Author: stpetrock1

We restart the maintenance of our village churchyard again this Saturday 14th February for up to two hours from 10am. The focus for this Saturday is on the sycamore hedge between the two churchyards. If you can offer help that would be wonderful and please bring appropriate materials with you. As always, removal of the waste materials is done by us. The weather is set fair but cold so this session will go ahead. Thank you very much – Kate and Marion

We are so delighted with the support we had from the village for our ferret racing evening last Saturday in the village hall. A sold out crowd came along and enjoyed our home made cottage pies (and shepherds pie) and veggies and really entered into the spirit of the occasion to cheer on the ferret races which were released by young people in Timberscombe. There were lots of laughs and plenty of entertainment. A huge thank you is due to the hard working members of the PCC who prepared and served all the food for the evening, to Rev Nicola and David Butt who had the idea in the first place and organised our Ferret man. Thanks also to Marion who dealt with huge amounts of pound coins and a lot of organising on the evening. And of course to the sponsors who sponsored each race and thereby ensured that we maximised our profits for the maintenance of our very special village church, St Petrock’s. Our kind and generous sponsors were:

The Great House, The Lion Inn, Ark at Wheddon Cross, Rob the Mechanic, Rob and Kath Blomfield Richards, Allan Sutton, Rev Nicola and David Butt and finally Kate Hart and myself as Joint Churchwardens.

The totally fabulous amount of £1295.97 was raised which is a remarkable total for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Our thanks and congratulations to everyone who helped make this such a success.

Marion Jeffrey and Kate Hart

Could we please remind all dog walkers through the churchyard that all dogs need to be kept on leads. We have had a number of incidents of dog fouling recently in the churchyard which is deeply disrespectful in this place of rest for so many villagers.

Please can all walkers who use the churchyard close the gates which may also help prevent any re-occurance. Thank you.

Marion Jeffrey – Churchwarden