Cornwall Life – October 2019

Cornwall Life: August 2019Š 103

DIARY

AUGUST DATES
OPEN AIR CINEMA
There’s some movie magic in
the air this month with open air
screenings at two dramatic locations

• Pendennis Castle near Falmouth
  and Porthminster Beach at St Ives.
  Films being shown at the castle are
  the Oscar-winning Freddie Mercury
  bio-pic Bohemian Rhapsody (1
  August), The Pirates of the Caribbean
  (8), appropriately enough A Knight’s
  Tale (15) and The Greatest Showman
  (22) which stars Hugh Jackman.
  On the beach you can see Tom
  Hanks in Cast Away (4 August), The
  Greatest Showman (11) and family
  favourites Finding Nemo (18) and
  Moana (25).
  Buy tickets online via fixr.co

Cornwall Wildlife Trust is continuing

its fascinating programme of events

created to inspire local people to

get out and about in nature and

appreciate the quality of our local

wildlife and wild places. The 2019

season of wonderful water-related

wildlife events is supported for

the 12th consecutive year by Trust

Wildlife Partner, South West Water.

Last year more than 3,000 people of

all ages took part in events all around

Cornwall and this year’s programme

included with Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s

first ever Wildlife Festival in May.

This month you can join marine

biologists Matt Slater and Adele

Morgan for a rockpool ramble in a

sheltered bay at Polridmouth near

Fowey which has an incredible

diversity of marine species. You can

take part in a Shoresearch survey

and learn fascinating facts about our

amazing rockpool creatures.

The event, from 11.30am to

2pm, is free but book on 01872

302251 or email shoresearch@

cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk.

September has a whole week of

Shoesearch events from the 28th

including activities in Helford,

Polzeath, Looe, Fowey and St Agnes.

Details online at

cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

2 August

EXPLORE THE SHORE

Explore the Shore with Cornwall Wildlife Trust in August

PICTURE: NIKI CLEAR

Falmouth hosts one of the
country’s biggest regattas,
dating back at least to 1837.
Over that time Falmouth
Week has grown to a full ten
days of entertainment on
land and sea and, this year,
in the air! Three exciting
aerobatic display teams –
The Blades, AeroSuperBatics
Wingwalkers and
Strikemaster Pair will
perform over Falmouth
Seafront in the early evening
of 14 August.
It’s all part of a packed
programme of events
throughout Falmouth which
begin on Saturday 10 August
with a free Comic and Movie
Fest with lots of fun for kids

and the chance to have your

photo taken with a film

superhero. The jolly Falmouth

Carnival Parade starts off in

the early evening from the

Rugby Club and processes to

Events Square – at the heart

of most of the shoreside action

during Falmouth Week.

Many events during the

festival are free including

the Science in the Square

activities (Friday 16 August),

the fireworks display (16

August) and the chance to

watch the thrilling Dragon

Boat racing on 18 August.

There are some musical

events being held which are

ticketed –Spandau Ballet’s

Martin Kemp plays DJ for

a night of 80s music (16

August), Queen tribute band

The Bohemians perform on

17 August and there’s a night

of Ska music on Thursday

15 August.

The sailing competitions

are still at the heart of

Falmouth Week. The regatta

features up to seven days of

fleet racing for yachts and

dayboats in the expansive

waters of Falmouth Bay and

the lower Fal Estuary of the

Carrick Roads. Racing takes

place each day from Sunday

11 August to the following

Saturday, with daily and

series prizes.

The Ancasta Champagne

Race on the Wednesday dates

back 60 years and rewards

winners with bottles of

champagne. The long coastal

race for offshore yachts will

encompass the whole bay and

extend up the coast in the

direction of Gull Rock. The

finish is usually to the west

side of Pendennis headland.

falmouthweek.co.uk

9-18 August

FALMOUTH WEEK

The Blades aerobatic team will

put on a thrilling display during

Falmouth Week

CLAIRE HARTLEY