Village Carol Singing

Come along and sing carols around the village on Sunday 20th December. Meet at the Well Parc at 5.45 where we hope to split into two groups - one to sing in the north and one in the south. This way we should spend more time singing and less time walking as we did last year. We hope to visit anyone who wants to be serenaded on their own doorsteps If you want to be visited, do phone Lee at the Well Parc (520-318) who will be liaising and working out routes for the singers. It's just for fun! No collection - just enjoy it whether you are a singer or a listener. At 8.00 we will all be meeting once again at the Well Parc for 'a bit of a do' with punch and mince pies. Last year 30 people turned up to sing and it was great fun. Make this the beginning of your Christmas celebrations!

St Saviour's Christmas Carols

Come along to the nine lessons and carols at St Saviour's on Friday at 7.00pm or join the children in the Youth Club in the Village Hall who are making lanterns and processing with them down to the church at 7.15. Mince pies and mulled wine in the Village Hall later.

Advent Carol Service

The annual Advent carol service will be held in St Saviour's church at 6.00 pm. The main village carol service will be held on November 24th followed by at slide presentation on the History of St Saviour's Trevone in the Village Hall at 7.30

Beware bogus parcel scam

News: Warning over bogus parcel scam
Its been brought to our attention the following….

Mail hoaxer postal scam. Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail as a hoax. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam: A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call. If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk

Well Parc Children in Need 2009

As usual, everyone at the Well Parc Hotel in Trevone is making a monumental effort to ensure that the annual Children in Need week raises as much money as possible. The programme for this year's events is as follows:

Tuesday 17th November - Pudsey's Quiz Night; teams of 3 - 5, £2.00 per person with prizes for 1st, 2nd and Booby.
Starting at 8.30pm

Friday 20th November - Line Dancing from 7.30 for beginners
Friday 20th November - Line Dancing from 8.30 - 9.00 for the more advanced
Fully licenced bar available.

Saturday 21st November - Pudsey's Christmas Ball from 7.00pm
Christmas theme to clothes even if it's just a set of antlers!
£35.00 per ticket for a 5-course sit-down meal with live entertainment and fun casino plus fantastic raffle and auction.
Tickets are still available. Doors open from 9.00pm for everybody else to come and join in. For tickets or more info please give Lee a ring on 01841-520 318

Sunday 22nd November - Pudsey's Children's party and family entertainment, time 2.00 - 4.00pm
Keep an eye open for notices in the village. It will probably be from 1.00 - 5.00pm

Well Parc Bonfire postponed

Please note that the big November 5th bonfire and fireworks event at the Well Parc was postponed due to the extremely dangerous high gusts of wind forecast for the night. The winds would have blown the fireworks directly into the public viewing area so for safety reasons. Sadly the 14th November, the new date, proved to be even more tempestuous. It has been postponed and will now happen on December 28th.

Halloween at the Well Parc

While the children were busy trick or treating, the adults were hard at work painting their faces and struggling into all manner of spooky fancy dress to celebrate Ray Mills' birthday. It was such a success that many of the guests suggested that it become an annual event. Judge for yourselves! Here is a selection of villagers. See who you can recognise amongs the pictures here.

Trick or treating in Trevone

Trevone certainly pushed the boat out for Halloween 2009. Three groups of children (split according to age) toured the village in wonderful costumes trick or treating and there was an abundance of glowing pumpkins to welcome them. Many householders had dressed up in suitably scary costumes to welcome them and in some cases, almost frightened them off before they received any sweets or chocolate!

