Cornish news/ habitat destroyed

Heard on the tv last night about this could not believe it was so close to home on my doorstep in fact! All that hard work destroyed by a few mindless people! Lets hope the birds will return at some point soon.

My little town with it's traditions

BBC - Cornwall - Villages story Hurling at St Columb

The link tells you about another years event but the principle is the same every year.
This great tradition has not been stopped by the Health and Saftey brigade, although it is dangerous to participants and onlookers alike. As you can see everything is boarded up , to any passer by you would think we lived in a really dodgy area !! We got given the silver ball to hold the very first year we were here it is supposed to bring good luck. Good luck to everyone taking part be it Town or Country in 2009

Padstow Harbour

Padstow harbour was frozen over today due to the freezing temeratures. go to "sites i visit" to see the photgraph. So the sea froze over !!
The temperature coming home from shopping at 5.30pm was ~4degrees brrr baby it's cold outside! off for a nice hot chocolate now, hope you all keep warm tonight

Cornish news

South west water are considering a trial to see if water quality can be improved ay Roadford reservoir devon/cornwall border by introducing beavers. Apparently their dams trap silt and act as a natural filter and as the beavers work 24hrs a day it is a sustainable source of clean water. The down side to this beavers do great damage to trees one source said that tree canopies will be reduced but any fallen trees would encourage new saplings to grow, and will be a much better wildlife environment when we have beavers around.. A spokesman for south west water said" If we don't do this we face more investment in concrete and chemicals as well as energy to provide clean water over the next 30 to 50 years" Well this has got to be a better solution than any chemicals surely?
Beavers were hunted to extinction in england and wales during the 12th century and disappeared from the rest of the country over 4ooyrs later. They were hunted for their fur and throat glands, which were said to have medicinal properties. Thankfully that has stopped now! Each creature has a useful part to play in nature in my opinion.