Crantock WI held its first formal face to face meeting this week. The meeting was held in the Crantock Round Garden and was a great success. The guest speaker agreed that her topic about how plants affect mood – her university subject – was perfectly suited to the setting!

A group of Stithians WI members created Rosie the Scarecrow for the village’s Scarecrow Festival organised jointly by the Parish Council and Stithians Show. Forty or so scarecrows popped up around the village and whilst Stithians WI’s entry did not win, Rosie certainly attracted a lot of attention and many stopped to read the advertising […]

Like so many WIs last year, Lezant WI missed a big birthday celebration in 2020. But as it was such a lovely day yesterday, they met to celebrate their 96th (and belated 95th) birthday at their first real live meeting for 19 months. The event was held at at Lezant member Alice Brown’s Antique Chairs […]

Don’t forget to book your ticket for this year’s Annual Council Meeting, to be held on Wednesday 20 October at the newly refurbished Hall for Cornwall in Truro. We are thrilled to be welcoming guest speaker Reverend Kate Bottley who will talk to us about ‘God and the Gogglebox’. With a cup of tea always […]

Germoe and District WI held a garden party in one of their members’ gardens on what turned out to be a splendid sunny afternoon. This was their first proper face-to-face meeting since lockdown. Zoom meetings had been trialled but, due to the notoriously bad internet in the area, they didn’t work too well. The Garden […]

With the Public Hall still closed, Porthleven WI members braved the weather for their July meeting. It was a lovely evening for the Summer Buffet and Quiz. Quiz winners were Jayne and Alison. Porthleven WI meets on the second Wednesday of the month. Members also meet for an informal picnic lunch each Wednesday. New members […]

Sheila Goldsworthy writes a wonderful monthly WI column for The Cornishman. Here is Sheila’s July column: With optimism rising and most WIs having held their Annual Meetings, we can now start to consider all the WI events we normally attend, so shake the creases out of that posh frock you last wore 18 months ago, […]

St Dominick WI held their 75th anniversary party this week. The event took place in a member’s garden, hosted by Mandy Nicholson. The evening was made simple with cheese and wine with nibbles. The cake was a Genoese sponge filled with strawberries and cream. The members were fortunate to have such a wonderful sunny evening. […]

Many of us will be aware of the extraordinary way in which peregrine falcons have colonised Britain’s cities, taking advantage of cliff-like buildings on which to build their nests and scope their prey – the ubiquitous pigeons which fly beneath them. Stephen Moss begins his story with a description of this charismatic creature, the fastest […]

A group of WI members from Crowlas & Ludgvan WI, Illogan WI, Ladock WI, Praze-an-Beeble WI and Withiel WI joined in CFWI’s very first event since we all went into lockdown in the spring of 2020. This intrepid group enjoyed a guided walk, finally reaching the summit of Rough Tor – the rain only just […]