Probus News Magazine - August 2020 edition

Probus News MAGAZINE

August 2020 Issue No. 248

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Teenage lockdown Pages 12-13

Kiera’s all at sea Pages 22-23

Kid’s Bake-off Pages 24-25

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COMMUNITY NEWS AND NOTICES Probus post box Council Survey collection times A consultation exercise has been started by

Cornwall Council who are looking to develop a shared vision of Cornwall post coronavirus.

The last weekday collection times for the post boxes in and around Probus are as follows: Fore Street Carne View Tregony Road Truck Trewithen

4:45 pm 9 am 9 am 9 am 9 am

Letters and parcels can also be posted at the pop up post office at Probus Village Hall between 2-4 pm Tuesdays and Fridays.

To find out more and contribute to the discussion visit the website www.letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk

Front Cover: Steve Payne’s stunning photograph of a sparrowhawk in Treviglas Rise

Do you have a problem?

Why not contact one of your local Parish Councillors for advice or visit www.probusparishcouncil.gov.uk Kevin Blayney Nik Budden Steve Dalton Liza Deards James Faull Nick Gillard (chair) Ross Goldworthy Malcolm Maskill Larry Saunders-Fern Bill Sutherland

Rosparc Gwell an Nans Ridgeway Holly Farm, Truck Hill Tresowgar Cottage Fore Street Gwell an Nans Lamellyn Vean Rosparc Bosnoweth

01726 882877 07922 155600 01726 884080 07888 684425 07494 756249 01726 883926 07967 125526 01726 884368 01726 882669 01726 884007

There is currently one vacancy for a parish councillor, please contact the clerk or any of the above for details

Remember, if you are not able to contact a particular councillor, then you may contact the Parish Council Clerk Amanda Kendall on 01726 883614 (email probuspc@gmail.com). Cornwall Councillor Bob Egerton on 01726 884451 or 07785 748844 can also be contacted for advice.

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A-Z of Probus Clubs, Societies, Organisations and some useful contacts Acoustics Night (Comrades Club) Badminton Club Bees (swarms/issues/questions) Bowling Club

Tim Joyce Pauline Partridge Tony Paddock John Cobbold

07412 126774 timstravels01@hotmail.com 01726 882649 07486 295414 01726 882495

Church Floodlighting Fund Churchwarden Comrades Club Cornwall Councillor Cycling – Probus Pedallers Dance Classes Children (4Real) Football - Saturday Club Probus Youth FC - Juniors Probus FC - Seniors (First Team) Probus FC - Seniors (Reserves)

Robert Dodd Neil Staten Bryan Trebilcock Bob Egerton Dave Light Angie Smith Steve Flack Nigel Schofield Tony Paddock Graham Smith

01726 883408 01726 883699 01726 882747 01726 884451 01726 882087 07825234855 07956 049727 07974 577876 07486 295414 07968 478970

Friends of Probus Church

Richard Heath

07849 315432 geotechrich@gmail.com

Friends of Probus Surgery Hawkins Arms

Anthea Johnson or Verity Allen 01726 882745

Church Bell Ringers

Historic Cornwall Society

Kids Club Breakfast/after-school/ holiday club at Probus School

Knit & Natter Group Ladies Group Little Lights Live at Home Friendship Group Little Acorns Pre-School Martial Arts Group Memory Cafe Mid Cornwall Wood Turners Motion Fitness (Circuit training) Over 60s Luncheon Club Parish Players (Pantomime) Playing Field Mgmt Committee Parish Church Parish Council

Primary School Primary School PTA Probus Club of Probus The Roseland Academy U3A Roseland & District Village Hall Letting Secretary Wednesday Walking Group Yoga Young Farmers Other village

Peter & Anne-Marie

robertjdodd@hotmail.com neil.staten@live.co.uk bobegerton@mac.com contactus4real@gmail.com

Please send updates to

l.com

editorprobusnews@gmai

01726 882208 hello@hawkinsarmsprobus.com

Vince Van Kempen-Wilson 01726 883019 vince.vkw@gmail.com Diane Gibbs

01726 882647

kidsclub@probusschool.org.uk

Eve Richards 01726 882657 or 07767 383982 Pat Gluyas 01726 882978 patgluyas68@btinternet.com Pam Cobbold 01726 882495 jplelissick@btinternet.com Tracy Beavill 01209 719062 camborne.liveathome@mha.org.uk Sarah Brown 01726 882647 Is your group missing?

Chris Pearson 01726 883661 Let us know Jill Prisk 01726 884388 Richard Elliott 07980 449305 info@midcornwallturners.com Kay Middleditch 07812 380651 kay.louise81@icloud.com Zena 01726 882751 or Janet 01726 882927 Cathy Cadby 07860 755787 cathycadby@gmail.com Graham Smith 07968 478 970

Rev. Joachim Foot 01726 882218/07930 095687 rector@probusteam.com probuspc@gmail.com Amanda Kendall 01726 883614 www.probusparishcouncil.gov.uk Angela Praed 01726 882647 secretary@probusschool.org.uk Naomi Buckland 01726 882647 Nick Hibbett 01726 883093 nick.hibbett@btinternet.com 01872 530675 www.theroseland.co.uk Terry Neil 01872 530196 probusvillagehallenquiries@gmail.com Frank Fuller 07749 368162 www.probusvillagehall.co.uk Terry Hodge or Tim Joyce 01726 884495 or 01726 884574 Tony Bathmaker

07854 999612 toneupwinddown@gmail.com

Tegan Arthur

07900 797750

pages: Probus Cornwall, Probus Super Mums!, Probus News Magazine, Probus Rocks

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OTHER NEWS

How to contact the magazine...

