North Hill Parish Newsletter July 2021 Issue #251 FREE Covering: BATHPOOL, BERRIOWBRIDGE, BOTTERNELL, COADS GREEN, CONGDON’S SHOP, ILLAND, KINGBEAR, LANDREYNE, MIDDLEWOOD, NEWTOWN, NORTH HILL, PENHOLE, SLIPPER HILL, STONAFORD, TREBARTHA, TREFURSDEN, TREKERNELL AND TREMOLLET Welcome to NorthHillParish.News Notes from the Barn July 2021 It will have come as no surprise to most of us, after weeks of speculation and watching the Covid case numbers rising again around the county and nationwide, that we enter July with the same level of restrictions as we had in June. This will be such a disappointment to many venues around the county as we reach the peak summer months. Many indoor and outdoor events which were due to be held will now have been cancelled, and who knows how long it will be before groups of more than 6 people will be able to meet privately? Nevertheless, we have lots of great articles for you this month. Our Climate Emergency contributor has brought you a valuable insight into COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference and the important contributions that we in the Parish can make. We have news of an interesting visitor from Honolulu, and some very special nature reports from around the Parish. I hope we will continue to enjoy some lovely summer weather and the ability to get out and about to enjoy our beautiful surroundings! Jan Editor 1 | P a g e IN THIS EDITION……. Page 3 Climate Emergency – COP26 and why it’s important 4 Kehaulani Kamaunu - aka Lorene – to pay us a visit in July! 5 June Meeting of the Coads Green W.I. 6 Cuckoos, Jackdaws and Long-Tailed Tits! 7 Hedgerow Trees 8 Wildlife Notes for July 9 Dog Bins in North Hill Parish 10 Coads Green Chapel News 12 Lost Item 13 Events Calendar Contacting the newsletter remains the same: by email: [email protected], or Via the Contact Us page on the website. The deadline date for information remains the 23rd of the month. 2 | P a g e Climate Emergency – COP26 and Why It’s Important Ripening barley in North Hill Parish I hope you feel that Cornwall held its head high as the G7 summit was held at Carbis Bay, that our landscape and hospitality were appreciated, and that some useful progress was made. If you’re interested in climate change, you may not be so sure about the last point, especially as the UN Secretary General himself described it as an “unforgivable lost opportunity". David Attenborough made powerful statements on our behalf as the ‘People’s Advocate’, but many feel bitterly disappointed that the G7 leaders could not convey the determination to mobilise against climate change at the pace required. The news is not all bad. Prince Charles has set up the Terra Carta (or ‘Earth Charter’) that calls for businesses to address people’s rights and enhance the natural world. The recently announced Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) encourages investment pipelines that will move funds away from fossil fuels towards green technologies. So we should not do ourselves down too much. The UK has always played a leading role in helping to mobilise a global response. On 27 June 2019 the UK became the first major economy to pass a net zero emissions law requiring that all greenhouse gas emissions are brought to net zero by 2050. The UK was instrumental in the successful outcomes at COP 21 (the famous ‘Conference of the Parties ’in Paris), when the international community suddenly appeared to be capable of working together and tackling climate change head on. This was December 2015. One of the key realisations was that rising global temperatures would reach the point where air temperatures at night would be too high for flowering rice plants and the rice crop, the staple food of the whole of Asia, would start to die. This happens when the global temperature reaches about 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre- industrial levels, one of several reasons why 1.5 degrees features in any discussion about the climate emergency. There is less than half a degree to go before this threshold is passed. The ice is melting at the Poles and the waters over the Siberian continental shelf are warming the sea bed where the permafrost holds large quantities of methane. As the permafrost in shallow water melts, the methane released could unavoidably continue global warming towards the 1.5 degree limit. COP26 is the last realistic chance to avoid this threat. The event is to be held in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November this year and will be chaired by the UK. 3 | P a g e Our role at home is modest but important. We have to recognise that the climate emergency we have declared is indeed an emergency and give our full support to those trying to introduce the changes needed. If your instincts are sufficiently activist, do write to your MP and add your voice to the many that are clamoring for COP26 to be successful. You are welcome to check out the points raised in this article by visiting our website: www.northhillclimate.org North Hill Parish is fortunate to be an area which will benefit from many of the actions needed. However the situation plays out in coming months and years, there will be pressures to increase local food production and bio-diversity. Please support the local economy wherever you can, buy local produce, reduce your carbon footprint and re-cycle as much as possible. Article such as this may send out a sense of urgency, but it's the actions and teamwork that will make the difference. Ralph Hudson Kehaulani Kamaunu - aka Lorene Those local folk with longish memories may have spotted a lady walking around North Hill and Coad's Green wearing a Hawaiian garland about her neck. This would have been about five years ago and about five years before that as well. That lady, who can be seen in the centre of this photograph, is Lorene who rejoices in the name of Kehaulani Kamaunu, a resident of Honolulu. She will be making her third visit to the area on the 27th of July and if you see her do stop and say "Hello". She should be with her daughter, Lori (on the right of the photograph), and her granddaughter, Pomaika'i (second from the left in the photograph). You'll be wondering why she would come half way around the world from her island paradise to our own little bit of Cornish paradise. Lorene's great great grandfather was Edward Budge Caunter who was born at Botternell and baptised in St Torney's on 23rd January 1829. The Caunter family lived in Linkinhorne and settled in North Hill in the 1760s when Richard Caunter married Agnes Craddock in St Torney’s. There are 4 | P a g e many descendants of this family scattered across the world but none remain in Cornwall - as far as we know. Do you know anything different? Lorene's known Cornish ancestry goes back to the late 1400's. Through her connections with the Spoure and Vincent families of North Hill, the Lampen family of Linkinhorne and the Lower family of St Winnow we have been able to trace her earliest known ancestors to John Lampen of Padrieda in Linkinhorne and Nicholas Lower of Polscoth in St Winnow in the late 1400's who are her 16 times great grandfathers. A notable ancestor is Thomas Vincent who died in 1607 and whose magnificent slate tomb is in the north aisle of St Torney's. Ken Ripper (North Hill Local History Group) June Meeting of the Coads Green W.I. On Wednesday, June 9th, members of the Coads Green W.I. met at Siblyback to enjoy one another’s company and to walk around the lake. It was just as well that there was a clear path, around the lake, as the misty conditions would have , otherwise, been a test for their navigational skills! President, Daphne Tucker, organised the afternoon and everyone set off at a brisk pace. There was much to discuss during the walk, including future plans for the rest of the year. The afternoon finished with a welcome drink and a piece of cake at the café and a chance to relax, as the skies cleared. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 14th, when local apiarist, Dale Wood, will be talking on the topic of Bees. The meeting will take place in the chapel parlour, at Coads Green, at 7.30 p.m. In the event of continuing restrictions the meeting will take place on Zoom. Enjoying a well earned coffee, at the end of the walk are, from left to right, Vivienne Daniel, Margaret Hopes, Margaret Ridley and President, Daphne Tucker. 5 | P a g e Some of Our Local Birds – Cuckoos, Jackdaws and Long-Tailed Tits Judith and Keith Woods and I were walking on Bodmin Moor on the 29th April, and we heard a cuckoo, then saw one perched on top of a tree about 10 metres away, silhouetted against a bright sky. I took a photo using a 2000mm zoom lens, and after brightening it up, a second cuckoo was revealed, sitting in the same tree. One cuckoo then flew off down into the valley, landing on another tree, and began to call, then it was mobbed by a couple of smaller birds, and flew off into the distance. This is the first time in my 70 years I have actually seen a cuckoo. The local jackdaws like to perch on the church tower, and sometimes roost there.