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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 Pam
Ruth Louise Paul
A huge
A hughthank youtoto
thank you all myfriends
all my friends
whowho
havehave
made
madethese past
these past few months
few months bearable
bareable.
Much love,
Much loveJane
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 I wish all my Friends in Boscastle
to be launched that day.,
trailer, kindly donated by a Merry Christmas
The old Torrent will
Chapman Machinery of and a Happy New Year
be re-named when the
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
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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 free Whilst 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 proposal lay 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
foundations. Pedestrians PL35 postal area can Council with the proposal
Thank you to sculptor
will be delighted when the to apply to the CIC for of adopting the area for
Daniel Kavanagh who
pavement alongside the a yearly ‘CIC parking community parking but was
kindly gave us permission
wall is laid. It is hoped that permit’ which will allow rejected on safety grounds.
to use the stunning photo
the work will be completed for 20 minutes free parking However, Cornwall Council
printed on the front cover.
near the time the next issue in the marked bays in the countered with offering the
The shot was taken with a
of the Blowhole appears. lower car park. The permits CIC three spaces within the
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 should and 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
07968 727689 or make a table booking at
www.visitboscastle.co.uk/
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
the right equipment, the
for the Village 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 located governing 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 Community defibrillator 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?
GS
was like that of a swallow Thanks for reporting your
but you don’t see swallows sighting.”
JM
in November. It flew past
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Adapt, Change and Survive
This time last year I had many I had
just accepted an offer on made the
the business lease that I decision
had put up for sale and, in that I would
turn, had an offer accepted continue to
on a retail premises that I trade into
wished to purchase. Four the winter,
months later just as the sale u n l i k e
contracts were about to previous
be signed, we were locked years when I
down...and my buyer closed down
pressed the stop button. at the end
I had to pull out of my of October.
purchase and wait and see However whilst making Above: Jet the dog ready to check out the shop
what Boris wanted us to coffee and serving a cream The Museum of Witchcraft and was overwhelmed by
do. teas, I was still thinking and Magic had embraced the support I received.
We were given the green about my ‘after the café is e-commerce and created a So, if this year has
light to open hospitality sold plan’. I really wanted staggeringly popular online taught me one thing it is to
again in July but like many to create a pet supplies shop, helping it to survive take a cue from the natural
business owners I felt business as I felt it would whilst it remained closed. world around me. Adapt,
things had to be different. I be a good addition to the Things, has embraced change and survive.
had to change the business village. I decided to adapt social media and is selling Claire Bailey
model and create a new one my plans again and in late though their Facebook and
with the focus on keeping September I began the Instagram platforms.
expenditure to a minimum. process of setting up the
Change was forced once
One of the biggest expenses pet business online with the
again in November when
in business is staff so one idea of offering free delivery
lockdown 2 began. My
change that I made was to Boscastle residents and
plan of keeping the café
to alter the menu on offer the surroundings areas.
open longer was thwarted.
meaning that I needed less I had seen how Obviously getting used to
staff to prepare and serve. successful other businesses adapting, I came up with
This has been a very had been by thinking out the idea of using the café
challenging year for all of the box and changing space to hold a pop up pet
business owners and like direction. For example, shop at weekends! Once all
the appropriate approvals
The Wellington Hotel had been granted from
The Harbour, Boscastle, PL35 0AQ
the council, landlady and
insurance I opened one
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Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 5
Napoleon Inn’s Macmillan Breakfasts
ALL who have supported
us at the Nap as well
as Sharons Plaice and
The Old Manor House
during this very tough As a final update this year In early October, we
year. We look forward to for the Neighbourhood held a workshop to discuss
continuing welcoming you Development Plan, we Housing & Development
and hopefully next year have made very good and many thanks to all
will be better. PLEASE progress in the last 12 those who gave their time
STAY SAFE, AND months and many thanks to assist us in what was a
ENJOY CHRISTMAS…. for all of your help to us in very productive session.
HOWEVER YOU WILL completing surveys, your We are awaiting the final
BE CELEBRATING! feedback and time to assist versions of the HNA and
BD us. VCA documents before we
THANK YOU to everyone re-convene the workgroup.
Since the summer
one of you who supported Free Parking update, you have helped We have also engaged
our Macmillan event Forrabury & Minster with Ross Yates and the
us complete a Housing
this year. Due to Covid Parish Council have Chamber of Commerce
Survey, and a Housing
we couldn’t do our usual requested that Cornwall team and a workshop
Needs Assessment (HNA)
coffee and cake sale or our Council deem New Year’s to discuss Commerce &
is in the final stages of
quiz but we did do our Day as the annual free Employment is being
production. This considers
breakfast and we are all parking day in Boscastle car planned for the very near
the need for housing for
so amazed at the kindness park. This has been agreed future.
