Help wanted for Summer Barbecue

Summer Barbecue and Fête
in aid of St Petroc’s & St Saviour’s
6.00 pm on August 4th
Well Parc, Trevone



After (amazingly!) 40 years of organising the Well Parc summer barbecues for the churches in Trevone and Padstow, Ron and Pat Olivey are hanging up their aprons and barbecue tongs and handing over to a new team. Ron and Pat are a hard act to follow, and once again, many thanks.

This summer Sue Hollingsworth, Jane Myles and Tim Bishop are taking up the challenge and will be delighted to be in touch with potential stall holders, donors of prizes and gifts, and anyone who would be prepared to help on the day.

It’s a long way off but the key to the success (and lack of stress) of these events is in preparation. The only thing we have no control over is the weather, but we have got a great date – August 4th - and this is one of the key barbecues of the summer season guaranteed to bring in plenty of holiday makers.

We will need all the help we can get and this is an ideal opportunity to bring in some new blood and some new ideas for stalls, fund raising and games – and maybe music to accompany the event. Already ideas are coming thick and fast… for example there may be a small novelty dog show (prizes for cuddliest, noisiest, oldest, youngest, etc) so put your thinking caps on.

Please use this opportunity to introduce new pals to this great summer fun evening and help spread the word.

If you interested in helping in any way please contact

Sue Hollingsworth (520-788)
Jane Myles (520-615) or jane@myles5700.fsnet.co.uk
Tim Bishop (533-972) or timbishopuk@aol.com

Water quality…

The following article in the Times Online sums up the state of the areas waters… TaWRA has been monitoring Tevone’s water quality since its inception, getting results of the biweekly tests that the Environment Agency take throughout the summers. Recently TaWRA met with the environment agency to raise its concerns and the reaction was very positive with promises of them working with us to try to achieve better water quality for our residents and visitors. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7134009.ece

At this stage it is impossible to give any advice and there is no clear mechanism for protection of the public unless the problem is so visible that the lifeguards choose to close the beach.

From my perspective, I wont be letting my daughter bath in the stream or “lagoon” at the top of the beach, but I'll take my chances and still be surfing when the waves are up.

Craft Fayres in the Village Hall

During the next few months there will be craft fayres in the village hall with exhibits from the following companies:

Funk Your Denim - unique handmade gifts and personalised mementoes.

Glazy Days - Have fun painting your own pottery

Pat-a-Cake - Delicious homemade cakes, savouries, jams and marmalade

Pebble Penny - Beautiful jewellery plus paintings and photographs by local artists

Tea and coffee will be served.
The dates and times to put in your diary are:

10.00am - 1.00pm on:
Saturday 5th June
Saturday 3rd July

1.00pm - 4.00pm on:
Wednesday 28th July
Wednesday 4th August
Wednesday 11th August
Wednesday 18th August
Wednesday 25th August

Also in the Village Hall:
Bacon roll and coffee mornings on the first Sunday of every month, 10.00am till 12.00pm
Proceeds to the Village Hall and a local charity.

Charity Cycle RIde

John Bullingham is going to repeat his amazing charity bike ride of last year - Trevone to Birmingham and back again - on Thursday 24th June, returning, triumphantly after 500 miles in the saddle, on June 27th. John is doing this for Cancer Research. You can make donations in person at the Beach Complex in Trevone or in the Village Hall, or by going online to www.justgiving.com/johnbullingham

Andy NIcholls Ceramics Exhibition

From 14th to 17th May Trevone sculptor and ceramics man, Andy Nicholls is having an exhibition with Barry Johnson at Westcliff Pottery, 22 Tower Park, Fowey as part of the Daphne Du Maurier Festival. Do try and pop over to view Andy's fab garden sculptures in a brilliant location overlooking the estuary.

No dogs on the beach until October - Trevone dog ban

It's that time of the year again when all our dogs say goodbye to games on the sand for another six months... well at least in theory!