New Truro newspaper

By hand: Articles for Probus News can be left at Trudgian Farm Shop in Probus Square, or at Treviglas Cottage, Treviglas Lane, TR2 4LH.

Did you know that a S P O RT Heated debate over youth football talent B A C K PA G E new newspaper was launched in Truro in July?

LIZ SERENADES NHS HEROES WITH LOCKDOWN HITS

Tr uroVoice

No 2 CITY EDITION

The Truro Voice aims to provide news and related stories for Truro and the surrounding area (including Probus).

WEDNESDAY JULY 8 2020

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CITY REVIVAL IS UNDER WAY Pubs and restaurants vote ‘Independence Day’ a softly, softly success MATT DIXON

SEE PAGE 13

Water stunt safety plea

Truro’s harbourmaster has issued a stark warning about the dangers of ‘tombstoning’ in the county’s waters

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Village gets ‘covid-safe’

By e-mail: editorprobusnews@gmail.com

MANAGEMENT TEAM EDITOR: John Denyer

01726 884531 mob: 07824 555519 editorprobusnews@gmail.com

CHAIRMAN: Sheila Bing 01726 883400 sheila.bing@outlook.com

mattdixon@trurovoice.co.uk

SECRETARY: Peter Clarke

Pubs, bars and restaurants threw open their doors for the first time in the more than three months on Saturday, as a key cog in Truro’s economy whirred back into life after lockdown.

After days and weeks of preparation and anticipation, it was a welcome sight to see open doors, fully stocked bars and a return to something approaching normality.

Mandy Hoare, owner of Zafiros in New Bridge Street, said: “It took four days of cleaning in order to follow guidelines.

“We printed menus so they could be thrown away after each customer, we had to remove condiments and visitor centre leaflets from tables and the bar. Everything was cleaned and cleaned again, including the walls – it took much longer than I thought.”

The Voice sees how the people of Threemilestone got themselves back in business this week

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Clubs’ new presidents

It is the sister paper to the St Austell Voice and Newquay Voice papers and published every Wednesday costing £1.

PROTECTION AND NO RACKET, PAGE 4

Truro Lions and Truro Boscawen Rotary clubs have both announced new presidents despite the rigours of lockdown

Councillor Rob Nolan, pointing, joins a public protection task force in Truro city centre

PICTURE : PAUL WILLIAMS

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56 PAGES OF TRURO NEWS MARKET REPORTS 32 BUSINESS 36 SEVEN-DAY TV GUIDE 39–45 FOUR PAGES OF PUZZLES 46–49 TRURO SPORT 52–56

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINES The submissions deadline for articles, adverts, alterations and other items for the magazine is the 10th of every month. Items submitted after the deadline are unlikely to be considered for publication.

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ADVERTISING: Kaye Ludlow

September Friday 28th August Friday 25th September

November Friday 30th October December

SUB EDITOR: David Meggs

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No January issue

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DELIVERY MANAGER: Tim Joyce 01726 884574 timstravels01@hotmail.com

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Vanessa McGill

Public notice

The inclusion of any article or advertisement in this magazine does not constitute any form of accreditation by the editor or management committee. They are unable to vouch for the professional qualifications, etc, of any advertiser. It is the advertiser’s responsibility to ensure conformity with the Trades Descriptions Act 1975, Business Advertisements Disclosure Order 1977 and the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Readers must satisfy themselves that an advertiser meets all their necessary requirements. Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Editor or management committee.

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PROOFREADERS: Marilyn Joyce Tania Williams and Teresa Hayhoe

Probus News is a non-profit making independent voluntary organisation.

Your donations are always welcome.

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Probus Bowling Club

Champion greatgreat-grandson

We started a club Triples League on Wednesday 8th of July and true to form the weather did its usual. It was mizzling and windy, just for a change.

Congratulations to June Champion and her family following the birth of her great-great-grandson Louis Hugh who was born on 28th May to parents James and Morgan Catkett.

Pictured here is Louis with his mum Morgan (great grand daughter) and her mum Karla (grandaughter).

Still, 12 people enjoyed bowling again and there was plenty of cheerful banter despite the weather.

The matches were played over 12 ends with careful social distancing, and the results couldn’t have been closer with both winning sides only winning by one point, the scores being 12-11 and 8-7.

This league will be played throughout July and the beginning of August every Wednesday morning starting at 10am.

Village Post Office latest

We will be starting a Pairs League to run through the rest of August and the beginning of September.

The opening of the new post office at Probus School Filling Station has been delayed even further.

If you want to come along and watch you will be made welcome and if you fancy trying your hand just contact Dave Meggs on 883443 or 07850 945626.

The latest update from Vicky Poore is that they will not be in a position to open until next year. Until then, the pop-up post office continues on Tuesdays and Fridays 2-4 pm at Probus Village Hall.

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We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the Governments Eat Out to Help out Scheme. The scheme is available only on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays during the month of August. The discount can be applied to food and/or non-alcoholic drink purchased for immediate consumption on our premises, up to a maximum discount of £10 per diner (inclusive of VAT). The discount cannot be applied to the following items: alcoholic drinks, takeaway food or drinks that are to be consumed off premises. For you to take advantage of this great offer, we will reopen our doors on a Monday also.

AUGUST OPENING HOURS OUT OUT BAR Monday – 5 pm – 9 pm Tuesday – Friday – 5 pm – 10 pm Saturday – Sunday 12 noon – 10 pm FOOD SERVICE TIMES Eat in or Takeaway Monday – Friday – 5 pm – 7:30 pm Saturday 12 noon – 7:30 pm Sunday Lunch – 12 noon – 2:30 pm Our Pizzas will be available throughout the opening times.