‘social rent’, what affordable
all our customers showed and Cornwall Council will housing is required, how One of our observations
in raising such a fantastic put up signs on the day. new smaller, purpose built from the survey earlier
amount when we have all
BOSCASTLE OIL- housing for older residents this year was the lack of
had such a hard 2020. The
ORDERING GROUP could release larger houses engagement by young
total sum raised for this
Your next orders should for young families and people so we have been in
great cause was a mind
be placed in MARCH how the requirements of discussion with a number
boggling £1012.00
2021 for delivery early our current demographic of our younger residents
So once again a big will change over our plan to try to understand
THANK YOU from all April. If you are new to the
village and have oil central period. how they would like the
the Nap team and we look neighbourhood to develop
heating, you can save at We have also been
forward to next year’s event
least 2 pence on every litre working very closely with W o r k s h o p s
being back to normal with
you order. Ring Myrna an external consultant and for Transport and
a table of tasty bakes as well
Lester on 01840 250520 to are close to completing Infrastructure and the
as our awesome breakfasts.
get your name on the group a Village Character Environment are also
We want to take this register. Assessment (VCA). This is being planned probably
opportunity to thank ML to provide a comprehensive taking place in early 2021.
analysis and evaluation While great strides
of the character of the have been made this year,
various areas of the parish we have a huge amount
and where potential future of work ahead of us in
development could be 2021 and we will keep you
located. Both the HNA updated of our progress.
and VCA documents
Thanks once again
are integral parts of the
for your support in what
eventual NDP document
has proven to be a very
For all your printing needs and will be used by
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Page 6 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020
Parish Council News
Boscastle Bridge 08/10/2020, PA20/07455,
You may have noticed some Land west of Camelot
new surface dressing on view, No comment
sections of the pavement by 13/10/2020, PA20/07642,
the Bridge. This has been The Arthurian Centre,
done to help stop instances Support
of people slipping and 13/10/2020, PA20/07563,
injuring themselves on the Jordan Mill, Support
original surface especially
20/10/2020, PA20/08320,
Ron and Moira Hart Chuckle Corner
when wet. Ross from Rosewarren Fore Street, The damaged bench by Wotsit Mean?
the Riverside has been Support Forrabury Church has
Jigsaw - feeling after
campaigning for some time recently been removed and
20/10/2020, PA20/07268, Irish dancing
to get Cornwall Council replaced with a new bench
5 Penally Terrace, Support Kindling - digital book-
to address the issue which dedicated to Ron and Moira
20/10/2020, PA20/08100, burning
hopefully is now resolved. Hart. The family, Cllr Rodda
Land at Old Stables, Perspire - how a
Planning applications and Cornwall Councillor
Support steeplejack charges
The Parish council has dealt Jordan contributed with Cllr
26/10/2020, PA20/07798, Hockin arranging delivery and Mirth - French moth
with a number of planning Pentargon House,
applications listed below undertaking the installation. Bideford - old lady in a
Support Fiesta
if you would like to see The family and Parish Council
10/11/2020, PA20/08789, hope this will give many Windbreak -
more detail go to Cornwall
5 Penally Terrace, Support people the opportunity to sit underpants
Council planning portal
10/11/2020, and reflect.
and use the planning Wide-Eyed - coroner’s
PA20/08973, Land north A Prescott report
application number in the
search field. of Old Coach House Parish Clerk
Juniper - did you bite
variation, Support forminpc@gmail.com her?
14/09/2020, PA20/06514,
Demolition and erection
17/11/2020, 28 shout Gladiator - unrepentant
of garage Windrush, PA20/07920, 19 Eglos cannibal
22 rampant, 24 tissue, 26 verge,
Support View, Support 15 romance, 17 bowlers,
Menacing - male voice
9 stuff, 11 relative, 13 profiteroles,
26/09/2020, PA20/07100, 20/11/2020,
choir
6 news 8 & 19a heavenly body,
Land to north of Gwel An PA20/09325, Coombe, knowledge, 3 honesty, 4 ass
Shoot-Out - market
Paradise Road , Object
Down: 1 ewer, 2 general
Mor ,up to two dwellings, shoe seller
30 school, 31 cheep, 32 castanet
Support 25 revere, 27 ram raid, 29 fringe,
20 minnow, 21 lyre, 23 treat, Bacchanalian - bet on
foreign horse
16 finger, 18 badminton, 19 see 8d,
10 bedruthan, 12 capital. 14 bear,
ML
Across: 5 wonder woman, 7 shops,
Crossword Answers:
Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 7
News from the Lookout we are single manning, nothing to offer.
meant we lost another Most of you know
their turn. Fortunately, the
opportunity to remind that the NCI receives no
training team managed
ourselves what the other income from national
to organise things so that
Watchkeepers look like. or local government and
two of our Assistant Watch
Among the newly elected depends on the generosity
Keepers completed their
officers, Mick Gale has of strangers, This year,
Assessments in time, are
taken over the role of thanks to the efforts of our
now fully qualified and
Public Relations Officer stalwart collectors and the
able to stand their own
and you may already have inspired suggestion that
watches, an important
seen him collecting down a card reader would solve
addition to our numbers
in the harbour and you the “no contact issue”, we
as some members are still
We’ve been officially will certainly be hearing have finished the year in
shielding.
