What a glorious morning for our beach clean! Crowlas and Ludgvan members joined forces with Germoe and District WI, plus family members, on Praa Sands Beach, armed with rubbish bags and gloves for a fantastic beach clean. Thank you Sylvia for organising everything, and well done to all who took part.
It was a fun and productive meeting of the Needles and Pins Craft Group this month. Members met at Jenny’s and worked on their own individual projects plus a joint mission to knit Poppies for Ludgvan Church. Shirley got a bit carried away and wore her poppies as a hat!
Well done to everyone who entered the competitions this year. Congratulations in particular to Val Boakes for both her second place in the Barbara Reed Trophy and for winning the Yvonne Toms Award for Best Craft. Well done also to the Group Entry Team for their Third place ‘Minack Theatre’ Entry.
Book Club met at The Queen’s Hotel in Penzance to discuss ‘Our Spoons Came From Woolworths’ by Barbara Comyns. The book divided members who all scored the book with a 2/10 or 8/10 mostly on account of the main character and narrator of the story whose naivety was in equal parts endearing and infuriating.
Next month’s book is ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ by AJ Pearce. Read a bit about the book here .
Members of Crowlas and Ludgvan WI joined forces with Ludgvan Parish Church to stage an event for The Eden Project’s Big Lunch 2019. The Murley Hall was filled with local people who had come together to enjoy lunch and get to know each other better. The weather was kind enough for some to sit outside under the gazebos. Well done to everyone who contributed! (Pictures Peter Puddiphatt)
On Saturday several members of Crowlas and Ludgvan WI went to The Eden Project to have a go at the Hangloose Zip Wire Event organised by CFWI. Well done to all of you!
This month we tackled some of the north coast leading to Portreath before returning inland through beautiful woods at Illogan & Tehidy Country Park. The coastal path was strenuous but we all agreed the views were well worth the effort. The woods were at their best with bluebells and new growth. We ended the day with a well earned picnic (Shirley B)
Camera Club had a lovely afternoon exploring Trevaylor Woods this week. With bluebells, ferns, a stream and of course plenty of trees, there was no shortage of subject material and everyone was delighted with their pictures. Next month is due to be on Friday 21st June at Penrose. If you would like to come along withe any camera, phone or tablet see Helen.
A group of members have attended an adult beginners ballet workshop at Penzance Ballet School. Teacher Rachel demonstrated, before everyone learned various moves to some lovely music. By the end of the class everyone could do a plie, tendue and the five basic arm and foot positions. Rachel explained how ballet can help with balance and improve arm and leg muscles as well as your core. Everyone who took part enjoyed it and said they would like to have further instruction. Many thanks to Rachel and Val P who organised the workshop.
Normal People by Sally Rooney – Our April Choice
Book Group met at Kathy’s house in the afternoon of the last Wednesday of April. We discussed the award winning “Normal People” by Sally Rooney. Brought up in the west of Ireland in 1991, she holds a Master’s Degree from Trinity College, Dublin.
Connel and Marianne live in a small Irish town. They are both in their final year at the same high school. Both are smart; both studious, both do well in their exams, both live in single parent families. But …….. Connel’s mother is Marianne’s mother’s cleaner and so an important strand of the dynamic between them is established.
Connel is shy but has an easy popularity while Marianne is a loner; friendless and unfriendly. They begin a secret sexual affair which is the start of an on/off relationship which spans four years and their transfer to university. There, their social situations are reversed. Marianne is comfortable in this world of wealth and privilege; Connel feels unsure of himself and ill at ease.
Each forms relationships with others but each continues to be drawn to the connection between them.
The story rings with authenticity. We speculated about Marianne and Connel’s backstories – why was Marianne so self-destructive, why was Connel so reluctant to commit to their relationship?
The book scored 7.9 on our rating system; the most frequently awarded score was 8. We enjoyed the book with some reservations; it is a window into the apparently very different world of young people today.
But … the more things change the more they stay the same. As the book ends Marianne and Connel are emerging from the intensity/difficulties/self-focus which, often painfully, dominate the transition from childhood through adolescence into early adulthood.
Our next book is ‘Our Spoons Came from Woolworths’ by Barbara Comyns. We will be meeting at The Queen’s Hotel, Penzance to discuss the book on Wednesday 29th May.
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