam Electrical Electrical Installations & PV Hughenden, Rock Road, St Minver, Wadebridge Cornwall, PL27 6PW Tel: +44(0)1208 862 522 Fax: +44(0)1208 869 251 Email: iantatam@aol.com “Your local electrician since 1979�

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monumental Est. 1985 services New memorials supplied.

Leaning headstones realigned.

Re-lettering and cleaning.

Full maintenance service.

For a friendly and reliable service contact us on

01840 212969 or 078950 72507 2

METTERS & SONS

The Vac Sweeps Comprehensive and expert chimney sweep service using vacuum with brush for NO MESS!

Call 01840 211089 TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT

Looking after our clients’ property interests for over 40 years PROPERTY SALES, HOLIDAY LETTING AND MANAGEMENT, CHARTERED SURVEYORS, VALUATIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES Rock Office: Tel: 01208 863206 Port Isaac Office: Tel: 01208 880302

www.johnbray.co.uk

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ROBERTSON’S JEWELLERS LTD Visit your local qualified jeweller for jewellery, giftware and the widest selection of watches around We offer a full workshop repair service for Jewellery & Watches Commissions & Insurance Valuations

Come and enjoy shopping at a real jewellers!

Offering excellent prices for your Gold and Silver in any condition

25a Molesworth Street, Wadebridge www.robertsonsjewellers.co.uk The Company of Master Jewellers

01208 812291

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.

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ESTATE AGENTS • VALUERS HOLIDAY LETTING

Cole Rayment & White are estate agents and holiday letting agents specialising in the Rock Area.

If you have a holiday home to let please call Domenique or Sam on 01208 862299 www.crwholidays.co.uk Computer generated image of the riverside view of the Bradfords Quay project

Wadebridge luxurious waterside development with apartments starting at ÂŁ185,000 - 01208 813595 Malcolm Cole, FRICS Chartered Surveyor having lived and worked in the parish for over 30 years would be delighted to assist with all your house buying or selling needs.

Please contact Malcolm on 01208 863322 www.crw.co.uk Cole Rayment & White Radley House Rock Road Rock PL27 6NW 5

Matthew Dingle Electrician NICEIC Domestic Installer Approved TRUST MARK Approved Est Since 2005 with over 20 Years Experience City and Guilds Quali�ied Tel: 01840 214857 Mobile: 07795 281137 Free Quotations All types of Electrical work undertaken

Glowarm Plumbing and Heating (Cornwall) Ltd Boiler Breakdowns Gas and Oil Installations Bathrooms Heat Pumps Leadwork Domestic Plumbing

Free Estimates 24 Hour Emergency call out Gas Safe and APHC Registered

01840 212457 0777 9969 484

Glowarm Plumbing and Heating (Cornwall) Ltd, Middle Fernleigh, Trefrew Road, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9TP. Fax: 01840 212457. sthobbs@btinternet.com. www.glowarmplumbing-camelford.co.uk 6

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 find a foundation for you.

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

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Independent Family Funeral Directors

R. J. Bray & Son Lywydhyon Ynkleudhyas Teylu Anserghek

Bridge End, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6BX (01208) 812626. david@rjbray.co.uk www.rjbray.co.uk

Rock Inn AT ROCK

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 Seafront 01208 863498

www.therockinnrock.co.uk

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Garden Services

ENSLA PRODUCTS WINDRUSH, POLZEATH, CORNWALL PL27 6TN TEL/FAX: (01208) 863483

Clearing Grass Cutting Hedge Trimming Hedge Laying Tree Work etc 01208 850 241 - 07891 828 313

ENGRAVERS IN SLATE  HOUSE NAMES   MEMORIAL PLAQUES   BUSINESS PLATES 

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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 .macmillanssolicitors .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

Ian’s Logs and Kindling Delivered within

Includes kitchen equipment and facilities for many sports.

20 mile radius of Wadebridge

(School Hours)

M I R Mabley, Blake’s Keiro, St Minver

01208 862496

01208 863404 07740 404850

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

Jun 28 Jul 11 Jul 25 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 9 Aug 14 Sep 7-8 Sep 21

River Dart Cruise, Dartmouth, Steam Train to Paignton.

River Fal Cruise Falmouth & Heartlands.

Greenways, Rivercruise And Dartmouth.

Newton Abbot Races.

