BOSCASTLE BLOWHOLE No 112 Winter 2020 £1 photo courtesy Daniel Kavanagh Boscastle & Crackington Gig Club Joan Lyn Nan Linda Roland Dean Peter Clare Fergus Thank Vivienne you Simon Trevor Kevin Heather Ginny Mike Molly Claire Richaed Ruth Louise Pam Paul A hugeA hugh thank thank you to to all mymy friends friends who who have have made made these these pastpast few monthsmonths bareable. bearable MuchMuch love, love Jane Jane Late October saw the arrival remembering our late of our brand new gig. A Chairman Jim Connelly- small group of club members Webster, and named the travelled to Fowey to collect boat Torrent. her from boat builder Peter Unfortunately, sea Season’s Greetings from Gloria Quinlan Williams & brought to conditions did not allow her Boscastle on a brand new to be launched that day., I wish all my Friends in Boscastle trailer, kindly donated by a Merry Christmas The old Torrent will Chapman Machinery of be re-named when the and a Happy New Year Week St Mary. members have decided on For the third year running I will not be Despite a grim weather her new name. This was sending or giving Christmas cards. Instead, I forecast, the sun came out a great day for the club will donate the money usually spent on cards for the Blessing by local and the culmination of a minister Mike Parsons. and postage to a charity, one which for me has massive fund raising effort. had a particular significance this year. Club Chairman Phoebe WM Millar thanked everyone, 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 are: Philippa Arthan, Arthur Bannister, Heather Colne, Audley Jarvis, Gloria Quinlan, Ann and Chris Rodda, Sue Viner, Steve Simmonds The next Blowhole will be published in Spring 2021 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 Stratton, Nr Bude tel: 01288 381700 email: [email protected] Page 2 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Parking win for residents thanks to CIC You may have seen from the dedicated spaces will new signage in the village allow users to park safely, car park that three parking rather than on the busy curb spaces have been adopted side, and without the need by Boscastle Community to pay at the machine. Interest Company (CIC). The CIC initially After much negotiation, approached Cornwall the Directors and Council in the Summer to Cornwall Council agreed find a solution to the removal Bottreaux Rise Road Works to the CIC’s proposal of of the waste recycling area. Work has finally begun to Cornwall Council have offering residents freeWhilst the CIC was willing contruct a retaining wall requested to close New parking in order to enable to take this facility on with along the boundary of Road to Penally Hill, from them to access the business the provision of businesses Bottreaux Rise. Michael 22nd to 24th February 2021 district safely and without using the recycling area Vanstone, the builders to carry out works. This is the frustration of paying too, the Council rejected undertaking the work, said only an Intention Notice for parking. The CIC is the proposal and the area their only archaeological and as of yet an Order finalising the proposallay empty from September. find in the excavated bank has not been issued. Any with Cornwall Council’s With the support of the was a Thatcher’s cider glass! queries, please contact: parking enforcement team Boscastle Chamber of As we go to print they have Cornwall Council: 0300 so that they can be used as Trade and Commerce and completed the digging and 1234 222. soon as possible the Parish Council, the have started work on the Thank You Residents within the CIC reapproached the PL35 postal area can Council with the proposal foundations. Pedestrians Thank you to sculptor to apply to the CIC for of adopting the area for will be delighted when the Daniel Kavanagh who a yearly ‘CIC parking community parking but was pavement alongside the kindly gave us permission permit’ which will allow rejected on safety grounds. wall is laid. It is hoped that to use the stunning photo for 20 minutes free parking However, Cornwall Council the work will be completed printed on the front cover. in the marked bays in the countered with offering the near the time the next issue The shot was taken with a lower car park. The permits CIC three spaces within the of the Blowhole appears. drone-mounted camera. are offered on the basis of car park if the CIC would Firewood fair use, to enable local make good of the empty Large dumpy bags of residents to access and space with street furniture firewood, mixture of hard support their local business to prevent illegal parking and soft wood for sale £40 community. This shouldand to ensure safety of users per bag or £120 for 3 bags allow for permit holders to of the car park. This was including delivery locally. freely enjoy their village’s accepted and the Council For delivery of 1 or 2 bags, offerings, whether it is to installed the signs at speed – please contact me as it will pop to the post office, grab within three weeks! depend on your location. some fresh baked goods, To apply for your “CIC Phil Headon, Boscastle find the perfect presents parking permit” online at in any of the retail shops www.visitboscastle.co.uk/ 07968 727689 or make a table booking at permit or obtain an application or 01840 250144 one of the eateries. Having form from Cornish Stores. Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 3 Minutes Matter – defibrillator projects taking The Last Swallow of Summer? Life Saving Benefit into account the needs for for the Village the right equipment, the right support, the right Boscastle WI kickstart adherence to liabilities and a fundraiser for a governance, community defibrillator outside the awareness and training surgery programmes, and help Boscastle WI has with the fund raising and obtained permission for a long term support for these defibrillator to be placed projects. As the leading outside the Bottreaux community defibrillator surgery building. This will charity in the UK, we provide a lifesaving benefit have become recognised that will serve the upper by ambulance services, village. councils, community “True hope is swift, again and continued flying Currently the nearest groups and sports and flies with swallow’s back and forth, quite low, defibrillator is locatedgoverning bodies as the wings.” William Shake- above our garden for several down in the harbour. ‘gold standard’, having set speare. minutes catching insects. Because every minute many of the standards now There hasn’t been a lot of It definitely was a swallow. matters when someone being adopted by other hope in these hard times so I took several photos to goes into cardiac arrest, organisations. I thought I would share my send to The Cornwall Bird the women of WI decided Julie went on to say, “A exciting sighting. Watching and Preservation that getting a defibrillator defibrillator costs around For years my son (in Society (bird-news@ in the upper village is a £2,000 and we have Somerset) and I compete cbwps.org.uk) to find out necessity. Julie Potter, decided to take a portion to spot the first swallow if this was unusual. Within president of Boscastle of the proceeds from the of the year. The challenge ten minutes I received this WI explains “That is why sale of our Recipe Book to begins in late February and reply from Dave Parker, we voted to kickstart a kickstart the fundraising.” he usually wins. However, The County Recorder, campaign to raise money WI will be setting up several I have just won a different “Although a swallow still for this. Having it close to fundraising activities but competition – to see who in Cornwall in November the surgery makes the most in the meantime, cheques spots the last swallow of is certainly not common, it sense and we’re thrilled to for any amount can be summer. is not unprecedented. They get their blessing for it to made out to Boscastle WI, On November 7th, I are now just about annual be placed there.” with a memo “For CHT was idly looking out of and seem to be increasing, The Communitydefibrillator fund.” Thank my window and saw a bird probably a bird from a late Heartbeat Trust helps you in advance for your shoot past and disappear brood and presumably the communities undertake help. over the hedge. Its flight result of global warming? 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