promoted. In the last more from him. Mick rather better order than
The wind turbine which is particularly keen on
News from the Lookout we expected. In fact, the
lost its tail earlier in the encouraging visitors to
I mentioned that our use of the Card Reader has
year, shed blades again come up to Willapark
absence at the start of the attracted the attention of
and has been returned to and see what we are about
first Lockdown had been our Trustees who are now
the manufacturer. Luckily, and wonders, if you are a
noticed by some of our considering their use in all
we have the spares to keep resident, when did you last
colleagues in the SAR stations.
our essential electrical pay us a visit?
community. As a result systems running. More Even though our
we have now been classed Although there hasn’t training programme has
importantly, within our
officially as Key Workers been quite as much been interrupted we’d still
ranks are Watchkeepers
and if in uniform, with happening on the Coastal like to meet anyone who is
with the expertise to
proper identification, we Path or out at sea this year, looking forward to doing
suggest modifications
are legitimate road users we were recently tasked something useful in their
where needed and the
on our way to complete a with monitoring a drifting spare time, and relishes
manufacturer is happy
shift. Kayak that was giving the idea of increasing
to incorporate these into
If that wasn’t enough, cause for concern. In the their knowledge of maps,
their own development
we, together with the other end it turned out have a charts,VHF radio and
programme.
Cornish stations, received fully functioning electric safety at sea and ashore.
Current regulations motor so we were able to
a letter of thanks for our meant there was no Annual And as you may
efforts from the Lord stand down. have gathered we are
Remembrance Day Parade
Lieutenant. Any worries we may always keen to welcome
for us to attend but a
Then, just as our have had about a winter fundraisers as well as
wreath was laid on our
training schedule resumed, reading list was resolved future Watchkeepers. Our
behalf later.
the new Lockdown by the arrival of a revised Manager, Chris Evans,
It also meant that we Station Operations
regulations came along and would be delighted to
could only have a virtual Manual, ideal, for those
we have had to disappoint hear from you on 01566
AGM this year which, evenings when Zoom,
the new trainees who had 781449.
together with the fact that Netflix or Britbox have
just started, or were waiting MW
photo courtesy Daniel Kavanagh
Page 8 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020
C is for Compost
Whatever your garden or stuff, brown and crumbly,
soil problem, compost fixes it seemed almost edible in
everything. It rebalances fact.
soil pH, and it dramatically The work in all
increases the soil’s moisture compost piles is done by
holding capacity. Compost microbes – bacteria and
is the organic matter fungi that do the breaking
that is needed in soil to down as long as the pile
provide nutrients and to contains both green waste
unlock minerals in the soil (grass clippings, kitchen top of the raised beds. If not have that delicious
particles. It also creates waste, annual weeds) and you’ve got a lot of perennial earthy smell I associate
the structure in soil that is what I call brown waste weeds just lay down sheets with a field mushroom
vital for water and oxygen (cardboard, woody stems, of carefully deconstructed (Agaricus campestris) so I
flow, without which the shredded newspaper for cardboard boxes with a left them to rot down back
soil becomes so compact example). In other words, layer of compost on top - into the earth. In any case,
that plant roots cannot a balance of nitrogen and then the perennial weeds there were other delicious
penetrate far, resulting in carbon based ingredients. I simply die and rot down things to harvest, having
poor plant health. aim for half and half, but providing further nutrients eventually got the carrots
There are a number of usually my heap is a bit for your plants. Annual to germinate after several
retail bins on the market more green and a bit less weeds pull out easily from failed attempts. There’s
designed to be filled brown. It needs to have air the soft top covering. nothing quite like the
gradually that will contain to work properly so I turn This year the beds have feeling of coming into the
the pile and keep it tidy, it. But I only do it once been very productive after kitchen with a trug full of
though you can get just because it’s jolly hard work their spring covering of cabbage, kale, leeks, carrots
as good a result from a and now that I’m almost a compost, but this is the and beetroot straight from
pile of lawn clippings and wrinkly I’m glad to have first time that they have the garden. I am clearing
newspaper in the back Colin Jose to give me a produced mushrooms. the last of the crops now
corner of your yard which hand with the compost. In Conditions were ideal this - on to the compost heap
will break down in time time it develops into that year when a period of warm with them, and I’m ready
and be valuable for your nice, brown crumbly stuff dry weather was followed for the contents of the
soil. Nick Bacon, who came ready to use. by quite heavy rain, which second bin to spread on
to give a talk at Juliotter When you give soil is exactly what these late the garden in preparation
Garden club a while back, organisms high quality summer, early autumn- for the start of the next
makes his compost just compost, the results are season fungi need to gardening season.
from lawn mowings and wonderful. I’ve stopped prompt them into growth. Have a lovely time over
torn up cardboard egg all that digging nonsense One day there were loads of the coming holiday season,
boxes. He bought some to and just spread a two- or them. But where did they keep well, keep safe.
show us and it’s glorious three-inch layer over the come from? It’s a mystery. What a very happy, very
I picked one to smell if it optimistic, very healthy
could be edible but it did 2021 it’s going to be!