Traffic calming on Trevone Road

Those observant ones among you will have noticed the new 'SLOW' signs in the village. Richard Griffiths, representing TaWRA and Tony Doherty representing PATCAG met with Peter Darrock from the Highways Services Dept of Cornwall Council to discuss the installation of additional road signage in an effort to curb the long-running problem of speeding and consequent hazards to pedestrians on Trevone Road, particularly on the section from Windmill down to the Village Hall. The traffic trio duly inspected various locations on this section of road and marked agreed locations for a variety of signs. Painting of the two ‘SLOW’ signs has now been done, with locations just before Southway looking downhill, and just after the Village Hall looking uphill. There will also be a number of additional roadside signs on posts on this section of road including two appropriate hazard signs at each end, and some small 30 mph-limit repeater discs. Mr Darrock was sympathetic to the idea that even 30 mph might be too high on Trevone Road given its narrowness and lack of pavement.
NB Regarding speeds on Trevone Road, please take things slowly and set a good example to those people - especially commercial vehicles - who feel the need to race in or out of the village at top speed and who treat the speed limit as something of a joke.

Country pleasures in Trevone

Those of you who might be puzzled by the strange brown rectangles on the fields sweeping up across the other side of the valley from Trevone Road might be intrigued to learn that on October 24th Trevone - Porthmissen to be precise - was the site for the Wadebridge and District 36th Annual Ploughing Contest. John Bullingham managed to get some great shots of the event and once again they remind us how privileged we are to live here surrounded by idyllic countryside. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Ray!

Ray Mills at the Well Parc Hotel, Trevone, is celebrating his 65th birthday on Halloween. Don't forget to pop in to the Well Parc to give him the bumps - or just to say happy birthday.

Trevone Trick or Treating

Saturday is Halloween and due to the popularity of the Village Halloween Fun, the numbers last year grew considerably. This year the children are being split into three groups so that they can cover different areas of the village. This means that each household wishing to participate will be visited by only about 20 children. Halloween is not for everyone, so if you would like to be called on by the children, please let Ros Roberts know (520-469). Many people are displaying the pumpkin poster here in their window to let the children know it is OK to knock the door.
Happy Halloween everyone!

Happy Birthday Kay!

Huge congratulations to Kay Guy, Stan Burgess's mother-in-law, on the fabulous achievement of reaching 99! We had a great party in the village hall thanks to Pat Hall and her team of helpers. Kay was on excellent form as ever, and, apparently, loves surprises, so this surprise tea party was a great way to hold the dress rehearsal for next year! Kay is an inspiration to us all and could probably beat quite a few of us in a daily brisk walk to the village store.
Best wishes to Kay from everyone in the village.

END OF SUMMER BEACH DOG BAN

Spike is thrilled that October has finally come round again and sent us this photo to show how happy he is to be back on the beach. His writing is quite neat - for a dog....

Farewell to the lifeguards

It's the end of the lifeguard season on Trevone until next spring although Harlyn will still be operational for a few more weeks. At 6.00pm on Sunday evening Sam, supervisor Craig and senior lifeguard Oli closed the door of the hut for the last time and folded up the red and yellow flags. Apart from a multitude of minor incidents and weaver fish stings, this summer there were six main incidents on Trevone where adults or children were unable to bring themselves back to shore and had to be rescued. Well done RNLI!
Most people know that there is quite a dangerous rip current at Trevone which is why we need lifeguards. If you want to know more about rip currents have a look at this fascinating little Australian film clip. It will make you watch the waves at Trevone more closely!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hCZuYzNujI

What a difference a week makes

A little something for all Trevone exiles in other bits of the UK who were here over the Bank Holiday... a hot, sparkly, azure-skied, turquoise sea Saturday... and hardly a soul on the beach. Envious of us, or what?

And then there was one...

Latest news from Patricia: Last photo before lift off! The 2 young flew on 6th Sept. Sadly one was found dead yesterday outside the shop, probably flew into the window and died. However it's been a very good season with 2 broods and 5 young. Hopefully this will be repeated next year.

Swallow update

Patricia Davies has now sent a new picture and says the little babies in the nest outside the Village Store are just about ready to fly. catch them quickly before they go!

Photo of the month

John Hird kindly sent this picture of a special little bridge known to everyone who has walked through the fields from Trevone to Padstow (a bit like Jane Austin's Elizabeth Bennett walking to Meryton in 'Pride and Prejudice'). The bridge has been tidied up and if you have never done the walk, it's highly recommended. Just follow the paths and get the next stile in sight each time so you know which direction you are heading in.

