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Sunday October 25th
St. Crispin's Day
Today in the village
Daylight Saving time ends
If you have any news or other contributions you think the village would be interested in please let me know via WhatsApp, email or the Contact Website button at the bottom of this page.
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Dont forget your clocks.
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- This Week's Diary -
Sun 25th
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2:00am Daylight Saving Time ends
Mon 26th
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9:00am Circuit Training, Village Hall
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7:00pm Parish Council meeting, Village Hall
Tues 27th
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall
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4:30pm Wild Twilight, Simonsbath
Wed 28th
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Dulverton Gardening Club - Chevithorne Barton
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10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall
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10:00am Exmoor Friends - Galactic Atoms to Golden Ammonites , Dulverton Town hall
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 29th
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9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall
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12:00pm Bampton Charter Fair
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3:30pm Pathway to the Planets, Meteors and Marshmallows , Wimbleball Lake **FULLY BOOKED**
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6:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall
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6:00pm Choir practice, St Mary Magdalene's
Fri 30th
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
Sat 31st
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3:00pm Dip Dine and Divine vibes , Exford
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5:00pm Pumpkin Competition, Village Green
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7:30pm Halloween Family Bingo, Village Hall
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8:00pm Halloween at the Royal Oak
Sun November 1st
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8:00am Big Breakfast, Moorland Hall
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2:00pm Craft Fair, Village Hall
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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: The main road between Dunster and Timberscombe is closed, potentially until Wednesday night, to allow Wessex Water to replace a pipe
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Until Wednesday A396 Dunster-Timberscombe Wessex Water
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Mon-Wed B3222 Battleton-Brushford, Openreach
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Mon-Wed Stone Lane 8am-5pm, Openreach
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Mon-Fri East St, North Molton, South West Water
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Thursday Bampton closed for Charter Fair
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Lanacre Bridge closed until November (at least).
And in coming weeks
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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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Nov 16th-18th Dulverton High St, overnight 7pm-5am, Wessex Water
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Dec 1st-2nd B3222 Battleton-Brushford overnight 9pm-6am, Openreach
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Dec 6th Dulverton Bank Square & Fore St, 10am-9pm, Dulverton by Starlight
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Dec 6th Dunster closed for traffic 3pm-5:30pm , Winter Festival
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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
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Dec 14th-16th A396 between Exbridge and Oakfordbridge, Drainage works
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Jan 7th-8th Edbrooke Road, Wessex Water
Dunster By Traffic Light website confirms live traffic conditions coming in and out of Minehead
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The Parish Council have published their agenda for Monday's meeting.
Amongst other matters, they will be discussing:
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Some tree work in the conservation area at Weirside
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Signage
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Parking in the village
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Preparedness and the Place of Safety plans
These meetings are open to all, 7:00pm in the Village Hall. The full agenda can be read here
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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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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 27th Wild Twilight, Simonsbath
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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 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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