19/05/2024

PRESENTER James Churchfield

We start this week with plans to restore areas of ancient rainforest in Cornwall over the next fifty years.

There are two ways to say ‘fifty’ in Cornish. One is the usual ‘twenties’ method, so deg ha dew ugens – literally ten and two twenties. But you can also say ‘hanterkans’ – literally half-hundred, and both are used in this story.

This week’s Cornish is read by Duncan McIntosh.

Meur ras ha myttin da - Yma towlow “yntanus” dhe dhasfondya hen goswik law yn Kernow dres an hanter kansvledhen a dheu.

Trest Bewnans Gwyls Kernow a leveris bos gesys hwath temmigow munys dhyworth koswik glaw brassa yn Bargen Tir Lannergh Veur West ogas ha Logh.

An trest a vynn arlehe “onan a’n moyha bewdhivers ekokevreydhyow yn Kernow”, wosa bos argevrys kans, deg ha dew ugens a erwi yn 2002.

Yma an trest ow lonchya galow rag hanterkans mil a beunsow dhe dhalleth an ragdres hanterkans bledhen.

Callum Deveney, kevarwodhyer daskor natur rag an trest, a leveris aga “bos ow towlenna plansa moy gwedhennow teythyek dhe junya an rannow ma, rag mayth alowo dasvewa naturel a’n ekokevreydh kellys ma.”

Yma dhe goswigow glaw “chons meur dhe synsi karbon y’n gwydh, hag yndella yth argevrons dhe’n gas erbynn chanj hin, dell lever an trest.

TRANSLATION:

Thank you and good morning.

There are "exciting" plans to restore an ancient rainforest in Cornwall over the next half century.

Cornwall Wildlife Trust said there are only small patches remaining from a much larger rainforest at West Muchlarnick Farm near Looe.

The trust wants to restore "one of the most biodiverse ecosystems back to Cornwall" having been gifted the 150 acres in 2002.

The trust is launching a £50,000 appeal to kickstart the 50-year project.

Callum Deveney, director of nature recovery at the trust, said: "Our plan is to plant more native trees to connect these pockets, allowing for the natural regeneration of this lost ecosystem."

Rainforests have a "huge potential to store carbon in the trees", so can contribute to the fight against climate change, the trust said.

PRESENTER James :

Now many of you were lucky enough to see the ‘Golowys Kledh’ or ‘aurora borealis’ last week. The phenomena is caused by ‘perthyglow cherjys dhyworth an howl’ – (‘charged particles from the sun’).
Towards the end of the story, we learn a little about how the diffrent aurora colours are made. Oxygen atoms produces a green colour, and nitrogen atoms can make three – purple, blue and pink - so see if you can pick out those words.

RECORDING 2:

Yth esa dhe gemenethow dres Kernow gwel dreweythus a’n Golowys Kledh, wosa onan a’n kreffa awelyow dordennvennek kovskrifys.

Herwydh an Gewer BBC, ebron kler dy’Gwener a generthas an chons dhe weles onan a’n marthussa gwelyow yn natur.

An awel a dhallathas gwarnyans dhyworth Menystrans Ayrgylghek ha Keynvorek Statys Unys, drefen awelyow a’n braster ma a yll nasya isframweyth kepar ha lorellow ha’n rosweyth nerth.

An golowys kledh - po ‘aurora borealis’, a omdhiskwedh avel kroglennow a wolow ow troyllya yn ebron nos, gwyrdh, gwynnrudh ha kogh aga liwyow.

Kawsys yns gans perthyglow cherjys dhyworth an howl ow frappya gassys yn ayrgylgh an Norvys.

An liwyow a hwer awos bos gassys divers yn ayrgylgh nerthhes gans an perthyglow cherjys.

An kemmynna gassys yn ayrgylgh an Norvys yw nitrojen hag oksyjen. Atomow oksyjen a wolow gwyrdh, hag atomow nitrojen a re golow purpur, glas ha gwynnrudh.

