Safe Haven Shore Gazette
Edition 1 - April 2008
SAFE HAVEN SHORE GAZETTE Issue 2 SAFE HAVEN SHORE GAZETTE Issue 3
| This is a new newsletter dedicated to the village and inhabitants of Safe Haven Shore. It is a small seaside village situated on the side of a small cove that provides safe bathing almost all year round. The sandy beach is ideal for sandcastles and picnics and is sheltered by the harbour wall. There is one hotel called the Sailor's Rest, which is where many of the events central to village life are held. This month's events will include Flap a Kipper night next Thursday and the third annual Auricula contest. Prizes for these events will be provided as always by Mrs Hakin's tea rooms (situated in front of the harbour entrance). Safe Haven Shore is a special place where nothing bad happens. No harsh words are spoken and everyone helps each other. There is no discrimination, no intolerance. It is a haven, everyone is welcome. It is a place to go when the world becomes too much to bear and is easily reached by the imagination. The best way is to take the small train. As it wanders through the sunlit countryside, take some time to look out of the window and admire the scenery. The fields make a patchwork quilt design on the hillside, and occasionally a small thatched cottage is seen in the distance. Shady woodlands provide a welcome break from the bright sunlight and lush, green verges are dotted with daisies and buttercups. Cool streams meander along the side of the railway track. The train slows to a gradual halt at the Safe Haven Shore station, with its Victorian buildings and neat flowerbeds. As you descend from the trian you can smell the coconut scent of the broom bushes and feel the warm wind blowing in from the sea. The village is situated at the bottom of the hill and is reached by a small, winding roadway that seems to be more used to horses and carts than motor traffic. As you walk down the road, you can feel the warmth of the sunshine easing your shoulders taking away the stresses and strains. The village is a collection of whitewashed cottages and houses, all facing towards the blue sea, everything sparkling in the sunshine. Flowers abound in window boxes and in the small front gardens bordering the roadway, everything is peaceful and calm. Visitors are welcome to stay for a while, or just for their lunch break if they wish. It is anticipated that this newsletter will follow the events of the village, touching on a number of topics relevant to the residents. This will include subjects such as recipes taken off the menus from Mrs Hakin's tea rooms and the Sailor's Rest, genealogy topics, gardening, arts and crafts. There may not be much information on the way to do things properly, but the residents are happy with what they produce, and nobody is ever under pressure to achieve perfection. I hope you will come and visit us again
GARDENING UPDATEby Fred TillsworthSpring has brought about the usual flurry of activity in the gardens along the sea front. Mainly the seedlings sown last month have all done well. The sunflowers, violas and the cerinthes sown from seed gathered last autumn are growing strongly and have already been pricked out into larger pots. The tomatoes, peppers and aubergines were badly affected by the sharp frosts and winds last week, but luckily later sowings of seeds were kept safe from the blast. This year I made the mistake of transplanting the seedlings when they were too small. I followed advice from a newspaper which said to transplant them as soon as the seedlings showed through and to bury them in compost almost up to their leaves. All of them have died, so I will go back to waiting until the second set of leaves have grown. I think the root sytem is more fully developed then and can withstand the change. My theory only. The flowers survived, the vegetables didn't. So the greenhouses are flourishing, people are already planning the vegetable plots and are looking towards the annual Harvest Spectacular held in the autumn. Who will win this year? Next month: the planting of the vegetable patch!
|
Ó safe haven shore 2008