Gatecombe Open/Intermediate British Festival of the Horse.

Grand Heritage Cruise.

British World Firework Championships Plymouth.

Burghley Horse Trials Weekend.

Haynes Motor Museum.

Oct 9 Oct 18 Oct 26 Nov 2 Nov 18-22 Nov 29 Nov 30 Dec 15

Tavistock Goosey Fair.

Daniel O’donnell Plymouth Pavillions.

Halloween Mystery Trip.

Bridgewater Carnival.

Turkey & Tinsel Bournmouth.

Tavistock Dickensian Evening.

Clarks Shopping Village.

Mousehole & Angarrack Christmas Lights.

1208 77989 / 72669

16 Seaters availale for private hire . www .grouptravelcoachhire .co .uk  email enneymoontinternet .com

Busy Life Cleaning Services

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Piano Tuner & Technician 20 Years Experience St Minver

Available to suit your needs Call Nicola now on: 07812 465439 Email: busylife@live.co.uk

C L Tobin MPTA, HND 08708 740014 11

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

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 12

Your Local Taxi Service

Pityme Taxi 01208 862212 07792 633150

Rob Woodley

07816 90 20 80 19 Middlewell Park, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7HH

Approved Electrician and Solar Installer Domestic and Commercial electrical services  New Installations  Re-wires  Fault Rectification  Test & Inspection  Solar Panel Installation  Pat Testing

Friendly, reliable, affordable service, covering Cornwall

Telephone: 01208 895345. Mobile: 07411 147091 d.b.electrical@live.co.uk 13

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We welcome local stories and photographs.

Issue 191 July/August 2013

St Minver

Like 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

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Contents Around and About

The 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 Chef Stuart Pate - Chocolate Fondant . . . . . 46

Business Spotlight Natasha Mccormick Designs . . . . . . . . 48

Features My 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 Items

We 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

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The Mattos Family provide Bristol Infirmary with Profiling Bed Thanks 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 Holliwell The 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 granddaughter 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.

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We welcome local stories and photographs.

New Beginning for Museum In 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, helen.richards0@btinternet.com.

St Minver Church Fete St 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

Trebetherick & Polzeath WI

Open Day Rock Institute

Monday July 8 2 - 4 pm Craft Display cake Sale Cream Tea (£2.50) Admission Free

Polzeath Marine Centre

Summer Rock Pool Rambles Polzeath Marine Centre (Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’)

Monday July 22 (Easy Access Event)

Wednesday July 24 Thursday July 25 See Page 24 for more details

Big Breakfast Huge Success for CRUK Sunny 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 Visit our website - www.stminverlink.org

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We have been asked to publish the following:

Apology To HML Builders I apologise for my comments that were made which were untrue.

F. Bickham

Chris Treglown Foundation Maria Jagusz and members of MJUK present

The West End Comes to St Minver St 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.I 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.

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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 welcome local stories and photographs.

Summer Sailing at Rock Sailing & Waterski Club

St Minver Brownies

Donkey Derby & Car Boot Sale Trewint Lane Playing Field Sunday August 11 Donkey racing, refreshments, ice creams, bouncy castle, side stalls.

Racing during Camel Week in 2012.

Fun filled evening for all the family.

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.

If you would like to book a car boot pitch please contact Katrina on 01208 814793 or 07866 00 43 49 katrina.bacon@tiscali.co.uk

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.

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Polzeath Marine Centre

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).

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St Minver Cricket Club

Casino Night

St Minver Cricket Club

Saturday June 29 8 pm Entrance £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 Morning Perceval 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..

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St Minver Probus Club

April 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.

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The West End comes to St Minver

Passionate about plankton

Wadebridge Choral Society’s Season Starts

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Following the success of last year’s concert in the church, Maria Jagusz and members of MJUK will be performing on three Polzeath Marine evenings: August 24th and 25th at St Minver Church and August 28th Centre at the Waterfront Polzeath.

(Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’) The concert is entitled the ‘West End Comes to St Minver’ and Thursday August 1 will include performances from famous shows including Les 2 - 4pm Miserables, Sweeney Todd and Fidler on the Roof.

