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Archives for December 2017
Parish Paper – January 2018
FOPs Update – 15th December
Kids Cafe
Kids Cafe will be held on Wednesday 20th December (and not the last day of term), and is the turn of Beech Class.
Offerings for the cafe table from Beech Class parents gratefully received. Please leave in Reception on Wednesday morning, or bring along to the Cafe from 3.15pm, where you can enjoy a quiet cup of tea or coffee (and a moment to breath) before the festive mayhem begins!
Offers of help to set up & clear down also welcomed! …
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Payhembury Provisions News – December
At the beginning of November we had a fun afternoon in the shop with Kirstie Allsopp, signing copies of her new book, "Kirstie's Real Kitchen". Tea and cake (Kirstie's recipes!) were enjoyed by everyone and it was lovely to see the shop buzzing with excitement and so full of customers old and new. Kirstie was amazed and delighted by how popular her book was, 71 sales in total! I'm sure there are going to be many friends and family who are going to be very happy to find a signed copy in their Christmas stockings.
We have been working hard to …
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Alan’s Nature Notes from November
Hello again, it’s good to be back.
Well we’ve enjoyed some lovely late summer and autumn weather since my last notes. I can’t remember getting as much sunshine in autumn before. This encouraged the plants to continue flowering very late and we saw butterflies galore. I think the two most common are the most beautiful, i.e. peacocks and red admirals.
In our garden we have enjoyed lots of visits from “Woody”, our greater spotted woodpecker, whose lovely colours sparkle in the sunshine. One day, a male greenfinch came, still in his super bright …
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Yellingham Farm in November
At last we have the first of our lambs ready to grace our tables. At Yellingham, our aim is to produce the best possible beef and lamb we can for our customers which include family and friends, our B&B guests, but most importantly the local community.
There is also another customer, who unfortunately we have to use from time to time. I don’t mean unfortunate because I don’t like them, but unfortunate because it is the “open market” and of course that means we, the producer, cannot control the price. We are too small for this to be a viable …
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Many Votes of Thanks!
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL - I would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported me over October for my two charity challenges: STOPTOBER for McMillan and British Heart Foundation for triathlon training and event.
I am very happy to report that through the amazing generosity of my friends, family, patients and pilates groups, we raised an incredible £870 for McMillan and £335 for BHF.
In particular I would like to thank Becky Gammon and Traci and Andy Roantree, who supported me on my three hour Olympic distance …
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Writing on the Wall – December
Alternative meanings of words
Penny Wilkinson and family:
Accountant: A noble insect
Honiton: A lot of honey
Shindig: Really uncomfortable boots
Shirley Hilton:
Accordance: Squeezebox music to dance to
Conservatory: Old lag working at No.10
Richard Talbot:
Columbus: Public transport in a part of Cornwall
Chair: A cup of tea with an eye in it
Plaster-cast: Get actors drunk
Troublesome: Difficult maths problem
Chris Poole:
Carbuncle: A food faddish …
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Broadhembury & District Gardening Club – December
Our November meeting was well attended and Linda Wilson, one of our members, talked to us about gardening in raised beds. She gave a fascinating account of all stages of the process, from construction right through to the harvest of produce. The talk was accompanied by a power point presentation showing photographs of her own garden and many tips on managing raised beds.
I think we all learned a lot and Linda was very able to answer our many questions. The fact that her method of managing the beds means that she doesn’t need to dig (the worms …
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Broadhembury Women’s Institute – December
The wonder of finding out things you didn't know...we felt this at our November meeting, when we journeyed from west to east along the 95 mile Jurassic Coast, with our guide Tony Burgess. At Exmouth, the red sandstone cliffs are 250 million years old, laid down in the Triassic period, which gives way near Beer to the later grey limestone of the Jurassic, and so to the Cretaceous era of white limestone at Portland. Along the way are many extraordinary sights, which were described to us in graphic and fascinating detail.
Forthcoming meetings: …
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Helping the Vulnerable and Those in Need – Thank you
THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY BOX COLLECTION RESULT
I cannot believe how generous the box holders were this year, the total sum collected was £1,045 which is the most we have ever received. It was a combined effort between the three parishes of Feniton, Payhembury and Escot. All the money we collected is sent to the society towards helping vulnerable children and young people.
Through the Society’s network of services all over the country they are there for children when they feel they have no one they can turn to for help. Last year alone they …
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