If there is anyone who hasn’t already promised me a cake for the tea room who could make me a delicious, tempting bake – please get in touch Your village Fair needs you (well, your cake anyway)

Hi Everyone, Let’s hope the weather treats us well for the Fair this year on Saturday 21st July from 2.00pm. In the meantime I’m holding a meeting on Tues 8th May at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall. As normal the agenda is very free format on any new ideas and a chance for everyone to have their say , or even better , to volunteer support!!! Cheers Gordon

In total we raised £4,191.17 which compares to £4,696.04 last year. This really is an exceptional result given the horrendous weather we all had to contend with. Last year was a record in itself and this years result is still the second best ever. A huge thank you to everybody that helped, no matter how big or small. It’s the collective effort on these things that really make them work…….and we made it work.

The weather forecast is not looking great for Saturday, but our fair will go on as usual. We have however made the decision to cancel the sheep shearing competition that was to take place in the evening. It would be dangerous to attempt to shear wet sheep. We are very sorry about this, but we have no plan B, and for everybody’s safety we have to cancel. Fingers crossed we can do it next year. The Fair will still go ahead. Gordon has gone to Newton Abbot in search of gazebos and plastic sheeting, and in the evening we are planning to move into the Parish Hall, with music, a…