Investigate and explore the Maria is an international opera singer, adjudicator and vocal coach. most crucial part of the marine She has inspired many and was a coach to the late Chris Treglown. environment that is not normally Following the tragic death of Chris in January 2012 Julia and John considered or looked at; the Treglown founded the Chris Treglown Foundation Fund of which crazy and bizarre world of the Maria Jagusz and John Baxter are trustees. The fund is in its early microscopic plants and animals stages but an award has been made this year to a successful found in the sea....plankton. With Cornish applicant and with the advice and inspiration of others arts and crafts as well as actually the aim of the fund is to provide opportunities for young people plankton catching! to have experience and gain skills through workshops as well as Cost £2 (Free to PMC Friends). granting awards. The proceeds from the concerts will help to Booking Essential support the fund. call Abby on 07973 400183 Tickets for the event at the church cost £10 each and are available or email abby.crosby@ from Newslines in Rock, St Minver Post Office, Cole, Rayment and cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk.

White in Wadebridge or contact Julia Treglown 01208 862802.

Tickets for the Waterfront event cost £30 each and includes Dolphin Canapés and ‘Fizz’ at 7pm followed by a buffet of locally produce fish and meats.

Seaquest

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.

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St 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.

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Polzeath Marine Centre

My Experience one Sunday Morning

Beach Detective & strandline mobiles

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.

Polzeath Marine I struggled for a while and then asked God “What should I Centre do? The answer was “Ring a Friend” which I did.

(Opposite ‘Pitch and Put’) My friend rushed round (complete with plastic apron) and eventually managed to get me out.

Wednesday Aug 7 11.30am & 12.30pm After dressing, I made a cup of coffee and sat down to Become a beach detective and read the Scripture Union reading for that day, which was take part in a scavenger hunt Psalm 69. The first words were “Save me O God, for the on the strandline. Learn about waters have come up to my neck”. this fascinating part of the beach and then bring your beach Further verses are: treasures back to the centre and “I sink in the miry depths where there is no foot hold” create a mobile to take home to remind you of your adventure. “I have come into the deep waters the floods engulf me” And finally Cost £2 (Free to PMC Friends).

“I am worn out calling for help”.

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We Will Remember Them Lydia Gwendolen Addison of Rock Brian George Burrows of Trebetherick Terence John Coombs of St Minver Doris Rosina Hill of St Minver Nora Lilian Old of St Minver Johm Kenneth Tremain of St Minver Marjory Eunice Tully of Rock Joyce Mary Whawell of St Minver 22

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Polzeath Marine Conservation Group Re-launched

2012 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 village 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 fascinating 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 coconut shell from exotic seas and a rubber flipflop

A ‘Rock Pool Ramble in progress.

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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 planning, writing a constitution, choosing a committee 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 A Marine Arts and Crafts day at the Centre.

Photo: Jo Avor. would have a small charge to others, rather go!

Suddenly, the future looked positive, and than relying on donations as in the past. But success for the Polzeath Marine Conservation the early membership fees were not enough to cover our first expenses, and we began to Group seemed within our reach. wonder if we’d be able to stay viable.

If you’d like to find out more about our acTime was short, as we needed to plan all the tivities and talks, have a look at our website marine events for our area for 2013 – and get (www.polzeathmarineconservation.com) the programme written up, proof-read and or pop in to the centre to see our busy proprinted before the start of the New Year. We had a small float of money left over from dona- gramme of activities for the summer. We aim to reach out to all ages, all groups, and this tions for the marine events we’d run during the past season, but not enough to pay for the summer, for the first time, we are running an printing and the first running costs. But kind Easy Access Rockpool Ramble suitable for anysupporters stepped in to help: Martin Taylor one of any age with a disabilty/mobility issue, of the Valley Caravan Park, and the Rotary Club especially wheelchair users and their carers. of Wadebridge, together with our local parish Become a member! The annual membership councils, St Minver Highlands and Lowlands, donated generous sums to fund the printing of fees are amazing value: only £5 Individual, our brochure and the early running costs of the £10 Family, and £50 Corporate Membership. centre.

Become a volunteer! Polzeath Marine ConserTo our huge delight, we were able to have our vation Group needs your help, manning the shiny new leaflet published and begin to run marine centre, helping with rambles, beach our events in early 2013. So there we were, in care, and arts & crafts, and all sorts of events the first icy week of January 2013, starting our and activities. brand new programme with a fascinating Bird Walk, led by our expert, Derek Julian, all set up Come and join us! You’ll be very welcome!

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‘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.

