Well, early in the season and we have had our first incident. On 3rd May a radio message from MRCC (Falmouth Coastguard) was overheard at the Lookout to the effect that they...
May’s been a month of good progress for us. Although the weather’s remained quite unsettled for this time of year, we managed to find a calm day a couple of weeks ago...
Though rain on a bank holiday may dampen some spirits and darken the skies, there is also something greatly uplifting in the renewed zest and vigour restored Roseland flora that even in...
Tony Mansell, author of ‘Marching To A Different Drum’ Born in Redruth to parents from Fowey and Truro, Tony is Cornish through and through, having traced his family back to [so far]...
Marching To A Different Drum by Tony Mansell, Published by Trelease Publications, Dec 2012. Available for download Set in and near Cornwall during the Civil War, the story is a mix of...
What a winter this has been (I think we can safely assume it is more or less over by now!). It has been long, wet and cold – extremely cold, and for...
The swallows are back. Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps too have returned and are singing in hedgerows. It must be spring at last. What a contrast to March, when such joyful returns were more...
Well, we have opened and are there to protect all of you water users happily gambolling in the sun! At least that was the idea. It was somewhat spoiled by the sight...
Since our update last month, April has thrown one gale after another at us since it arrived. So we’ve been getting on with other jobs; repairing boats and painting and demolishing houses....
It is always good to know that someone is reading the column one writes. You always hope that is the case but unless anybody mentions it then one does not really know....