Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard cleans up Helston for Flora Day

This morning, in readiness for Flora Day, 12 members gathered to start the process by weeding and cleaning the walls at the boating lake, Spar roundabout, St Johns and Penhellaz Hill.

Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard has been busy cleaning the streets of Helston this morning. Picture Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard/Facebook

It's the first time they have been able to clean and paint Helston's whitewash walls since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020.

Helston Floras Day will return to the streets of Helston Saturday, May 7, after a break of two years. A Facebook 'event' has been created for 2022, showing that the association and stewards have every intention that next year will see the return of Helston's iconic event.

Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard has been busy cleaning the streets of Helston this morning. Picture Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard/Facebook

The event always attracts thousands of people on the day, which traditionally would be May 8 but due to this falling on a Sunday in 2022 it will be held a day earlier on the Saturday.

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It will be third time lucky for the event, after it had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus lockdown and then again last year due to continued restrictions on large events.

As a result it will also be third time lucky for the lead sets of dancers in the Morning and Evening, and Midday, dances, who have seen their moment in the spotlight pass by for two years running.

Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard has been busy cleaning the streets of Helston this morning. Picture Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard/Facebook

Giles Clotworthy, Eileen McLoughlin, Christian Johns and Kristine Furneaux have been invited to lead the Midday Dance, while Mark Skewes, Michelle Skewes, Ross Yelland and Hayley Goodchild were named as the lead set in the 7am and 5pm dances.

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