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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 Mike Polson. in this catastrophe, Mike saw all his hardwork from artists both locally and from further in evolving the original business into a new framing workshop and gallery ruined by smoke afield, kids art classes and regular comedy nights, playing host to talent from around the and water damage.

Undeterred by this, Mike set about looking for country. new premises and in doing so found inspiration The first event at the beginning of August will be a viewing of the works of sculptor Dan Miles for stretching the business into some more interesting and complimentary areas. Here and modern artist Andrew Syms. (date tbc, Mike tells us more. so please check our website for details www. wadebridgeframing.co.uk) I decided to relocate the business to a more town centre location, where I was more likely We are also offering the space for hire. We’re to get passing trade. I was fortunate to find applying for a temporary event license for this unit, which is in the Courtyard opposite grown up parties and the venue is also suitable Lidls, next to Carpet Trader. It’s a great spot for children’s parties too (especially as you with access from the main road as well to the can take advantage. The space is also totally rear, with plenty of customer parking. versatile with a PA system and all the fittings, The unit itself is across 2 floors and is light, including the bar, have been built on wheels so spacious and airy and it was this spaciousness they can be moved around. that gave me the ideas for expanding the We have named the downstairs Gallery, The business.

Pop Up Café and Gallery, which reflects the So now as well as the framing workshop and ‘pop-up’ nature of the events we will be gallery (selling mirrors, Mexican folk art, holding. affordable contemporary art, Cornish themed On a final note, Mike Polson says he has had posters and photographs) upstairs, I will also be using the downstairs space as an additional a great deal of support from all quarters and found potential hurdles eased by planning gallery which you can study whilst enjoying departments and town councillors. he would to a coffee and cake. We also plan to hold a series of ‘pop up’ events, such as art viewings thank everyone that has made this potentially nightmare time so much easier for him. showcasing the best of contemporary work 26 We welcome local stories and photographs.

A Book Review by John Baxter

The Angel’s Game

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon 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.

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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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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 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 lobster Yes, as mentioned last month, the lobster

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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.

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Standing in front of a Dragon Rapide (L to R): John and Audrey Webb, Ted and Pam Curtis, Joan Rowell, Pat Crank, Jenny Just, Barbara and Roy Ritchie, Bridget Taylor, Bill Mably (behind), Pearl Bickham and Joyce and Reg Wilce. Three of the group had been aircraft engineers in the Royal Air Force: Joan Rowell was an engine fitter on Spitfires and Hurricanes, Roy Ritchie was an Photo: Brian Crank armourer on Mosquitos and Brian Crank was an instrument fitter on Valiants, Beverleys and Vulcans.

St Minver Senior Circle visit the ‘Classic Air Force’ at Newquay

St Minver School Update Dave 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.

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 RNLI—Beach Safety We welcomed RNLI Lifeguards, viewed on the Class 4 page of the school website.

Chris and Rory into school to speak to our Key Stage 2 chilTag Rugby dren on April 17th. They talked Once again we took part in to the children about the work the Tag Rugby tournament of the RNLI and how they can organised by police officers keep themselves safe on the from the Wadebridge area and beach and in the sea this Sum- held at the Camels Rugby Club mer. The Lifeguards were very in Wadebridge. Well done to impressed with the children’s both of our teams that took knowledge. part. Our B team came back to school with a trophy, having Year 4 Viking Day achieved 3rd place in their I had a bit of a shock in May

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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 creditable fourth.

Huge thanks to our coach, Joe Bouzaglo, who gives his time each Friday after school to train the team.

North Cornwall Games

Congratulations to all our athletes 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

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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.

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

Year 3 and 4 Sikhism Days

We 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.

What 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 festival. 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, searching 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!

Other Clubs

It 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 Day

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St Minver Brownies visit Bodmin Police Hub

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 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 the Brownie Pack visited 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.

Serenna Orchard

On Wednesday 15 May we visited Bodmin Police 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 Wednesday 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

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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.

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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.

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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

possible without the dedication of our hardworking manager Keith Simmons who has put this side together with the able assistance of coach Jamie

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

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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.