Sadly the council choose to ignore the facts that the ban applies only on the left hand side of the beach which is under their governance, and only above the mean water tide too. As the coast path also crosses part of this beach you are fully entitled to take your dog over this part of the beach too.

So it's hard to say "respect the rules" as they aren't really very clear. If the dog warden or angry local or tourist does choose to approach you about this, feel free to politely point out the facts.

Community Bus

Thanks to the efforts of PATCAG (the Padstow and Trevone Action Group) we are about to have a community bus. This will be fully converted to include handrails and a wheelchair lift so that it can be used by everyone in the community. They hope to run a weekly service for all those communities within the area who are not on any bus route. There is already a list of volunteers who want to help and local groups who wish to use it. If you would like to be a driver or a helper or you would like to know more about the service, please contact Mike Huntley at 32 Egerton Road in Padstow or email him at mikehuntley1@tiscali.co.uk

Closure of Trevone Village Store

Ian and Julie Reynolds have announced with sadness and with great reluctance that the Village Store will be closing on April 5th. Ian has battled on bravely since the closure of the post office facility but it has become financially unviable to continue trading.
Many elderly residents treat their daily walk to the shop not as a shopping trip but as an essential social interlude in their day. It has always been more than just a place to pick up a paper and buy food, and Ian feels he is letting people down by closing. However, the numbers are just not adding up. Ian is hoping to open the store during high season for essential goods required for holiday makers which means it will be closed for three months from April 5th until July. Heidi and Grahame are now in negotiation with W. H. Smith to take on the papers and also hope to negotiate some extra collection points for this, eg the Well Parc, so that those living at Windmill don'f have the full three quarters of a mile to walk to collect their daily paper. There are lots of possibilities for the future, including development and renovation of the Village Hall which we hope at some point will have a daily drop-in coffee facility. Heidi has also promised that whatever happens the village will always have a village shop. In addition, there is the new community bus. ((see later post)

TaWRA Open Forum

Please try and come to the TaWRA Open Forum at 7.00 pm in the Village Hall on Thursday March 25th. This is a chance to share and air any concerns that you might have about life in the village or the local environment and also to have a bit of social time with the other residents. It is also a chance to catch up with anything that TaWRA may be involved in. At present some of the more important issues are the water quality on Rocky Beach, the closure of the Village Store, the local footpaths, and a planned traditional country fayre at the end of May. Tea and coffee will be served.
It is hoped that the March newsletter will be available before the meeting both for those of you who have it delivered to your home and also to those of you who receive it online.

Snow in Trevone - at last

Here are some of John Bullingham's fabulous pix from today.
Enjoy!

Farewell to two Trevone legends

Kaye Guy

With great sadness we wish to let everyone know that Kaye Guy, Stan Burgess's mother-in-law, died just after Christmas. As many of you remember, Kaye celebrated her 99th birthday at a big party in the Village Hall only a few months ago when she was bright, perky and enjoying life to the full. However, she suffered several strokes and heart attacks over Christmas and died shortly afterwards. Kaye's funeral will be on Thursday 14th January at 10.30 at Glyn Valley, Bodmin. Family flowers only please. Donations to Cancer Research UK or the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth.

Michael Higman

Michael died yesterday (2nd Jan), and, like Kaye, he was a very familiar figure in Trevone. He bravely coped with his illness over the past months and our sympathies go to Richard and the family. No details as yet about a funeral, but we hope to post information on this website when we have it.

Site visit: land at Trevone Farm

At 10.00 am on Tuesday 5th January the Councillors from Cornwall Council Planning Committee are doing a site visit prior to their planning meeting on January 14th in Camelford to assess the site of the proposed affordable housing development. It will be possible for members of the public to speak at this site meeting. it will be addressed by the Chairman and the Planning Officer as well as those interested in making their opinions known. You can access the field from the stile and narrow footpath alongside Dawn on Trevone Road or via the gate at the top just by the entrance to Southway.