LATEST Information
Tuesday March 17th
Saint Patricks Day ☘️
Today in the Village
Bowls
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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A reminder that the A396 will be closed tonight, see Motoring Section below
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- This Week's Diary -
Mon 16th
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9:00am Circuit Training, Village Hall
Tues 17th
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall
Wed 18th
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10:30am Coffee Morning, Village Hall
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 19th
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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 Benefice Choir practise, St Mary Magdalene's
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6:00pm Dulverton Gardening Club AGM, Town Hall
Fri 20th
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7:00pm Adam Cumbers Acoustic, Tarr Farm Inn
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7:30pm Springsteen:Deliver Me from Nowhere, Dulverton Town Hall
Sat 21st
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11:00am Bellringing
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7:00pm Easter Bingo, Exford
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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:
A few overnight closures this week. Wessex Water revisit Timberscombe on Tuesday , the A396 closes Thurs, Fri and Sat nights just south of Dulverton, and the top road to Taunton is shut in various places in between Wheddon Cross and the Methodist Chapel from Thursday for just over a week.
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Tuesday night, A396 Timberscombe 6:30pm-6:00am, Wessex Water "reinstatement" works
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Wednesday-Saturday night, A396 south of Dulverton turn, 7:00pm-5:00am, surface dressing
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Thursday 19th-Friday 28th B3224 various spots between Summerway and Beluah Chapel, overnight 7:00pm-5:00am, surface dressing
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Until end of April. Traffic lights onto the A39 from Dunster. Extended roadworks with lengthy delays
In coming weeks:
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March 23rd-24th, Dunkery Rd & Exford Rd, Wheddon Cross, 9:30am-3:30pm, Openreach
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March 31st-April 2nd (One day), Quarme Lane, 7am-7pm, surface dressing
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April 24th-28th Stagshead Lane, 7am-7pmm surface dressing
Avon & Somerset police publish a weekly list of where their traffic enforcement cameras will be. It can be viewed here
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Moorland Foodbank are urgently seeking reusable shopping bags as they have nearly run out of them for deliveries.
Bags can be dropped off (along with any other contributions) at the shop
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Exmoor Deli have decided to close their second shop in Dulverton from the beginning of June. The main shop will remain open
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The Parish Council have published their latest draft minutes.
Amongst items discussed at the last meeting were:
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Salt bins have been filled
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Support for planning applications from Great Nurcott Farm and Bridge Cottage
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Budget from Somerset Council
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Car park
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Highways:
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Halse Lane drainage
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Halse Farm Campsite signage
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George Joyce Trust, new Trustee appointment
The full draft minutes can be seen here
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Did you know you may be routinely spraying your pet with chemicals that have been banned for agricultural use and have a strong pollutant effect in our rivers?
Local retired vet Dr Ueli Zellweger has written a very informative paper for the publication The European on the perils of Fipronil, which can be read here
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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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