“A single ticket from Feniton, please. To errr… the South Pacific.” “The Pacific, sir?” checks the man at the counter, “that’s very adventurous, if I may be bold enough to say. Is that business, sir, or are we on holiday?” “Mmmm, you could call it God’s business, I suppose”. “My apologies, sir, I see you’re a man of the cloth. So I’m sure He will bring you back safely to us, sir. A Return ticket, then.” “I’m not so sure! Let’s stick with One-way.” “Well, have a nice trip, sir.”
It’s 1855, and John Coleridge Patteson leaves the Feniton family …
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Reverend David’s September 2021 Message – Journeys, Archbishops and Planets
17 October 2021 By
Reverend David’s August 2021 Message – Becoming our true selves
17 October 2021 By
I sat down last week at a low table in Feniton school hall. Nervously yet excitedly, individual children showed me in turn a portfolio they had compiled. It contained their evidence of activities they’d completed: active citizenship in the school, citizenship in the community, an active hobby and a non-active hobby, adventure training and charity work. This was their assessment for the Torbay and Devon Civic Award, rather like a Primary school Duke of Edinburgh Award. Us adults, socially-distanced across the hall, were their assessors. The …
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Minutes of TMCC AGM 2021
3 October 2021 By
Minutes Annual General Meeting (AGM)
29 September 2021, 7.30pm
Cricket Pavilion, Tuck Mill
Present: Mark Hammett, Tony Treen, Tim Hubbard, Jon Carden (Chair), Ed East, Jason Wood, Fred Brauer, Neil Chambers, Shane Tout and Adam Pengelly.
1. Apologies for absence – Dave Kittow, Jon Pengelly, Ben Peters, Sam Franks and Simon Kittow.
2. Minutes of AGM 2019– Minutes of 2019 AGM agreed as a correct record.
3. Chairman’s Report – Jon Carden stated that it had been a very good season with the team winning 16 …
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Visit the Countryside…it’s idyllic
28 September 2021 By
I seem to be a honeypot for single ladies. The phone rings:
“Oh, hello do you take single ladies? It’s just that I’m on my own and after reading a “glossy” magazine with amazing photographs of orchards, bunting, tables laid with linen, and afternoon tea and sheep and cattle grazing in the background, I thought to myself that’s what I need …. a holiday on a farm”.
I explained that we were a working farm and magazines often depict life in the countryside as a dream to be realised, but things are not always so perfect. Oh, my goodness she even …
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Tale Millers Cricket Club – September News
28 September 2021 By
And so as August draws to what seems to be an increasingly normal damp and overcast end, we put our bats away for another summer and predictably mid September sees temperatures in the early twenties and glorious sunshine! Its been a good summer, whilst no one could claim that the weather gods have been overly kind, we’ve lost very few games to the weather – come to that in 21 attempts we also only lost to 5 opposition teams. Sixteen victories is by far our best season to date, well done and thankyou to all who contributed.
Whilst our stalwart …
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The Spring Bulb and Flower Show needs YOU!
28 September 2021 By
It is with regret, much soul searching and consultation with bulb show committee members past and present, that the bulb show has come to an end. With fewer and fewer entries each year, it was felt that the break, forced on us by the pandemic (the last bulb show was in March 2018), provided a time of refection and the current committee has reluctantly stood down.
BUT, all is not lost. If you feel that you would like to see the bulb show resurrected, please contact Roz Mullin, who will be very happy to organise a meeting for new potential …
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Payhembury Provisions News – September 2021
28 September 2021 By
We know you're always up for a new product in the shop and so we've added to our repertoire of weekend baking with Portuguese Pasteis de Nata. These are crisp flaky pastry tarts filled with creamy egg custard and a slightly caramelised finish and are absolutely delicious. They are baked at a very high temperature so the only problem is resisting taking the first bite until they have really cooled down! We are still baking our old favourites of buttery croissants, pains au chocolat and pains aux raisins to make your weekend breakfasts rather …
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Paul’s Nature Notes August-September 2021
28 September 2021 By
With more people feeding birds these days it is easy to forget that attracting large numbers creates the danger of disease. Last May Nigel in Cheriton told us about Trichomonosis, which can prove deadly to Chaffinches. Despite regularly moving and cleaning the feeders and changing the water daily he and his neighbours stopped feeding for a period which happily resolved matters. More recently Colin and Lyn here in the village had casualties, even after daily cleanliness checks. When visiting Cern Abbass in August they were disgusted by the …
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Families offered a Healthy Start
17 September 2021 By
Recent research has shown that just under a third of households in Devon with children are experiencing food insecurity, but at the moment, only around half of eligible families are signed up to the government's Healthy Start scheme, which means many are missing out on much needed support. If you are pregnant or have children under four years old, you may be eligible to receive financial support towards fruit and veg, pulses, cows' milk, formula, and also receive free vitamins!
If you think you may be eligible or already receive Healthy Start …
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Happy Birthday to Payhembury Provisions
29 August 2021 By
The party to celebrate the 10th year of our shop was held on 31st July, where a good time was had by all! …
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