ST MAWES SAILING CLUB ‘TASTER DAY’
I’ve sailed before but not for a very, very long time. After moving to Cornwall just over a year and half ago I was keen to try it again. Completing an RYA...
Author: Lindsay Brooke
Book reviews – July 2024 – Sallie Eden – Narcoball, Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia
Narcoball, Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia, by David ArrowsmithPublished by Octopus books 6 June 2024 First of all, a declaration of interest (or the lack of it): I know very little about...
BeeMania – July 2024 – Colin Rees
This month we want to take the opportunity to say a big thank you and a fond farewell to Colin Rees. After 15 years he has decided it is time to retire...
Gardening – June 2024 – Alison Agnew
We get close up and personal with our gardening expert Alison Agnew this month. So, sit back and enjoy as we get to see her Roseland garden from a more intimate point...
Book reviews – June 2024 – Sallie Eden – Travel Takeaways
Travel Takeaways by Julie WatsonPublished by Beachy Books, 2023 Subtitled “Around the world in forty tales”, the book comprises (yes, you guessed it) forty short accounts of the author’s trips to places...
Weather – Kernow Weather Team – May weather summary
Well, what can we say about May. It’s certainly been a mixed bag of weather, with a series of weather fronts, met office rain warnings, and thunderstorms. These hit the east of...
Weather – Kernow Weather Team – April weather summary
What a wet and windy April it was! Storm after storm. Let’s hope better weather is on the way. Here’s a summary of what April had to offer from the Kernow Weather...
BeeMania – May 2024 – Colin Rees
The weather might have kept the bees in their hives but they are still busy. Expert, Colin Rees, updates us on what bees do in bad weather. Well, after last month I...
Philleigh Way Wood opens this year – here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come
Forest bathing is coming to Philleigh Woods You can already take a public footpath down through Philleigh’s ancient woodland to the creek and back, but work is underway to extend the woods...
Book reviews – May 2024 – Sallie Eden – Disappearance in Fiji
A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima RaoPublished by Zaffre 2023 ‘A disgraced police sergeant, a missing woman and a plantation full of secrets’ Set in 1914, during British colonial rule, this debut novel brilliantly...