Hawkins Arms, Fore Street, Probus TR2 4JL 01726 882208 | hello@hawkinsarmsprobus.com | www.hawkinsarmsprobus.com 8

Editorial Welcome! Many thanks to all contributors. We’ve had some fascinating stories, not least Mia Williams’ reflection on the lockdown and Kiera’s blog. Special thanks also to Myrna Harrison for writing about her dear husband Bob who passed away in June. I never met Bob but truly wish I had. Contributions like these are essential to ensure the magazine reflects the community we serve, so if you have a story to tell, or an update to provide, email or give me a call.

of Roche

01726 891541

Of interest to Builders, Landscape Gardeners and DIY’ers Collected or Delivered: Top Soil, Fine Sand, Graded/Decorative Aggregates, Concrete Blocks & Bricks, Road Plainings/Scalpings, Cement & Postcrete.

Loose or in Dumpy bags Local & National Bulk Haulage Muckaway Grab Service – Waste away including; soil, stones, builders waste, broken blocks.

You may not know, but we are a volunteer organisation, all amateurs, not one with a background in publishing. We are always looking for people to join us, either on the committee, as deliverers or as one-off, occasional or regular content contributors. As Mia shows, neither youth nor age is a limiter, so come on board and be part of something fun and rewarding.

The pandemic is still a massive crisis all over the world, but things are slowly reopening in Cornwall.

Some are anxious about a possible second wave of infections, and it’s a valid concern. My daughter lives in Melbourne, where a second lockdown is in place. Infection rates rose significantly after their restrictions were relaxed so to go into lockdown again is a test of physical, mental, emotional and social resilience for everyone. I hope that it doesn’t happen here, but with the significant movement of people in, out and around our beautiful county, we probably should plan that it might.

Most of us have control over our immediate environment, our personal space, so if individually we do all we can to keep ourselves, and those we care for safe, then collectively, that helps everyone.

So, on that final thought, enjoy the summer, make memories with those you love, and keep safe.

John

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With every blessing Rev’d Joachim Foot

A message from Rev. Joachim

Team Rector of Probus, Ladock, Grampound with Creed and St Erme

I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’

Psalm 122:1

rector@probusteam.com 01726 882218 or 07930 095687

Introducing the Salaman Family

I am delighted to announce that with the easing of restrictions on public gatherings, the church is now open again for worship. Weddings, baptisms and funerals can now all take place within church.

Although we are open, there are a number of regulations we are required to conform to to ensure we are ‘Covid Safe’, which limits the size of gatherings and requires us to maintain social distancing etc.

Hello, I’m Paul and can I say how excited we are as a family to be coming to join with you in the work of the Gospel across Probus, Ladock, Grampound with Creed and St Erme.

I’m looking forward to learning the ropes of the ministry to which God has called me. We’re looking to form new friendships, get stuck in to the life of the community and see how God is working in this place.

When entering the building please remember to hand-sanitise and follow all the instructions given.

As the situation remains fluid, please do keep an eye on the website for the latest updates regarding service times and other events: www.probuschurch.com I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard throughout the lockdown to help us continue our outreach into the local community through our online and postal provisions of services. I also want to thank our cleaners who are working extra hard to ensure the building is regularly disinfected.

As a family we are not new to making fresh starts as we were, for many years, Mission Partners with The Church Mission Society. My background is as a Physics teacher and I taught in schools around the UK and in Tanzania before training teachers in a University in Tanzania, where our boys spent most of their childhood.

My prayers remain with you all at this time, I know lockdown has been hard on many of you. The church is open to everyone in the village, you are all always welcome to join us. I am available to anyone in the village, whether you have faith or not and am always happy to visit anyone who needs some support (happy to chat through a window) .

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Pears Soap

We returned to the UK (St Austell) 3 years ago, following the call I felt to ordained ministry, and for the last two years I have been training with St Mellitus College in Plymouth whilst placed at St Kea Church Truro. Christine has worked in countryside conservation and community development but more recently worked with the church, firstly in Tanzania, and currently as a Parish Support Advisor with the Diocese of Truro.

Andrew Pears the son of a Mevagissey farmer, moved from his native Cornwall to London. He completed his apprenticeship in 1789, established a barber’s shop at Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetic products.

Pears found that his powders and creams were frequently being used to cover up damage caused by the harshness of the soaps and other beauty products that were in general use at the time, many of which contained arsenic or lead.

Our Boys are 16 and 14, Daniel starting his A levels at Truro College this September and Isaac entering year 10 at Penrice Academy. We are a musical bunch (especially Christine and Isaac) and look forward to being able to use these gifts in leading people in worship in our new situation.

Paul, Christine, Daniel and Isaac

Pears began to experiment with soap purification and eventually produced a gentle soap based on glycerine and other natural products. The clarity of the soap gave it a novel transparent appearance, which provided a marketing advantage. To add to the appeal, Pears gave the soap an aroma reminiscent of an English garden, predominantly rosemary and thyme. by kind permission of Anne Lenton (posted on Cornish Nostalgic Memories FB page)

Church Services At the time of going to print there are a few planned services at Probus Church. These services will be notified on the notice board outside the church and on the church facebook page.

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My lockdown story

other in a long time due to lockdown, and that we would have to adjust to that pretty quickly.

Hello to everyone reading the new issue of the Probus news. My name is Mia Williams and I am a teenager in the village trying to survive this global pandemic. So here is my view...