An splanna golowys a hwer pan dhyllo an howl kloudys pur vras a berthyglow, henwys “towlow gronnedh kurunek”.

Communities across Cornwall had a rare sight of the Northern Lights, after one of the Earth’s strongest geomagnetic storms on record.

According to BBC weather, Friday evening's clear skies boosted the chances of catching one of nature's most fascinating spectacles.

The storm sparked a warning from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), because storms of this size can affect infrastructure such as sattelites and the power grid.

The Northern Lights - or aurora borealis - appear as bright, swirling curtains of lights in the night sky with colours of green to pink and scarlet.

They are caused by charged particles from the sun hitting gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

The colours occur due to different gases in the Earth's atmosphere being energised by the charged particles.

The two most common gases in the Earth's atmosphere are nitrogen and oxygen. Oxygen atoms glow green - while nitrogen atoms emit purple, blue and pink.

The most impressive auroras occur when the Sun emits really large clouds of particles called "coronal mass ejections".

PRESENTER James:

So those colours – oxygen gives ‘gwyrdh’ (green), and nitrogen can give purpur (purple), glas (blue), and gwynnrudh (pink).

And on to our last story this week. A local community is repairing and improving access to a swimming pool in the rocks at Mousehole. The pool was built in the 1960s but has fallen out of repair.

Mousehole’s name in Cornish is quite different – Porthenys. This means ‘island harbour’, the island being the small St Clement’s Isle, which you can see from the pool.

Also, Cornish has specific words for both low tide – mordrik - and high tide morlanow, and the latter is menioned in this story.

RECORDING 3:

Poll karrek neuvya kerys da yn Kernow west re beu diogelys rag termyn a dheu.

Poll Karrek Porthenys a veu drehevys yn bledhynnyow 60s, pan dhevnydhyas para tus leel a vlockys drehevel ha kestevyn dhe dhaskrevhe an poll pedrek yn naturel.

A-dhia nena, henedhow a fleghes re beu dros dhe Boll Karrek Porthenys rag aga hynsa dyskansow neuvya.

Dres an bledhynnyow, an poll re beu ewnhes gans para a vodhogyon, mes y teu ha bos pur slynk ha lavurys an hedhas dres an kerrek.

Yma lemmyn dhe vagas tus leel prederus kummyas sodhogel dhedha dhe selya hynsow a gestevyn nowydh, may fo gwrys an poll hedhadow rag pubonan.

Res bos an kesstevyn liwys du, rag may fo kehaval liw an kerrek a-dro dhodho ha res bos an ober gwrys y’n spys a gewer sygh, yntra morlanow, pan yw an poll sedhys yn-tien.

Yth akorydyas Helen Glover, Kampyer Olympek dobyl revya, ha’y gour Steve Backshall dhe vos tasogyon a’n alusen Kowetha Poll Karrek Porthenys.

Henn yw oll dhyworthiv vy – seythen splann genowgh.

TRANSLATION

A much-loved rock pool in west Cornwall has been secured for the future.

The Mousehole Rock Pool was built in the 60s when a team of local men used building blocks and concrete to reinforce the naturally square rock pool.

Since then, generations of children have been taken to the pool for their first swimming lessons.

Over the years the pool has been patched up by community volunteers, but the access paths over the rocks had become extremely worn and slippery.

A group of concerned locals have now gained official permission to lay new concrete walkways to make the pool accessible to all. 

The concrete has to be coloured black to match the surrounding rocks and the work must be done in a brief time of dry weather between high tides, when the pool is completely submerged.

Double Olympic champion rower Helen Glover, and her husband TV naturalist Steve Backshall have agreed to be patrons of the Friends of Mousehole Rock Pool charity.

That’s all from me, have a great week.

PRESENTER James:
That’s all for this week, this week’s Cornish was written and read by Duncan McIntosh and the script editor was Wella Morris. You can hear the programme again via BBC Sounds.