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Country Diary from Cobb Cottage 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’.

a wonderful concert. Conducted by Peter Broadbent, we heard music by Saint-Saens, Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel, words from various French poets. The unaccompanied singSt Endellion was bathed in evening sunshine, ing of this mixed group at about twenty-five or so singers was perfectly balanced in this and the ornamental cherry tree alongside setting, and as the sun gradually fell from the church glowed richly against the grey the clear glass windows behind the alter, we stone walls; even the overhead wires and were taken on a journey through love, joy, cables along the lane became gold threads loss, memories and seasons. I found most against the deep blue-grey of the sky. Such moving Poulenc’s music for Paul Eluards’ an evening created expectation, and the Joyful Company of Singers rewarded us with words ‘Un Soir de Neige’’ Poulenc wrote

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this during the Second World War during the German occupation 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 becomes related to where we first heard it. In 1948, camping on a bomb site in war-scarred Paris, a radio blared from a nearby apartment block, - the evocative voice of Edith Piaff, singing ‘La Vie en Rose’. That song was heard all over Paris, in the cafes and markets, and for me it still evokes a powerful memory of Paris. With other art students, we explored the markets, Left Bank, Montparnasse, 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 behind the London Hospital and so as we came home each day and were coming out of the station into the busy market 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 somewhat 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 outside a blackbird in the May tree was competing with us (or the other way round?) at full throttle; and so music punctuates our lives. It is still my favourite hymn.

Well, Thomas Fuller, my Toolips are beautiful! Those of you who have read the last copy of Link will know that Thomas, writing 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!

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Rock Lifeboat Diary 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 Missing for a cup of tea, meanwhile the lifeboat reOn April 9th we were called to search the turned to escort the trimaran back to Rock. west side of the estuary for a missing The amusing part was that the casualty person, thought to be north of Gun Point. was our old friend and supporter, Graham When we had searched to the vicinity of Renwick. This incident rather confirmed Stepper point we were stood down by some people’s opinion that donating to the the Coastguard as the missing man was RNLI is like an insurance policy should you located, safe and well, in Padstow. The venture on the water - in Graham’s case it helm was Pete Thomas and the crew, Dave obviously was!

Mably and Dan Bosley.

The helm was Neil Davis, supported by Paul Hancock and James Bolton.

Overboard Shouts 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.

On the morning of April 13th we were

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 !

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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 Greenaway. 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 Tragedy I 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 investigation by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch. However MAIB thought it appropriate to issue an immediate Safety Bulletin 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 Mably, 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

Lifeboat open day and beach party Rock Beach and Lifeboat Station Saturday August 10

From 12 noon Fun and Games for the whole family Refreshments available Admission Free (small charge for some games)

Come and Join the fun - all welcome!! 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

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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 parttime 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.

Stuart Pate.

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 His work has taken him all gateaux decoration, six over the world, including silver medals for pastillage, four plated desserts, Chateau Hotel on the centrepiece and petit Gold Coast in Australia where he worked as larder fours, christening cakes, bread displays and cold and pastry chef for one year, as well as Las Vegas, buffet work, and three 46

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

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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.

Chocolate Fondant Stuart Pate Makes 5 60 g (2¼ oz) caster sugar 3 whole eggs 3 egg yolks 125 g (4¼ oz) dark chocolate 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.

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 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.

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 brian@stminverlink.org together with your photograph and a brief resume of your career to date.

A photograph of the finished dish would be good too.

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Business Spotlight

Natasha McCormick Designs

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 48

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much of my inspiration for the subject matter

Natasha. 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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Brain Gym David Topliffe

Answers Last Issue’s Brain Gym

1 . . . 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.

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

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

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5.. . . . . . . . . . . 7 B for S B 6.. . . . . . . . . . . 147= M S in S 7.. . . . . . . . . . . 29028 = H of E in F

Suduko 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.

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a pleasure to use. All the designs are created in Cornwall and made in England. ndependent gift shops throughout the UK For further information on Natasha McCormick and direct via the online shop at www. natashamccormick.com. The company’s ethos Designs email: susan@natashamccormick.com is to design goods that are lovely to look at and or telephone 07775 931573.

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Lunch at Westminster College Excellent 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 50

although it is now very dog eared.

Here is Escoffier’s original recipe from the book: 2214—Pommes De Terre Fondantes Cut 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 restaurant@ westking.ac.uk. For more details visit www. westking.ac.uk/The_vincent_rooms/index. html

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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, planting 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 properties 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 properties, 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 neighbouring 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 wonderful holiday home and hopefully eventually 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 matter 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 regularly, at the correct time and they will give a beautiful definition to your garden that nothing 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.

