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Christmas Dinner 2017

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Almost forty members of Crowlas and Ludgvan WI met at The Bay, Penzance for their annual Christmas meal. With a delicious four course meal, great company, crackers, hats and party blowers a fun evening was had by all.  Well done Kathy for organising it all.

Japanese Knot Bag Workshop

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Another superb Workshop and many, many thanks to Val for organising it and making it such an interesting, educational event.
Some of the clever girls made beautiful, but complicated Japanese Knot Bags with internal pockets and even round bottoms……. I made a little Christmas Bag and thoroughly enjoyed the whole session and experience.
Another great, creative day, thank you Crowlas and Ludgvan WI. (Sylvia)

Amblers October Outing

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We had a gentle amble from the carpark at Godrevy along the path towards the island, and north up the small incline to the barriers. Kathy had suggested we visit the seals. I wasn’t really expecting to see any but what a sight to behold. 100 plus seals and pups lying on the beach below. I have never seen anything like it and would recommend it to everyone. (Gail)

Camera Club October Outing

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Three of us met on a blustery afternoon at Jubilee pool; we got poolside passes and wandered around snapping away with the sky turning from grey to blue and the choppy water turning from green to blue. There were a few brave souls swimming -no wetsuits but we were happy to sit out of the wind on various steps and observing. Sue had to nip off to do the school run so Mary and Gail did the WI thing and had coffee and cake at the poolside cafe, it was delicious and very generous portions !
If anyone fancies joining us sometime we are not professionals we do it for fun and as regards to equipment, we had 1 slr camera, 1 iPad and 1 mobile phone between us ! (Gail)

October Walk

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It was a misty start for our October walk from Castle Gate which afforded a wonderful view of St Michael’s Mount and Mount’s Bay.
From there we walked inland and around the quarry on wet, muddy bridleways to Castle-an-Dinas (an old iron age hill fort) and Roger’s Tower.  Unfortunately the mist became a little thicker but the views of coast, moorland, remote farms and farmland were still visible.
Our walk was mainly downhill from there to Gulval passing through wooded lanes, fields and farm tracks.
A surprise was  meeting a very friendly farmer whose crop was Christmas trees.  He pointed out the various species of fir trees, growth patterns, age etc.  Another surprise was spotting a little mouse and a fox.
We were all pleased to arrive at the “Coldstreamer” for a rest and drink.  As they say in Cornwall the walk had been quite a “stank”.
(Report by Shirley)

Hanging Baskets Workshop

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We arrived at Bodmin Nursery in time for coffee and cake then had a look around at th plants, pots, bulbs etc., which we could buy at 10% reduction.Mary and Val took advantage and bought several large pots. We then had lunch – soup and a roll and more coffee and cake. All home made and delicious.

After meeting up with members of other WIs, and the friendly and very knowledgeable  staff, everyone enjoyed a demonstration of putting together a winter hanging basket. Then we were let loose to make our own. There was a choice of four types of baskets, or even tubs, if that was what you preferred.We had a varied selection of plants to choose from and could use whatever we wanted.

When we came to put the baskets and pots in Sue’s boot it was quite a work of art getting them all in! A great day and such tremendous value. (Report by Val P)