With the scent of 10,000 daffodils still lingering within Mawgan Church the organisers of last week's daffodil festival have been counting its success.

Despite rain on two of the three opening days, the event still raised £5,500 for church funds and was visited by around 1,500 people - only slightly down on the record numbers of the last event in 2015.

The roads in the areas were caked with mud, as daffodil picking was in full swing close to the church, but people cheerfully parked in the farmyard behind the church, walked along the muddy lane and gasped as they entered the church at what was before them.

As featured in the Helston Packet last week, the overall effect of yellow in the church was generated by the thousands of ‘trumpets’ and also a double variety of daffodil, while the strong scent came from the multi-headed ‘Narcissi Avalanche’, all donated by Allen Scrimshaw of RH Scrimshaw and Sons Limited.

Also on display were examples of three varieties from Scilly Flowers on the Isles of Scilly and five more varieties grown locally by Chris Hosken.

The most memorable sight was three crosses covered in daffodils, sited amongst the graves and clearly visible from the path into the church, created by Rev Heather Aston.

A church spokesperson said: "The ladies in the tea room worked incredibly hard to supply food and drink, including pasties donated by Gear Farm, juice from Helford Creek, rolls from Mawgan Stores and huge quantities of soups and cakes made by dozens of people in the village and beyond.

"As a break from daffodils, the Mawgan Art Group created a stunning display of paintings and cards, Garras School children had made colourful bunting, musicians provided atmospheric entertainment on guitar, harp, dulcimer and the church organ and there was singing from Cornish male voice singers Thraw’ed Together, Maen Voes Choir from St Keverne and The Gwel Trencrom Singers.

"This event would not have been possible without the main co-ordinator, churchwarden Lindsay Hockley and her team, sponsorship from dozens of local businesses and scores of people spending days arranging daffodils, baking and serving cakes and serving refreshments. The church is hugely grateful to everyone however they contributed, not least those who attended the festival and donated so generously."