It also put an immediate impact on seeing family, meaning for me personally we couldn't see any of my family for my step dad’s, mum’s and my birthday as they are all close together. Thinking that made us all quite sad.

I think it all started for me when I got home one night from skateboarding, back at the start of the year, and my mum and step dad were in the living room and they said to me ‘Have you heard about the coronavirus?’ and straight away I thought of the drink as I had no clue what the virus was.

At this time it had started in China where it is known to have originated from. But for me since then I started to see stories about the virus on social media and all of the theories about what it had come from, then only weeks later I started to open my eyes a bit more when I saw it had started to hit different countries. By then it was all over the news and I don't think anyone was clueless about the virus. The news started to narrow down more and more literally by the day, and then it hit. The first case of the coronavirus in the UK. But it didn't stop and it then got to the point where the first case came along in Cornwall and then lockdown measurements came into place. It all happened so fast.

The first big change for me was at my school - The Roseland Academy. A lot of my friends' parents had stopped my friends from going to school in case they caught the virus and I think a lot of people at school were scared. At this point we were all waiting for The Roseland to temporarily close and it did, my classmates and I were all happy at first but we were also shocked. It came to our realisation that this would be the last time we would see each

Getting settled into lockdown I found quite strange and out of the ordinary, I would ask myself ’ What am I supposed to do this weekend if I can't meet any friends and all parks and shops are closed?’

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Then I started to realise I needed to work around it and change everything I did to suit lockdown: school work, meeting friends and family, going shopping.

have a problem it's easier to explain in person, but I had to explain over email. Although since then, the school has been arranging ‘Google Meets’ for any questions we had about our work - I found that this came in handy. I found it rather hard to keep myself motivated if I'm being honest, I think what pushed me was the satisfaction of pressing the hand in button and getting the notification away. Ha ha!

For me the biggest adaptation was school work, as it took up most of my day for 5 days a week.

Everything was set online which I found great, I

I have missed a lot of things, like regular things for me that have been changed as of lockdown such as: being able to stay over my friends’ houses, going into town, going to the park and mainly just normal things for teens that keep us going! Sometimes at this age I find it quite hard to find things to do so in lockdown especially it's been super difficult because everywhere has been closed.

I feel like life after lockdown will be quite different as I think a lot of people have realised they don't need as many of the things they had but couldn't get hold of or do because of the measurements that were put into place. For example when things go wrong people have learnt to fix them themselves instead of hiring a handyman, or the amount of excessive food people buy in their weekly shop. I feel like we've all learnt to live minimally, at least I know I somewhat have.

I hope that in the future we never have to go through a global pandemic ever again, due to the loss of so many people so quickly and so many businesses have closed and shut down due to the coronavirus.

was able to be in the comfort of my own home, be in comfy clothes and have snacks whilst I worked. It was great! It was a luxury!

That is all for now and I hope everyone enjoyed my view on the lockdown!

Mainly for me the only difficulty in school work was contacting my teachers, because for me I find if I

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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My son has a property in Probus and I try to visit his place quite often . Naturally I pick up the magazine and read it, once I did make a contribution.

Dear Editor, Re. Robert (Bob) Harrison I would like to thank my neighbours and friends in Probus for their flowers, cards and messages of support following my Bob’s death on 21st June. We were married for almost 63 years.

Please keep up the good work. Well done.

Carl Roberts Dear Editor,

I would like also to thank Dr. Hutchinson and Mark of Probus Surgery, Tara and the district nurses and the carers. Their support allowed me to care for Bob at home.

Great July magazine. Hubby and I saw this in our country lane walk across the bypass

Despite the Covid-19 restrictions, we were able to give Bob a beautiful and dignified funeral at Treswithian Downs Crematorium on 3 July.

Thank you Myrna Harrison

Not good is it? How can people just dump things?

Suzy Monty

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

To everybody involved in putting together the fantastic Probus News every month - thank you.

I just wanted to share these pictures of what my husband and I found when out walking on the road behind Trewithen Gardens. This has only happened in the last week or so, so there is really no excuse as there are ways of getting rid of it legally.

We look forward to receiving it every month and always enjoy reading it, but we would like to say a big thank you for the July magazine.

What a fantastic read and brilliantly put together.

The article for our dear friend Charlie Warne who sadly passed away was lovely and Colin Williams’ evacuee story was so interesting. Also, the nature photos were absolutely stunning.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Dor and George Cox.

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Dear Editor, We would love to say a special thank you to Larisa Radmore for providing online teaching sessions for our kids during lockdown.

Larisa’s twice-weekly, free-of-charge lessons, for Year 3 and Year 4 students lasted from 40 mins to 1.5 hours. Her support and guidance to both parents and pupils was very much appreciated.

Many thanks Jo, Zara, Dee, llona and Sophie

Dear Editor, I’m writing as an understanding dog owner, but frustrated horse owner.

misses’, with recent dogs attacking or dogs ‘herding up’ our horses while out riding. Not only is this dangerous and upsetting for our horses and riders, some of whom are young, but this is also very dangerous for the dogs themselves. Horses are born with the instinct to survive, and if this means kicking at threats to save themselves, then they will. This means that not only do the horses risk being injured, but the dogs do too, which could result in very large vet bills with the unthinkable being extremely possible.

Like many of us in Probus, I am lucky enough to have my own dog, who I love to see happy and carefree.

I often take my dog on walks where he can run off the lead, in a safe and reasonable environment.

But I am also one of a rising group of equestrians in the village, who have to use the village roads and bridleways to exercise my horse. I have two horses, one who is an old hand at life, recovering from injury and enjoying being a child’s pony once more.

