Although work on the sewage scheme has finished the parish council and its advisor’s are far from happy with the performance of the installation. There are two specific problems, the first is that the noise levels at the pumping station are running considerably higher than plan. The council was assured by South West Water (SWW ) that noise output would be minimal and surveys by SWW and confirmed by Cornwall County Council as part of the planning process allowed a specified a decibel level of up to 35. Initial consultation documents indicated that there would be a decibel level of 19. As the actual decibel level is at 39 then quite clearly there is much work to be done in achieving the targets agreed.
A more serious problem is that the pumping station seems unable to deliver the raw sewage to the treatment plant and that somewhere between the two there is a massive infiltration of rainwater into the system of approximately 150 tonnes per day. Dye tests to trace the loss are being conducted as this article goes to press and a remote camera that inspects the entire length of the foul sewer pipe is scheduled to arrive for inspection work to be completed in the next few days. St Sampson Parish Council is extremely fortunate in having an retired process engineer living in the village and he is working exceptionally hard in attempting to get SWW to resolve these problems. One of the principal difficulties is that SWW appears to sub contract the majority of its process engineering work to a separate company and they in turn sub contact out yet again. Finding an individual to take responsibility is therefore extremely difficult. A further site meeting is due in early February and if the outcome of this is not satisfactory the parish council intends to register an official complaint with SWW and the corresponding regulatory bodies.
Pay and display car parking re commences on 1st March and the charges have been held to the same prices as in 2006. These are 60p per hour for the first three hours, £2.00 for up to four hours and £ 3.00 per 24 hours. There is a maximum stay of 72 hours. In response to a number of requests for a short stay price there is a special rate of 20 p for a 30 minute stay. Separate charges apply during the evenings and these may be viewed on the notice board at the car park.
The parish council has managed to keep the precept to the same level as that of last year and there will be no increase in the St Sampson part of the annual council tax bill for residents and homeowners of Golant.
The village hall will continue in 2007 with its successful soup kitchen. Held each Thursday from midday delicious home made soup, a roll and great company is available at a nominal cost of £ 2.00. The soup kitchen has proved immensely popular, is open not just to villagers but to all visitors to the village and comes highly recommended.
The village hall continues with its Carn to Cove productions. We are fortunate to be able to provide these events in Golant and in order for them to continue your ongoing support is needed. Forthcoming shows are “Conjuring up Comedy “ on 11th February and a return of the highly successful “ Hoover the Dog “ on 24th March. These events are usually sold out very early and advance booking is recommended. Please call 01726 816454 to reserve your tickets.
Soup Kitchen Thursdays !!
As the local produce market goes into hibernation for the winter period there will be a soup kitchen at the village hall each Thursday at Mid-day. A great chance to pop in for soup and a roll at £ 2 and of course meet friends old and new for a chat.
Great Fireworks night
Golant's great forework night is free and this year perfect weather and large crowds on the village green made a great dispay. Our thanks to Sharps Brewery of Rock, Cornwall for sponsorship with their Doombar Ale
Cider Making starts again
Its that time of year and the photograph below shows the revival of the old cider making traditions in the village. We hope to report on the tasting in the spring!! photo courtesy M Parsons
Its an aerial theme this month, we has some great views as the red arrows did their routine over Fowey and then a young lad fell on the rocks at Cliff and was taken to hospital by air ambulance which landed on the village green. he was discharged later that day.
above photo courtesy A Barr
Farmers Market
This started in late July and is proving to be very succesful with a good range of local products. Support it and keep down the food miles ( the distance your food has travelled to your plate ) Would you prefer Golant pork, vegetables and eggs or those from an unknown source ?
Fireworks will take place as usual on Sunday November 5th , these are sponsored by Sharps Brewery, makers of the renowned Cornnish ale 'Doombar'
Parking
The pay and display start this year will commence on 1st June when it is expected the lower village sewage works will be close to comletion.
Steam Train
Monday 29th May saw the first steam train for many years on the Lostwithiel to Fowey line. Large crowds gathered in Golant to see the train go past.
