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This Week's Diary​

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Road Works: ​

• Wednesday: Higher Combe Drive  on moor route to Dulverton shut between 9:30-3:30 for Openreach pole replacement.

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All week: Simonsbath festival continues

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Sun 12th​​​​​​

• 11:00am Communion, St Mary Magdalene's
• 4:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall

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​Mon 13th​​

• 9:00am Circuit Training

• 2:00pm Craft Club

• 7:30pm Village Fete Planning meeting, Village Hall

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Tues 14th​​​​​

• 2:30pm Bowls, Village Hall.  All welcome

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Wed 15th​

• 10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall

• 3:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall. All welcome

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Thurs 16th​

• 9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall

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Fri 17th

• Golden Horseshoe, Wheddon Cross (3 days)

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Sat 18th​​

• 2:00pm Cricket v Stoodleigh(h)

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Sun 19th​​​​​​​

• 4:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall

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Avon & Somerset police publish a weekly list of where their traffic enforcement cameras will be.  It can be viewed here

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Stevie Wonder could sing his own version of the famous song 'Happy Birthday' to himself today, as it's his birthday.

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A fantastic result from our cricketers on Saturday who were at home in front of healthy local support & facing very strong opposition in the form of Watchet.  The visitors were undefeated last season in Div 3, and only lost once the previous year.  They had even started this season by overwhelming Winsford's next opponents, Stoodleigh, winning by 215 runs.

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Winsford batted first and made 146 for 8 in their 40 overs with top scorers James How on 39 & Lawrence Priest on 31, which may not have seemed sufficient against such strong opposition.  However once in the field we excelled and bowled Watchet (who last week had scored 274) out for just 88 in 33.3 overs with the pick of the bowlers William Palmer taking 3/22, Duncan Westcott 2/5, Patrick Crane 2/22 & Lawrence Priest bowling just one over, a wicket maiden!

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An excellent result and one that bodes well for the rest of the season.

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The Northern Lights were visible all across Exmoor on Friday night and made for some spectacular views.  We are intending to bring you a good example in the next few days, otherwise many good photographs can be found on the various Exmoor Facebook pages.

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The roadworks that closed the A396 at Bolham appear to have been completed

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About 20 parishioners attended the Annual Assembly in the Village Hall.

 

Speakers included Frazer Lawrence on behalf of the Recreation Association David Godsal on the PCC, Sue Hayes on the Villlage Hall and the Winn Club, and Colin Wilkins on the local Trusts and the Parish Council.

 

In addition two PCSO police gave a short presentation on fraud

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Frazer announced that there will be a period of consultation in June, which will include a vote, over the issue of allowing helicopters to land on the Recreation Field.

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WINSFORD VILLAGE FETE

 

Planning meeting
Monday 13th May
7.30pm in the
Village Hall.

 

We are starting to plan ahead and get ready for the annual Winsford village fete, to be held in August, which raises funds for our lovely village hall!

 

We would love to see or hear from you if you have any suggestions, if you are able to help before, during or after the fete, or indeed if you can make any form of contribution.

 

If you are free, please come along next Monday at 7.30

or do drop us an email to either
Sue Hayes  hayessusan74@yahoo.co.uk or

Beccy Brown  r.brown117@btinternet.com

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The Simonsbath festival is now up and running for the next few weeks.

 

The festival is a "community festival which celebrates all things Exmoor in the six weeks between May Day and Midsummer. In the spirit of diversity the festival offers a variety of events and activities including talks, classical, folk and jazz music. "  The festival also collaborates with local organisations who organise walks that "showcase properties and locations on Exmoor that are not easily viewed from public roads."

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For full details on festival events over the coming weeks, and a downloadable brochure, visit the festival website

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Higher Combe Drive, on the way down into Dulverton from the moor, will be closed on from 9.30-3:30 on Wednesday to allow Openreach to replace a pole

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Congratulations to Halse Lane campsite for being voted in the top 3 of all UK campsites in the annual ACSI Awards , and top UK site in their "Great Little Campsite" category.

 

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