The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72494 Message #1251990
Posted By: Hawker
20-Aug-04 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Spare a thought for Boscastle, Cornwall
Subject: RE: Spare a thought for Boscastle, Cornwall
According to Radio Cornwall, there was singing outside the Welly on Wednesday evening, led by The Boscastle Busker, John Maughan, spirits will, obviously, not be defeated. Well done John! Kevins cousin's cats were finally retrieved yesterday, they had hidden upstairs in the bedroom, under the bed, which is amazing, when you know that the water came to half way up the bedroom windows! They were very traumatised but otherwise fit & healthy. Her insurers after their initial stupidity have been, in her words, amazing, it seems everybody is doing their level best to help out. Indeed Crackington Haven was also badly affected, as were parts of Marhamchurch, Week St Mary, Canworthy Water, Marshgate, Whitstone and I am sure other small villages around the area. I am delighted there has been a fund set up to help the people of Boscastle, but I hope the people affected in the outlying areas will also be helped with this money, they too have lost livelihoods, furnishing and property. They are hoping to get the more vital services to Boscastle reconnected today, A step forward in the mammoth task ahead. Cheers, Lucy