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The Gardening Club held its Annual Plant Sale and Cream on 27th May at St Petrock’s Church. We were very lucky with the weather. Thank you to everyone who contributed in various ways; lovely scones and cakes available, a good array of plants, some garden equipment donated and a lively tombola stall, plus all the valuable help on the stalls helped to make this an enjoyable and successful event. Thank you to all who came and supported it, it was good to see so many people. Thanks to you we raised £431 to help boost the funds. We hope to hold another plant sale next year around the same time.

Carol, Erica, Elisabeth, Pauline

St. Petrock’s Churchyard

We would love some help in the churchyard, to weed the roses, sweep and weed the paths and strip the ivy off some of the gravestones. To this end we will be meeting on the first Saturday of each month (commencing on 6th July) from 10.00 am.If you can spare the time to help please come along, bringing any gardening tools you may have, plus gardening gloves, and we shall be most pleased and grateful to see you.  If you can only spend half an hour or so you will still be most welcome, someone will be there until about
12.00 pm each session.Please give me a ring on 841490 if you would like to have a chat about it, or just turn up on the day.  Thank you – Jenny Gratton

Theft of Quad bikes on the Rise!!

What security have you in place for your Quads / ATVs? After all these are valuable assets for farmers, gamekeepers, Landowners.

• Keep your Quad / ATV in a lockable building and make sure you remove the keys and keep them in a secure location and out of view, not hidden on the vehicle.

• Cover any windows in your outbuildings where the vehicle is stored, this will prevent anyone seeing inside and viewing the vehicle.

• Consider using a locking device that locks the breaks on the vehicle to prevent it being moved when being stored.

• Physically secure your machine using suitable locking devices and fixed ground anchors secured to the floor using heavy duty security chains and padlocks.

• Consider fitting GPS Tracking devices.

• Get your machine marked with security/ forensic marking kit.

• Record machinery serial numbers and take photographs for reference. If the machine is stolen a photo will increase publicity and possibly aid the recovery of your stolen vehicle.

Advice: We recommend the use of security products which are compliant with the appropriate British Standard, in addition look for products that carry the Secured by Design, Sold Secure accreditation. These products have been tested and proven to resist a considerable level of attack. Suppliers of suitable accredited products can be found via these websites: https://www.securedbydesign.com/ https://www.soldsecure.com/

Report: We urge that all crime and suspicious activity gets reported, however big, or small that piece of information / intelligence may be that missing piece of the Jigsaw. Methods: Call 999 if in progress or reporting via 101 or on-line after the event via the A&S website: https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/