All I ask, as a loving dog owner and a very concerned equestrian, is that dogs who are unpredictable or aggressive towards horses are kept on leads whilst on bridleways. We all have to share the beautiful countryside that Probus has to offer, but I wish to do this safely, not only for the horses, but for riders, the dogs and dog walkers alike.

My other horse is a youngster, who is as yet to learn road work. I will start this with her shortly, but in order for her future ridden road career to be a success, the early experiences she has have to be positive!

Unfortunately, many riders from our yard have individually experienced a few too many ‘near

Thank you.

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St Michael’s Mount Gardens

We were told to follow the one way system around the island and the gardens. Although there are four gardeners, only one, the head gardener, lives on the island and the other three have only been allowed back since the lockdown eased.

By Dave Meggs Having discovered that the gardens at St. Michael’s Mount were open we booked a slot to visit on 6th of July.

The gardens, being sheltered from the wind are in beautiful condition. The walk around them, steep in places, took around 45 minutes, allowing for plenty of stops to admire the plants and the view.

The shop and café are also open as is a small van selling drinks and snacks. There are plenty of areas if you want to take a picnic with you.

The path around the gardens is narrow and in some parts very steep with a lot of steps and is unsuitable for anyone with mobility problems. A most enjoyable afternoon.

We were lucky with the weather as it was bright but with a keen wind. We parked at Marazion (£4 for all day) and walked across the causeway.

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Fun run for local charity With all large participation events being cancelled, this year’s Merlin Fun Run will be held virtually.

Participants are being encouraged to walk, run, cycle, hop, jump or dance along their own 1.5k or 3k route and raise funds for the Merlin MS Centre.

Event organiser Tamsin Chapman said, ‘Keeping active during lockdown has been really important for people’s well-being so we want to encourage as many people as possible to take part. They can make it more fun by creating their own family bubble but must ensure they stay safe by keeping to COVID-19 government guidelines’.

The gardens at St Michael’s Mount are particularly lovely at present with some wonderful blooms.

‘While we are disappointed that we cannot use Trelissick Gardens, there is fantastic scenery all over Cornwall – whether it be a coastal path, woodland walk, or river trail, people simply need to put on their running shoes and register to participate’, she added.

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Book Review

Her new husband, also an artist, takes her to his native Florence, where her painting talent blossoms and she becomes the first woman elected to the Accademia dell’Arte. But marriage clashes with her new found fame as a painter, and she begins a lifelong search to reconcile painting and motherhood, passion and genius.

The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland This story is set against the glorious backdrop of Rome, Florence, Genoa and Naples, and is filled with historical characters. It details the life of a 17th century painter, Artemisia Gentileschi, and it tells of her struggle to find love, forgiveness and wholeness. Susan Vreeland makes you feel that you are right there.

In the later part of the story, we see Artemisia’s relationship with her daughter Palmira, and the struggle she has to instill in her a sense of the passion for art that so drives Artemisia.

Artemisia at 18 years of age, finds herself humiliated in papal court for publicly accusing her painting teacher of rape. When her father does not support her, she realizes that her reputation in Rome is ruined. The court verdict affects the rest of her life, from a marriage of convenience to the birth of her tempestuous daughter, and from the subject matter of her paintings to her inclination to uproot and travel across Italy in search of wealthy patrons.

The author gives a fascinating insight into the mind of a painter, describing how highlighting the eye of a subject, or the folds of a dress, can affect the entire mood of a painting. Artemisia’s art focuses on heroines, rather than victims, and portrays stories on canvas. You warm to Artemisia because of her achievements in spite of gender obstacles. She is a truly strong female character who defines herself by art.

Artemisia’s relationship with Galileo, Michelangelo Buonarroti the younger, Cosimo de Medeci, and other important figures of her time adds dimension to the story. Vreeland clearly undertook extensive research before writing this novel.

Artemisia’s story is told with simplicity and sensitivity, and the well written novel provides an interesting and entertaining read.

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Probus Ladies Group Thank goodness, the lockdown Probus restrictions are being relaxed and Ladies we have some normality. Shops and Group hospitality are opening, children are returning to school and we have some much 20

Face covering etiquitte

welcome freedom to see family and friends.

Hooray! At last, hair salons are open and we can have our lockdown locks cut, coloured and curled!

Like it or not, we all have to wear face coverings when shopping, on public transport and in other places. It’s yet another new normal for this crazy year.

Since March, we have missed the group’s monthly talks and social get together over tea and biscuits, but no doubt our time has been filled with puzzles, completing those unfinished projects that have languished in the drawer for months, years even, read those books we have been meaning to read, and enjoyed the sunshine we had earlier. We have learned new, or honed our IT skills to keep in close contact with family and friends through Face Time, Skype and Zoom.

Here is a way to think about your face covering: Treat it like your underwear.

Unfortunately, we won’t be enjoying this month’s cream tea in support of Cornwall Hospice Care, our charity for this year, but as life begins to open up we look forward to when we can enjoy our afternoons together once more.

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We’ll meet again! We will let you know when!

Until then keep well, keep safe.

With best wishes from your committee

Natural Probus Thanks to Dave Townsend for sharing this close up photo of a slowworm in his garden, and also to Steve Payne for the shot of his curious Burmese cat checking out two young hedgehogs.

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Happy Birthday Joan

Kiera’s blog

Congratulations to Mrs Joan Julian from Treviglas Rise, Probus who celebrated her 95th birthday on 13th July with her family.

The following are abridged extracts from Kiera Sleeman’s blog. Kiera was brought up in Probus and has been working on Kawau Island in New Zealand for the past three years. It’s winter down south, and Kiera has a few months to spare...