Pat Thorne
Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 9
Method:
Cookery Corner
a delicious dessert, good
enough to serve when Place the apples in a
you have friends or family saucepan with the sugar
round for a meal. I always and two tablespoons water
keep some frozen mixed and simmer gently until
fruits as a standby for just soft. Add the red fruits.
easy trifles and sometimes Arrange in a buttered 8 inch
pick out the blackberries baking dish. Cream the
and currants - a couple of butter and sugar until light
handfuls say - to go in with and fluffy and carefully add
the apples for this recipe. the eggs a little at a time,
Apple and Almond incorporating thoroughly
Pudding before adding the next.
450gm Bramley cooking
When all the egg is in,
apples, peeled, cored and carefully and lightly fold
sliced in the ground almonds.
My Bramley apple tree was yourself that you’ll give it Spread this mixture over
Red Frozen Fruit such
loaded with fruit this year away as Christmas presents, the apples and smooth the
as blackcurrants, red
and I’m afraid the autumn you can juice them (and top with a palette knife.
currants or blackberries
gales gave me more this year I was lucky Have your oven ready at
110gm Ground Almonds
windfalls than the basketful enough to catch the apple gas mark 4, 350f, or 180c
I actually managed to pick. juicing day at Crackington 110gm Soft Brown Sugar (170c fan) and bake for
But the fruit that remains Institute), and you can 110gm Butter at room one hour. I made this last
in the grass, whole and bake with them. Baked temperature week and served it with a
untouched by some wild apples with custard! Apple 110gm Golden caster mixture of yoghurt and
creature, is still usable fritters with clotted cream! sugar double cream. Wonderful,
and - like all Bramleys - Dorset apple cake! My 2 large eggs beaten although I say it myself.
absolutely delicious. top tip? Buy an all-in-one Pat Thorne
Now I know there are apple peeler/slicer/corer for
a number of wonderful under a tenner. Stephen
things you can do with a Fry rates it as number nine
glut of apples: you can dry in his list of the top 100
them for a healthy snack, gadgets of all time.
you can puree and then I came across this recipe
freeze them, you can pickle recently (thank you Delia)
them in vodka and fool and it really does make
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Page 10 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020group. Lynn worked
Boscastle Helping Hands closely with Bottreaux
Receive Commendation by Surgery on setting up
a prescription delivery
the Queen’s Representative
service for those who were
in Cornwall
shielding.
Lynn said “It is
wonderful to have the
work of Boscastle Helping
Hands recognised in this
way. For all the difficulty
that the Covid-19
pandemic has brought,
it has also brought out
the best in so many. The
unstinting kindness and
helpfulness of local people
makes me truly grateful to
live in such a supportive
community”.
You can contact
Boscastle Helping Hands
in a wide variety of ways:
by contacting the
person named on the
The Lord Lieutenant of of The Sovereign in Lynn set up Boscastle calling card delivered
Cornwall has written to their counties. In his Helping Hands at the start earlier this year.
Lynn Dunne, the organiser commendation, Colonel of the pandemic to provide by phoning the Helpline
of Boscastle Helping Edward Bolitho wrote “The support to those most on 07939 971597
Hands to thank her and hard work, collaboration, vulnerable. Many local by visiting the website
the organisation for its innovation and courage people volunteered to help boscastlehelpinghands.uk
work helping those in need shown by so many across with the work, delivering via a message on the
in the local community. Cornwall during the contact cards to their Nextdoor Forrabury and
Lord Lieutenants are the Covid-19 pandemic has neighbours and signing Minster
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Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 11Staying well this
festive season
Winter can be a struggle adapt to its environment
health wise, especially and circumstances.
when children bring home
‘coughs and colds’. With
So how can we help
the build-up to Christmas support our immune
and New Year, we become system?
busy with preparations Vitamin C - a nutrient
and planning. It can be a essential for our immune
pretty stressful time. If you cell response. Vitamin
manage to survive until veg. Stress, has a hugely
C is readily available in debilitating effect on our
Christmas day (without citrus fruit, blackcurrants, Onion is antibacterial
getting ill), then we can & antiviral. Cut and leave immune function. Be sure
pineapple, rosehips, to take time for yourself:
finally succumb just as we strawberries and green veg for 10mins before cooking
sit down and relax! to allow all the useful get some fresh air, take a
including broccoli, Brussel ten minute walk, join an
So why not anticipate sprouts, parsley, bell compounds to release. Try
onion soup. exercise class, learn a new
this season by boosting peppers, sweet potatoes skill, socialise, join the
your immune defences and & tomatoes. Consider Ginger is anti-
local quiz club, get belly
overall levels of health & consuming traditional inflammatory. Make a
laughing!
