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Wednesday October 21st
National Honey Day 🍯
Today in the village
Coffee Morning, Pickleball
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I am sorry to report that my aunt, Sue Martin, died on Monday in the nursing home she had just moved to. Sue had lived in the Old Forge, by the packhorse bridge, for the past four years
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- This Week's Diary -
Mon 19th
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9:00am Circuit Training, Village Hall *Cancelled*
Tues 20th
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall
Wed 21st
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10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 22nd
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9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall
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6:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall
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6:00pm Choir practice, St Mary Magdalene's
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7:00pm Exmoor Friends talk - Protecting the Nation from Cyber Attack, Dulverton Town Hall
Fri 23rd
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
Sat 24th
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4:00pm When the Sky Falls - A human history of shooting stars, Dulverton
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6:00pm Celebration of the Dark Skies & All that is Exmoor, Triscombe Farm, Wheddon Cross
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7:00pm New Jersey Boys, Exford
Sun 25th
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2:00am Daylight Saving Time ends
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Sunday Motoring Section
These are this week's proposed local road closures and other significant works affecting main routes to Minehead, Tiverton, Taunton and South Molton:
This week:
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Today B3332 Exbridge from the A396 junction to the Anchor Inn 9:30-3:30, repatching *Completed*
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Lanacre Bridge closed until November (at least).
And in coming weeks
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October 26th-28th B3222 Battleton-Brushford, Openreach
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October 26th-28th Stone Lane 8am-5pm, Openreach
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October 26th-30th East St, North Molton, South West Water
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Nov 2nd-6th B3222 Station Rd, Battleton, Openreach
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Nov 10th-12th Cutcombe Hill & B3224 Summerway, Overnight 7pm-6am Openreach
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Dec 1st-2nd B3222 Battleton-Brushford overnight 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 7th B3222 in between Brushford and the Anchor Inn 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 8th Battleton, overnight 9pm-6am, Openreach
Dunster By Traffic Light website confirms live traffic conditions coming in and out of Minehead
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The Gardening club have published minutes of their October meeting, which covered possible participation in next year's Village Fete, putting your garden to bed, jobs for this month (see below), seed sharing, spring bulbs and a review of the first year. The full minutes can be seen on the Gardening club's page here
Jobs for this month -
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Plant spring bulbs
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Lift and divide any overcrowded herbaceous perennials whilst the soil is still warm.
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Tidy borders then mulch to insulate plant roots for the winter and suppress weed growth.
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Cut back tall shrubs like Buddleia and roses by about a third to prevent wind rocking.
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Exmoor's Dark Skies Festival - its 10th anniversary celebrating Europe's first International Dark Sky Reserve - runs until the start of November.
There is a very wide range of activities, although many of the events have already sold out. Included are planetariums, saunas and pool dips, night walks, arts and crafts and a whole lot more. The full list can be found here , and the brochure here - be aware that many have already sold out so don't dawdle
All venues are reachable, and while the full program spreads all over the National Park and beyond, there are several events right on our doorstep such as:
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Oct 24th When the Sky Falls - A human history of shooting stars, Dulverton
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Oct 24th Triscombe Farms' Celebration of the Dark Skies & All that is Exmoor, Wheddon Cross
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Oct 28th Galactic Atoms to Golden Ammonites - talk , Dulverton
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Oct 29th Pathway to the Planets, Meteors and Marshmallows , Wimbleball Lake **FULLY BOOKED**
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Oct 29th Exmoor Ponies and Wildlife at Night **FULLY BOOKED**
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Oct 30th Exmoor Ponies and Wildlife at Night
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Oct 31st Dip Dine and Divine vibes , Exford
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Oct 31st Norse Night @ Holworthy Farm, Wimbleball Lake ** FULLY BOOKED **
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The Parish Council have published the draft minutes from their September meeting.
Amongst items chewed over were:
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Updates from the previous minutes regarding Bevin's House planning, village parking, and the proposed Brigadier Snow memorial
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Highways matters
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Village defibrillator
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Phone box
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The Preparedness and the Place of Safety plan
The full draft minutes can be read here
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A picture, courtesy of Mervyn Sellick of an unknown family, possibly his, outside the Royal Oak in 1930.
Mervyn's great grandfather was Ernest Edward Ellis, a prominent architect in Exmouth who took photographs from the late 19th century and even published a book in 1899. The photography carried on with his son Len and daughter May. The photo of The Royal Oak may have been hers.
Inscribed on the back is "Winsford Bank holiday Aug 1930. Considered the prettiest Village in England"
This and another photograph of the Packhorse bridge taken on the same day can be seen on our Winsford in the 20s and 30s page
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The Dulverton Literary Festival runs from November 13th-16th, and its box office is now open.
Amongst the writers and speakers appearing are Michael Morpurgo, Jonathan Dimbleby, Caroline Quentin, Larry Lamb, Julia Samuel, Baroness Minette Batters, Baroness Ann Mallalieu, Patrick Gale, Rachel Hore, Mary Keen, Joe Swift, Iain Dale, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Emily Haworth-Booth, Harriet Rix, Emily Howes, Kate Lord Brown, Paul Mason, Sara Hudston, Iain MacGregor and Rosie Barnes.
Advance booking and other information can be found here
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