AROUND KINGSWEAR Around Kingswear NEWS FROM THE SUNNY SIDE
ROWING TO STOKE GABRIEL Sunday May 31st. was a fun day for the rowers in Kingswear. Not only were they allowed out for a jolly but they were able to row too. This was a picnic organised with great precision by Graham Sowerby which had the rowers setting-off from Kingswear on an incoming tide, arriving in a heap at Stoke Gabriel at about 5 o’clock in the evening, then languishing whilst noshing steaks and drinking wine, to return on an out- flowing tide at about 7 o’clock. Much fun was had and thanks were offered to Graham for the immaculate organisation. The steaks were cooked to our liking on hot stones which were provided by the River Shack. One of the stars of the club was our very own Dr Neil Baxter, who confesses to be on the wrong side of 79, who rowed solo to and from Stoke Gabriel. This was a feat, especially on the way there, as the row was against the considerable wind, although on the return, rowing was with both wind and tide and therefore a little easier. Congratulations to Neil who was only a little bit stiff on the following Monday.
Dr Neil Baxter rowing solo to and from Stoke Gabriel
Praise is also
due to Graham Sowerby who managed to organise sunshine for the event. Is there no limit to that man’s talents? Since the weather has been so kind recently to outdoor happenings another club outing was arranged on June 7th. to Newfoundland Cove; however, the wind was a bit fierce and the sea rather lumpy so this was deftly re-organised as a trip to Dittisham. Club members and hangers on rafted up their boats on a public mooring and enjoyed a very fine picnic in the lovely waters around the village. When food and booze had been enjoyed to the fill the parties set-off for Kingswear, the rowers deciding that they would be towed back since they were full-up and against a tide and the wind. Graham Sowerby’s boat set off towing and others delayed a little to clear-up. However when the boats all met up again just short of Noss a strange thing had happened; roles had been reversed and the rowers were then towing the power boat. An electrical fault had cut out the engine so the tow-boat had to be towed! The rowers then rowed back to Kingswear like heroes. The stricken boat was returned to her moorings to await the experts to give it the onceover.
REGATTA BOOKS Friends of St Thomas are running their usual book stall at Kingswear Regatta on Sunday July 26th. If you have any books or DVDs that you are willing to donate to the stall please let Jane Rawlins of Glendene, Beacon Rd. have them before the event, but if that is not possible then just turn up with them on the day and I’m sure you will be warmly received.
by Mike Trevorrow
Members of Kingswear rowing club
Sally Nuttall has asked me to let you know about the exciting and glamorous uses to which the money raised will be put: nothing less than guttering for the church, not to mention the stopping-up of an errant leaky roof and as if that wasn’t thrilling enough for you they intend funding a hearing-loop system which is already in place. So please turn up with your books and DVDs and, of course, any money contribution you may be willing to add to their collecting.
FROWARD OPEN WEEKEND John and Rosemary Ellerby have asked me to let you know about the following: ‘In July 2005 the Froward Point watch station went live with our first officially logged watch and to celebrate we are holding an Open Weekend on Sat.15th. and Sun.16th
August.so that folk can come and see what we do, handle some of the equipment, explore such a glorious area and consider joining us. Light refreshments will be available and there will be a free shuttle service from NT’s Brownstone car park to and from the watch station from 11.00 to 16.00 both days. Also there will be various activities for all ages.’ The N T Rangers, too, will be there to support us as part of their “Coastal Festival 2015” which celebrates 50 years of the National Trust’s fundraising campaign “Enterprise Neptune”. This was started in 1965 to acquire and protect coastline at risk from development and loss of public access and they obtained 775 miles of coast in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. From the Neptune campaign came the funds to buy 90% of
the NT’s ownership around Kingswear including Froward Point, Brownstone Farm and Coleton Fishacre.
COUNCIL MATTERS After the recent local and national elections Kingswear Council was left in the difficult position of only having five elected members, with room for five more. This was a serious situation for the parish because, apart from not being properly representative in those numbers of the parish at large, it would only take one or two people to be absent from a meeting to make it inquorate and thus unable to make decisions. However, thanks to the very energetic exertions of Cllr. Jonathan Hawkins who trawled local groups and societies for members we now have more or less a full complement of
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