Roselands Caravan and Camping Park blog diary

Huge whale strands on north coast 23rd February 2010 The body of a huge whale has been found on the north coast of Cornwall. The Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network believes it to be a fin whale, which had first been reported floating close to the shore off Pendeen. The Marine Strandings Network were called to the stranded fin whale, photo by Gary Hawkins The whale was originally spotted by Jean Lawman, a keen naturalist who regularly watches out for marine wildlife. Jean saw it about three kilometres offshore through her telescope and realised that it was too big to be any other species. Fin whales are often seen at this time of year, but sadly this one appeared to be dead, so it was reported to the Marine Strandings Network Hotline. Unfortunately, the whale did not beach and continued to float on the tides. Five days after the first sighting, the Marine Strandings Network's Hotline was alerted again to the whale after it had been seen near Porthtowan. Remarkably, it

If anyone would like to help raise money for the team of charity bike riders raising money for Diabetes UK please read and follow the link to the right and we look forward to seeing them all on the 12th August! My name is Nick Watson and I am the team leader of a charity event that is taking place in August 2010 in aid of Diabetes UK. We are a team of cyclists attempting to cycle from John O Groats to Lands End and are aiming to into Lands End on the evening of 12th August 2010. We are looking for a place to camp and your camp site looks just the place. First and foremost, please allow me to give you a little information about the event. My wife, Michelle lost her sister, Kirsty, to D.K.A ( a diabetes related illness) last summer and therefore we are trying to raise as much money for the charity as possible in order to fund more research into the disease. Kirsty was 17 years of age when she lost her life. The cycle will be approximately 1000 miles taking in the lochs, Ben Nevis, the