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Friday September 4th
Eat An Extra Dessert Day 🍨
This weekend in the village
Saturday: Bellringing, Sunday: Evensong
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 theme for Tuesday's Gardening Club in the Village Hall is Plant Spring Now.
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The Cutcombe Horse show, postponed in June due to the Equine Flu outbreak, takes place on Saturday. Click here for details
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From Sue Hayes
A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported our Skittles and Duck Race evenings on Saturday August 29th and Sunday August 30th on the village green. We had some good fun. We raised a grand total of £282.50 for Winsford Recreation Association.
The new skittle alley played well even in the rain. Thanks to Malcolm and the team for building our new alley. Thanks also to all our helpers in the evenings.
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Tuesday sees the return of Moor Movies with Midwinter Break, starring Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville, a drama based on the 2017 novel by Polly Findlay.
Gerry and Stella, a Northern Irish couple in their late 60s who moved to Scotland in the 1970s to get away from the Troubles decide to take a restorative midwinter break in Amsterdam. Despite appearing perfectly happy and affectionate, Gerry has a drinking problem and does not share lonely Stella's Catholicism.
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The Barle Singers offering of Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial By Jury finishes tonight (Friday) at All Saints Dulverton. Entry is free, with a retiring collection.
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From Beccy Brown:
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 fete such a great success!
We’re holding a little “fete wash‑up” meeting on Monday 14th at 7.00pm in the Royal Oak. It’s as a chance to chat, laugh and share any thoughts or bright ideas for future fetes (or simply to enjoy a pint/glass of wine while pretending you have some).
Everyone’s welcome — the more the merrier. We’d love to hear what you enjoyed, what you’d tweak, or what wild new attractions you think the village absolutely needs next year.
See you there!
Many thanks from the Village Hall Committee
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- This Week's Diary -
Fri 4th
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
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7:30pm Barle Singers - Trial by Jury, All Saints, Dulverton
Sat 5th
- 11:30am Bellringing
- 12:00am Family Fun Day, Exford Cricket Ground
- 3:00pm Afternoon Tea, Moorland Hall, Wheddon Cross
Sunday 6th
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9:30am Cutcombe Horse Show
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10:00am Art Exhibition, Dulverton Heritage Centre (7 days)
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6:00pm Evensong, St Mary Magdalene's
Mon 7th
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9:00am Circuit Training, Village Hall
Tues 8th
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11:00am Gardening Club, Village Hall
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2.30pm Bowls, Village Hall
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7:30pm Bellringing
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7:30pm Moor Movies - Midwinter Break
Wed 9th
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10:30am Coffee Morning with the Village Agent
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2:00pm Pickleball, Village Hall
Thurs 10th
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9:00am Core Strength exercises, Village Hall
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9:30am Winn Club Trip - Sidmouth & the Donkey Sanctuary
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6:00pm Table Tennis, Village Hall
Fri 11th
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6:00pm Exford Community Youth Club, Exford Pavilion
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7:30pm Dulverton Cinema - Tuner
Sun 6th
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Winsford's new skittles pitch in action on the weekend's Skittles and Ducks event.
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Winsford's final match of the season against 2nd place Stoke St Marys was duly cancelled due to the weather, and the 12 points they picked up will keep Winsford in Division 2 next season unless Cannington beat Roadwater away next week.
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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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Still quiet, only the ongoing ......
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Taunton disruption continues as the Minehead Road from the Nuffield Hospital junction to Silk Mills Roundabout in Taunton - just beyond the new housing development, is closed westbound until October 9th for "development site diversionary works".
And in coming weeks
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September 14th-16th Exton Lane 8:00am-6:00pm, Openreach
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September 29th-October 3rd A396 south of the Dulverton turn, overnight 7pm-5am, surface dressing
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October 26th-28th Stone Lane, Openreach
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October 26th-28th B3222 Battleton-Brushford, Openreach
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October 26th-30th A396 Timberscombe-Dunster, Openreach
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Nov 2nd-6th B3222 Station Rd, Battleton, Openreach
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November 9th-11th Withypool-North Molton Rd, patching and drainage
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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Tom Dearing's funeral service is to be held at St Mary Magdalane's on Monday 21st September 2026 at 12:00pm.
Ros has said "I would like to thank everybody who has sent cards, flowers and been quietly there in the background. Tom was very much loved by all who knew him over his 79 years.
No flowers please, but any kind donations to The British Heart Foundation.
Colourful clothes is a given as we hope you will join us to raise a glass to Tom in The Royal Oak, Winsford, and, after all, who wears black to the pub?"
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Looking for somewhere for your friends to stay? Our Village accommodation page has just been updated, with a couple of new places added and a couple that no longer offer rental taken off.
If you have accommodation available for rental, or are offering B&B, and would like a free listing, please contact us via the form at the bottom.
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