Gweek Seal Sanctuary Prepares For Busy Seal Pup Rescue Season

HELSTON, Cornwall:



Fish wait to be prepared for feeding time at the National Seal Sanctuary in Gweek near Helston. The Cornwall-based charity, which was founded in 1958 as a sanctuary for injured seal pups, is gearing up for the seal pup season when it is often called upon to rescue seal pups that have got into trouble anywhere around the coast. The centre employs a animal care team, who are on call 24hrs a day, to rescue seal pups, who, after being brought to the sanctuary receive expert veterinary care in a purpose built hospital before being transferred to outdoor pools where they gain weight and stamina before being released into the wild. The sanctuary aims to rehabilitate all rescued pups and since 1981 only two seals have been diagnosed as never being able to survive in the wild and they have now joined the full time residents at the sanctuary.

Portreath

Portreath
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Portreath beach is typical of the north coast of Cornwall with rugged heads, crashing waves, surf, rocks and sand.

green jumper blue shed

green jumper blue shed
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Looks a lot like Cornwall in some ways, but actually it's St Monans in Fife, Scotland.

West Cornwall Ariel View

Theatre Breaks from Cornwall

Theatre fans in Cornwall have the Minnack and the Hall for Cornwall in Truro but then what?

Theatre Breaks from Cornwall

Cornwall has almost everything you need but if you like to take in a West End musical for a change then you will need to exit the county for a short time. London Theatre breaks by train are pretty convenient really, you can never be too far away from a mainline station such as Penzance, Redruth, Truro or Liskeard and then once you've gone past Plymouth and Exeter it's super fast inter city 125 all the way to Paddington.

By booking a London Theatre break from Camborne, Launceston or Helston for example you can be up in London in time for an evening meal, one of the really big shows such as Les Miserables, Phantom of The Opera, Wicked, Oliver or Dirty Dancing and then spend a comfortable night ina posh London hotel. That's the whole point of booking a theatre break as one single package from Cornwall to the West End.

Sancreed angel

Sancreed angel
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The angel is in the churchyard at Sancreed, where there used to be lots going on. Last time we visited the art gallery garden place seemed to have been made private though.

surf

surf
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Surf

But it's not Cornwall, it's Gower.

Penpoll Creek

Penpoll Creek
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Apparently there was ice at the side of the creek last week, the first time since we moved there 30 years ago.