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Thursday February 12th
Darwin Day 
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Today in the Village
Core Strength Exercises, Winn Club, Table Tennis, Choir
​​​​​​If you have any news or other contributions you think the village would be interested in please let me know via email or the Contact Website button at the bottom of this page.

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The Valentines Bingo raised a whopping £920 for the Exmoor Young Farmers.  Sue Hayes would like to thank all who contributed to a very successful evening.

 

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The draft minutes for January's Parish Council meeting have been published.  Amongst items discussed were:

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  • The appointment of Sam Winzer as a co-opted councillor

  • ​Housing survey

  • Yellowcombe and Halse Lane drainage

  • County budget

  • Salt bags & bins

  • Car park

  • Finance, including no increase in the parish precept

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For the full draft minutes see here

 

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With several of the local pubs in the area shut, those hankering to watch the rugby with a pint can go to Dulverton Town Hall where all of England's 6 Nations matches are being screened - this weekend its the Calcutta Cup v Scotland.

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​​​- This Week's Diary​ -​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Mon 9th​​

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Tues 10th​​​​​​​​​

  • 12:00pm Mobile Library , Car park

  • 2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall​​

  • 7:30pm Moor Movies - OCEAN, Village Hall

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Wed 11th​​​​​​​​

  • 10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall 

  • 2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall

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Thurs 12th​​​​​

  • 9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall

  • 2:30pm Winn Club meeting. Village Hall

  • 6:00pm Table Tennis , Village Hall​​​​

  • 6.00pm Benefice Choir practise, St Mary Magdalene's

  • 6:30pm Open Mic Night, Exmoor Studios Dulverton

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Fri 13th

  • 3:00pm Tarr Farm Inn reopens

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Sat 14th

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Sun 15th​​​

  • 8:00am Breakfast in aid of St Johns Cutcombe, Moorland Hall Wheddon Cross

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The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed a marked improvement in the quality of this website over the past few weeks. For that we have to thank David Luscott who has been skilfully manning events here at WVI Towers while management have been off blowing the pension fund.

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​Sunday Motoring Section

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These are this week's proposed local road closures and other significant works affecting main routes to Minehead, Tiverton, Taunton and South Molton:

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  • Until Mar 6th, B3222 Brushford to Exbridge, 9:30am-3:30pm, drainage works

  • Until end of April. Traffic lights onto the A39 from Dunster.  Extended roadworks with lengthy delays

  • Monday for upto 3 weeks, Cutcombe Hill, closures overnight 7pm-7am, traffic lights at other times, structural earthworks

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In coming weeks:

  • Feb 16th-20th, Lady Street, Dulverton, National Grid

  • March 2nd-13th, Withypool Cross to New Bridge drainage works

  • March 17th , A396 Timberscombe overnight 7:00pm-7:00am, Wessex Water

  • March 18th-22nd, A396 south of Dulverton turn, overnight, 7:00pm-5:00am, surface dressing

  • March 19th-28th B3224 various spots between Summerway and Beluah Chapel,  overnight 7:00pm-5:00am, surface dressing

  • March 23rd-24th, Dunkery Rd & Exford Rd, Wheddon Cross, 9:30am-3:30pm, Openreach

  • March 31st-April 2nd (One day), Quarme Lane, 7am-7pm, surface dressing

  • April 24th-28th Stagshead Lane, 7am-7pmm surface dressing

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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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The village chess competition is well underway after the Christmas break.

The points and positions after the first two games are:

Ian 3, Nigel 3, Paul 3, Steve 2

With a 3 way tie for the lead, the February results will be all important.  

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Snowdrop Valley is open through to February 22nd. Found on Exmoor near Wheddon Cross, details can be found here

Just type in 'Snowdrop Valley 2026' in the search bar.​

Or you can find more detailed information on the link below:

https://www.wheddoncross.org.uk/snowdrop-valley

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Tarr Farm Inn is closed until Friday 13th February at 3pm for their annual break

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The Royal Oak is now be closed until Tuesday 17th February for their annual winter break. The Oak Shop is open as normal, although while the pub is shut there will be no bread supply.​​

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Photos of events that have appeared on this page, and many more, can be found on the latest  Village Events page

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