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BOSCASTLE BLOWHOLE No 104 Winter 2018 £1 photo Jane Castling Community Chefs pictured above, left to right, are: David Lamond, Mike Stickney, Stephanie Key, Sue Viner, Rev Michael Parsons, Ruth Parsons, Mike Viner and Sue Stickney. To find out what they have been cooking up, see page 15 inside. Also inside: Boscastle Community Minibus page 3 The Reading Room page 16 News from School page 18 Boscastle Coastguard page 27 Crossword page 35 Foreword Festive Greetings to all our readers. We would like to thank all our readers, contributors, vendors and especially those unsung heroes who distribute the Blowhole each time; without your unstinting assistance, we would not have made it to issue 104. Thank You All We hope you will continue to support your village magazine. If There has been so much content to fit into this quarter’s edition anyone wants to get more that we have run out of space to include it all, have had to edit some articles and save others for the next edition. The team send condolences to involved, or has an idea the family and friends of Dave Not wanting to risk incurring the wrath of the witchy crew for a new feature or article, above, I’ve found room for their photo on this page...now I can from Easyprint. He was a star; please get in touch. eat garlic rather than dangle it from my computer monitor. always so helpful and cheery. All the best for 2019. We will all miss him. Boscastle Blowhole Team The editorial team reserves the right to accept, reject or edit any material submitted for publication. The views expressed in the magazine are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the team. The editorial team include: Philippa Arthan, Arthur Bannister, Heather Colne, Audley Jarvis, Gloria Quinlan, Ann and Chris Rodda, Steve Simmonds, Sue Viner The next Blowhole will be published in March, deadline for copy tbc Items for inclusion can be emailed to [email protected] Copies of the Blowhole are available by post at a cost of £3 per issue or £12 for the year. To subscribe go to www.visitboscastle.com/blowhole or phone 01840 250685 Communications to the Blowhole can be posted to: Jonhurst Cottage, Boscastle, PL35 0AW The Blowhole is published quarterly and printed by: Easyprint of Red Post, Nr Bude tel: 01288 381700 email: [email protected] Philip Sleep Flooring Professional & Reliable with over 20 years experience Portable Appliance Testing Unit 4, Pentire Workshops, Delabole Boscastle & Surrounding Areas PL33 9BA (Behind Atlantic Signs, keep right) Bed & Breakfasts - Holiday Lets - Businesses Huge selection of quality carpet, vinyl, LVT, wood and safety flooring at affordable prices Free consultation, planning & estimates Insurance work undertaken Shop Opening Times Mon-Fri 9am - 2.30pm Sat 9am - 5pm 01840 552147 Special Offers for winter bookings (November to March) Contact Nick for details: 07793 939332 [email protected] Page 2 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2018 ‘Matilda the Musical’ Next stop for Boscastle Community Minibus Wednesday 6th Feb - £4 bus. Book own show tickets £39-£65. Plymouth City day visit Thursday 7th Feb – £4 bus. Matilda the Musical matinee show option. Bodmin Jail – Tuesday 12th February – £3 bus. £10/8.50 entry/conc. Affinity Village (Atlantic Village) – Monday 25th February – £3 bus. Newquay Garden Centre – Tuesday 5th March – £3 bus. At the risk of repeating on 01752 267222 for of at least two years. If Par Market & myself - what a gift the evening performance on you fill the bill, have some Charlestown – new Boscastle Community Wednesday 6th February spare time and would like Wednesday 13th March Minibus is to the village. at 7:30pm or matinee to offer your services for – £4 bus. So far, it was reported performance on Thursday a free place on the trip, St Ives day visit – Fri 22nd that to the end of August 7th February at 2:30pm. please contact Claire on March – £4.50 bus. Short the bus has carried 197 The variety of07506 944622. She will be walk option. passengers however the delighted to hear from you. experiences offered by the Cornwall Garden Society bulk of this number is minibus crew are also on ‘Use it or Lose it’ is Spring Show – Sat 6th through private hire. With show this season. Friday not an empty threat. The April – £3 bus. nd just 16 seats available, why 22 March St Ives day Minibus needs the support Launceston town visit – are you not jumping at the visit includes the option of of our Community and Thurs 18th April – £3 bus. chance to be driven, in the a 4.5 mile walk along the that means us. You will Cornish Bird of Prey genial company of your Southwest Coast Path to find the ‘bus timetable’ on Centre – Sat 11th May – £3 neighbours, to so many Lelent. Travelling alongside notice boards and at various bus. £8 adult, £6.50 