 We are currently offering a Christmas discount on any vouchers ordered before 18th December.
£50 off any Kitesurf course voucher - £45 save £5 BKSA Level 1 course voucher - £100 normally £120 BKSA Level 1 & 2 course voucher - £200 saving £20 3 hour private coaching voucher - £100 saving £20 Vouchers will be printed on card with recipients name and sent 1st class post. All vouchers are valid for 1 year with beginner lessons running from April - December. See the website for all our Kitesurf courses http://www.pastyadventures.co.uk/courses--lessons.html Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Pasty
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 Stuck for a Christmas present or simply want to give something different and exciting?
We off Vouchers for all of our Learn to Kitesurf courses here in Cornwall. Perfect for that special someone who has been thinking of learning next year. We also run by the hour private coaching which runs all year for those that can already kite. The perfect gift for the kitesurfer that has everything! Gift vouchers are printed on card and delivered by 1st class post. Valid for 1 year from date of issue. All the details on the courses page Contact [email protected] to order your voucher  In this cold weather you need something warm and full of energy straight after your session. Apres is a new Hot Chocomalt recovery drink for sports & adventure which tastes delicious. Perfect for stocking fillers or Christmas presents. For a limited time you can get 10% discount in their online shop with discount code - pasty Go to www.racewinning.com to find out more info and to purchase some sachets of this tasty beverage     Mousehole Lights Tom Bawcock's Eve is a festival held on the 23rd of
December in Mousehole. The festival is held in celebration and memorial of the efforts of Mousehole resident Tom Bawcock to lift a famine from the village. During this festival Star Gazey Pie (a mixed fish, egg and potato pie with protruding fish heads) is eaten and depending on the year of celebration a lantern procession takes place.The children's book The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber was inspired by the traditions a of Tom Bawcock's Eve and has now made this feast famous. The feast also coincides with the world famous Mousehole harbour lights. There are several theories to the origins of this festival, the first recorded description was made by Morton Nance in 1927 in the magazine "Old Cornwall". Nance described the festival as it existed at the turn of the 19th century. Within this work Nance also speculated that the name Bawcock was derived from Beau Coc (French) - , he believed the cock was a herald of new light in pagan times and the origins of the festival were pre-Christian. The most likely derivation of the name 'Bawcock' is from Middle English use (influenced from French) where a Bawcock is a nickname for a fine or worthy fellow. Rumours persist however that in fact the feast was "invented" in the 1950's by the landlord of the Ship Inn, a rumour which can be dismissed if you examine the Morton Nance's writings of the 1920's. Because of the volume of people now visiting Mousehole on this date small Tom Bawcock's celebrations have over spilled into the nearby communities of Newlyn and Penzance, however these are rarely advertised. Click here for the recipe for Star Gazey Pie. There is an ongoing folk music tradition associated with Tom Bawcock's Eve. Below is one version of Tom Bawcock's Song'the words written by Morton Nance in 1927 to a local traditional tune called the 'wedding March'. It is believe that Nance first observed the festivities at the turn of the 19th Century. Lyrics of the song "merry place you may believe, Tiz Mouzel 'pon Tom Bawcock's eve To be there then who wouldn't wesh, to sup o' sibm soorts o' fish When morgy brath had cleared the path, Comed lances for a fry And then us had a bit o' scad an' Starry-gazie pie As aich we'd clunk, E's health we drunk, in bumpers bremmen high, And when up caame Tom Bawcock's name, We'd prais'd 'un to the sky" Click here for an audio file and full lyrics of the song The Home of Cornish Culture |
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