vitality? honey and lemon drinks fresh ginger root tea with
(made with juice of ½ lemon (store root ginger If you can afford it, opt
Every day we are for unprocessed organic
exposed to millions of lemon) more regularly, pre sliced in the freezer) or
rather than just when you make a ginger, sweet potato foods to minimise intake
different bacteria, viruses of immune-suppressing
and other foreign bodies. are ill. & coconut soup (see later).
toxins. Try to avoid plastic
Their aim is to ‘survive’ Zinc also supports our Honey, especially
wrapped fruit, veg and so
and use us as their host, immunity. It can be found unpasteurised (i.e not
on.
creating havoc and in the in meat, especially beef, heat treated) such as
worst case, overwhelming liver, seafood (oysters, locally produced, is During an infection:
us. Fortunately, we have herring), bell peppers, antimicrobial, antifungal
Drink plenty of water.
our own defence force, egg yolks, ginger, nuts, and antibacterial. Sore
Got to bed early. Grab
the immune system. Its pumpkin & sunflower throat? Take a teaspoon of
your lemon & honey
job is to identify what is seeds. honey slowly, to ease the
drink.
not part of us, examine it Garlic is antimicrobial, discomfort.
and decide whether it is a be brave throw it in your
threat, in which case it will stir fry, add to soups &
try to kill or neutralise it. stews or cook whole cloves
It is a very sophisticated with your Sunday roast
system and can change to
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Page 12 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020Avoid sugar. Sugar can especially with respiratory Sweet Potato &
suppress our immunity issues. Oats are also a Ginger Soup In the harbour, the National
for up to 8 hours, but it good source, try and find
Ingredients Trust shop, café and
also feeds bacteria, viruses the biggest sized ones you
1 onion secondhand bookshop were
and fungus and promotes can. Use as an alternative
2 sweet potatoes, skin on shut for lockdown 2 but
mucous production, so it crumble topping,
(roughly 525g). have reopened in accordance
will prolong an infection. mixed with seeds, dried
½ tspn ground ginger with current government
At the first sign of illness cranberries and cacao
or thumb sized piece of guidance. Shop opening
cut out all cakes, biscuits, nibs, no need for any fat.
fresh, skin removed hours are 10.30am to 4pm,
sweets and stick to vitamin- Cut out dairy for first
600ml vegetable stock the café closes at 3.30pm.
rich fruits, such as citrus few days
and berries. Consider made with stock pot or 2 The grass and flowers
those boozy nights out & Looking to go the tsp Bouillon powder have been given their annual
Christmas parties, work on extra mile? 1 tin coconut milk cut and rake which will
damage limitation: ensure Vegetable oil encourage more flowers for
Boost your levels the bees and hoverflies next
you try & flush through Method
of good gut bacteria year. We’ve removed shrubs
nasty microbes by drinking Roughly cube the
with a quality probiotic from the river walls such as
plenty of water when onion. If using fresh ginger,
capsule or powder, buddleia and fig to prevent
you get home, during the grate or finely chop. Peel
containing high amounts the roots from damaging the
night (if you wake) and and chop the potatoes into
of Lactobacillus and walls.
the following day. Avoid roughly 2cm cubes.
Acidophilus strains.
caffeine the day after. Put a large pan on a In the countryside, we have
Researchers found young
Sage inhibits bacterial medium heat. Add oil carried out more footpath
children supplemented
growth. Try a leaf or two and fry the onion for 3-4 repairs on the coast path,
with probiotics and a
steeped in hot water, then minutes until soft. Next replaced a gatepost onto
little vitamin C every day,
drink. Not to everyone’s add the ginger, stirring for 1 Forrabury Stitches, coppiced
suffered fewer coughs
taste! Also seems to ease minute. Then add the sweet and trimmed some trees
and colds or required less
mucous. potatoes, coconut milk and in the car park area to
medication if they were
the vegetable stock. Bring encourage stronger growth
Beta Glucans are ill, reducing the time they
to boil for 1 minute, then in the future, carried out
natural sugars found in were off school.
return to simmer, cover path safety surveys and
certain types of mushrooms Hopefully these few
with a lid and cook for 10- removed buddleia form
such as Shitake (add to tips will help support you
12mins until the potato is the river banks along the
soups), they can activate through this winter. Stay
soft. Remove from the heat, Valency.