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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 compost 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 Council Helen Highland - 01208 812289 - hylandacc@hotmail.com

Councillors 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 863267 Mr B P Bartlett, Ocean Breeze, Higher Tristram, Polzeath. PL27 6TF 862314 Mr F B Bickham, The Barn Flat, Churchtown, St Minver PL27 6QH. . . . . . . 01208 862055 Mr M W Dingle, Braemar, Dunder Hill, Polzeath PL27 6SU Mr B A Gisbourne, Carnsmerry, Menefreda Way, St Minver PL27 6QL. . . . . . . . 01208 869315 Mr S H Lander, Lander, Chapel Amble, Wadebridge PL27 6ET . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 865330 Mr B E Lane, 5 Tredrizzick Close, St Minver. PL27 6PD. . . . . . 01208 862494 Mr B Owen, 34 Lower Elms,

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St Minver. PL27 6QB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01208 862176 Mr M Parnell, Treswarrow Park Farm, Trelights, Port Isaac.

PL293TW. . . . . . . 01208 880990 Mrs J Shepherd, Roseneath, Dunder Hill, Polzeath PL27 6SX. . . . . . . . 01208 863387

Meetings 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 me If 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.

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Trebetherick and Polzeath WI June Meeting President 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, Swaziland 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 interesting career and is such a good speaker one could listen to him for hours.

During refreshments many of our members 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 outing 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 proceeds 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 received 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. Competition 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

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From the Desk of Dan Rogerson Sharp’s New Storage Facility In 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 continue to grow the business and provide job and training 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 Government 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 been halted, which should good news that the pattern keep pub-going remain affordable and help sustain of rising tax on beer has

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

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will also benefit from extra help with childcare costs, and a cut in National Insurance contributions for small Lower Taxes businesses meaning it will This year’s Budget also had be easier for them to hire good news on something new staff. In these tough which I have been cameconomic times I hope that paigning for – the raising of this will increase jobs and the personal tax allowance give relief to Cornish busito £10,000 next year. This nesses. means that people on low State Opening of and average incomes won’t Parliament pay any income tax on the first £10,000 earned each Since I last wrote for the year. That’s an extra £700 Link we have also had in people’s pockets to help another big event in the with the rising cost of living. political year – the State This also brings the lowOpening of Parliament in est earners out of paying May. Aside from all the income tax altogether, and pomp and ceremony, the helps to make sure that Queen’s Speech outlined work always pays. This was which new laws will be the Liberal Democrats top debated by Parliament in priority at the last General the coming year. Long-held Election and I am glad that Liberal Democrat policies we are delivering it in Gov- that are set to become law ernment. in order to help us build both a stronger economy As well as reducing the and a fairer society include: tax bill for lower earners, introducing a new ‘flat rate’ the Coalition has also announced measures to curb pensions system to make tax avoidance. Tax on petrol saving for retirement simand diesel has been frozen, pler and fairer, especially to meaning a planned 3 pence thousands of women and per litre rise in September the self-employed; new won’t happen now. There laws to tackle anti-social behaviour; capping social care is also a new Help-to-Buy scheme to help people get costs so that people don’t on the property ladder with have to sell their homes to interest-free loans for a de- fund their long-term care; posit. Hard working families and more money to help local jobs and stop the closure of well loved community pubs.

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families with the cost of childcare.

Council Elections On 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 political 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 Cornwall 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 campaign to make sure that North Cornwall gets a fair deal from both the Government and from Cornwall Council.

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Compiled by Claire Warr - claire@stminverlink.org Whilst we try hard to avoid mistakes they can, and sometimes do, happen. If we are made aware of any mistakes we will update the details on our website www.stminverlink.org/LinkEventsDiary.html

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Anglican Church Services

Weekday Services Wednesday St Minver Holy Communion 10am Wednesday St Michael Evening Prayer 5.30pm Sunday July 7th 11am . . . . . . . . St Minver . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . . St Michael . . . . Evensong Sunday 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 . . . . Evensong Sunday July 21st 8am . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . . St Michael . . . . Evensong Sunday July 28th 8am . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . . St Michael . . . . Songs of Praise

. . . . . . . . St Minver . . . . . No Service 3pm . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . . St Michael . . . . Evensong Sunday August 4th 8am . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Holy Communion 11am . . . . . . . St Minver . . . . . Holy Communion 3pm . . . . . . . . St Enodoc . . . . Evensong 6pm . . . . . . . . St Michael . . . . Evensong Sunday 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 . . . . Evensong Sunday 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.

