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Friday June 19th
World Sauntering Day
This weekend in the village
Saturday: Bellringing
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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As if the road to Taunton didn't have enough problems with the on/off closures at the Brendon Hills Methodist church, but a lorry tried to drag a digger on a trailer under the railway bridge, which then fell off causing both the road and the rail line to close while the bridge's integrity was checked. All is clear now.
The roadworks further up the B3224 at the Brendon Chapel (see traffic below) continue. Sometimes cars can get through, and sometimes not.
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Winsford Gardening Club
Many thanks to the twelve people who attended our first Gardening Club meeting on Tuesday. The level of interest has been great as many others are interested but couldn’t make the first meeting. We all enjoyed tea, coffee and cakes, and discussed ideas for our Gardening Club which included:
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Sharing which jobs need to be done each month.
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What grows well in Winsford and what doesn’t.
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How to grow fruit and veg
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Inviting expert gardening speakers to our meetings.
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Visits to each other’s gardens.
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Sharing seeds, cuttings and plants.
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What to grow without a greenhouse.
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Organising visits to gardens of interest and other places.
It was agreed that the club would get together at 11am on the second Tuesday each month from May to October with an additional meeting in January. The cost is £2 if the meetings are held in the village hall or £1 if held at someone’s home where Gardening Club refreshments will be used.
Everyone agreed to set up a WhatsApp group to keep each other informed. If you are interested in joining the Winsford Gardening Club, please let me know, and I will add you to the group.
The next meeting is at 11am on Tuesday 14th July and will be kindly hosted by Mel and Dave in their garden.
Sharon 07535 760562
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Its a good week for the green-fingered amongst you after the inaugural meeting of the Winsford Gardening Club, the Winn Club trip to RHS Rosemoor and Dulverton Gardening Club talk
On Sunday there is the annual Dulverton Secret Gardens event - twelve of its unique and very different gardens open to the public for just one day
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- This Week's Diary -
Mon 15th
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9:00am Boot Camp, Recreation Field
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7:00pm Fete Planning meeting, Village Hall
Tues 16th
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11:00am Gardening Club, Village Hall
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall
Wed 17th
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10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 18th
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9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall
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9:30am Winn Club trip - RHS Rosemoor
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6:00pm Table Tennis , Village Hall
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7:00pm Dulverton Gardening Club talk - Plants Behaving Badly, Dulverton Town Hall
Fri 19th
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
Sat 20th
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11:30am Bellringing
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2:00pm Cricket - Hemyock (A)
Sun 21st
- 10:00am Secret Gardens of Dulverton
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Eric Norman, Landlord at the Rest & Be Thankful Inn, Wheddon Cross, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the latest Kings Honours list for his role in supporting victims of the Cutcombe Hill bus crash.
You can view the ITV news item here
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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:
Work continues on the B3224 Brendon Hills road to Taunton affecting both sides of the junction of Beluah Chapel which may close the routes continues until the end of the month. The closures are for 24 hours a day. The contractors have said that School Busses will have access, and that the B3224 and B3190 will not both close at the same time.
There are also overnight closures on the North Devon link road from Tiverton to the M5 until the end of the month
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Until July 1st B3224 Junction around Methodist chapel, 24hours, Openreach
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Until July 1st, North Devon Link road between Tiverton and M5, 8pm-6am overnight, re-tensioning of road restraints
And in coming weeks
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June 26th Ash Lane, 9:30-3:30, Openreach
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June 28th A396 Nelo Cycle event
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August 5th-6th A396 in between the two Dulverton turns, 9:30-3:30, surface dressing
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August 10th-16th B3222 Exbridge, 9:30-3:30, resurfacing
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August 19th-29th A396, south of Wheddon Cross, Openreach
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August 29th Various roads delays, 6:30am-5pm, Exmoor Beast cycling
Dunster By Traffic Light website confirms live traffic conditions coming in and out of Minehead
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 draft minutes have been published for the recent Parish Council meeting as well as this year's Annual Assembly.
Amongst the items discussed at the ordinary meeting were:
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Re-election of chair and vice-chair
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Dates of the next year's council meetings and the 2027 Annual Assembly
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Highways matters
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Annual Assembly review
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Website demarcations
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Winsford Charitable Trust/Village Green
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Defibrillator cabinet
Items presented at the Annual Assembly included the Church Council, Recreation Association, Moor Movies, Village Hall, George Joyce and Henry Leigh Trusts, Moorland Food Bank, and the Parish Council
Both sets of minutes can be read here
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Somerset Council are offering financial assistance to local people who are struggling to afford basic essentials and need urgent help, from their Crisis Resiliance Fund.
This includes help with heating oil, emergency financial help and support with council tax and rent.
Full details can be found here
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