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Shirley could not have chosen a better day for Crowlas & Ludgvan WI’s first walk of 2017 – it was a lovely clear sunny day.

The walk started with a steep incline from Penlee. The group took their time pausing to admire the view of Mount’s Bay and also to catch their breath.

They made their way to Paul, walking through the village and eventually finding the standing stones named the Ring and Thimble. The return walk took them through fields and down a long descent into Mousehole, providing a very different and lovely view of Mousehole.

In the cafe another walking group from Portreath came in for refreshments and the ladies were surprised to meet up once again with Niamh Noone, a former Crowlas & Ludvan member! Niamh is well and sends her love. What a small world!

Tonight’s Feast meeting was a fabulous event.

Everyone enjoyed a warming meal of hearty stew, followed by delicious fruit crumbles. Perfect for this cold weather!

After supper, we played our usual silly games, this time including a bin bag fashion show. We all got in the spirit and snipped and taped bin bags to create some true couture creations!

Thank you to all of you who brought contributions for our annual donation to the Food Bank. I think we really outdid ourselves this year and I’m sure they’ll be overjoyed to receive it all!

And a special thank you to the hard-working members of the committee who made the evening such a great success.

Crowlas & Ludgvan WI member Ann Tilly would like to let everyone know about a new weekly patchwork and sewing group she’s started!

The group (not a WI group) will meet every Thursday afternoon in the Murley Hall from 2pm until 4pm. All are welcome. Either bring something you’re working on, or just come along and pick up some inspiration from others.

See Ann if you have any questions, or drop in next Thursday and see what they’re up to!

Wishing you and yours a very happy Christmas and all the best for the new year!

A coach-load of us headed to Falmouth today for our annual Christmas meal out, this time to the gorgeous Greenbank Hotel.

We first had coffee and drinks in the lounge with a nice chance to chat about all our Christmas plans.

The meal was delicious and we all enjoyed the very posh crackers!

Not to mention the stunning views from the dining room.

Before setting off for home, Lisa, Dorothy and Jackie posed by the Greenbank’s Christmas tree.

We’d like to give a big thank you to Kathy for organising the event, and it was such a pity that she was unable to come at the last minute. You were missed, Kathy!

Click here to see a few more pictures of our Christmas lunch.

A group of Crowlas & Ludgvan WI members spent today creating beautiful Christmas masterpieces using all sorts of fresh greenery.

Shirley, our floral arts whizz, led the group in the making of stunning Christmas wreaths and displays.

There are going to be some very impressive front doors in Crowlas and Ludgvan this season!

Click here to see more photos of Shirley’s workshop.

I spy Gill, Colleen, Val, Hilary, Pat, Shirley and Lis all looking very glamorous at today’s County Christmas Lunch at Lanhydrock!

A coach-load of Crowlas & Ludgvan WI members, their fingers itching for bargains, left for Exeter early on a dry still morning (perfect for shopping).

On the way, they stopped at Lifton Farm Shop and restaurant, always a favourite stop-off, where they were served really efficiently by the lovely staff, and enjoyed coffee, pastries and bacon butties. The farm shop is fantastic so the ladies managed to get some shopping in even before reaching Exeter!

On arrival, they all went their separate ways, with some heading straight for John Lewis and others for the traditional Christmas market stalls. There was no time to waste!

Several of the group met up with former Crowlas & Ludgvan WI member Maureen Fordham for lunch in Tea on the Green. It was great to see her looking so well and happy!

The remains of the Royal Clarence Hotel were a shock to us all, and seeing the devastation first hand was awful.

Having offered first refusal to WI members, the coach was filled with people from the village. Two husbands came and one of them, Tommy Williams, was sporting a snazzy red fleece hood when we met to come home. Most slept on the way home and a good day was had by all.

(Report by Gail)

Thanks to Janet and Gill for planning such a splendid day out. There’s a rumour going round that they’ve already made a provisional booking for next year’s Exeter shopping trip!

On Friday, Crowlas & Ludgvan WI held a five-corner craft day in order to raise funds for our beloved Denman College.

The event was spearheaded by Pat Gloyn and the members of the Crowlas & Ludgvan WI book group, who organised a wonderful day!

Marazion Community Centre was buzzing with the sounds of happy women felting, painting and beading. Participants had a choice of making beautiful parchment gift boxes, creating felt ball necklaces (or Christmas baubles), painting folk art Christmas cards, making gorgeous beaded bags or coming away with lovely paper flowers.

A lunch of warming soups was welcomed by all, followed by a mouthwatering assortment of delicious cakes.

The big news is that the day netted £725.80 for Denman College! We thank Pat and her team for their initiative and their hard work, and of course also our wonderful tutors (Val, Pat, Margaret, Dorothy and Lis) for giving their time to help out.

Click here to see more photos of the day.

The theme of the recent CFWI day at the Eden Project might have been a serious one – climate change, the environment and WI resolutions – but the ladies of Crowlas & Ludgvan still managed to get up to their usual antics.

Joking aside, it was a brilliant, and a truly inspiring, day. We heard about this year’s batch of short-listed WI resolutions from NFWI Honorary Treasurer Julia Roberts and NFWI Vice-Chair and Chair of the Federations of Wales Committee Ann Jones. They also spoke about the ways in which the WI has taken the intiative over the years in the fight for a cleaner and better environment.

We also heard from Eden’s Managing Director Gordon Seabright who spoke about some of the exciting things in the works at Eden, including the introduction of an outdoor nursery school based at Eden. He also told us about the various environmental projects Eden are involved in across the world, and their hopes for funding to install geothermal energy at Eden at a depth of 4.5km into the extinct volcano below.

After lunch, about 180 WI members, including our Crowlas & Ludgvan group, had the afternoon to explore. And here’s a little bit of what they got up to.

Click here to see more photos.