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Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 13A Methodist Minister’s Concert at the Pengelly the season of ‘Goodwill’ Dear all
View Methodist Church in we will be able to reflect We come towards the end
Throughout my life I have Delabole, probably under on what is at the heart of this most difficult and
always had an interest in the ‘80 years ago’ heading of Christmas – the Birth challenging year, still with
local newspapers. Having of the column. I guess it of God’s Son, Jesus. A restrictions in place, still
been brought up in North was held in the years of Birth which changed the with the negative impact
Cornwall I was familiar the Second World War. It course of history, as well on our work and our leisure
with the Cornish Guardian, pointed out for me that the as changing the outlook of time; and on our businesses
and the Cornish and way in which Christmas many people on life. In his and employment. We
Devon Post with its various is celebrated does change account of part of the story are very conscious of the
localised editions. But as I with circumstances. the Gospel writer Matthew impact on our mental
have worked in different The circumstances (see Matthew 1: 23) – health as self-isolation
parts of the country I have in which we currently reminds us that the birth and the constraints on
come across titles such find ourselves mean that was foretold by the prophet visiting family and friends
as the Nuneaton Tribune Christmas will be different Isaiah and that Jesus would continues to be a very
(an evening newspaper for most of us this year. It be know also as Immanuel wearisome burden.
but no longer published), may well be that we will – which means ‘God is But we do, of course,
the Bedworth Echo, the not be able to share in large with us’. have a lot to be thankful for.
Leicester Mercury, and the family gatherings, attend God is with us in all of There has been an amazing
Bradford Telegraph and Carol Services, or share in our days – a timely thought community response to the
Argus (a fascinating name). the meeting of the local in these days. We pray difficulties of lockdowns
Doubtless somebody, Foxhound Pack on Boxing that you will find joy in and tiers by businesses
somewhere is a collector of Day. Our preparations, Celebrating Christmas and and individuals. We are
the variety of publications too, will be different with wish you peace and blessing thankful for our local shops
with their unique features. the current closure of non- through the celebration and businesses who have
One of the features of our essential businesses. season into the New Year. managed to keep open, and
Cornish and Devon Post is Our ways of celebrating Every Blessing, those who have provided
the ‘Looking Back’ column Christmas will be different Bryan and Sue Ede delivery services to people
which has re-appeared but the reason for our
in recent weeks. A few
years ago, in that column
celebration is constant. It
may well be that with a CENTRAL GARAGE
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Page 14 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020who are self-isolating or after the end of this second major restoration, and I is not the same and it is less
without access to transport. lockdown, but we will am hoping that we will personal but it has proved
We must also thank those need to ensure that this be able to celebrate that to be a wonderful option
who are providing support is done safely, with social event, although how we for visual and verbal contact
to families struggling to distancing and attention to do that will depend on the with others. If you do not
survive; for the work of hygiene. restrictions at the time. have access to a computer/
Foodbanks, Food Larder, Christmas services will We will publish the iPad/Smartphone etc you
the Neighbourhood be very different than in times of all services and can dial in using your
Community Cooking previous years, and we may Christmas events on home telephone which
Project, and Cornwall have to adapt our plans The Boscastle Churches enables you to take part
Christmas Box. Well done depending on the situation Facebook page, on www. in the service, and to
everyone. at the time, but for now we achurchnearyou website chat to people before and
But these difficult times are planning: for Forrabury and Minster after. Zoom has become
will pass - and we will tell Morning prayer every Churches, as well as posters a lifeline for many who
each other “remember morning in December at and notices on the Boscastle are continuing to self-
when…Tesco had traffic 0830 via Zoom Facebook page. isolate. For the regular
lights, we wore a mask to Christingle service at If anyone would like to congregations of the 12
go into a post office, and 6pm via Zoom for the join in any of our services churches across our Group
we could worship God Jacobstow and Tintagel on Zoom (or by ordinary of churches, it has meant
together on a Sunday Guides, Brownies and telephone) please contact we have gathered together
Morning in the comfort Rainbows, but all are me (heather_solo@msn. for worship every Sunday,
of our own homes in our welcome to join us com) for a link. almost without a break
slippers!” Carol service via Zoom on and look forward to being
Be assured, Christmas is
We are continuing to Wednesday 23 December able to continue doing so
not cancelled, we will still
bring our communities Crib service via Zoom on throughout the uncertain
celebrate the incarnation –
together to worship via Christmas Eve coming months. When we
the birth of Jesus – coming
Zoom – new skills for many were permitted to worship
Midnight Mass at as a light to shine in the
of us – and we were able to in Church, prior to
Forrabury Church at 2330, dark places of the world.
continue this even when we Lockdown 2, we continued
(and also Tintagel Church). Never was this message
were able to go back into to also stream the service
Social distancing means of hope and love so needed
church for services. High that we have to restrict via Zoom. Worship in
in our lives and in our church means that the
technology – propping my numbers and therefore may world. congregation have to wear
iPad on a flower stand, held need to introduce a booking God bless you and keep
in place by a pile of old system. Please keep an eye you safe masks, sanitise their hands,
hymn books, and using the on notices and social media Heather and are not permitted to
Church Warden’s mobile to let you know how we sing. People who are taking
phone to connect to the Church Notices part via Zoom can sing as
plan to do this. We are planning to join the
Wi-Fi. loud as they like (provided
On 4 January it community effort to yarn
As I write this we have their microphones are
will be 150 years since bomb the village with the
heard that we will be able muted).