Easter festivities attracted a large crowd and entries for decorated eggs, Easter bonnets and egg rolling were numerous.
Decorated egg winners Claire Couch,Jake Allin, Hayley Hodges and Jasmyn Hodges
Childrens Easter Bonnets
Egg rolling
Egg throwing, the cup winners 2006
Golant Carnival will be held on Saturday 5th August . The raft race will be held the following day at 3 pm. More details will appear nearer to the event.
Pay and Display will be re introduced to the quay car park area with effect from Thursday 1st June.
Parking
The Parish Council received back 51 of the 106 circulars sent out in relation to the pay and display parking. The results were as follows
Should pay and display continue YES 63 %
NO 27 %
OTHER 10 %
Are current permit costs reasonable * 81 %
too high 12 %
too low 7 %
Are pay and display fees * reasonable 58 %
too high 35 %
too low 7 %
* are percentage of the yes vote
The Parish council voted unanimously to continue with the pay and display scheme. Hourly, 4 hour, 24 hour and 72 hour rates will remain unchanged . In direct response to the questionnaire a new half hourly rate will be introduced at the sum of 20 pence.
The eligibility for and prices of the season passes will remain unchanged. Season permits will now however be valid for a dwelling as opposed to a specific vehicle in 2005. They will remain strictly non transferable.
Parking details will be circulated in the next village newsletter due to be published in mid February.
Wednesday 7th December
The day that the snow came ! Every 10 or so years we get real snow in Golant, Friday 29th November it came with vengeance. The village was accessible only in 4 x 4's and those people who managed to make it as far as Castledore abandoned their vehicles for the night and walked the rest of the journey.
Wedenesday 30th November
The Harvest Festival included a fund raiser that gave villagers the opportunity to buy into cider making. Guided by masterbrewer Ted Luck and haid cider press a small group purchased shares in the project and have in the past few days pressed the first apples. The results will be interesting and I hope that in my capacity of webmaster that I will be entitiled to taste the final product and the report on it. Two pictures below show thefirst press of apples.
Monday 25th July
We are pleased to announce that the Golant village website has won the bronze award for the best website in Restormel. Its good to see a small village with a non outsourced website from such a large number of entrants receiving such an award. Size isn't everything !
Tuesday 21st June
Castledore Rowing Club has opened its new clubhouse. Ed Coode olympic gold medallist is pictured alongside Rosemary Knapp national manager Amateur Rowing Association, Marylin Wellman Mayor of Restormel, Peter Welch club captain and Alastair Barr club chairman. (photo courtesy of jonathan barker)
and the new building is now officially open (photo courtesy Jonathan Barker)
Wednesday 4th May 2005
The annual parish meeting was held on Thursday 21st April and the minutes of this meeting appear in the parish council minutes page of this site. The meeting was preceded by a presentation from South West Water (SWW)on the sewage treatment works. Many of the questions asked by villagers were not answered by SWW but they have subsequently attended an additional parish council meeting held on Tuesday 3rd May and have now produced what appears to be the best compromise plan for all for these works. The key elements of the proposal are as follows: The pumping station will be located to the north side of the gallery and the wooden sheds there are to be demolished. The treatment works will be at "Harrys Field" at the top of the hill around 200 metres from the church. A pipe that will connect the two sites will follow a path along the pill, up water lane, up school hill past the church and then left into the treatment works. These works will mostly be underground and will be visible to no more than one metre above ground level. The pumps at the bottom of the village will also be underground although a control panel will be located above ground. At this time the majority of the villagers seem to be content with the proposals. Work is scheduled to start in mid September and last until the end of the year. A planning application will be submitted later this month.
The subject of pay and display parking was also discussed in detail and the parish council has undertaken to constantly monitor and review the issue.
Monday 25th April
It is with deep regret that we report the passing away of Daphne Jennings. Daphne was a much loved and respected member of our community and our thoughts and condolences go to her husband Tony and their family.
