Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust. “Lizard Lives”October 2016

Produced and distributed by Sue and friends.For all information to go into future issues, please email to:

sue@randswheeler.plus.com or drop into Chapel House on the Green.

Printed by Philip Tucker, Parish Magazine Printing 01288 341 617

One copy free to each home in the villageThank you Elsa for the photo!

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A very big Thank you to our printer, Philip Tucker, for his help and advice and the quality printing. Many compliments have been forthcoming. Also to friends from Ruan Gazette for their help. If you do notice any mistakes, please advise me so I may correct them. So sorry we missed out delivering to some homes, there are spare copiesin the Post Office and please let us know where your letterbox is, so we can deliver in future. I apologise for the spelling errors in our first magazine, especially to Mermaids Secret! We have had a suggestion of a “for sale/wanted” page. If you do have items please give me the info with your contact number. And please please let us know what else is happening here in our wonderful village. Sue.

1 - Front cover2 - The Lizard National Nature Reserve3 - Important Contact Numbers4 - Landewednack School & Little Lizards; Energy Efficiency Grants5 - Adverts Mullion Mechanics: Slimming World rachelstowe; Last Stop Tackle Shop 6 - Adverts Hydro Clean South West; Cornish Candy Cottage; Norbert Varga, Domestic Electrician; Atlantic House B & B7 - Autumn Quiz; Children's Quiz8 - Goonhilly Wind Farm Community Fund 9 - Employment for Youth; Landewednack Arts and Crafts 10 - Advert Top House; “The Well”11- Advert Treleague Dairy12 & 13 - Lizard Lifeboat, Station Shop and Heritage Centre by David Gascoigne14 - “View From The Farm” by Rona Amiss15 - Advert Helston Physio; Maritime & Coastal Rescue; 16 - Football; Euchre & Pool; Snooker; Handbells17 – Foodbank; Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Rally18 - Adverts FatJacks: Witchball: Rambling Rose; Little Trethvas Holidays19 - Advert Jumunjy20 - Adverts Tonkin Funerals; Mullion Flowers; Duke Stone21 - What's on …... when?22 - Sue's notes: Index23 - The Lizard National Nature Reserve (continued)

24 – Alec's photos & Enid's write up - “Cornish Seal Group...”

Important Contact Numbers

Emergency Services: 999Police (non-emergency): 101

Helston Police Station: 08452 777444 Crimestoppers: 0800 555111

Transport Police: 0800 405040

Doctors SurgeriesLizard: 290415

Mullion: 240212

Opening hours for Lizard Surgery:- Monday 2 pm – 5.30 pm (appointments 3-5)Tuesday 9 am – 12 noon (appointments 9.10–11.10)Thursday 9 am – 12 noon (appointments 9.10–11.10)Friday 2 pm – 5.30 pm (appointments 3-5)

Flu Jabs Lizard Surgery; Wed 5th Oct. 9 – 11.45 am for those unable to travel. See Dr's notice board for full info.

Out of hours: 0870 242 1242NHS Direct: 111

Landewednack School: 290337 Mrs. Louise Jones – Head

Mobile library: 0300 1234111 - at Lizard Post Office, between 09:45-10:15 am, on 19 October 2016.

Bass Point National Coastwatch: 290212Cornwall Councillor - Carolyn Rule: 240144

MP - Derek Thomas: 020 7219 4435derek . thomas . mp @parliament.uk

National Trust – Lizard Rangers Office: 291174Vets – Head & Head 01326 572216

or Rosemullion 01326 572596 – 9am – 7pm Helston24/7 Emergency line 01326 313991; 9am – 7pm - Falmouth

Age UK Voluntary Car Service 01872 223388 (Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm)Dial-a-Ride, Community Minibus 01872 266384 (Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm)322

Landewednack School and Little Lizards

by Lyndsay Bray.

Grants still available for energy efficient home improvements A variety of practical measures to help you keep homes healthy and warm in the winter and reduce energy bills, including:

Heating repairs (eg broken boiler) Window repairs or replacement Draught proofing Extractor fans and dehumidifiers Chimney balloons and chimney sweeping Hot water cylinder jackets and pipe lagging · Portable heaters (eg oil filled radiators)

Funding is allocated on a “first come, first served” basis.