child interesting places? the railway line high above places around the village. entry. The Spring excursion St Ives Bay, through an So, come on, sign up for Japanese Gardens at St list has been published and area rich in ancient history, future trips. If nothing else, Mawgan – Wed 15th May offers a range of fantastic from Stone Age times to it will get you out of the – £3 bus. £5 entry. opportunities to select the nineteenth century, house and socialising with More will be announced from. From the West End when lookouts watched your neighbours. in due course. to Plymouth’s Theatre out for the pilchard shoals Upcoming Excursions www.visitboscastle.com/ Royal, the minibus stops arriving in the bay. Return Planned for Spring 2019: minibus at ‘Matilda The Musical,’ minibus stops Lelent IKEA Exeter - Wednesday www.facebook.com/ the multi-award-winning station to pick up those 16th Jan - £3.50 bus. boscastleminibus/ musical from the Royal wishing to take part. Whist Shakespeare Company you might be thinking, ‘I inspired by the beloved can drive myself to some book by the incomparable of the trips’ – consider the Roald Dahl. Winner of trip price is £4.50 and see over 85 international how much £4.50 gets you awards, including 16 for in the parking meter at St Best Musical, ‘Matilda Ives! The Musical’ is a must- There is a need for see performance. Check volunteer drivers - drivers minibus availability first should be aged between before booking tickets 25 to 69 years old and with the box officehave a B1/D1 car licence Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2018 Page 3 Boscastle Pantomime 2019 Did you know King Arthur has returned to Boscastle and Minster Woods? Will King Arthur be able to defend his Kingdom against Mordred and his henchmen Num and Skull with the aid of his knights and magician Merlin? Can he save Guinevere from the firebreathing dragon? Where has Excalibur been hidden? Find out at one of the performances between January 23 and January 26. “Mr and Mrs Harvey - aka Bob and Emma - would like to thank all those who came Each performance starts at th to celebrate our wedding on October 6 . Through the bar at the reception at Tresuck 7.30pm with a matinee on Farm, we raised an amazing £680 which we have donated to the Camelford branch of Saturday afternoon at 3pm. Cancer Research.” Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Happy Couple. Tickets can be Paradise Road development. It cannot be Barry Jordan, County purchased from the Spar Planning Application fairly described as infill; Councillor, has suggested shop or from the Visitor There was a large public should the development the Parish Council to seek Centre. Tickets cost £6, turnout at the Parish be allowed it would create a site meeting with the and for under 12s, £3. Council meeting on 22 precedent to develop yet planning officer regarding Free Parking November largely to more fields. the Paradise Road Cornwall Council offer free oppose an outline planning This application, like application. Supporters/ parking on one day over application for four many in the past, resulted objectors can contact the the festive season to support dwellings on land south of from the government’s planning department via local trading. This season, Eveley Cottage on Paradise National Planning Policy their website quoting Forrabury & Minster Parish Road. Framework 2012 which planning application Council have selected New They based theirwas intended to meet references PA18/10034 and Year’s Day for free parking objections on the type of housing demand by PA18/10080. in the main carpark. allocating growth targets houses proposed which Rainfall totals measured in Boscastle across the UK. Cornwall’s would not benefit the SX 09697 90138 target was 48500 new community, given the Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 demand for affordablehomes to be achieved by Number of days rather than open market 2030, concentrating on the 11 13 9 housing; that there would larger towns. Camelford’s with no rainfall initial target was 625 Max rainfall on be increased pressure on 22 32.2 25.2 infrastructure; that access houses, but as the number one day in mm to the site is restricted; it of startups and completed Date on which 20th 11h 9th would exacerbate parking dwellings fell below max fell forecast, this created an difficulties along a narrow Monthly total opportunity for developers 80.2 113.8 181.6 lane, and there would be rainfall in mm additional rainwater runoff to seek permission outside Total rainfall for from hard surfacing; The the Camelford Community 129 86.2 101.4 site is on currently used Network Area boundary in 2017 agricultural land bounded to build on ‘brownfield,’ Total rainfall for on three sides by residential ‘rounding off’,’ infill’ or in 2008 114.8 202 132.2 ‘windfall’ sites.