Shirley’s walk this month is actually before our monthly meeting, so I thought you’d all like a reminder!
The walk is 5 1/2 miles long and will take in Wheal Prosper mine and Rinsey Head on Wednesday 15 October.
If you’re interested or would like more details, please contact Shirley on (01736) 741324 or by email on grumpi@tiscali.co.uk.
As part of NFWI’s ongoing Great Food Debate, a full day was held recently at Chy Noweth on the subject of food waste. Titled ‘Food, Glorious Food’, it dealt with the issues of food production, sustainability and security.
Andrew Holden, Procurement Director at the Eden Project, gave a brilliant talk about Eden’s food story and food ethos – linking the plant to the plate. We could have listened to him all day!
Then Colin Olver, a regional manager with the Co-op, gave the supermarket perspective on food waste. He introduced Monica Price, a dynamic nutritionist and broadcaster who also demonstrates at the Royal Cornwall Show, and she introduced us to the “Love food, hate waste” campaign.
Esther O’Bearagh from Cornwall Council – a great speaker herself – gave us the scary facts and amusing anecdotes about household food waste, landfill and recycling.
Then Paul Sousek from Cottage Farm, a sustainable organic carbon neutral farm powered by renewable energy energy and producing organic beef and lamb, gave us his own local sustainable farming experience.
After that Gill Keeble (from the Environment and Public Affairs subcommittee) and Dot Rogers (from the Home Economics subcommittee) took the stage with their lively and entertaining cookery demonstrations on our theme “too good to waste”. They gave us lots of lovely simple innovative ways to use leftovers. And we finished the day with a feast of delicious tastings. A good day all round and we ended with lots of ideas to take forward!
Click here to find a few handy and easy recipes for using up leftovers and helping to fight food waste.
We had a fantastic day out on Friday to Truro Cathedral with our friends from Camelford WI.
After meeting for a chat over coffee and biscuits in the Cathedral café, we split off for some frantic retail therapy before lunch back at the café again. The conversation was full of laughs and we all had a great time – either reconnecting with old friends or making new ones.
After lunch some of us stayed in the Cathedral to listen to a recital by organist James Orford.
Following the recital, we were given a wonderful tour of the Cathedral. Our guide, Pam, told us all sorts of things we’d never known about the Cathedral. We explored the old St Mary’s Church south aisle (the ‘church within a church’); we learned about the two granite foundation stones laid when the Cathedral was being built, one still known as the Pillar of Faith; and we heard all about Bishop Benson, the Cathedral’s first bishop (and father of author E.F. Benson!).
Pam then led us down into the crypt where we were shown some of the Cathedral’s treasures. We saw some old photos of the Benson family, Bishop Benson’s death mask (!), a gorgeous silver chalice inlaid with jewels from rings and brooches from the parishioners of a London church, a piece of the Queen’s canopy from her 1953 coronation (at her request, a piece was given to every Cathedral in the country) and a bible belonging to Rowena Cade. We also examined some of the splendid robes that are stored in the crypt.
From start to finish, it was a wonderful day and all the Camelford members had a great time. We’re told they have plans to take us to Bodmin Gaol next year!
A special thank you to Kathy Merrett for all her work in organising such a successful day.
Click here to see more pictures of our Truro Cathedral Twinning Day.
A veritable herd of Crowlas & Ludgvan members descended on the Hall for Cornwall today for this year’s Annual Council Meeting.
Guest speaker was Mandy Hickson, a former RAF fighter pilot, who gave us a highly entertaining and inspirational talk.
But the highlight for us was seeing Alison Latham receive the West Briton Cup from NFWI Chair Janice Langley! The West Briton Cup is awarded annually to a first-year press officer – we’re all so proud of Alison for getting the recognition she deserves for her hard work and the brilliant press coverage we’ve received!
The winner of the centenary baton cushion competition was announced during the meeting and, sadly, Sue Knights’s cushion didn’t win. However, we all thought it was incredibly clever and we’d have been proud to see it chosen.
Have a look here at some of the cushions created by talented woman from all over Cornwall:
This was the last meeting led by outgoing CFWI Chair Kathy Reed, and she will be missed! She was given a big bouquet and a giant card signed by everyone at the meeting. It was also the last meeting for Treasurer (and Crowlas & Ludgvan WI member) Beth Marshall. We congratulate Beth on her years of hard work as Treasurer – those will be big shoes to fill!
You’ll be getting a full report about the Annual Council Meeting from delegate Hilary Elliff at our meeting on 20 October, so don’t miss it!
The Centenary baton has been welcomed to Northamptonshire with great fanfare!
The baton has just been in Warwickshire, where it was fêted at Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick.
Today, October 1st, was a very special day for the WI in the world of social networking. We set about to dispel all the old stereotypes about WI women and to show the world that we come from all walks of life, are women of all ages and we’re also a little bit nuts.
WI members were asked to take ‘selfies’ of themselves holding signs saying “I am WI” and to post them on Facebook with an #iamwi tag. Women from all over the country joined in!
Here are some of our favourite photos:
If you haven’t posted your photo yet, it’s not too late! Get that phone or camera out and snap away, then post your picture here.
Some of our Crowlas & Ludgvan members recently took part in CFWI’s Nordic Walking day, set in the beautiful Trelissick Estate. It was a lovely day with Shirley, Mary, Val, Julie and Pat all excited about learning to walk in the ‘Nordic Way’.
The event was held in conjunction with Walk Kernow, a local Nordic walking group. The organisers were pleasant and accommodating and the woman who demonstrated the rudiments of Nordic walking was very competent. She explained the importance of the correct use of the sticks, the health benefits and outlined the various walks that Walk Kernow organise throughout Cornwall.
There are various levels of Nordic walking – a 15 mile walk takes place next May. Being Crowlas & Ludgvan WI ladies, we felt we could manage the 15 miles and all five of us are seriously considering signing up for a workshop to get us started. Unfortunately, the session at Trelissick only lasted 30 minutes and we did not in fact do any Nordic walking, but were just given a talk on the techniques.
– Reported by Pat Gloyn
Would anyone like to go to Connor Downs & Gwithian WI’s annual quiz? We can enter a team of four, and so far it’s just Helen and Kathy. If you’d like to join them, please drop us an email on crowlasludgvanwi@gmail.com.
The quiz is on Friday 7 November at 7pm at Connor Downs WI Hall and is always a great night out. The cost to enter is £8 per team (or £2 a person if we can put together a team of four).
We fielded a team last year and came a more than respectable third. But let’s try to improve on it this year!
Today eight of us met at the Murley Hall for a day’s instruction with portraiture artist Tamsin Dearing. Tamsin had promised that she could teach anyone to draw, but I must admit some of us were a bit sceptical!
We started by learning some shading techniques using mechanical pencils, as well as how to use a rubber and other tools of the trade to create different effects.
After selecting a photograph from Tamsin’s collection from which to draw, we got started. The big tip of the day was to draw upside down! That way we drew what was actually there, rather than what our eyes expected to see.
The results were remarkable! Tamsin stuck all of our drawings up on the wall so we could admire each others’ work.
But we all agreed that Val P was the star of the day with her amazing Audrey Hepburn drawing.
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