Help wanted for Summer Barbecue

Summer Barbecue and Fête
in aid of St Petroc’s & St Saviour’s
6.00 pm on August 4th
Well Parc, Trevone



After (amazingly!) 40 years of organising the Well Parc summer barbecues for the churches in Trevone and Padstow, Ron and Pat Olivey are hanging up their aprons and barbecue tongs and handing over to a new team. Ron and Pat are a hard act to follow, and once again, many thanks.

This summer Sue Hollingsworth, Jane Myles and Tim Bishop are taking up the challenge and will be delighted to be in touch with potential stall holders, donors of prizes and gifts, and anyone who would be prepared to help on the day.

It’s a long way off but the key to the success (and lack of stress) of these events is in preparation. The only thing we have no control over is the weather, but we have got a great date – August 4th - and this is one of the key barbecues of the summer season guaranteed to bring in plenty of holiday makers.

We will need all the help we can get and this is an ideal opportunity to bring in some new blood and some new ideas for stalls, fund raising and games – and maybe music to accompany the event. Already ideas are coming thick and fast… for example there may be a small novelty dog show (prizes for cuddliest, noisiest, oldest, youngest, etc) so put your thinking caps on.

Please use this opportunity to introduce new pals to this great summer fun evening and help spread the word.

If you interested in helping in any way please contact

Sue Hollingsworth (520-788)
Jane Myles (520-615) or jane@myles5700.fsnet.co.uk
Tim Bishop (533-972) or timbishopuk@aol.com

Water quality…

The following article in the Times Online sums up the state of the areas waters… TaWRA has been monitoring Tevone’s water quality since its inception, getting results of the biweekly tests that the Environment Agency take throughout the summers. Recently TaWRA met with the environment agency to raise its concerns and the reaction was very positive with promises of them working with us to try to achieve better water quality for our residents and visitors. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7134009.ece

At this stage it is impossible to give any advice and there is no clear mechanism for protection of the public unless the problem is so visible that the lifeguards choose to close the beach.

From my perspective, I wont be letting my daughter bath in the stream or “lagoon” at the top of the beach, but I'll take my chances and still be surfing when the waves are up.

Craft Fayres in the Village Hall

During the next few months there will be craft fayres in the village hall with exhibits from the following companies:

Funk Your Denim - unique handmade gifts and personalised mementoes.

Glazy Days - Have fun painting your own pottery

Pat-a-Cake - Delicious homemade cakes, savouries, jams and marmalade

Pebble Penny - Beautiful jewellery plus paintings and photographs by local artists

Tea and coffee will be served.
The dates and times to put in your diary are:

10.00am - 1.00pm on:
Saturday 5th June
Saturday 3rd July

1.00pm - 4.00pm on:
Wednesday 28th July
Wednesday 4th August
Wednesday 11th August
Wednesday 18th August
Wednesday 25th August

Also in the Village Hall:
Bacon roll and coffee mornings on the first Sunday of every month, 10.00am till 12.00pm
Proceeds to the Village Hall and a local charity.

Charity Cycle RIde

John Bullingham is going to repeat his amazing charity bike ride of last year - Trevone to Birmingham and back again - on Thursday 24th June, returning, triumphantly after 500 miles in the saddle, on June 27th. John is doing this for Cancer Research. You can make donations in person at the Beach Complex in Trevone or in the Village Hall, or by going online to www.justgiving.com/johnbullingham

Andy NIcholls Ceramics Exhibition

From 14th to 17th May Trevone sculptor and ceramics man, Andy Nicholls is having an exhibition with Barry Johnson at Westcliff Pottery, 22 Tower Park, Fowey as part of the Daphne Du Maurier Festival. Do try and pop over to view Andy's fab garden sculptures in a brilliant location overlooking the estuary.

No dogs on the beach until October - Trevone dog ban

It's that time of the year again when all our dogs say goodbye to games on the sand for another six months... well at least in theory!

Sadly the council choose to ignore the facts that the ban applies only on the left hand side of the beach which is under their governance, and only above the mean water tide too. As the coast path also crosses part of this beach you are fully entitled to take your dog over this part of the beach too.

So it's hard to say "respect the rules" as they aren't really very clear. If the dog warden or angry local or tourist does choose to approach you about this, feel free to politely point out the facts.

Community Bus

Thanks to the efforts of PATCAG (the Padstow and Trevone Action Group) we are about to have a community bus. This will be fully converted to include handrails and a wheelchair lift so that it can be used by everyone in the community. They hope to run a weekly service for all those communities within the area who are not on any bus route. There is already a list of volunteers who want to help and local groups who wish to use it. If you would like to be a driver or a helper or you would like to know more about the service, please contact Mike Huntley at 32 Egerton Road in Padstow or email him at mikehuntley1@tiscali.co.uk