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We are all hoping to go ahead with our Old Fair Charter Fair this year- keeping safe as we take most of our activities outside: Tuesday 27th July Spot The Oddity; Scarecrow competition judgment 6.30 Church Service 7.00 Procession of our Chulmleigh Royalty, Fair Opening and Money Scramble 8.00 Races for children in Fore Street and Higher Beings Wednesday 28th July Craft Market in the Shippons (9.30-3.00) Flower Festival Country Fair with entertainers, vintage vehicles and dog show Golf Challenge begins; Gig at the Golf Club Thursday 29th July Junior Sports Day, tennis and badminton Children’s party Friday 30th July Horse show and gymkhana Treasure trail Young footballers’ competition Saturday 31st July Orienteering Fancy Dress Carnival, Fun and games with entertainers Sunday 1st August Cricket match These activities are subject to change as the COVID regulations change. Watch out for the posters and flyers! Please bring masks and sanitiser. www.chulmleigholdfair.co.uk RIVERSIDE CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK

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NIGHTWALK Saturday 11th September Climate and Environmental grants It's all change for this year's Nightwalk, we're go- A scheme that aims to help fund projects that ing to RHS Rosemoor! To join us for this special have an emphasis on sustainability and counter- edition, you can sign up via the website or regis- ing climate change in North is open for ter your interest for volunteering here. applications. www.northdevonhospice.org.uk 01271 615027 The Climate and Environmental grants (CEG) scheme has £20,000 of funding available each FLOATING BYE - July 25th year up to 2023 to give out as grants and was This year's Floating Bye will once again be taking introduced in 2020 to help fund parish council place online. Join the special online gathering to projects in the Council area which remember those we love on YouTube or Face- have an emphasis on sustainability and counter- book or at 6pm.www.northdevonhospice.org.uk ing climate change. Match-funding and projects which are undertaken in partnership with the local Rose Festival until 18th July 10am-6pm community are encouraged. Join us at RHS Garden Rosemoor as we cele- CEGs are offered to eligible parish councils in brate for six weeks 's iconic flower the the district which have a 'Rose' in our two beautiful Rose Gardens – the population of less than 1,000 (as of November largest rose gardens in the South West. As you 2019) towards their project for the following ele- explore the gardens, enjoy our summer trail and ments: training costs; set up costs and/or promo- discover more than 200 varieties of roses. To tion; purchase of goods or equipment costs of an book a time slot please go to www.rhs.org.uk event(s) to raise awareness of an issue It is recommended that parish councils contact Devon Salvage Fair on Sunday 18th July and the grants team on 01271 388253 to talk through every 3rd Sunday. Our 4th year in the South their application prior to submitting it. West, in 's wonderful indoor Pannier Applications for a CEG will be considered by a Market. Up to 70 stalls offering a wide variety of panel of councillors twice a year - the first round salvage, antiques, collectables, vintage, upcy- in September 2021 for applications received be- cling, furniture, transport, books, signage etc. fore 31 August. Booking Forms will be available after the 19th 7th August May subject to the Government’s Guidance. Garden Show Hot and cold refreshments, WC and full disabled Once again the Show is hosting its popular Pho- access. Dogs welcome. Free parking in the main tographic Competition so now is the time to hunt out a Perfect Picture. This year’s categories: car park. Open 10am-3pm. Admission Free. Adults; the Taw; 3 of a kind; Coronavirus effect; A Midsummer Night's Dream on 27th July livestock; green from 7.30-9.30pm. Pleasure Dome Theatre Com- Children: school friend; a view; old; green pany is grooving on down to ’s Valley of Full details at www.umberleighvillage hall.co.uk Rocks this summer to bring you Shakespeare's classic “A Midsummer Night's Dream“, packed full OPEN GARDEN Newlands Farm 10-11 July of magic, madness, and mayhem. Join the festivi- from 11am to 4pm and on 10th July-night garden ties as we celebrate the sensational swirling pat- 7.30pm to 10.30pm at Newlands Farm, Chittle- terns and far-out vibes of the seventies. Bring hamholt EX37 9PE your own seating and picnic or pre-order one All money raised will go to North Devon Hospice. from Perfect Picnics. Tickets can be bought Come along and enjoy a cream tea in the peace online or on the door. For more info see and tranquillity of our garden, or pop along dur- www.pleasuredometheatrecompany.com ing the evening for some cheese and wine when Booking essential: Tickets £15 Adults, £13.50 the garden is lit up. Seniors (over 70s), £10 Children (under 16s), £45 Family Ticket (Two adults and up to five children). For further information contact Jayne Contact: 07789 742239 on 01769 540354 or 07815 826166. Chimney sweeping Plantwise Nurseries A361 N Molton Junction Open Every Day 11am til 4.30pm 07434 793896 plantwise@southmolton or find us on Hetas and APICS registered Facebook Brush & vacuum Fruit, Flowers & Great range of Foliage Colourful Plants, Certificate issued Insured ready to plant NOW! Shrubs & Bulbs ready to plant NOW!

