Some
of our volunteers had a busy time in between our two September cafes! The main and much anticipated event of this
month in Crantock is always the ‘Bale Push’ when hundreds of people descend on
the village to watch teams of 4 push huge round bales of hay around the village
at break-neck speed. As usual, the
Memory Cafe was given a table to promote our twice-monthly gatherings and in
addition to talking to interested visitors and locals about the cafe we were
able to raise some funds by running a ‘lucky dip’ for passing children!
It was a great evening, and at our cafe on
the following Monday we were delighted to welcome a new visitor who had learnt
about us at the Bale Push.
At
our mid-month cafe we welcomed back Adrian Davis and his guitar, who provided a
selection of well-known songs which we sang along to and accompanied on our
selection of percussion instruments.
As
usual there were copies of our Bowgie-sponsored ‘Sparkle’ reminiscence magazine
to browse, and an accompanying quiz devised by Richard. Today’s wordsearch had
an autumnal theme and a new challenge for those of us with a more
mathematically-orientated brain was a sudoku puzzle to tackle.
With delicious
refreshments to enjoy mid-afternoon it was the usual friendly and entertaining
session and soon it was time for Richard to solve the mysteries of the quiz
before we packed away with many thanks given to our visiting troubadour!
We
meet up again on 7th and 21st October at Crantock Village
Hall from 2pm – 4pm. New members with their carers are always welcome, and
should you require further information please contact Di on 01637 830544, Joan
on 01637 831347 or visit our website at crantockmemorycafe.org.uk