Swallows at the Village Store

Patricia Davies, our resident ornithology expert reported that the 1st brood of swallows at the Trevone Village Store successfully fledged 4 at the end of June and went on to have a second brood of 2 which are nearly on the wing and these are the photos. It is is possible they might have a 3rd brood! Next time you go to the shop, stop outside the door and look up to the left into the corner above Ian and Julie's front door and you will see them for yourself.

Dobbin Lane's Joseph Grant appears in Wembley spectacular

Joseph Fenwick Grant (10) of Dobbin Lane, Trevone, had his dreams answered when he was picked to be a McDonald's Player Escort at Football's early-season showpiece the Community Shield match at Wembley between Chelsea and Manchester United recently.
Joseph (pictured centre in front of Nicolas Anelka) walked out onto the Wembley turf with his Chelsea idols after he and his Dad Ossie had been guests of McDonald's the night before at the Hilton Wembley Plaza Hotel. There was a memorable dinner and a question-and-answer session with England football legend Sir Geoff Hurst.
On the day, Joseph (himself a promising midfielder according to Ossie) got to shake hands with his hero Didier Drogba and walked out with Nicolas Anelka (note the contrast in hair styles) and also pictured is John Mikel Obi. Joseph and his Dad then watched the game from exclusive seats close to the players' tunnel. "The whole thing was great" said Joe, and for Ossie too. "It was a very emotional occasion - I was a very proud Dad when he walked out on the pitch".Joseph's Mum Lisa took a more practical approach - her family are mostly Arsenal sympathizers - "What I was really concerned about was that Ossie would remember to get Joseph to brush his hair!"
Looking at the photograph perhaps Anelka was thinking the same - or was he just jealous?.

Trevone's Croquet King

Congratulations to Richard Griffiths on winning the Budleigh Salterton Handicap Singles Championship of the South West of England. Richard demolished everyone in an international field of 48 excellent croquet players and finally defeated his New Zealand opponent to win the Oliver Memorial Bowl. It was made in 1879 and has a 1-gallon capacity, probably originally intended as punch bowl.
For those of you who are nowhere near this standard or who are just curious to learn the game, come along on a Friday at 11.0am to Berryfields in Porthcothan where about 12 Trevone locals usually play until about 3.00pm depending on the weather. We have also started to play at Pencarrow which is a magnificent setting. Once a group of Pencarrow players gets into its stride we may even be able to have a small tournament. It's a leisurely sociable game, contrary to all rumours about its viciousness, but that may be because we play a simpler version of Association Croquet known as 'golf croquet'. You will pick it up really quickly and it's good fun. If interested, ring Richard Griffiths on 01841-520-249.

Pilates taster sessions

Throughout the year there are regular Pilates classes in the WI hall. If you would like to do a taster beginner session during August (Tuesday morning at 11.00am) contact Debbie Greaves 07791 659463 or email Debbie at debbie@northcornwallpilates.co.uk
Debbie has a lot of faithful followers of all ages in Trevone and everyone adores her classes. She especially extends the welcome to holiday makers.

Photograph of the Week

Here is another of John Bullingham's Trevone pictures. Click on the image to see it much larger. If you have any photos you want to share of Trevone, please send them to the following: jane@myles5700.fsnet.co.uk

TV switchover

The Community Police have asked us to remind everyone that the digital switchover will take place on August 12th. There is a Switchover Help Scheme for the most vulnerable people in the community and is available to anyone who is over 75, disabled, or in a care home. Many of these people will not actually know what to do, so if you know of anyone who needs help, get them to call (free) on 0800 40 85 900 or help them yourself by reading www.helpscheme.co.uk In particular the Community Officers want to make sure that people such as the recently bereaved, victims of crime or people who are living alone are given maximum assistance.
In addition, if you are very technically adroit and have technophobe pals who are experiencing difficulties re-tuning their televisions, please be generous with your expertise.

