Monday's Circuit Training has been cancelled.

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Unrelated we believe, but there is no cricket today either

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The Two Moors Pine Marten Project, which includes Exmoor and Dartmoor, explores how, where and when pine martens could be reintroduced in the South West of England.

 

Last autumn the project translocated 15 pine martens to Dartmoor.  There is now a similar translocation planned for Exmoor this autumn. 

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They have organised a series of drop-in sessions where landowners and managers can speak with the Field Officer to learn more about living alongside pine martens, and there is one at the Rest & Be Thankful Wheddon Cross, this Wednesday between 12-3pm

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Further details can be found here

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The annual Nello Charity Bike Ride takes place on Sunday. The event consists of two courses of 60 and 100 miles, and money raised supports the Force cancer charity.

 

The 100 mile course will affect some of our local roads, as the bikes move up the A396 from Tiverton, turning off at Exbridge to Brushford and Dulverton, before going up on the moor past Comers Gate and on to Simonsbath and back down to South Molton.

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Full details of the ride can be found here

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The Parish Council have published their agenda for Monday's meeting.

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Amongst items to be discussed are:

• Car park broken bench

• The "Enhanced Highways Maintenance Pilot Scheme" [Somerset Council's plan for transferring costs to parishes. If you'd like to read more click here ]

• George Joyce Trust tenancy

• Newly delivered litter bin for the green

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If any of that tickles your fancy, the meeting starts at 7:00pm in the village Hall, and all are welcome.

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Congratulations to local girl Darcey Rees who, following a national competition has had a poem selected for a book showcasing young writers' work Wonderverse - Young Spirits. The book is available in all good bookshops, or via Amazon here. A copy  will rest forever in the National Archives of the British Library

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Pupils were invited to write a poem in any style and theme. ​Darcey's rather good poem, which we are fortunate to be able to recreate,  is about a Kelpie - a mythical Scottish shape-shifting water spirit, often depicted as a horse, that attempts to lure humans to their deaths in the water.

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Kelpie

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Darkness overlapping the ocean.

The sea moving in a sickly motion.

Vines crept and crawled, gripped and grasped the creature's leg.

The wind crippling the earth's interior.

Red roses slowly turning to black.

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The hooves pounding the sand, hoofprints following flat.

Ghastly words, hardly stopping for a chat.

The beast rose from the sea, its obsidian eyes gleaming.

The deep waves whispering, hollow dreams scheming.

The long flowy mane, leaking through the water.

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Kelpie emerged from the loch.

The sweaty limb, vines up his hock.

Spirits reaching their final destinations.

Why this place? Of all locations?

Darkness folding its crippled back, lost in mutations.

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He was rotten, you see... Kelpie let out a whinny.

Bony and skinny.

The branches on his head, reaching for the dark sky

He galloped the sand, letting out a low cry.

Dark skies came rolling in.

Deep green moss, clinging on his shin.

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Darcey Rees (11)

Dulverton Junior School, Dulverton

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