Minster Church was goal of providing colourful
to have services in church reopened following the The Advent period,
and enjoyable surprises
which starts on 29
around the village. For our
November, will be
part, we will do something
celebrated by us with
up at Forrabury. If you'd
regular services at 10:30am
like to help us, please
for Eucharist and 6:00pm
contact Gillian Schultz.
for Evensong and Heather
Gillian Schultz writes will be saying Morning
- if you have never been Prayer at 0830. Everyone
to a Zoom gathering, it is welcome and if you wish
provides a really lovely way to join us, please let Rev.
to meet up with people and Heather Aston know and
experience (for the church) she will send you Zoom
worship when we can't do log-in details.
it in person. Of course, it
Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 15Castle Site
In the Parish council’s
most recent Minutes it was
mentioned that councillors
would be invited to take
part in an inspection of the
Lower Jordan Valley. While
As the year is slowly over 100 hours in local the opportunity to say a the Council has obtained
drawing to a close for us at patrols where we made sure big thank you to everyone outline land Registry
Boscastle Coastguard, we that all the beaches were in that team, the South drawings, these need to
can start to reflect on the kept safe, and helping to West Ambulance service checked and verified.
jobs we have undertaken increase our rapid response (with whom we have This is good news. It was
this year, some tragic and time should any emergency worked a lot this year), as always advocated by the
some heartwarming, but calls come in. well as the staff at Tintagel Site Steering Group that a
whatever the circumstance When lockdown eased Castle for always assisting walkabout on the ground
we find ourselves in, they we continued to have a us and keeping the tracks was essential in order to
are always rewarding. steady summer, patrolling clear for when we attend assess the state of the area
No one could have during several storms and their calls. We would also and check its boundaries.
foreseen the events that’s keeping a safe lookout for like to thank our flanking The Lower Jordan Valley
have gripped the world in those that ventured out. As teams for their assistance, adjoins the Castle Site.
2020 and the effect it has the summer season started, as well as all the other The main problem has
had on the community. we had our fair sure of services we have worked always been is that there is
When we entered the first walkers, and a number of with. no public access. Plans to
lockdown, we of course stretcher carries off the We have now resumed reinstate the bridge crossing
were ready as usual, and coast paths. Over the past our usual training, Jordan Stream and stepping
had our own Covid safety few months we have been including rope work, stones across the Butts River
measures in place, ensuring called out to many areas advanced first aid, and were rejected, so that at
our safety and those up and down our part of water rescue. So when present there is no easy way
around us. Shortly after the the coastline for multiple you see us on the cliffs to reach the Valley except
lockdown we were asked stretcher carries, and where rope training, give us a through private property.
if any of the team would possible to walk them out wave! Since the Council took
sign up to the mutual aid to the waiting ambulance, As this is the last update over ownership in 2015,
service that would enable our Coastguard Helicopter of the year, we would like lack of maintenance means
us to help with the Covid or the Air Ambulance. to wish everyone a Merry the area has become sadly
situation, assisting our Coastguard Rescue is Christmas and thank you overgrown. Last March
friends in the NHS, Police part a huge multi agency for all the support we the Council approved
and ambulance service if team that comes together have received over the formation of a Steering
needed. Everyone in the in time of need, when past year! Even a wave Group with the objective of
team signed up. someone is having a bad when we are driving past opening it up for a variety
As a result, we spent day. We would like to take puts a smile on our faces. of amenity uses.
Remember if you see Hopefully, Councillors
anyone in difficulty, or able to inspect the area for
you find yourself in a spot themselves will produce
of bother along the cliff fresh ideas regarding best
path call 999 and ask for future use of this valuable
the Coastguard. community asset.
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Page 16 Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020Panto 2021 – what, news is that I’m afraid that
Unguided and Unguarded Missile it seems very likely that
that again?