Contact Community Energy Plus on Freephone 0800 954 1956 or

01872 245566, alternatively they can email us at: advice@cep.org.uk

What's On ... What happens when?Weekly:

Mondays 10 am – 11.30 am in the Reading Room.Yoga - Tanya Strike: 290931 or 07812 975066

Tuesday Market: 10 am – 12 in the Reading Room; a variety of stalls: enjoy a coffee/tea & toast/tea cake.

Thursday 7.30 pm – 9 pm Bell ringing practice Landewednack Church; Hedley 290088

Friday afternoon Art Group: 2 pm – 4.30 pm in the Chapel school room.

Evergreens Luncheon Club in the Football Club starts up again Wednesday 26th October at 1 pm.

Monthly:

Parish Church Coffee Morning: 1st Friday 10 am – 12 noon in the Reading Room.

The Chapel Fund Raiser: 2nd Thursday in the Chapelschool room; soup & sweet, ploughmans or cream teas: please see Chapel news for details.

Parish Council Meeting: 2nd Thursday, 7.30 pm in the Reading Room.

Football Club Quiz: 3rd Sunday, 8 pm 290013:

Children's Groups.

Rainbows – Wednesdays, contact Liz Allcorn 240184 or Lynne Chandler 290681Brownies – Wednesdays, Joy Prince 290280.Guides - Michelle Tuckwell 240041 or Lynne Chandler 290681 Senior Section 14 – 26 Ellie Green 240408; (Guides & Senior Section - Mullion)

Ballet Class – Thursdays, Jasmine Harvey, 07582 2589904 21

R.E. Tonkin & Son

Funeral DirectorsServing Mullion and the Lizard Peninsular

Family run and independently ownedfor over 30 years

Professional & Caring 24 hour Service

Supplying Golden CharterPre Paid Funeral Plans

Tel: 01326 240752 (24 hrs)

email: retonkinandson@yahoo.co.uk

Mullion FlowersLender Lane, Mullion, TR12 7HW

Fresh cut flowersBouquets, arrangements, weddings & funeral tributesHelium balloonsCompost & gardening supplies

Free Deliveryin Mullion

Briony Tonkin07964 589 097

mullionflowers@yahoo.com

Open 9 am – 1 pm (closed Wednesday & Sunday)

Full Workshop Facilities

Servicing to all Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Air-Conditioning Servicing & Repairs

ECU & ABS Fault Code Reading

General Vehicle Repairs

MOT Repairs

Exhausts

01326 240620 or 07977 59636

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Hydro Clean South WestProviding a variety of cleaning services:

Guttering & Fascia Paths & DrivewaysDrains & blockages

External walls & garagesGarden and garage clearance

Rubbish removalTenancy changeover

Holiday let cleans.

Check us out on Facebook for more details or for a no obligation quote on0746 44 25304

Cornish

Candy Cottage

A local business based in Mullion.We make & sell handmade CandyCones, Bags, Jars, Mallow Pops, Chocolate Spoons, Selection Boxes, Seasonal Hampers, Sweet Towers & other confectionary, gifts & treats.Contact us - Facebook for more information or to place an order.

Free local delivery onorders over £10.

Norbert VargaDomestic Electrician

- Rewires, New Builds, Extensions- Consumer Unit Upgrades

- Showers, Cookers, Heating- Sockets & Telephone points

- Internal/External lighting– Testing & Inspecting– Computer networking

FREE QUOTATION

Tel: 01326 241 657Mob: 07496 067 325

varga_norbert1984@yahoo.com

AtlanticHouse B & B

Janet and Michael welcome guests to their very special

B & B all year round. There are generously discounted

rates for Autumn,Winter and Spring.Open for Christmas, in case local

families need accommodation for relatives!

Read our superb reviews on Trip Advisor!

Tel: 01326 290399Atlantichouselizard.co.uk

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FAT JACKSopening with Bev. - late October

for Breakfast, Coffee Teas & Cake*** watch this space … ***

The Witchball Most southerly pub in mainland Britain.

Come and join us for:

Sunday RoastHalloween Party

* Two’s Up Tuesday 2 x 8oz rump steaks and a bottle of wine for £24.99* Pizza and a Pint - £10.00 * Lunches * Evening Meals

Booking essential – Tel: 01326 290662Lighthouse Road, The Lizard, TR12 7NJ - www.witchball.co.uk

The Rambling Rose.A little shop of Allsorts:

Quirky bits of furniture & soft furnishings.

