Many thanks to all those members, and beachgoers who helped at our beach clean. Most of the rubbish collected was washed up rope and net pieces, and very little rubbish discarded. Well done to all those who take their cans, plastic and wrappings home or use the bins provided. Thank you also to Tesco Penzance for providing bin bags and gloves.
We had an interesting and eye opening talk by Jackie Kilpatrick about her life in couture from a self taught seamstress making wedding dresses, to creating whole wardrobes of bespoke clothes for some very important clients. Jackie also explained how the clothes built or rebuilt confidence in women who appreciated not only her skills in sewing, but the time and effort that she would put into every detail including the choice of buttons, which Jackie admitted was her favourite part.
Snappers, our photography group, were privileged to be invited to the farm of one of our members, Sue, to take photographs as she and her family baled hay in their fields in beautiful rural West Cornwall. The setting gave us the opportunity to take action photos of both people and vehicles, and to capture the intensity of the colours of the sky and landscape.
The May Walk took our group from Cockwells along lanes and pathways up to Trencrom Hill. Although the day was misty, there were still great views whilst enjoying their picnic lunch. A different route back took the happy walkers back to Rosie’s house for a gorgeous, and well deserved, cream tea.
Our photography group, known as Snappers, felt very priviledged to be invited to member Rosie’s home to take photos of her lambs. The six young ones along with their mothers and elderly matriach Flower (shown above) were well behaved, though maybe a little bemused by all the attention.
We were delighted to welcome Tina Bessell from Cornish Lavender to The Murley Hall for our April Monthly meeting. Tina talked about the events that lead her to set up the organic Lavender farm and kitchen close to Perranporth. We learned all about different varieties of lavender, and how their scents differ, experiencing it ourselves with the sample oils that Tina brought along. Eager to know more, we are excited to have a trip planned to the farm next month.
A group of 17 members of Crowlas and Ludgvan WI set off up the A30 and crossed the border into Devon to visit Tulip Fest at Strawberryfields, Lifton. After a delicious lunch in the onsite restaurant and a browse of the farm shop there was planty of time to enjoy the thousands of beautiful tulips in every colour imaginable. All agreed that another trip next year was definitely on the calendar.
Our Walking Group picked a lovely day, full of sunshine and warmth! From Ludgvan Church, down to the WI bench in the woods, up the other side of the valley. Then out on to the road up to Lower Trenowin. They continued down into the valley, through a kissing gate, through the trees, then couple of stiles to Treassowe and finally back to Ludgvan Church. From there it was a short drive toTrevines Cafe for lunch. 11 of us enjoyed the spring flowers, bird song and lovely views over the Mount
Ella Walsworth-Bell and Abi Ottley two local sea swimming poets were delightful speakers at our March Meeting. They enthralled our members with an array of poems from their books, some of them humourous, some enchantingly descriptive and some poignant. Pat G was the winner of the competition to write a poem with the verse below.
The location of the March Meeting of our Meet and Eat Lunch Group was moved due to the current closure of The White Hart. Instead, members were happy to return to The Welloe in Praa Sands, where they especially enjoyed freshly made pizzas and delicious fish chowder while overlooking the beach on a sunny March day.
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