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Striding Out: Poole Harbour
At the beginning of May this year I took my caravan and my best mate to Dorset where we stayed on a site just outside Swanage and my aim was…
St Wenn Remembers – again
Fri, 29 August – Sun, 31 August Commemorating the end of WWII 80 years on St Wenn Church Floral Exhibition Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August 10am to 4pm…
Striding Out: Marazion
I think it’s time I came clean about one of Eddie’s misadventures. As regular readers know by now, Eddie’s enthusiasm for life is fairly dynamic, especially when it comes to…
Striding Out: Zennor
In early April, I took my caravan down west to stay on a site near Marazion to take advantage of the lovely weather and a quiet time before visitors start…
Withiel WI
Ladies have a look at Withiel WI programme and see if anything appeals to you: June Visit to Tremore Farm Dairy July Emma Hughes speaker about the tyrant king Henry…
Striding Out
Erica is still recovering from a broken leg, so here is an essay she wrote last spring: Having waited for what feels like an eternity to get out and have…
March WI meeting
Judy welcomed members and visitors and went on to introduce our speaker, Norman Trebilcock, who, for many years was a paramedic as well as a marathon runner, fundraiser and all-round…
Withiel Parish Council Report 5th March 2025
All Councillors were present and were joined by five members of the public and Cornwall Councillor Mrs. Jenny Cruse. One member of the public complained that the quality of resurfacing…
Striding Out
It had been tricky to find somewhere reasonably dry to walk so I decided on a route which involved coast and roads, so off we went to Polzeath and parked…
Withiel Parish Council Report February 2025
There were apologies from Cornwall Councillor Mrs Jenny Cruse. Her report is shown in full in the minutes of the meeting – https://withielparishcouncil.org.uk/category/minutes/ She said that Storm Darragh had caused…
Withiel WI
Our president, Judy Lobb, introduced her daughter Rebecca as our speaker for the February meeting. Rebecca is a Year 6 primary school teacher at Trevisker, near Newquay. It turned out…
Withiel WI
It was good to all meet up again after the Christmas break and we started our year with a most interesting meeting. Our speaker was Sonia Shipman who gave a…
Withiel WI
I can’t believe just how quickly Christmas comes around each year and one of the highlights of the festive season is our WI Christmas lunch. Fifteen ladies gathered at the…
Striding Out
With a few fine days and the forecast looking good, I drove down to Mullion and parked in the National Trust car park at Gunwalloe Church Cove. While several dog…
Striding out
I managed to get out of a hospital appointment in Treliske before midday so I took the opportunity to do a half-day walk from Trelissick. With a remarkably dry spell…