Spare a thought for Crackington Haven just along the coast, which was also badly hit in a similar way, but is much smaller and didn't get anything like the publicity that Boscastle has had, even on the local news.

On a different note, I know Graham's 'one of us', but there are people there who've lost far more, i.e. their whole homes/businesses, and I'd really like to see fund-raising efforts directed more generally. The Red Cross have set up a Disaster Fund through the NatWest bank - not sure of further details at present, but I'm sure the bank can tell us more.

One other thing I gathered from the local news tonight is that they intend to rebuild as far as possible with reclaimed stone and slate from the destroyed buildings, which I thoroughly approve of.

Barbara