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South Molton in Bloom has done loads of planting this month thanks to all our sponsors. Nick Ager and Mervyn Way continue to provide top soil and compost, whilst Quince Honey Farm SATURDAY have provided wood chippings and seeds. Elaine from 8am-1.30pm has grown loads of sunflowers too, so fingers 07549 177104 crossed! The Skate Park continues to be trans- formed with amazing art, following a mass clean up. Central Park is also being brightened up and made more appealing. The firefighters did a mas- ‘All The Field’s A Stage’....at The Plough’s sive litter pick along Bucknell Way, an amazing Open-Air Theatre Festival job made easier by SWM Waste Management After a year of enforced closure, The Plough Arts and Mervyn Way for providing a skip and some- Centre plans to reopen with a bang this summer where to park it on Bank Holiday Monday. We and one that will reverberate across 15 open-air are still looking for entrants to the Front Garden/ theatre venues as the Torrington based arts Frontage Competition to be judged week com- charity kicks off what must be the largest Open- mencing 12th July and for people to do artwork to Air Theatre Festival in the country. be displayed in the Pannier Market and Chanters With 54 outdoor theatre performances taking Bakery. Any enquiries can be emailed to place from 11th June to 4th September across [email protected] or left at Daisy North Devon (plus one in North Somerset that Park. In order to do winter planting, we need yet crept into the mix!) there are endless reasons for more sponsorship so anyone feeling generous lovers of theatre and open spaces to be tempted please contact Sue or leave with Emma at Daisy into the great outdoors this summer. Local perfor- Park. We have had a couple of anonymous do- mances are listed in the Local Events columns. nations there but if you could leave a phone num- The cream of the U.K.s theatre companies will be ber, we would like to phone you and show our sharing a grassy stage across North Devon. Tick- gratitude. There is going to be a massive town ets for all the performances (and for a packed clean up on Sunday 11th July at 11am starting autumn programme of indoor events) can be on the Enhancement. Please come and join us bought via the box office on 01805 624624 or with a trowel and a pair of gloves! www.theploughartscentre.org.uk

Community News 11th July - Launch of the Reading Agency’s Your Community News has moved offices in the SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2021 for Amory Centre. We are now downstairs in “Inter- children. The theme is Wild World Heroes, in view Room 2” on the corridor leading down to the partnership with WWF. Sign up to the challenge Library and Car Park. Do pop in and see us – we and collect your reading poster from South Mol- are not there all the time so perhaps best to ring ton Library. Read 6 books over the summer, us on 01769 575528 first to check. Remember while collecting stickers. Can you collect them you can leave also messages at Reception or all? Gold medals for all children who finish! email on [email protected]. Looking Please follow and like South Molton Library Face- forward to seeing you. book page for notifications about the Challenge and other upcom- ing events and news. Bus Timetables has produced new timeta- ble booklets with details of local services. Locally services have returned to pre-Covid routes and times but there are some changes further afield. Copies are available at the Amory Centre in East St, S Mol- ton or at www.travedevon.info. at Woody Bay Station on the A39 (EX31 4RA) between Personal Injury Claims Landlord & Tenant Disputes and Litigation Conveyancing Blackmoor Debt Collection Trusts, Wills & Probate Court Representation Business Advice and Contract Gate and Divorce & Family matters matters

