ONE YEAR ON!!!

Is it really a year since the disappointment of Good Friday with no boats on Consols Pond? The time seems to have flown by. Of course, much work has gone on behind the scenes and tons of silt have been removed, in order to ensure that sailing boats can once again skim across the water on Good Friday.

Although the forecast for Friday doesn't look too good, please don't be put off - the Pond is ready and waiting for this important local tradition to continue.

Please remember to keep a close eye on your children and take care yourselves, the banks are quite steep and slippery in places. So come along and enjoy this truly local event. Hope you have a great time!

Get your boats out and dust them off!

With only two weeks to go, if you haven't already got your model boats out and checked them over, now would be a good time!


After all the disappointment of last Easter and all the hard work that's gone into getting the pond cleared and ready for action, it would be great to see plenty of boats on the water on Good Friday.
(Picture taken by Brian Stevens - 1961)


Hope to see you then!

Counting down to Good Friday!

Only three weeks to go to Good Friday!

After the disappointment and frustration of last year, how wonderful it will be to see boats sailing on the pond this Easter!!!

Don't forget, if you have a boat, get it out now and check it over so that it's ready for Good Friday!

The Chapel will be selling refreshments and Hot Cross buns (cold) proceeds to the Chapel fund, and there will also be a cake stall to raise more funds for Consols Pond Association - So don't forget to bring some change.

Hope to see you all there!

Wow! Isn't Mother Nature wonderful!!!

I was up at the pond this afternoon and gazing into the water, I was amazed to see that there is already spawn - in fact, two different kinds of spawn in the pond. Isn't Mother Nature wonderful, it's only been three weeks and with such major disturbance of the pond, it's great to know that wildlife is already finding its way back.

(This image is not of our pond!)

Please, please, can everyone get their boats ready for Good Friday? As we couldn't sail them last year it would be great to have as many as possible on the water this year!

What a difference a week makes!

Wow! Just look at our pond now!!!!!

Only a week ago the digger and dumpers were in and out all day, the water was so full of silt and the harbour went brown - what a difference.

Many thanks to Cornwall Council and the guys who carried out the work.

Now it's up to all of us to make the most of the pond. So if you've got a boat, please bring it up on Good Friday and put it in the water!

Good Friday morning there will be refreshments in the chapel, a cake stall and display about the pond -Past, Present and Future.

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!

What a fantastic job the Cornwall Council lads are doing!

Three days-in and their really moving ahead, the work should be completed by Friday 12th February.

Preserving the long-held tradition of sailing boats on Consols Pond on Good Friday, has always been one of the main objectives of the Consols Pond Association, everything now appears to be on schedule for 2nd April.

Have you seen the pond!

Take a good look at the image to the right; other than in photographs it will hopefully never look like this again!

Yes, finally the pond clearance is underway, and what a fantastic job the Cornwall Council lads are doing. With just over seven weeks to go to Good Friday - it all looks very positive.

So, if you have a model boat, preferably the traditional sailing boat, please get it out now and dust it off ready for the big day!!!

Pictures of the clearance in progress will be uploaded to this blog later this week.