Fal River Walk 2017
Sun, Sep 17th 2017 at 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
The 10th year and last year of this event around the River Fal
Fal River Walk 2017
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Assembling in the early morning sun in the Stable Yard
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The registration team at the ready
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Briefing before the start of the Long Walk
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And they're off!
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Our sweeper is counting them out!
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Crossing the front terrace of the house
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Stretching out towards the parkland
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About to enter the park
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The path downhill towards Trelissick beach
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Long Walkers embarking at the Trelissick pontoon
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Approaching the harbour at St Mawes
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On the ferry from St Mawes
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Our musical duo entertaining walkers on The Duchess of Cornwall
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A break in the pressure for the base team - but not for long
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A breakdown on one of the boats meant a necessary change of route and plan
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Short Walkers arrive back
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Plan B - embarkation at The Pandora
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On the Pandora pontoon - counting them in
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Our youngest Long Walker
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Well done Freya! Our youngest Long Walker this year! With her dog, Elsie
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The 10th anniversary surprise cake - - thanks to Merlin's Lucy and Kelly of Walk Kernow
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President Peter fears an explosion!
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The organising team from RC Truro Boscawen
Fal River Walk Presentation Evening 2017-11-20
Lucy Chappell of Merlin MS Centre with PB
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(l-r) John Waldie (Atkins Ferrie), Peter Bayly (President), Lucy Chappell (Merlin MS Centre), Chris Nicholls, David Rogers (Santander)
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Fal River Walk Presentation Evening 2017-11-20
Lucy Chappell of Merlin MS Centre with PB
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President Peter Bayly receiving a cheque for £2124 from David Rogers (Santander)
The main features
- With thanks to the National Trust, we were back again at Trelissick, with the start and finish in the stable yard.
- Again, thanks to the donations of local businesses, we ran a successful Prize Draw, with a dozen valuable prizes to be won, including a champagne tea in St Mawes (details here)
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Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, Atkins Ferrie, Chris Nicholls Motors, and Santander Bank, the day was a great success financially, with a profit of over £6,400 (for pictures of the Presentation Evening see the slideshow above)
A schematic map of the route for the Fal River Walk 2017 is shown below.
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An online zoom quiz battle between two friendly local clubs - and overseen by a quizmaster in South Africa.
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We celebrated the Saints Way Challenge and its fundraising aim with a short and easy walk at Fowey.
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We visited Truro School Prep. and Richard Lander to conclude a memorable Young Writer competition.
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Two or three (or more!) volunteers are needed to represent the Club during the last part of each session and to present the souvenir medallions sponsored by the Club. No more than an hour is asked. Please use the sign up sheet attached
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Truro Golf Club, Friday 13 May. Click on pictures and then scroll through. Event report below the pictures.
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Mike Grundy takes over from Ian Bell as Boscawen President for the coming year. Mike Barber becomes Senior Vice President.
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Boscawen supported the City Council by sponsoring junior football coaching across the city, providing Rotary-branded drinking bottles. David R. and David P. lead, and here we see Bernard, David C. David P, Ed, Brian and PB at the training sessions.
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We will be at Sainsbury's, this month from 16th to 19th, with our newly acquired Barrel Organ. Monies raised will go to St. Petroc's.
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Brian, David P and PB had some interesting moments on the 6.5 miles that completed our summer challenge.
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The results have been announced to schools.
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Our plans to send a generator
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Hustyns Resort, Hotel and Spa, is set in a remote St. Breock Downs location. And is the only possible safe parking place for miles around. 4 members walk the 6.1 miles to it from Little Petherick.
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For the second year, we will roll out the "barrel organ", play seasonal tunes, and hope to collect money from shoppers in aid of St. Petroc's.
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Presentations to pupils of Devoran School and Richard Lander School are shown here. There will be further presentations after Easter.
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This year, under lockdown constraints and with Julian's expert management we have run an online Youth Speaks competition. The only Club in the District to achieve this.
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During Lockdown we have been prevented from holding our usual fundraising events. However we know that local charities need support at these times more than ever.
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This Challenge is open to all Cornish Rotary Clubs and their friends. We are walking the Cornish coastal footpath all through August to raise funds for Cornwall Mind and for Clubs' chosen charities.
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This is the biggest week yet. We have 18 Related Pages of walks and pics by Boscawen, by Cornwall Mind and by other Rotary Clubs throughout the county. MESSAGE TO ALL: A FINAL PUSH THIS WEEK TO COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS. SEE THE MAP.
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Many Clubs throughout the County have joined the Challenge, and we are now within 36 miles of walking every bit of the Cornish Coastal Footpath. See the Map for the remaining 7 stretches to be walked.
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Our Challenge is completed! (Just one short section in the east remains). When our Senior Vice President voiced scepticism that we could do it he was by no means the only one. Perhaps we should all have a piece of that hat!
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16 other Rotary Clubs in the county, Cornwall Mind, and all their friends have joined Truro Boscawen in COMPLETING THE COASTAL FOOTPATH CHALLENGE
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We recorded the miles we walked/biked each week and have shown them as virtual walks. So far, we have walked from John O'Groats to Lands End, and from Lands End to London. We are also raising charity funds at the same time.
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Triumph for local school! The West Cornwall round of the National Rotary Youth Speaks Competition is won by a Boscawen sponsored Team.
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We recently entertained our friends from St Petroc's at the club and heard from them about the encouraging reduction in homelessness in the county over the last 3 years.
moreEvery year just after Christmas we go for a bracing walk with friends, children, grandchildren, dogs, whatever..This time we started at Mylor, went round via the Pandora Inn and back all via creekside paths and woodland.
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St Petroc's CEO Steve Ellis will update us on the work of the charity which the club has supported for many years in cash or kind.
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Links to the year's events
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Our Community and Vocational Services Committee supports local charities with members' time as well as funds; and also promotes activities with schools and young people (see separate page)
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