19th April 2020: Like most other people around the world living through lockdown, I started to go a little stir crazy. I wondered what was going to happen after the pandemic and was trying to think of what my next adventure could be. One evening while having drinks with my bosses, I jokingly said 'Right, I'm off to sort my life out', not knowing that within 24-hours I would have a whole new adventure planned out.

Later, I was browsing a backpacker’s page on Facebook looking for inspiration when I came across a post ‘Seeking crew for a 100-year-old sailing ship Alvei, destination Vanuatu in the Pacific’. I was scrolling through the photos of this magnificent ship, and the more I read, the more I scrolled, I thought, bugger it, why not apply?

Joan is originally from Ladock, and she was the school cook there for many years becoming quite famous for her pasties – people still talk about them now!

She previously ran the Sunshine Club in Probus and is a regular member of Probus Over 60s luncheon club which she really misses since it had to stop in March. Joan is a keen whist drive player and attends the chapel in Grampound Road every Sunday and enjoys spending her weekends with her family.

At first, the positions were all taken, which was a shame, but it made me think I actually would love to sail the Pacific Ocean. I just had a feeling it wasn't over for me just yet.

Joan has two children, a son and a daughter, four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson. We hope you had a lovely day Joan.

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20th April 2020: My phone buzzed. The message said 'back on'. People had dropped out, and I did

one of the crew asked me if I want a job to do and of course I want to get stuck in straight away. Soon after, I’m up a bit of the mast tying the sails to the beam, I’m learning new knots already. Afterwards we sat down for dinner and I got to know the crew a bit more.

have a place on the ship afterall. I was delighted, nervous and excited, what an experience this was going to be. I'm going to work on a 100-year-old sailing ship and travel across the Pacific Ocean.

24th April 2020: Alvei is anchored in the Bay of Islands - a three-hour drive from Kawau. My friend Olivia and I are going to have a mini road trip to drop me off and stay the night. Then it will be roughly a week before we haul anchor and head out into the big blue. I'm so looking forward to being in the middle of the ocean with no land in sight, the wind filling the sails and moving us forward for miles on end.

19th May 2020 : I was speaking to the Captain and the First Mate when my past experience of fencing got brought up. The Captain thought it was awesome, so he wants me to teach the crew to fence.

6th June: We all got up at 7:30 for breakfast to get ready to sail to Assassins Cove. We started setting the sails, beginning at the front with the flying sail and worked back to the stern. We all got tested on finding the right ropes for the right sails and finding them on their pins, I actually did way better than I thought I would.

20th June: I’ve been on Alvei for nearly a month and a half now, I can’t believe how fast the time has gone, but I’m still loving every minute. It’s been such an adventure sailing down the North Island. Since leaving Assassins Cove, we have been on some incredible spots along the east coast of New Zealand. I’m still learning so much everyday.

Recently I’ve been put on making the baggy winkles (these are old rope made into these skirt looking things, that stop the sails from ripping against the metal lines). I climbed up, swung across and sat into my harness. At first I was a little nervous as it was pretty high, but I did it and really enjoyed it. My mate, Ness, was helping me out and giving me advice so that was pretty nice. The second time I went up by myself and hung the baggy winkle up and it looked fab.

13th May 2020: We travel from Kawau to Whangerai to stay overnight, then we make our way up to the Bay of Islands and got the car ferry from Opoua across to Russells. As we arrive at the wharf, we look out and see Alvei at anchor, with its massive masts outshining the rest of the boats in the bay.

We get picked up and jump aboard, she’s even more amazing than expected, she’s huge, her masts hurt my neck looking up at them. We get a tour through the galley and the, what I would call, living room and sleeping areas - I still don’t know the proper terms yet but I’m sure I will very soon. After this

To be continued....

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Lockdown ‘Bake-off’

friendship group to help their kids socialise during lockdown - as they were unable to meet in person.

Two groups emerged aiming to give the youngsters some social time together while learning useful skills that would help them in later life.

Well done to those involved in the Probus ‘Bake-off’.

The idea started when parents created an online

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The baking groups met once a week using Zoom.

Each week a different child selected a recipe and lead their friends through the baking, making sure they were measuring the correct amount of each ingredient and following the instructions. They had to be brave to talk their friends through the

process and together they did a fantastic job, had fun, learned new skills while making tasty cakes and delicious desserts.

Pictured are: Jake, Max, Mikey, Ava, Jack, Reuben, Anya, and Henry, Josh, Maisy, Olley, Jamel, Cody, Lowen, Niamh, Sophie, Harry, Elizabeth, and Olly.

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Since early April, the Hawkins Arms regular pub quizzers have been meeting on Monday evenings using Zoom. It’s been fairly well attended all the way through lockdown with around 18 to 28 people joining in every week. One team has members in Probus, Sussex, Falmouth and London, while others are from the village or nearby. It’s been very good to stay in touch, have fun and combat social isolation by meeting like this.

I recently spent a fascinating evening at Woodland Valley Farm in Ladock, visiting Chris Jones and hearing about the impact of the introduction of beavers into the head waters on the Nankilly stream, a tributary river for the Ladock Valley.

Chris, in collabaration with Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Exeter University, introduced a pair of beavers into a small, enclosed area on his farm in 2017. Exeter University had set up instruments measuring the flow and volume of water into and out of the site for a year before and have continued monitoring, ever since to assess the impact of the beavers’ activity on slowing down run-off of water volumes from hills, both following storms and during the remainder of the year. This could have a big impact on areas prone to flooding, like the Ladock Valley, but obviously this is only one of the tributaries to the main river.