Natalie's Challenge

Pirate FM are involved in a ‘Cash Mountain Challenge’ to raise much-needed funds for a special children's hospice in Cornwall. Trevone’s Natalie Olivey is one of three finalists who have been challenged to raise as much money as they can by the 1st Aug 09. The winner receives a prize of a family holiday to the Rocky Mountains, but the main winner will be the Precious Lives Appeal which helps terminally ill children and their families. If you want to support Natalie, with a donation, go to the following link: http://www.justgiving.com/cashnatalie/ or call at Trevone Village Store.
Natalie is also looking for local products and produce to sell at the Pirate FM garden party on Sat 25th July at the Wadebridge show ground, where she has a stall. Knitted items, home-made cards, jams, preserves or home-grown vegetables and plants to sell on the stall will be most gratefully received. As part of Natalie’s fund-raising events, there is also a Bush Tucker Trial on the evening of 18th July at Newquay Zoo with James Martin, Pirate FM DJ and Jo Olivey plus a line-dancing evening and sausage sizzle at the Well Parc on the evening of the 25th July.

Photograph of the Week

The weather and the quality of the light has been amazing during the past weeks in the village. Lots of us have been out snapping the glorious yellow fields (although they have sent the hay fever sufferers scurrying indoors). Here are two photos taken recently, one by me showing the evening light from Trevistas looking across to Padstow Farm Shop, and one by John Bullingham with the Round Hole in the distance. Click on each one to show a full-screen version. Please send me any of your Trevone pictures from now on and you can share them with everyone who reads this blog (jane@myles5700.fsnet.co.uk). We can add them all to a Trevone photo gallery on the blog.

Teddy Bears Jump for St Petroc's Church

Baby Ted (right) is extremely nervous as he is 62 years old, a bit creaky in the joints and doesn't see well out of one eye but is hoping to take part in the Teddy Bears' Picnic and Parachute Jump. Teddy bears will be jumping off St Petroc's Church tower in Padstow at 3.00pm on Sunday 19th July. Entry is £1 per teddy per jump. Bring your teddy along with his parachute and register from 2.30 outside the lower church door. Prizes for the best decorated parachute and the winning teddy parachutist. All proceeds towards St Petroc's.

W.I. Craft Exhibition

A craft exhibition is being held at the WI hall at the top of Trevone Road from 24th-26th July. It will be open from 10.30-4.30 Friday and Saturday and 11.00-3.00 on Sunday.

It will feature work by WI members and local artists, and a wide variety of craft will be shown including embroidery, patchwork, photography, ceramics, sculpture, paintings and handmade cards.

Entry is £1.00 and will include refreshments.

The hero returns!

On Saturday evening Trevone was festooned with balloons and streamers and a gang of villagers in party mood waited outside the village hall for the triumphal return of their hero. Excitement mounted as we were tipped off by Dave Cowling who had overtaken them in his cab saying, "I just passed them on this side of Little Petherick!"

An excited young Charlie Reynolds screamed, "They're coming! They're coming!" from his vantage point further up the road, and those armed with champagne vigorously shook their bottles in anticipation of the Formula One-style welcome while everyone else began whooping, cheering, clapping and shouting John's name.

Marathon charity cyclist John Bullingham and his pals Jenna, Jeff and Nick swept through the finishing tape having completed the 500-mile cycle trip from Trevone to Birmingham and back in 4 days (John's friend Nick joined them in Okehampton).

It had begun three days earlier with a dawn 'coffee and croissant party' send-off at Andy and Alison Nicholls' house. The cyclists had to battle with head winds almost all the way to Birmingham and on the return journey they suffered three punctures and terrifying flash flooding in Gloucester which put the whole venture into question. Other friends, Melvin, Ashley and Mike joined the gang from Birmingham to Tewkesbury and John is immensely grateful to Richard and Dave who drove the support vehicle.

Talking of the high and low points, John said, " The psychological strain was worse than the mental one. There was none of the usual joy in speeding down steep hills on the way there because we knew we would have to struggle back up them again two days later, but physically I feel great."

