Author: crowlasludgvanwi

A gentle start for our first walk of 2018 – only 3.5 miles, 1 hill and no muddy lanes to navigate!  The weather was kind too – mostly sunshine but very windy.

We set off along the lovely level King George V Walk in Hayle, up the hill to Phillack and onto the Towans.  Here we felt the full force of the wind but this was more than compensated for by the fantastic view of the coast from Godrevy Lighthouse to St Ives and further along St Uny Church, Lelant.  Eventually we arrived at the North Quay in Hayle and back to King George V  Walk .  As usual we finished the morning with food in the Riviere Cafe.

January traditionally brings the Feast Meeting for Crowlas and Ludgvan WI. With guests from neighbouring WIs and our advisor Liz Anderson the Murley Hall was packed for a delightful evening of food and friendship. The committee had worked hard to provide a fantastic selection of soups and gateaux, and the evening’s entertainment came from singer Stuart Gotch. With a repertoire including Volare, That’s Life, Spiderman and A Friend Like Me toes were soon tapping and ladies were singing along to their favourite tunes. A fun evening was had by all.

Camera Club met this week for the last time in 2017. They met in Mousehole as the sun was setting and had warming drinks in a cafe whilst waiting for the switch on, then made the most of the clear weather and took photos of the lights around the harbour.

A group of  eager ladies met at the Murley Hall on Wednesday for the annual ‘Christmas Flowers with Shirley’ workshop.  Armed with bundles of foliage, seasonal flowers, ribbons and decorations everyone took in Shirley’s tips and made their own floral creations.

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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.

On a beautiful afternoon Camera Club had an outing to Penzance’s historic Morrab Library. With special permission to use camera in the building,

Members took a variety of pictures of the books, furniture and architecture before moving into the beautiful gardens. The afternoon was rounded off with everyone comparing notes in the Zebra Crossings cafe.

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Flying Fingers met at Shirley’s for a festive themed stitching session.  There is one more meeting before Christmas – at Polly’s on 12th December. See Beth for more details.

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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)

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)