1 Wendron Street, Helston.

gillbawden@hotmail.com

07856756823 or 07722379234

Mike, Liz & Abi welcome you to

Little Trethvas Holidays, Lizard.A small and friendly campsite and cottages situated on the unique and unspoilt Lizard Peninsular, an ideal place from which to explore this wonderful corner of Cornwall. TR12 7AT.

Level campsites; space for children to play; holiday of a lifetime.

email liz@littletrethvas.co.uk 01326 290 344/07790 236045;websites: www.littletrethvas.co.uk & www.glampinglizard.co.uk

*** Clocks go back, 29 th /30 th October

Autumn Quiz1. In the northern hemisphere, autumn begins in September.

When does it begin in the southern hemisphere?2. What term refers to the full moon closest to the autumnal

equinox?3. Which of these birds do not migrate in Autumn? ....

Hummingbirds; Ravens; Swallows; Storks.4. 2016 is a leap year; how many Saturdays are there?5. Who wrote the lyrics to the song "Autumn Leaves"?6. What are "bullens"?7. Autumn - do you turn your clocks forward or back?8. What or who are "Beauty of Bath" and "Fairest Supreme"?9. Autumn nights, what creature calls its "ee-yick" two note cry?10. What deciduous tree offers food and board to more than 300

species of invertebrates? Name some of those invertebrates!11. What is Britain's smallest rodent?12. What is a "scarecold"?

Answers in November issue & announcment of winners - 1'st to send correct answers by email and 1st through the letterebox!

Children's Quiz.

1. Which of these animals hibernate? deer; bear; squirrel.

2. From what tree do acorns come?

3. What question can never be answered "Yes?"

4. What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than a tree, up, up it goes and yet never grows?

5. Which game uses the fruit of the horse chestnut tree?

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Helston and Lizard Foodbank

A permanent base is currently being sought but referred clients can exchange vouchers for food from Mustard Seed 'Open Door Cafe' in Wendron Street, Helston on either a Monday or Friday between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon.Contact: Anne Gray email pandagray@btinternet.com

Any item donated needs to have at least a six months "use by" date on it. Special needs at the moment are for items such as sponge puddings; orange juice; tinned fruit; tins of potatoes; tins of spaghetti; also dried milk is always wanted.

Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Rally August 28 th 2016

There were 3 small gazebos to welcome all who visited The Lizard on Sunday 28th August - the Car Rally; RNLI; and Bass Point NCI. A good number of villagers and visitors attended the stalls and wandered around the cars spread out over The Green from late morning throughout the afternoon.Between 60 – 70 vintage cars, motor cycles, buses and tractors wound their way from Helston Rugby Club, where they had met to follow their yearly G.W.R. (Great Western Railway) Commemorative Run. The Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Society raises money every yearfor the Leonard Cheshire Homes and another charity chosen by themselves - a cheque was given to the Air Ambulance for the year 2014-2015. “Bass Point Coastwatch Tombola on the Green 28th August 2016. With the kind agreement of the Cornwall Vintage Vehicle Society, at the gathering of vintage vehicles following the Helston to the Lizard Run, Bass Point NCI set up a Tombola Stall to raise money to maintain our Lookout at Bass Point. Thanks to the generosity of local people, the Stall raised £72.00 for our Coastwatch Station. Thank you very much for your lovely support! - From Robert Wright, Bass PointCoastwatch Fundraising Coordinator." 178

Sat 22nd Oct Derek Thomas MP, Top House 2-3 pm

Football Fixturesdate time Home Away location

08/10/16 14.3 Lizard ArgyleReserves

West CornwallReserves

Recreationground

15/10/16 14.3 Falmouth Home DC Lizard ArgyleReserves

DracaenaPark

22/10/16 14.3 Lizard ArgyleReserves

Ludgvan Reserves Recreationground

29/10/16 14.3 Frogpool & CusgameReserves

Lizard ArgyleReserves

Richard Joryplaying field

United Response, Cornwall Supported Employment,

Skills for Young People will provide a programme of training and support to ensure that young people have the right skills to sustain education, employment or training (EET).

This is for anyone aged 15-24 years old

Priority given to those with a learning disability, learning difficulty, (LDD) Aspergers or Autism.