Monday 11th April 2005
"Probably the most talented artist and best event ever staged in the village hall" was one of many similar comments about the Gordon Gilltrap concert to a packed village hall on saturday evening. Could a guitarist keep an audience interested for nearly 2 hours ? you bet he could in the most awesome demonstartion of guitar playing . Thankyou to Gordon , an internationally recognised artist for coming to Golant.
above photo courtesy of Mike Freemantle
Egg rolling down Fore Street
Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Pay and Display is now in operation for the main car park alongside the quay,this will not make any effective reduction in the number of spaces available so its very much business as usual.
Friday 11th March 2005
It is with great sadness that we report the sudden,tragic and unexpected death of Phil Reardon. Our deepest condolences and thoughts go to his wife Sue and their family.
Everybody knew Phil, he was an immensely skilled wood turner and also wrote the script for many of the village pantomines and organised many of the village hall events as well. The millenium human sundial was another of Phil's projects together with the cybervan ( who else could have thought of turning a gypsy caravan into an internet cafe for villagers and visitors). Phil was also at the heart of walk on water,the duck race, dilley race and raft race to name but a few of the events that he actively ran , organised and promoted. Phil was the village auctioneer at all of the fund raising events and performed all of his self enforced duties with his unique fun loving disposition and humour. Phil was a key member of the Fishermans Friends and I know he would have had a quiet chuckle if he had seen the firework display that followed his funeral. Standing room only was the order of the day at the crematorium where just about the whole village turned out to pay their respect and say their goodbyes together with his many friends outside of the village. Perhaps Phil's life was best summed up at a packed village pub that evening where after a toast to the celebration of his life a spontaneous singing of " For he's a jolly good fellow " was heartily sung by all. Phil, we will all miss you so much.
Golant survives the floods. The night of 27th October saw the combination of spring tides, low pressure and storm force south easterly winds. This gave us huge tides that reached a level not seen for more than twenty years. The village green was flooded and the raised footpath alongside the pub on the front was impassable. I am pleased to report that no major damage has been reported. High tide was at dusk and the photographs shown below have been digitally enhanced to provide light.
High tide 27th October 2004
Friday 3rd September 2004
It is with much sadness that we report on the passing away of two members of our community.
Stan Rickwood passed away on Saturday 28th august after a short illness. Stans funeral is to be held at the Glynn Valley Crematorium Bodmin on Wednesday 8th September at 11.30 am.
Roy Slater passed away suddenly on 1st September. Roys funeral is to be held at the Glynn Valley Crematorium on Thursday 9th September at 3.30pm.
Our thought and condolences go to their families, we shall miss them both as respected and well loved members of our community and as part of our village life
Sunday 11th April
Easter festivities were in full swing and pictures of the easter bonnet and egg rolloing competitions appear below.
Sunday 7th March
The Cornish evening at the village hall was attended by 52 people who all enjoyed a pastie supper and a fun evening. More than £160 was raised towards village hall funds.
Tuesday 21st October
Golant now has its own floral boat, situated on the village green next to the human sundial it will further enhance and add colour to that part of the village. The boat has been made possible thanks to a donation to the parish council from Ted South in memory of his late wife.
Monday 11th August This years walk on water was again won by Greg White. Carnival and Sports day was as always a major success. With temperatures into the 90,s F , thats around 27 C . A good crowd of people from inside and outside the village attended. We have added a new web page of photos of this years carnival and raft race as we had so many good entries. Now its time to rest up for a few days until Fowey Regatta Week which starts on Sunday 17th August. The Fishermans Arms anuual summer beer festival also takes place that weekend with a large selection of real ale on offer. Al Hodge will appear on stage on the saturday evening. There is also a bring and buy book sale at the village hall on the morning of 23rd August, all donations of books, CDs etc welcome please. On Sunday 24th August the annual cricket match vs Fowey also takes place. Finally if I dont hear about it I cant print it so please send any news or photos for publication to the webmaster
23rd June 2003 Alexander Golant is a professional photographer residing in Osnabruck, Germany and after finding the website and village that shares his name has very kindly sent us his book entitled "Seen on the Road". This hardcover book totalling 126 pages is full of his photographic work with pictures from around the world. I am sure it will find its way to a village exhibition at some time. Thankyou Alexander for sending us a signed copy of your fine work.
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