The first session was chaos with everyone trying to talk at the same time. Since then we have become proficient with the technology, understood ‘Zoom etiquette’ and the importance of the mute button (or at least most of us have). It’s always amusing when one team member yells out the answer when they are not muted - but you get that situation in the pub, so perhaps nothing has changed.

Chris made us all very welcome and gave us a fascinating introduction to the history and sad decline of the beaver. It had been wide spread across Europe, down to the Mediterrean and across Russia and Siberia as well as North America, but unfortunately its soft, waterproof fur was its downfall and millions were trapped for their skins in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The quiz improved significantly once we discovered the feature that allows each team to go into their own virtual room to chat and discuss answers without other teams hearing. This creates an environment much more like a normal pub quiz. Of course, somethings never change, and participants still argue with the quiz master, challenging the answers given - all to no avail.

We really look forward to returning to the pub.

Zoom is great, but it’s not as good as the real thing.

Then in the early evening, we were led down through the wild flower meadows to the area surrounding the small river where the beavers were released, in hope of seeing them out and about as dusk fell.

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The first signs were some gnawed trees with impressive gouges in them and wood chips on the ground and a plethora of pathways in the

undergrowth. The small, relatively insignificant stream which was flowing out of the area had been dammed by the beavers over the past two years and now there is a beautiful area of open water with trees and wild bushes and grasses surrounding it.

It is now home to a much wider range of wild life according to Chris's studies.

After a little time sitting and standing under the trees, we were all then thrilled to spot two individuals moving in the water under the overhanging branches on the bank of the pond opposite, being as busy as, well, beavers. We saw them swimming to and fro, a lot of vigorous shaking and rocking of bushes as they were chomping into them, and one of our group reported a special ten minutes crouched down six feet away from one on the grass watching it eating and grooming itself.

On the opposite bank we could see the holt they had made, pulling smaller branches together and fixing them with mud gathered from the river edges to create a mound about two to three foot high, inside they have a platform above the waterline where they nest and sleep during the day and the young kits are born.

We all went home with a warm glow that beavers are back in Britain, and could have a huge contribution to make to our biodiversity in the rural environment. Their presence in up-stream areas could also have a big impact on the flooding and drought issues that many areas are experiencing due to the change in rainfall pattens, by creating natural reservoir areas for rainfall and slowing its subsequent release downstream.

Chris, as a member of the Beaver Trust organisation, reports that protected areas of 20 metres either side of small tributaries are all that the beavers need to create their dams and small ponds.

Specific trees can be protected using a paste of sawdust to stop them felling them, and because they create slightly deeper water, fish can grow bigger and more diverse as well so anglers are now beginning to recognise their benefits.

We all had a fascinating evening and I'm sure many of us will be making a return journey to see the beavers and what they have been up to again soon.

Chris reports that the beavers have had their third litter this year, but that the young ones stay until they are two or three years old so there are now seven or eight on site. Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Exeter University will be looking for new homes for the older ones next year, if anyone has a good upland area.

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Bob Harrison

We met in 1956 at RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire. My father was in the RAF too, and we had travelled between various bases. In those days, not long after the war, there was more kudos dating a ‘flyboy’ than there would be today dating a Premier League Footballer.

Bob was born in Belfast in 1928. Being too young to serve in the forces during WW2, he became a cadet and spent many nights with his unit along Belfast Lough spotting enemy aircraft on bombing missions. Belfast took a hammering because of the extensive aircraft and shipbuilding industries in the city. After school, Bob did an engineering apprenticeship with Short Bros. aircraft factory.

We got married in 1957. About this time GCHQ requested that some RAF signallers be seconded

He joined the RAF in 1947. During this initial training period, he was detailed to assist loading aircraft helping in the Berlin Airlift of 1948. The city had been cut off entirely by Russian forces, and the population were starving. Their only supplies had to be airlifted into the city. In January 1953, he was sent to Canvey Island to help out following heavy flooding in which 53 people lost their lives.

Bob was recommended for aircrew training as a signaller when morse code was used for aircraft communications.

After training, he was posted to various squadrons in Coastal Command. He flew in Neptune, Shackleton and latterly Nimrod aircraft. The job was patrolling in order to identify enemy submarine activity. This was at the height of the Cold War, and Britain was continually on alert.

Image: An RAF Shackleton aircraft, used for long range maritime surveillance.

to them for ‘important work’ in various locations around the world as they had expertise in tracking and decoding radio messages etc. Bob volunteered and was posted to a listening unit in Cyprus for a couple of years. Our daughter was born in Cyprus. He was subsequently invited to join GCHQ permanently, but he missed his flying career and returned to the squadrons.

Many years were spent between Ballykelly, Kinloss, St Mawgan and the overseas bases in Malta and Gibraltar. We lived in Gibraltar for a few years and spent many happy weekends driving into Spain when the Spanish authorities allowed us to 36

cross the border. Eventually, technology caught up with the RAF and electronics replaced the old Morse equipment. The signallers now became Air Electronics Officers.

crew following the tragic Penlee lifeboat disaster.

In total Bob served in the RAF for 37 years before retiring.

During this period, I had restarted my Civil Service career and had also set up a small business. We sold our home and lived in Devon for several years until I retired. My little business was growing, so Bob helped me keep it going while I was working full time. We then spent most weekends going to exhibit my goods in craft fayres around southern England.

Image: Bob (4th from right), in 1975 with his fellow aircrew and their Nimrod aircraft after competing for the Fincastle Trophy, an internatonal Maritime Surveillance and AntiSubmarine Warfare competition at Kinloss, Scotland.

