Penwith
Hasn't the weather been wonderful, at least up until the time of writing this?
Don't suppose it's quite the right thing to say, but if this is global warming
then I'm all for it. Living, as I do, a little off the beaten track, I am so grateful
not to be walking around up to my ears in mud as I was last year.
However, the weather did let us down for our last outdoor event of |
the
year at Zennor. The fog came down and it was difficult to see the proverbial hand
in front of the face let alone any wildlife, but full marks to the intrepid few
who turned up anyway.
This article was to have been about our reserve at St Erth but unfortunately Alistair
(Reserve Warden) suffered a mishap at work and was unable to do it. So whilst
we await his report in the next magazine let me give the Pits a bit |
of
a plug. The reserves working party and Alistair have done sterling work and have
put in walkways and cleared paths to improve public access. So if you fancy a
short walk with a bit of wildlife mixed with some history and geology, you know
where to go. (The interpretation board is outside the pub - so even better.)
Jane Richardson |
Restormel
What a glorious
autumn we have had, with temperatures warm enough for summer, bathing in the sea
in October and getting sunburnt in the garden. I'm not sure that roses should
still be in flower, and with other plants flowering now who knows what next summer
will be like?
Unfortunately Tony Foster (internationally renowned landscape |
painter)
was unable to attend our AGM at St Blazey in October because he was too ill. What
do you expect when you've just come back from Greenland to our warm climes? We
are lucky though to be able to re-book him in March when he will talk about volcanoes
and icebergs and everything in between that was seen on his latest painting travels.
We hope that everyone who turned up previously will be able to attend again. |
Thanks
to Dave Thomas who stepped in at the last moment with some excellent slides of
the Falkland Islands. Brilliant photography. We all wished we were there at Christmas
on the beach, with a packed lunch - p-p-p-pick up a penguin!
Kirstie Roots |
I have
put away my lawnmower "for the winter" three times now! The warm autumn has coaxed
primroses to flower and butterflies to flutter unseasonably.