John raised at least £1,500 and there is still money coming in for which he sends a massive thank you to everyone who has contributed.

Congratulations John! Where next?

PATCAG AGM

The PATCAG AGM is at Padstow School at 7.30 on Wednesday 24th June. All welcome.

To check the PATCAG block click here

OPEN FORUM

The TaWRA Open Forum on June 17th was a chance for residents to meet representatives of various working sections of the community - the RNLI, the Beach Ranger Service, the Community Police, representatives of the Church, and local councillors. This was an opportunity to put faces to organizations and to forge more direct lines of communication. It was also a chance to brainstorm ideas for improving village life and to demonstrate that the village has a pulse and is developing new ways to disseminate information - not only to permanent residents, but also to second-home owners.
There are now two transport surveys (under 60s and over 60s) which are a PATCAG (Padstow and Trevone Community Action Group) initiative available in the village and we hope that there may be a shuttle service between Padstow and the outlying villages as a result. Residents were able to make suggestions to TaWRA committee members about future developments and concerns and we will be processing any other ideas left in the suggestions box as soon as possible.Bobby Renaud from the RNLI updated the village on lifeguard cover, and Steve Latham (Beach Ranger) gave a short presentation about litter and beach safety. Fortunately Trevone beach is, for the most part, frequented by responsible people who take all their litter home with them.A date for the diary:The PATCAG AGM is at Padstow School at 7.30 on Wednesday 24th June. All welcome.

Early birds catch the worms - and the gulls

A group of Trevone 'early birds' marched up Porthmissen hill and out onto the cliffs this morning with our binoculars to learn more about fulmars, herring gulls, kittiwakes, shags, razor bills, corn buntings. We also spotted peregrine falcons, sky larks and kestrels - all of which we were able to see in brilliant close-up through Tricia's tripod-mounted telescope. We 'ooh'ed and 'aah'ed at the fledgling herring gulls and learned how the meadow pipit falls "as if in a parachute" from the sky. We were told how fulmars spit from nostrils which are placed half way up their beaks ("Euuggh") and how the oyster catchers send out the alarm to the other birds. All this in a couple of hours of good company, turquoise sea and sparkly sky. A great success.

In addition we foraged in the hedgerows to see if we could name all the various flowers and identify anything that was edible. We managed to get a nibble of samphire, sea spinach, wild parsley and, the most exciting of all, sea radish which felt a bit like eating neat wasabi sauce. The swots in the group who had remembered to bring their Mitchell Beazley Wild Flower companion book were completely outdone by Ruth Binney who was visiting for a few days and joined the walk. She pointed out shyly that she had edited the book and there, sure enough, was her name on the credits.

Thanks Tricia, we look forward to another bird walk soon.

VILLAGE OPEN FORUM - Wednesday 17th June

By popular request, TaWRA is holding an Open Forum in the Village Hall from 7.00 pm onwards on Wednesday 17th June. This is a chance to find out more, chat to members of the Committee, put forward suggestions (in person or into an anonymous suggestion box) and help us to help the village as much as we can. Coffee will be served and there will be presentations of some of the issues we have addressed so far. Quite an eventful week with the Big Breakfast on Sunday and the Bird watching Walk on Tuesday, apart from all the regular events, but try to pop in even if it's only for a short while. We would love to see you there.

Simple Pleasures - getting the village talking

In addition to news of village events and other information, the Newsletter is now running a series of interviews with residents on the theme of 'Simple Pleasures' - what makes life special in Trevone.

This includes 60 different topics. The Cornish Guardian has taken this up and is going to report on TaWRA’s initiative shortly as part of the BBC's 'Love Where You Live' campaign.  The aim of this is to encourage the village to be more socially inclusive.

As a spin-off from the ‘simple pleasures’ interviews, residents are now offering to pool their knowledge and passions with one another, e.g. bird watching walks, gardening skills, cookery, etc. This pooling of skills is vital to keep the village alive and kicking, even more so now that the Post Office has gone as it was a central meeting place, especially for the elderly.  The Newsletter is also a forum for people wanting to do things for the village such as tidying the hedgerows, planting bulbs etc. 