With so many cooking interesting than supervising there will be no pantomime
During the autumn both
programmes on the their bath time. in the 2020/21 season but
Jo and myself were saying
television you would think the good news is that we
It is surprising how ‘oh yes we will’ then oh
there would be one on will return stronger and
quickly time passes when yes we might’ and finally
the dangers of certain foods better than ever in 2022
you become involved in ‘oh no we can’t’!!! Yes I
in the home, in certain assuming vaccination and
nothing in particular. So, am talking about the next
circumstances - but no, other conditions allow.
it was not until my furry panto. As we wrote in MP
there isn’t. So, I will warn companion barked, at a the autumn edition with
you of the dangers of one Used Postage Stamps
loud noise in the kitchen, the lockdown etc we did
particular food item of The only two collection
that I noticed that smell, not know if we would be
which you should beware - boxes still in place
which brings you back to able to put on our normal
EGGS (and it’s not Edwina at present are in the
reality with a sickening performance on in January
Currie’s warning about entrance foyers of Tintagel
jolt. My poor eggs had 2021. Finally towards the
salmonella). and Boscastle doctors’
boiled dry and, to pay me end of September, when surgeries. My other boxes,
It is difficult, when out, exploded around the the case numbers were in Wadebridge, Camelford
cooking for one, to use up kitchen. My furry friend rising again, we came to the and Rock were all located
food items before they have either thought I had conclusion that for the first in the surgery waiting
passed the ‘Use by’ date. deliberately thrown some time in something like 12 rooms, and have beeen
There they are, still sitting eggy treats on to the floor for or 14 years we would not removed to comply with
in the fridge or cupboard, her or that she would assist be able to put on a show current regulations. With
glaring reproachfully at in clearing up and soon this coming January. With only two ‘active’ boxes and
you. Finding just such tucked into some of the restrictions in numbers reduced footfall, far fewer
items one day - 3 eggs - remains. Spring cleaning and distances it was not stamps are being collected
and not wanting some had come earlier than I possible to rehearse safely for the Royal National
Chinese gentleman to expected. I think there is (yes believe it or not we do Institute for the Blind. I
turn up because he had still a chance that I might rehearse the show) and also urge you to please keep
run out of 100-year eggs find the occasional bit of it was very likely we would saving ALL postage stamps
and could he have mine egg behind a cupboard, not be allowed to have an that come your way - take
as a substitute - I decided under a cupboard or in a audience so we decided them to the surgery or put
to boil all three. The water cupboard. to postpone attempting them through my letter
bubbled away merrily; the The moral of this story, the pantomime until box at 8 Pentargon Road.
eggs languished to their Dear Reader, is BEWARE circumstances became a I am also happy to receive
warm bath and I wandered of EGGS. little clearer. any unwanted albums or
off to do something more GQ We have thought about collections. Every day 100
maybe attempting to put people start to lose their
The Old Manor House on the show in March sight so all help to support
Boscastle but looking at the current the RNIB is continuous
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Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 17Harbour Master’s News
Going Green and environmentally
For many years I have been aware. So far, this had
trundling up and down to only really resulted in a
the harbour in my diesel bit of tree planting and I
Land Rover and of course, have to say from a boating
most of the boats in the point of view, the modern
harbour have diesel engines diesel engine, has always
- apart from those operated seemed to be to me the
by Dr Garrod and Michael most efficient and reliable
Parsons which are petrol option for seamen, albeit a
powered (very speedy). little noisy.
Anyway, for some time now With the fishing boats
my daughter in law, Assisi, late in this year, and then of storms, the season really
has been encouraging me Today Cornish punts
out early because of first was much shorter than I
to be more ecologically are usually sculled with a
Covid, followed by a couple would have liked. In an
single oar at the stern or
effort to extend our fishing rowed. Some of the old
season, Mark Brown and I Falmouth ones have sails.
came up with the idea of It is possible to catch a
putting a few winter pots few lobsters in the harbour
out using a punt - which mouth and in keeping
for those not in the know with modern times we
is big heavy dinghy often have got hold of an electric
made of clinker - nothing outboard - which is a
to do with punting. This first for Boscastle. Silent
is a wooden construction running, no fumes and
used a lot in the past and hopefully more reliable
before fibre glass became than my well know brand
popular. I can remember suction carpet cleaner. My
the fishermen in Port green credentials. Other
Isaac building boats like news is scant.
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Boscastle Blowhole Winter 2020 Page 19WI VP & Secretary. “We
were able to do this several
times for regular meetings,
garden club and social get-
togethers, all appropriately
distanced and sanitized,
before we had to go back
Boscastle WI into lock-down.”
With great joy a few WI We’ve had several guest
members, who have no speakers including a talk on
internet or smart devices, music from New Orleans
came together inside the to New York, accompanied
village hall in September, on the piano with jazz,
while the remaining cover & inside of Boscastle WI’s cookbook
blues and broadway show
members were able to join excerpts. We’ve also learned they get clean water that recipes submitted by
the meeting via Zoom. For about the horrors of living improves their hygiene and WI members and local
the members in the hall, without clean, potable sanitation, it increases the businesses, as well as
it was the first time they water and how WaterAid time spent on education coming from sponsors. The
and increases the economic smorgasbord of options
stability of the village. Most will help you through easy-
recently we welcomed Neil to-make, budget conscious,
Morris to tell us about his group entertainment and
adventures in starting up cocktail making with
as a beekeeper during full extensive choices from
lockdown. soup & starters, vegetarian,
The women of Boscastle fish, main meals, desserts,
WI don’t sit on their as well as biscuits & cakes.
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