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Catholic Church Services WADEBRIDGE, 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 www.stmarysbodmin@live.co.uk

Methodist Church Services Rock Methodist Church 11 am every Sunday Wadebridge Methodist Church (Worship takes place at Wadebridge Primary School) 10am Every Sunday Morning.

Trelights Methodist Chapel Sundays 6pm Tubestation (Polzeath) Multi-denominational 10 am Every Sunday.

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

Polzeath Area Residents’ Association

Hospital/Surgery Car Service

If 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.

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Local Telephone Numbers Compiled by Olivia Warr, Wadebridge Comprehensive School.

To suggest ammendments to this list email livvy@stminverlink.org

Coastguard----------------------------------999 Samaritans----------------------08457 909090 (Bodmin & Wadebridge) ------- 01208 72833 Women’s rape/abuse centre (Tintagel)----------------------01840 770663 -------------- 01208 77099/0808 8029999 Methodist Water Helpline------------------0800 1691144 (Rock, Steward Mr F L Cope)---01208 863481 Veterinary and RSPCA (Wadebridge)------------------01208 812887 Wadebridge: (G & P J Nute)---01208 813258 Multi-denominational Bodmin: (Harleigh Vets)--------- 01208 72323 (Tubestation Polzeath)---------01208 869200 St Columb: St Minver Vicarage (RSPCA Animal Centre) --------01637 881455 (Rev Jonathon Mosedale)------01208 862398 (RSPCA Animal Centre 24 hour)-0300 1234999 (Warden Mrs E Elliott)---------01208 863905 General Numbers (Warden Iain Gordon)---------01208 862388 Bridge Club (Robert Mabley)--01208 814564

Churches

Catholic

St Endellion Rectory

British Legion-St Minver (Rev Dr John May)-------------01208 881041 (Fred Prior)--------------------01208 862543 Doctor / Medical Cancer Research Bridge Medical Centre Wadebridge------- 01208 (Gina Snelling)----------------01208 862820 812342 Citizens Advice Bureau Bodmin Hospital----------------01208 251300 (Advice Line) -----------------08444 99 4188 Frank About Drugs--------------- 0800 776600 Cornwall Council-----------------0300 1234100 Drinkline------------------------0800 9178282 CRUSE Bereavement Care Port Isaac Surgery---------------01208 880222 Cornwall------------------------ 01726 76100 Rock Surgery--------------------01208 862545 Animal Welfare & Veterinary Royal Cornwall Hospital Laboratory---------------------01872 265500 (Treliske)-----------------------01872 250000 EDF Energy----------------------- 0800 365000 Wadebridge Health Centre------01208 812222 John Betjeman Centre-----------01208 812392 Libraries Old Cornwall Society Cornwall Library Renewals Line-0845 6076119 (Margaret Bartlett) ------------01208 816307 All Libraries---------------------0300 1234111 Padstow Harbour Master--------01841 532239 Reference Library----------------0800 0322345 Parish Council: Highlands Clerk Police (Helen Hyland)----------------01208 812289 Devon & Cornwall Police (non-urgent)------101 Parish Council Lowlands Clerk Crimestoppers-------------------- 0800 555111 (Gillian Thompson)------------01726 882145 Perceval Institute Emergency / Helplines Age UK--------------------------0800 1696565 (Maureen Rickard)-------------01208 863366 Air Ambulance HQ---------------01840 213574 Polzeath Area Residents Association Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service--0300 1234232 (David Short)----------------- 01208 862568 Polzeath Surf Life-Saving Club Electricity (Western Power Distribution)--- 0800 365900 (Susan Rowlands)-------------01208 859161 Relate Relationship Counselling National Domestic Violence Helpline----------------------0808 800 5000 (St Austell)--------------------- 01726 74128 National Gas Emergency Service- 0800 111999 Rock Institute (Allan Caswell)-- 01208 869420 NHS Direct HelpLine----------------- 0845 4647 Rock Lifeboat Station -----------01208 863033 Parentline Plus (24 hour)-------0808 8002222 Rock Sailing & Water Ski Club Police, Fire, Ambulance Services, (Secretary Kim Oaks)----------01208 862709 Visit our website - www.stminverlink.org

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

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Fernleigh Garden Services Helping you enjoy your garden Lawn cutting

Hedge trimming

Pruning & planting

Border & bed care

Leaf clearance

Fence maintenance

Decking and patio cleaning

Overgrown gardens cleared

Call John on 01208 815384 or 07936380547 Fully Insured

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?

