Spring is in the air…
A Ladybird bathing in the sunshine in West Cornwall.
According to The UK Ladybird Survey - The invasion of the harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) has threatened our native populations - they are given people a chance to find out more about Ladybirds & record sightings here.
Photo by Cornish Heritage
The Helsbury Park Dog Photo Competition 2010
The Helsbury Park dog photo competition 2010 is now open for voting. Win the draw for the £100 Helsbury Voucher which can be used against a holiday at Helsbury. Check out the photos here
Budock Vean 10 Year Celebration Package
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary since Martin and Amanda Barlow took over the running of the Budock Vean we would like to offer you our special Celebration Offer!
Enjoy a three night break from Monday 15th February to Thursday 4th March 2010 at a very special price and enjoy
Complimentary Louis Dornier champagne in your room on arrival
Complimentary Trebah tickets
£213 per person per break, dinner, bed and breakfast, in standard room accommodation
£252 per person per break, dinner, bed and breakfast, in superior room accommodation
Check it out HERE
Climategate leaker finally revealed?
The Guardian seems to think it has found the identity of the Climategate leaker:
A scientist at the University of East Anglia has been questioned by detectives investigating how controversial emails were leaked from the campus’s climate research unit.
Norfolk police have interviewed and taken a formal statement from Paul Dennis, 54, another climate researcher who heads an adjacent laboratory.
The leaked emails from the head of the unit, Professor Phil Jones, surfaced just before the Copenhagen conference in December and caused a furore because they suggested that data which did not support theories of global warming was being deliberately withheld. Dennis denies leaking the material.
Davidstow - no more windfarms
While few people disagree that Cornwall should work towards alternative forms of energy supply, the positioning of the planned wind farm at Davidstow is a pretty dreadful choice of location. Bodmin Moor is one of Cornwall’s special places and needs to be looked after for future generations as much as energy supplies do.
Reward offered for proof H1N1 vaccine works
There’s been a lot of debate in recent months over the validity and effectiveness of the H1N1 flu vaccine and while the financial benefits to the pharmaceutical companies is obvious, the usefulness to the patient has always been a contentious issue.
Apparent lack of testing and the rushing through of licences was unconvincingly explained away by government’s panic to stop an endemic spreading through the UK - but how many other medicines would be allowed through what has always been an incredibly difficult and long winded process? Very few is probably the answer.
There are thousands of websites claiming the vaccine to be a complete scam, a government conspiracy to siphon tax payers money to their friends in the big pharms, but how many would actually gamble their own money on their claims? Probably none, until today that is, when the very popular site Natural News, in partnership with ConsumerWellness.org have well and truly thrown down the gauntlet to industry, and government, claims that the vaccine is actually a valid preventative approach to dealing with swine flu.
They are offering a $10,000 reward to.. Read more »
Boscastle Week Walking FEST 2010
Boscastle Week Walking FEST 2010
Cornish keen to grow their own food
More and more people in Cornwall are discovering the joy of growing their own, especially so in the current tough financial climate.
And even though green shoots of growth are sprouting for the bleak economy, the advantage in turning to the land for both food and lifestyle reasons is blossoming. read more
Mylor Harbourside - Cornish Native oysters