NEET or at Risk of NEET (Not in employment, education or training)

Receiving benefits

Needing skills training to help them into education, employment or training.

Ella Court, Truro Business Park, Truro,Cornwall TR4 9NH cse@unitedresponse.org.uk 01872 250150

Landewednack Arts and Crafts Annual Exhibition

An enormous Thank you to Bernard and Barbara Willis for all their hard work organising the exhibition hosted at the Lizard Chapel again this year between 13th - 17th September. More exhibits than ever before, over 190, were brought in; hours of work of all descriptions, some which had been worked on for most of the year. Knitted garments and toys; different size quilts; tapestry; turned wooden items as well as drift wood ones; candles; jewellery; minitures in glass jars; prints, cards &pictures of all sizes, styles and textures.

Amongst the many positive comments from visitors -

"really good"; "wonderful variety of crafts and styles"; "cannot recommend it highly enough ... something for everyone to enjoy ... especially the artwork ... wide variety and price range ... an ideal opportunity to stock up for birthdays and Christmas. This was a super place to see & experience genuine local craftsmanship and tremendous expertise in a warm and welcoming environment."

"Many thanks to all who made it such a success; really inspirational and a great celebration of God's gifts." 9

The WellThere is always a warm friendly welcome waiting for you at "The Well". We gather each Sunday morning from 10:30am-12:30pm (Except one Sunday every 2 months when we meet with our sister Church family please call us to find out when) onthe Lizard Peninsular in the Almond Tree Cafe at Little TrethvasHoliday Park, TR12 7AT. Both at the begining and the end of thegatherings there is a time for a lovely cup of tea/coffee and cakes etc and to have a friendly chat. We are a non-denominational charismatic gathering of loving friendly people. We hold to traditional evangelical Christian values. Our gatherings embrace more of a contemporary modern informal approach to worship and sharing that is both Spirit led and biblical. Why not come and join the celebration!

Mike and Liz Tate 07790 236045: wellchurchlizard.org.uk

"Maritime and Coastal Rescue on The Lizard"

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The Lizard Lifeboat;

The Station Shop &

Heritage Centre.

The Lizard Lifeboat Station Shop wasestablished soon after our new Station officially opened in May 2012. The newly created Station Shop linked up and combined with our local "RNLI Sales Roadshow" which had previously been operating from a base at Ruan Minor since 2008.

The Shop began in a small way and worked from a couple of tables placed in a corner of the Boathouse. Thanks to the wonderful generosity of two local donors, we were able to purchase some impressive display cabinets and, after a little while, RNLI resources provided a very nice counter unit. Following two successful years of trading, additional display units and a shop till were resourced by RNLI HQ to help develop and expand our operation. A major boost to our sales opportunities was created last October when we became proud owners of a PDQ card machine which is particularly useful to coastal path walkers who do not want to carry too much cash with them.

Being situated at the bottom of a 150 ft cliff at the tip of Cornwall's southen end presents 'difficulties' that many of the RNLI Shops, with their prime positions and significant footfall do not have to cope with. However, by careful choice from the souvenir products available in the RNLI, Poole Sales Catalogue it has been possible to offer a range of products that visitors, Cornwall Coastal Path walkers and local residents find interesting, attractive and value for money. In particular, we have had wonderful support from the local community who usethe Station Shop frequently and also regularly attend our otherfundraising activities.

From clothing to Christmas cards, from key rings to calendars, from confectionery and Lifeboat Tea to toys and stationery and from shopping bags to biscuits, children's wellies and jigsaws, we offer a plethora of choice enough to satisfy the keenest of bargain hunters. It's all here for those who want a satisfying memory of their visit or to purchase gifts for family and friends.

Our Shop is operated throughout the year by a small, hardworking band of volunteers who give their time and efforts completely free of charge to raise money for the benefit of the RNLI and in particular of course, for RNLI ROSE.

In addition to running the shop, our band of volunteers are also on hand to help those visitors who wish to use our superb Heritage Centre to delve a little more deeply into the history of the Lizard Lifeboat and who want to learn more about RNLB ROSE and what happens on a day to day basis at Kilcobben Cove – especially when ROSE and her crews are tasked to go 'OUT ON A SHOUT'.

David Gascoigne

Shop and Sales Manager.

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