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11 Poetry Workshop, Courage Copse Woodland, War- kleigh, 10am-3pm [email protected] Town Clean Up, S Molton from Square,11am Giocoso Wind Quintet, Methodist Church, S Molton, 3pm Deep Roots Festival www.fourseasons-treeservices.com [email protected] 14 High Bray and Charles WI meeting, Village Hall, 7.15 01884 563021/07766168162 15 Deadline for August’s edition of the Community News 17-1 August Festival of Archaeology 17-11 September History Exhibition, Parish Ch, Charles Devon County Show 17 Cream Teas, Parish Church, Charles, 2-4pm The Devon County Agricultural Association is de- An evening with Gary Cooper, composer, Parish lighted to announce that the 125th Devon County Church, Dulverton, 7.30pm Simonsbath Festival 18Salvage Fair, Pannier Market, S Molton 10am-3pm Show will take place on 2nd-4th July 2021. 23 She Ventures, He Wins, Cygnet Theatre, Knackershole We are proud of our amazing livestock competi- Garden Theatre, W Knowle, Dulverton, 7pm book 01398 tions. With thousands of animals on site, you can 323837 wander the through the livestock area and find 24 Chivenor Military Ladies Choir, St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath. 7.30pm, Simonsbath Festival rare breeds, too. We host to over 1,000 equines 25 Garden Open, Shapcott Barton, Knowstone, 10.30am- over the three days. Don't miss the top class 4pm NGS show jumping, fast and furious scurry racing, in- Importance of being Earnest, O Wilde, Handlebards, ter hunt competition and Shetland pony racing! outdoor theatre, Castle Hill Gardens, , 5pm for Come and visit our crafts and gardens section 6pm, book theplughartscentre.org.uk Floating Bye, N Devon Hospice, 6pm northdevon- with an array of crafts, home baking competitions hosice.org.uk and flower and gardening stands. Enjoy the most 27 End of School Term mouth-watering food and drink the West Country 27-1 August Chulmleigh Fair, see front page 27-7th August A Midsummer Night’s Dream, W Shake- has to offer. speare, Pleasure Dome Theatre Co, Valley of the Rocks, Gates Open on Friday and Saturday, 7.30am - Lynton book pleasuredometheatrecompany.com 6.30pm and on Sunday, 7.30am - 6.00pm. Trade 27 Opening of Chulmleigh Fair, 7pm stands are open from 9am every day. For more 28 Craft Market, The Shippens, Chulmleigh, 9.30am-3pm Chulmleigh Fair details see www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/ Sheep Show, Chulmleigh Chulmleigh Fair Fuchsias, Garden Club, , Parish Hall, 7pm South Molton Library 30 Horse Show and Gymkhana, Chulmleigh Fair We are open for book browsing, com- Alice in Wonderland, L Carroll, Box Tree Production, puter use, printing and photocopying! open air theatre, Castle Hill, 4pm for 5pm book theplughartscentre.org.uk As always, keep an eye on our Face- 31-1 August Vintage and Classic Weekend, Rosemoor, Tor- book page or ring us for or email south- rington book rgs.org.uk [email protected]. devonli- 31 Farmers Market, Lion Car Park, Dulverton braries.org Fancy Dress Carnival, Chulmleigh, Chulmleigh Fair The Talking Memories reminiscence collection is Bishops Nympton Flower Show, Parish Hall, 3pm held at Library. It consists of a variety AUGUST of resources including jigsaw puzzles, large print 1 Flea Market, Pannier Market, S Molton, 10am-3pm 5 Anstey WI outing 01398 341106/507 picture books, memory games, sensory items 7 Umberleigh Garden Show, Village Hall including audio/visual, and replica memorabilia Witheridge Summer Show, Parish Hall, 2.30pm 01884 packs. All are available for loan to individuals, 860666 groups, care homes and day care settings. We Brayford Show, Village Hall, 3pm 01598 711828/843 War of the Worlds HG Wells, Up Close Theatre, can select items for a theme on request, for ex- Knackershole Garden Theatre, W Knowle, Dulverton ample, childhood, home, garden, holidays, sport 8 Garden Open, Shapcott Barton, Knowstone, 10.30am- and World War II. Individual items can be re- 4pm NGS served from the catalogue and delivered to your 11 Horse and Pony Show, Exford local library. For specific requests or to request a themed collection email barnstaple.library@ li- brariesunlimited.org.uk or call 01271 318780.

