CAN YOU HELP? We have a few games sorted for this year’s fair, but if anyone fancies organising a safe(!), cheap and fun game to go along with bucket golf and the coconut shy, please get in touch – a small budget is available! Please give Mandy a ring 441307.

This year is on the 19th July.  Please remember that the fair is the major source of income for our village and is also FUN. What’s not to like? If you don’t do anything else, get involved in this. All the usual things – Church Bells, Maypole dancing, Fabulous Teas, Nearly New, Cake stall, Bottle Stall, Book Stall, Duck Race, Dog Show, Plants and Produce, Bric-a-Brac, Raffle, Hill Run (up Easdon – join in this year!). The Ring of Bells will be making a special effort to join in with sheep shearing (weather permitting) and there will be music in the evening. There will be competitions and exhibitions in the church, particularly…

Dear Friends, We would love you to join in the Maypole dancing this year – culminating on North Bovey Fair Day, Saturday 19th July from 2pm. We plan to have regular light-hearted workshops on Saturday mornings from early June onwards. We will run through all the dances we plan to perform at the Fair (for both children and adults) at each session. If you would like to take part this year please ensure you can attend all workshops and obviously Fair Day itself.  If you would like to take part in some way but not to dance at the Fair please do still come and ‘have a go‘ but please let us…

Following the Fair Committee meeting last Saturday, it was decided that the fair profits were to be distributed according to the plan which resulted from a public meeting four years ago. At that meeting it was decided that whilst the Hall and the Church were our main priorities for the fund allocation, it was also an opportunity to look outside the village for recipients – charities which had universal respect and that were appropriate as potentially beneficial to us all in the parish. As a committee we felt that the allocations were agreed using a democratic process and as such any amendments should follow the same format, with the community as…

After some difficulty, I have finally managed to upload some unedited photos from Saturday’s Fair.[easyrotator]erc_58_1374764244[/easyrotator]

Over 130 entries from the children. Eat your heart out Tate Modern! And loads of book prizes courtesy of Sandy Nightingale and her publishers, Templar & Random House.