For more information please email us

Trevone's hero on two wheels

On 24^th June, John Bullingham is beginning his epic 500-mile cycle ride from Trevone to Birmingham and back again. He is hoping to complete the journey in four days and is aiming to raise a lot of money for Cancer Research by doing this. Friends and family are joining him for the occasional mile. Please support him – and the charity – by pledging money either in the Village Store, the Village Hall, or the Well Parc and also online at www.justgiving.com/johnbullingham You can also contact John directly on 01841-520-114. We hope to hear more about the challenge in the Newsletter when he returns safely.

Trevone's Big Breakfast

Come and have breakfast - or brunch if you are coming out of church - in the Village Hall on Sunday 14th June. For only £4.00 you can enjoy a Trevone Big Breakfast! Proceeds to the Village Hall. It will be served from 9.30 till 11.30. See you there!

Lifeguards now open for business on Trevone beach…

Oli and Barch opened the hut today and braved the wind and rain to flag the beach for the first day of the season. Remember to swim between the flags at all times and say hi when you next go down.

Bird watching walk in Trevone

Come to the Madrips Cafe car park at 9.30 am on Tuesday 16th June where Tricia Davies is taking a group of us along the cliffs to do some bird watching and hedgerow watching. Tricia is an enthusiastic amateur and would love to share her own knowledge of bird life with those of us who know nothing. She would also like to learn something new from those of you who know more. If nothing else, we will all get to know one another better and hopefully learn something about the many wonderful birds that we have the privilege of seeing all around our village. Bring binoculars of course - and a snack if you think you may get hungry. It's an early start as apparently the birds go to sleep or to sea in the afternoon!

Jane Myles video productions...

For a recent project Jane Myles put together this interesting video on Trevone... shot on New Years Day 2008... The video was for a Finnish language project that Jane has been working on for several years.

Trevone Croquet Enthusiasts

The croquet season has started once again and the Birds are taking on the Cross family in combat at the hoops at Berryfields (Porthcothan). Anyone interested in joining this very informal group of croquet players (doing it for fun!) should contact Richard Griffiths on his email: 

richard@griffiths00.freeserve.co.uk

50 years of St Saviour's Church, Trevone

Trevone's Got (Artistic) Talent

A stunning exhibition of flowers, arts and crafts filled St Saviour's church this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the church's dedication. The theme of the exhibition was 'Seaside' and the enormous variety of paintings, photographs, sculptures, embroidery, patchwork and models on view proved that Trevone is a hotbed of creativity.

Happy Birthday, St Saviour’s Church!

The village church in Trevone is celebrating the 50^th anniversary of its dedication at the end of April.

Celebrations include:

• A service of hymns and readings at 3.00 pm on Sunday 26^th April
• An exhibition of arts, crafts and flowers from Monday 27^th April to Friday 1^st May
• A celebration dinner in the WI hall with a pictorial and historical account of the church on Wednesday 29^th April
• A special Thanksgiving Eucharist on Sunday 3^rd May at 10.30 am (Preacher – the Archdeacon of Cornwall)

For more information please see the St Saviours website

Spike’s seal of approval

Well after much effort getting the seat replaced overlooking the beach, it finally got the Spike seal of approval this sunny Easter Saturday...

Happy Birthday Stan

Well big news in the village this week is that Stan hit 80! Yep our favourite man about Trevone, Neighbourhood watch coordinator and "Eddie walker" is 80 on 13th March!!! That's this Friday - so if you see him do surprise him with a Happy Birthday hug...

Also for those of you who missed it some Post Office farewell pics can be found on this web site, click on the Post Office label or follow this link http://tawrablog.blogspot.com/2008/11/post-office-farewell.html

Tyre tracks in the snow…

Photo: John Bullingham

Snowy Trevone

For those who weren’t here to enjoy the snow the village was covered in a soft white blanket on Monday afternoon with more snow falling in the evening…

photos: John Bullingham