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Vintage and Classic Weekend on 31st July- Ode to the Ash Tree Poetry Project 1st August. Reminisce about the good old days Courage Copse Creatives CIC (CCC) you, your at RHS Garden Rosemoor's Vintage & Classic family, friends and neighbours to write poems Weekend. There will be an eclectic range of clas- about Ash Trees. Your poems can be anything to sic cars, motorcycles, tractors, machinery over in do with Ash, including the impact Ash Die-back. S Lady Anne's Garden from 10am–4pm. New for Molton Community Primary pupils and Eastleigh 2021, we will be introducing 'Modern Classic' ve- Care Home residents are amongst many who hicles. Refreshments will be available at the Ar- have submitted their poems, but there is still time boretum or you can take a short stroll to the Wis- for you to join in with this significant creative writ- teria Tearoom next to Rosemoor House which ing project. Submissions deadline is 11th July. Full will be open until 5pm. details are on bit.ly/AshPoems To book an entry time slot, please go to www.rhs. Long-listed poems will be published in a book re- leased in September. The 20 shortlisted poems org.uk will be transformed into beautiful films by Creative If you would like to be a part of this very popular Producer, Katy Lee from CCC and Jessica Pear- weekend, whether as a vehicle exhibitor (car, son, Shimnix Films, music by David Smale and will tractor, machinery, or motorbike) or as a trader, be used to create an interactive poetry map. please email [email protected] for There will be a Poetry Workshop for adults at on more details and a booking form. Sunday 11th July from 10am -3pm, £25, booking is essential, contact [email protected] Simonsbath Festival Funded by Arts Council, England and part of Arts We are rearranging some of the planned perfor- Destination South Molton’s Deep Roots Festival. mances for later this year. Do join our mailing list to be kept advised on future events this year and CHARLES VILLAGE HISTORY EXHIBITION we look forward to welcoming you back to a full Charles Village is holding History Exhibition at St festival in May 2022. John the Baptist Church EX32 7PX from Saturday th th Saturday17th July at 7.30pm at All Saints Church, 17 July until Saturday 11 September, open from Dulverton, Gary Cooper, composer, premiers his 10am every day. Cream teas available on both new piano work 'The Solar System'. Saturdays from 2-4pm. Saturday 24th July at 7.30pm at St. Luke's, Si- monsbath, Chivenor Military Ladies Choir. Details and booking available at www.simonsbath festival.org.uk Bishops Nympton Flower Show will be held on Saturday 31st July at the Parish Hall. It will be opened by Alastair and Alison For- man at 3pm. Schedules will be delivered locally and will be available in the Community Shop .

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Filleigh Challenge Walk from our Filleigh Rep- Covid-19 vaccination status resentative People who plan to travel abroad may need to Aller past to Nadrid Cross:- this walk has provide proof of their Covid-19 vaccination status the benefit of parking for 2 cars at the start . You can access yours through the free NHS App Start at Aller Cross roundabout on the A361 3 miles using mobile devices such as a smartphone or out of South Molton- take the Brayford Road, and tablet. Proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status within just a few yards you will find space for 2 cars will be shown within the NHS App. We recom- to pull in and park. Leave your car here, then follow- mend that you register with the app before book- ing the Public Footpath signs, take the track up onto ing international travel. For access via the NHS the fields, observing the major hedge-tree felling App you do not need to contact your GP. that has recently taken place to limit the spread of If you do not have access to a smartphone and Ash die-back. The walk through the fields gives know that the country you are travelling to re- lovely views of the near hills of Exmoor, ‘Tis Devon, quires Covid-19 vaccination status, you can call so some ups and downs, and you cross the lane 119 and ask for a letter to be posted to you. Trav- that accesses Bremridge Farmhouse, one time a monastery. After a couple of miles, this section el requirements are changing all the time, before comes out at the top of Litchaton Lane, near Nadrid you plan your trip so check the entry require- Cross on the Brayford road. Turn left down and ments for your destination on the GOV.UK for- eventually across the bridge over the (at eign travel advice pages. the north end of Castle Hill’s Deer Park), then up Brayley Hill (not for the faint-hearted) until you ar- Deep Roots Festival July Events rive at the hamlet of Square (3 cot- Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July tages just before the Filleigh/West Buckland road). The Burton at has chosen South Molton Here you go left off the tarmac, and follow the Pub- Square to bring their travelling ‘Art Box’, a con- lic Footpath for 2 miles or so, part concrete farm verted horsebox, Why not come along on Satur- road, and the later section following the hedge lines day morning, to try out all sorts of their wonderful across the top of Crossbury Farm, eventually com- arts and crafts materials - experiment and have ing out by the Burma Star memorial, a nice place to fun - it’s suitable for all age ranges and it’s free! stop, and perhaps rest a while on the bench put Also on Saturday morning, the Hexagon at there just for you – To Remember Them. Quince Honey