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Archives for 2019
Rev David’s December Message
An early very happy Christmas!
Some years ago we had the opportunity as a family to spend Christmas with friends living in Peru. Christmas in Tropical temperatures – a wonderful prospect! But would we miss the seasonal darkness with its twinkling Christmas lights, the cosy fug of a living-room with curtains drawn, the chink of glasses fending off the winter gloom? Funnily enough, no! We soaked up the heat and savoured wearing sandals and T-shirts. We loved the Spanish-style Christmas Night celebrations which only got into full swing after …
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Parish Paper – December 2019
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Paul’s Nature Notes October/November
Toby Buckland has been telling everyone on Radio Devon that this has been the best year for holly berries in 20 years and suggests there will be plenty for Christmas decorations. Some hopes! The winter, or Scandinavian, thrushes have arrived here to over winter and are busy stripping the berries as fast as they can. I anticipate that there will be none left within a few days. I have tried hard to photograph Redwings on the holly berries, but the moment they sense my camera, they are off in a flash.
Despite all the rain (a whole bucketful in a …
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Payhembury Provisions News – December
Ding dong merrily on high and tidings of comfort and joy.......we have once again been filled with the Christmas spirit and are giving away our hot drinks from the middle of December right into the New Year, and if you're lucky you'll even get a free cookie to go with them. Of course we'd be very happy if, in return for your drink, you chose to make a donation to support village groups or maybe bought some tickets in our Christmas raffle; you might win the first prize of £50 to spend in the shop and all the profits from the raffle will go to …
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TRIP – Now in Payhembury
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Reverend David’s November Message
Does God have a Brexit mast that he nails his colours to? While you ponder this, I will nail mine. By the time the Referendum came I reckoned I was 70% Remain and 30% Leave. Only one vote though...
I share this not to argue a position, more the opposite. Where we were living at the time of the Referendum turned out to be part of the experience for me. Coastal North Devon is ‘purple’ on the political map – solid UKIP territory (back then), and a large Leave majority. My instincts are pro-European. (If of interest, mainly because of the …
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Payhembury Provisions News – November
The highlight of our annual members meeting in October was when Anita, on behalf of the Friends of Payhembury School, presented us with a folder of letters and pictures from all the children thanking everyone in the shop for the contribution we made to their lap-top appeal. We have left the folder on the shop counter for everyone to see. This year the profit from the weekly raffle was shared between the Flower and Bulb Show, a not to be missed village event, and a Christmas lunch for the members of the Tea and Bingo Club. We also gave the …
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Yellingham Farm – October 2019
The 18th of the month seems to loom, (plenty of time to write a quick article), the 18th of the month arrives and it disappears and yet again I have missed the last few deadlines. Excuse ? None !
It seems daft to talk about our summer activities now that the autumn and the rains are here in abundance but I just thought you might all be interested in a fact I learnt whilst we were making silage. As most of you know, silage is either cut and stored in a clamp and normally covered with huge pieces of plastic held down by loads of used tyres, or …
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Paul’s Nature Notes September/October
I really cannot comment on nature without mentioning our garden, much of which has been planted with wildlife in mind. Getting the right balance and plantings has, however, been quite a learning process. What was commonplace to us in Sussex for well over 40 years often failed miserably here in Devon. There are at least four springs, a bog garden and areas of quite deep shade and only occasional well drained soils. This means that we have to concentrate on moisture and shade loving perennial plants for a large part of the garden, whilst …
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