01208 880215

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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 forresterframes@yahoo.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

A proper nursery growing plants with a passion Specialities of Perennials & Herbs Wide range of Shrubs, Climbers & Trees Coastal plants, Marginals, Bedding & Hanging Baskets Deliveries by arrangement. Open every day.

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

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

Tel: 01208 72837

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Emergency Security & Sanitation Services South West  Licenced Key-holding and Response Service to BS 7984:2008.  Detection Dog Services.  Static Guarding  Event Security.

M J Taxis

 On-site Customer Support with Opening Up Services.  Full Commercial and Residential Hygiene Services.  Spring Cleans & Changeovers.  Grounds Maintenance.

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0791 5169 902 Car and an 8-Seater available

Plumbing & Heating Contractors Specialists in the design installation and servicing o il as and renewale Heating Systems . Heat Pump Systems . nderfloor Heating Systems . ree estimates and consultations.

J M BREWER LTD

Trenant Vale, Egloshayle, Wadebridge PL27 6AJ

01208 814838

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 compromising on performance and safety” Tel: 01208 816729 • Mob: 07952 802850 Email: tristan@greengeckoclean.co.uk • www.greengeckoclean.co.uk

Rock Television and Electrical Services For all your electrical needs.

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Inspirational Home Furnishings Gorgeous Fabrics.

Poles & Tracks.

Full Making & Fitting.

Free measuring.

Painted Furniture.

Cushions & Lighting.

Gifts & Homeware.

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

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01840 212315

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01840 212315

We are looking for holiday homes in your area‌ Including St Merryn, Padstow, Polzeath and Rock and the surrounding areas to help meet demand.

Call our North Cornwall Property Manager for a free, no obligation assessment of your holiday home.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Your local holiday cottage experts

t. 01208 821 666 e. property@corncott.com

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Nursery Stores at 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.

Free Local Delivery

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Martin Way

ROOFING ROOFING CONTRACTORS ONTRACTORS LEADWORKS LEADWORKS ETC ETC

25 YEARS YEARS EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE 012O8 85O24O 07788 133659

01726 891799 O779O 482544

HAWKSLAND CANINE HYDROTHERAPY www.hawkslandhydro.co.uk

Hydrotherapy and Physiotherapy for dogs  Rehabilitation  Arthritic Pain  Disc Problems

 Sprains & Strains  Overweight  Fitness & Fun

Swimming Pool, Water Treadmill & Hydrospa

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

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01208 813199

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Treleavens Property Care Provides the complete range of holiday home services Caretaking - Building maintenance Building projects • Swimming pool maintenance Grass & hedge cutting • Landscape & garden maintenance Pressure washing • Window cleaning

Cleaning & Linen Hire

Change Over Cleaning • Spring Cleaning Linen Hire Laundry Service

Tel: 01208 862562 • Mob: 07977 480616 david@treleaven.fsbusiness.co.uk Web: www.treleavenspropertycare.co.uk

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Litho • Digital • Bindery • Mailing & Fulfilment Stationery • Brochures • Posters • Leaflets • Flyers Environmentally sound, award winning print solutions on your doorstep.

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Farm Shop & Restaurant Open Daily from 9.30am Mid-March to end of October

New for 2013. We have extended our Farm Shop and Restaurant.

Why not come and have a look?

Pick our wn r eady Picked Home rown Strawerries asperries ooseerries Black currants and ed currants Home produced eef lam and freerange eggs and Seasonal egetales .

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 Celeration Cakes Childrens Play rea  Pets Corner .

Find us at St Endellion Nr Port saac on the B331

Tel 01208 880164

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WELCOME

18 hole golf course 12 bay driving range Restaurant and Bar Health Club with indoor pool Spa room Tennis court Holiday rentals

thepointatpolzeath.co.uk CALL US 01208 863000

www.millardandflo.com

A flexible design service in North 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 tides@marinersrock.com www.marinersrock.com Printed by St Austell Print Company Ltd. 01726 68650