Farm, will be hosting the science The walk now descends Proutworthy Hill, but the and environment journalist, Myc Riggulsford at surface is very poor, with loose shale making it slip- 10am, with his illustrated talk, ‘The Charter of the py - so be careful; amazing to think that horses Forest & our lost Common Rights’. At 11.30am, once pulled stagecoaches up here - in the days Pip Howard, landscaper at Quince, will talk about when the surface was good enough!! You are now his ‘Work and Passions’, creating a landscape to well back in Filleigh, and tarmac road. At the end of meet the needs of bees and other pollinators. the lane turn left into Park Lane, pass the entrance £2.50 per talk, bookable in advance at: www. to North Lodge on your right, and keep on this road, artsdestination.co.uk/deep-roots-festival down past the back drive entrance to Castle Hill, At 2pm, in S Molton Library, Richard Westcott will and the road junction at Filleigh’s (picturesque) read ‘Old Favourites’, poems remembered from cricket ground. Go left there, past Shallowford, and childhood. Suitable for families and older people. up the hill. About a mile later you will find yourself at Do let him know if you have a special request: the end of the lane and if you carefully cross the link [email protected]. Donations welcome. road at the roundabout you will be back where you On Sunday afternoon, at 3pm. in S Molton Meth- started- but please cross the road carefully. This odist Church, Duke Street, the Giocoso Wind linked walk is about 9 miles long, and has lovely Quartet plays well-loved, light-hearted pieces, hedge flowers particularly in Litchaton Lane and including their pocket version of Tchaikovsky’s Brayley Hill. Locally it is known for its collection of 1812 Overture - quite a novelty! Delicious teas empty Katy’s Cider bottles frequently found in the will be available after the concert. Donations wel- lane hedge running from Shallowford to Aller Cross- come, Please book in advance at www.artsdestin very sad. Enjoy the walk! ation.co.uk/deep-roots-festival

Doctors say “We are here for you” Devon’s GP practices are open and encouraging patients to get touch when they need to. While 125 East St, South Molton EX36 3BU they have had to move to greater use of tele- 01769 572501 phone and online appointments, they continued Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from to offer face to face appointments to those that need them. NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-3pm Group is urging people to use the right service for Community News 01769 575528 their needs. Before contacting your GP, you can Library 01769 572128 look up your symptoms online using the NHS Tuesday 9am-5pm, Wednesday 9am-1pm, Thursday App, the NHS website or via 111 online. The 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-1pm NHS 111 service is available 24/7 to provide ad- Memory Café please book 07949 397330 vice, treatment and care. Just ring 111 or visit the [email protected] 111 website and the service will provide advice 2nd Thursday 10am-12noon and refer you to another service if you need it. North Devon Council Customer Advice Don’t forget your local pharmacist can provide Tues, Thurs, 9am-5pm Fri 9am-3pm 01271 327711 health advice and help with minor illnesses like S Molton Town Clerk Surgery 01769 572501 colds, rashes, sunburn, hay fever and diarrhoea. Tuesday 2-4pm You don’t need an appointment and they can pro- South Molton Town Council 01769 572501 vide the right medicines at the same time. Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm Fri 9am-3pm (4.30pm If you, or someone you know, is struggling with Weds) their mental wellbeing, 24/7 mental health lines South Molton Volunteer Bureau 01769 573167 are available on 0808 1968708. 1st Wednesday 2-4pm Please remember Emergency Departments are for life-threatening emergencies. The network of Local Covid Test Centre minor injury units, will often they’ll see Everyone is encouraged to take a you more quickly, and closer to home. free rapid Covid-19 test twice a week. Alongside vaccine rollout, regular testing is helping to con- South Molton Community Fridge trol the spread of variants. Getting a rapid test is Is at the YMCA in Mill Street. fast and convenient. The Community Testing Tuesday: 10.30am –11:30am Service where you can get tested and collect Thursday: 1pm – 2.30pm home-testing kits is in South Molton Square or Friday: 10.30am – 12 noon Central Car Park, New times: Tuesdays 9am- Please call 07901 765082 or more information. 12.30pm and Fridays 1.30-5pm. Check for changes at devoncc/flow South Molton Foodbank opens every Thursday 10am-12.30pm at the YMCA, Mill St, S Molton EX36 4AS. Donations of COMMUNITY NEWS S Molton & District non-perishable food, toiletries etc. are always Please get news and advertisements for our welcome, especially this month: custard, pasta August issue to us by 15th July. sauce, shampoo and shower gel. They can be To advertise in the 24 parishes around South dropped off at the front door of the Methodist Molton or to contribute events, news or dates, Church Hall on Tuesdays and Saturdays, 10am- please write to us, or leave messages, at the 4pm; left at the collection point in S Molton Sains- bury's or at the YMCA on Thursday mornings. Amory Centre, 125 East St, S Molton EX36 Thank you to all who generously do- 3BU, or email [email protected] or nate, and to Sainsbury's and the ring 01769 575528, answerphone available. Methodist Church for their support. Many thanks Charity No: 275809

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