A group of Veterans made their way to Wilsthire on a glorious June Thursday to visit the Castle Combe racetrack. The event is one that Battling On has taken part in numerous times over the last couple of years, and we have more sessions scheduled for September (5th and 26th.)

The sun was up and the engines were revving. Many of the eight attendees sped around the 1.85 mile track in a number of fantastic automobiles. There were Porches, BMWs, Mazdas, as well as a variety of others ranging from retro to modern. The highlight for one of our Veterans - Andrew - was the BMW M3 which sped around the track at speeds exceeding 140mph, leaving him somewhat rattled, as the attached photograph shows. Nevertheless, he thought it an incredible experience!

If you'd like to join us for one of the future sessions, please get in contact!

NOTICE FOR TOMORROW'S BATTLING ON SESSION - 14th March 2024.

Due to poor weather, tomorrow's walk at Golitha Falls has been postponed. Instead, Battling On will be hosting a Veterans' session at St Dominick Parish Hall, PL12 6TD.

The session will take place from 10-2 with lunch and refreshments provided.

We are unveiling our new project at Battling On. Our site, Merryhue Farm, has received a wonderful donation from PTSD Resolution's Ashley Lamb. Her late father, Michael, had a massive train set which has now made its way to our Countryside Hub. Here, we hope the Veterans enjoy creating a big loco layout with all that we've received.

Pictured is Derek, the Merryhue Station Master. Being a model builder himself, he's taking the new task in his stride. Over the last few weeks, he's come to the farm to get everything ready for when the site reopens for Thursdays in March. Firstly, he used his handheld vaccuum to clean the track. Now, it's onto creating the ballast, which has now begun.

This is going to be a long-term project, and opens many opportunities for Veteran creativity. 

If you're interested in getting involved, please feel free to get in touch. The site is open on Fridays through February. When March comes around, we'll be open on both Thursdays and Fridays, 10-2.

We hope everybody had an enjoyable break. Battling On reopens this week!

Being January, it's going to be cold, so everybody will have to wrap up warm over the next couple of months. Because of the cold, Battling On sessions will be taking place at South Hill Parish Hall, Golberdon, until March.

We have a number of exciting activities lined up, including numerous art workshops. We will be helping out our friends over at Food is Fun by creating illustrations for their Bake & Banter cookbook. The chaps who help us out with Scale Modelling will be back on the last Thursday of each month, too.

Let's move forward to a great 2024 together!

Everybody at Merryhue Farm has been working hard as we look ahead to Armistice Day this weekend. The picture above shows our Veterans' Remembrance Service that took place on Thursday. We were delighted to welcome staff, volunteers and students from all of our organisations, as well as Jason and Baz from the Royal British Legion. It was great to see everybody sharing their thoughts and experiences! Thank you to all those who helped and attended.

As is now the yearly tradition, we created a selection of poppy wreaths, aided expertly by Grown That Way's Kenny Raybould. Pictured above is Captain RM Steve Curran as he presents one of the wreaths to the GWR carriage carrying the Routes of Remembrance wreaths. We've already seen evidence that it made its way safely to Paddington station, along with many wreaths from across the nation.

Routes of Remembrance is run by the Veterans Charity. You can find out more here: https://www.veteranscharity.or...

We're gearing up for a busy Thursday this coming week at Battling On!

We will be having a small Remembrance service at the Merryhue Hub in the morning. We would like to ask if any Veterans would wish to come to help set up on Wednesday. Please get in touch with Adam (01579 384798) if you would like to Volunteer.

Food is Fun will also be there, and Veterans are encouraged to join in to create the day's lunch!

We will also be hosting a MacMillan coffee morning, so we encourage everybody to bring in any sweet stuff. 

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We would also like for some volunteers to help create Poppy wreaths on Tuesday. We will be heading down to the Mustard Seed Church, Callington, on Tuesday in order to work on these.

The Mustard Seed will be open 10-4. Postcode is PL17 8DT.

Due to the incoming Storm Ciaran, we will unfortunately not be open this week at Merryhue Farm. 

We will next be open on Thursday 9th November.

Thank you.

To restart proceedings at Battling On this year, we welcomed Our Loco Parrots to join us at St Dominick Village Hall! They certainly brightened the atmosphere!

We are excited to start a new term here at Battling On. We now have Sarah Bailey on the team, and she's eager to delve into things.

Looking forward to what the future holds!