Bob was a keen golfer all his life, and when sent on attachment to various overseas bases, if allowed, several of the crew took their golf clubs. He played golf in many exotic places including Hawaii, Iceland, Madagascar, (he was there for five months), Malaya, US, Canada etc. I took up the game to join him, but I was probably his biggest handicap. When at home, he managed to get out with his golfing partners at least three times a week, come rain, hail or snow.

After many years of living in married quarters, we decided to set down some roots. Our three children needed a more stable upbringing. On a new posting to St Mawgan, we purchased a piece of land and had our family home built in Tregrehan. Although Bob continued to be based in other areas, for the final years before he retired, he became an instructor to the younger generation of aircrew. As he was very experienced in the field, he was loaned as a trainer to the Royal Navy as they had just acquired Sea King helicopters, which had similar equipment to that installed in Nimrods. He spent 12 months at sea on the commando carrier HMS Hermes training the crews. In the late 1970s, HMS Hermes visited Chesapeake Bay, near Washington DC, and the crew were given shore leave. I was able to fly out to join him for a couple of weeks. We hired a car and toured the local area until it was time for Bob to re-join his ship.

Most of his flying career was surveillance work, but the squadrons were also very active in search and rescue work. On 19th and 20th December 1981, Bob was aircrew searching for the missing lifeboat 37

In retirement, many of our holidays were spent cruising. Our last adventure, in 2016, before his health began to fail, was a six-week cruise around the Atlantic islands and up the Amazon River to Manaus.

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Probus Book Club

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Our children grew up and started their own families, and we liked enjoyed spending time and going on holiday with our grandchildren. Bob loved Florida, and we spent several memorable holidays there with the family.

Now that the library is open, we are hoping to restart Probus Book Club in the near future.

All the members have been reading a large selection of books during this time of lockdown, which hopefully we will discuss when we meet up again. It has been lovely to see that many people in Probus have been putting books outside their front doors, so that readers needn’t go without a book to read. I would like to thank all those people for their thoughtfulness.

By 2003, our two sons had settled in Cornwall, so we moved to Probus to be nearer the family.

I have just finished a book titled The Survivors by Kate Furnivall. It is about two displaced persons, a mother and her daughter who were living in a camp after the Second World War. It was very well written and a good read, but not for the squeamish.

It really brings home the impact such events can have on people who manage to survive tragedies.

Can they ever go back to how they were before the event? This is very relevant in the present day when there are so many people living in displacement camps. How will they live their lives? How will it impact on the rest of the world? We will have to wait and see.

Liz Horder

Bob was a quiet, home-loving man. He had spent so much time away from home when our children were young, so when the grandchildren came along, he just wanted to be part of their lives. We are fortunate to now have seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His family was his ‘raison d’être’.

Bob spent last Christmas and New Year in the Cardiac Unit at Treliske, and even though he was now 91 years old, they tried their best to give him some extra time with his family. I looked after him at home until he died on Father’s Day, 21st June.

He wanted a living memorial, so in due course, we want to sponsor trees in the newly established Forest of Cornwall.

250th edition In October, we’ll be publishing our 250th edition.

It’ll be an opportunity to celebrate a bit, reflect a bit and also a chance to look to the future and perhaps change a few things around. It’s important to keep the village magazine fresh and relevant.

Myrna Harrison.

Please let us know what you like about the magazine, and feel free to suggest any improvements that we could do to make to make it better for you.

Robert (Bob) Harrison, 14th July 1928 - 21st June 2020. Rest in Peace.

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Probus Parish Players

Make sure you have liked our Facebook page to keep up to date with all the exciting things we have coming up!

Probus Parish Players are busy behind the screens using Zoom for our monthly meetings, and still planning our 2021 pantomime.

If you would like to get involved in any way or have any questions, please contact info@probusparishplayers.co.uk

Unfortunately, like everyone else in the entertainment industry, we are still in no position at the moment to provide any further details.

However spirits are high, we are keeping everything crossed and will hopefully know more very soon.

Over 60s Lunch Club Greetings to all of our members, we miss seeing you all each fortnight and are looking forward to when we can resume lunches.

We can’t wait for our panto family to be back together again and are very excited for what we have in the pipeline. We are always looking for new members who would like to be involved, whether that be on stage or behind the scenes.

As with everyone, we are trying to think outside of the box. We are in the midst of setting up a ‘100 Club’ to raise some funds, along with other events being organised. We would love for you all to be involved, more details will be available next month.

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L. J. TREGUNNA FUNERAL DIRECTORS Established in 1948

We are a 3rd Generation Family Run Business, covering Truro and Mid Cornwall.

We strive to deliver a professional, respectful and personal 24 hour service.

Serving the local community.

We are pleased to visit clients at home to discuss Funeral arrangements.

Tel: 01872 273568 info@ljtregunnafuneraldirectors.co.uk www.ljtregunnafuneraldirectors.co.uk 49 Kenwyn Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3DB The UK’s largest independent funeral plan provider

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S. J. GRIGG VEHICLE TESTING STATION

PROBUS, TRURO 01726 882330

BOSCH CAR SERVICE CENTRE VEHICLE SALES MECHANICAL WORKSHOP

ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRE

Our Mechanical Workshop is able to offer annual servicing, MOT's, vehicle diagnostic fault finding, air condition servicing and an extensive range of budget and top brand tyres, 100's in stock or available with next day delivery.

Our Accident Repair Centre is able to offer a Class A courtesy car and the knowledge that your vehicle is being repaired to the highest standard with the latest technology.

FREE ESTIMATES AVAILABLE.

Please contact us if you are interested in selling or purchasing a vehicle, as our stock is always changing.

PROPRIETORS: Stuart, Elaine and Philip Grigg