Payhembury Spring Bulb and Flower Show Saturday 21St March 2020

THE PARISH PAPER St. Mary the Virgin, Payhembury

Vol 52 No 9 March 2020 Payhembury Spring Bulb and Flower Show

Saturday 21st March 2020 2.30—4pm Village Hall

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Rectory notes This is the strangest ‘Rectory notes’ I have written. It is still January, and I’ve only just written February’s notes, yet I’m now writing March’s. I start a month’s mini-sabbatical tomorrow. I will be back by March, but the magazine deadline will be gone. ‘Why didn’t I delegate this one to someone else?’ I ponder.

Yet it offers a chance to reflect. The mini-sabbatical is a gift, for which I am deeply thankful. In my ten-plus ordained years, I have glimpsed the dark side of the institutional Church; this is its caring side: a gracious response to emotional attrition and more house moves than we care to count, and an unsolicited recognition that replenishment was needed.

So tomorrow I step away from responsibilities, in the parishes and in training. I will switch off the engine which seems constantly to be running. I will get out of the car, and stop, and listen to the quiet. It will take time to hear the silence, I am sure of that. The noise of the engine will still be drumming in my ears. And it is a good engine, after all, for it is the sound of people and their lives, the ebb and flow and joys and pains of existence. What about my own existence, when all this is absent? Will I like this silence? What will I find in myself – what bright lights might shine anew, what dark shadows be revealed in hidden corners?

‘Travel light,’ a friend advised. These words themselves feel like light. For how else are we to sense natural rhythm, discover new treasure, or glimpse fresh vistas? How will I hear new tunes, if all I listen to is the old? A month now seems but a short time for journeying, in the scheme of such things.

Some of the time I will travel physically alone. Most of it Dawn and I will travel together, and we will value this bonus space and time to be shared. We will often be blessed too by the company of others. How will the gift of their voices, their love, and their laughter help us sing new songs?

By the time I read these words in the parish magazine, I may know some of these answers. Rev David Carrington Team Vicar of Escot, Feniton and Payhembury The Rectory, Station Road, Feniton 01404 850905

Church Wardens Mrs Babs Leach, Slade View, Payhembury (841409) Mr Gareth Stephens (849130) Sexton: Mr Jim Kimber, 1 Barrow Road, Payhembury (841320)

Contact details for church wardens in Escot or Feniton Feniton: David Lanning or Cara Sanders(850262) Escot: Judy Davis (812739)

PARISHES OF FENITON, ESCOT, PAYHEMBURY CHURCH SERVICES IN MARCH 2020

SUNDAY 1ST MARCH FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Church Time Service Escot 4.00 pm Evensong (DC) Feniton 9.45 am Storytime (ST team) 11.00 am Parish Communion (DC) Payhembury 11.00 am Morning Worship (AM)

TUESDAYS 3RD 10TH 17TH 24TH 31ST 7.15 for 7.30 at The Rectory Lent through Old Testament Characters (DC/GS)

SUNDAY 8TH MARCH SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Church Time Service Escot 9.00 am Parish Communion (DC) BCP 11.00 am Morning Worship (AY) Payhembury 10.30 am Café (LL/DC)

SUNDAY 15TH MARCH THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Church Time Service Escot 9.00 am Matins (TP) Feniton 11.00 am Parish Communion (DC) 6.00 pm Worship & Praise Payhembury 9.15 am Parish Communion (DC)

SUNDAY 22ND MARCH MOTHERING SUNDAY Church Time Service Escot 9am Parish Communion with Bishop Robert 10.30 for Mothering Sunday Mayhem at Escot House 11am

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Church Time Service Feniton 11.00 am Parish Communion (DC)

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL PALM SUNDAY Church Time Service Escot 4.00 pm Evensong (DC) Feniton 9.45 am Storytime (ST team) 11.00 am Parish Communion (DC) Payhembury 11.00 am Morning Worship (AM)

Dates for Soup Lunch Monday 9 March 12 to 2pm, Church your diary! £5 each All welcome

Girls’ Night Out Churchyard Clean-up Tuesday 17 March Saturday 28th March 8pm at 10 to 12noon The Six Bells

Rotary Quiz It is that time again when we at the Six Bells pit our brains, knowledge etc against other pubs in the area:

th Thursday 12 March, 7.45pm

No need for teams, come and join us for a cracking evening of questions we wish we could answer! £3 per head – all in aid of Rotary Charities.

A Shared Moment of Celebration - A UK wide event “My Dearest Friends this is Your Hour” When VE Day dawns on 8th May 2020 it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. There is an great opportunity to come and share the celebration with your community to be held at Payhembury Village Hall and School Field 2pm till 6pm. We would like to take a photo outside the Church to replicate all the other VE day celebra- tions held in the village before bell ringing (still to be confirmed at time of writing). We still need volunteers and ideas. Please contact mariaban- [email protected] if you are able to help with a stall, decorating, and some fun activities. If anyone would like to capture photos of the day please get in touch. www.veday75.org/taking-part-tips/. We have a small working group at the moment and we have had an initial meeting. Some ideas so far : a free event for everyone to attend and make new friends in the village and tell stories of the war; all ages fancy dress competition; picnic street party style; stalls and games for all ages; live and recorded music, teas and coffees, 1940’s style dancing; photo memory boards; food stall sharing special dishes/recipes from the war.

Maria Banham

Quiz tickets on sale at the village shop from Sunday 1st March

PAYHEMBURY SPRING BULB AND FLOWER SHOW SATURDAY 21ST MARCH 2020

Only 3 weeks to Show day! Have you got your schedule yet? They are available from Payhembury Provisions and, if you’re not sure how to enter, all the information can be found inside. During the past few months I have been putting the classes in the Parish Paper. This month you can see which classes the children can enter. After a plea for new classes for older kids, we have listened and now there are two categories for children – 10 and under and 11 and over. The classes are as follows:

SECTION “C” 10 AND UNDER CHILDREN’S CLASSES Prizes: 1st - £1.50 2nd - £1 3rd - 50p 4th - 40p 5th - 40p

• 3 chickens’ eggs in a decorated basket • An original Lego model (made from imagination) no bigger than 30cm square • An animal made from fruit or vegetables • A Thank you card • A face on a slice of bread • 3 Easter nests

SECTION “C 11+” CHILDREN’S CLASSES Prizes: 1st - £1.50 2nd - £1 3rd - 50p 4th - 40p 5th - 40p • 3 emojis on a digestive biscuit • A handmade picture, any medium • A savoury quiche • A bunting flag triangle, any medium • A 500 word short story • A decorated photo frame incorporating found items

The first prize winners win an Easter Egg as well as money! My children are grown up now; but they loved making things and coming to the hall to see if they’d won anything. Why not have a look at the adult classes too and enter? The show has been running for 58 years! Please support this Payhembury tradition. Good luck. We look forward to seeing you on the 21st. Any questions, please feel free to email me: [email protected] Jane Wood

Bible and Biscuit Club This Spring term we have been looking at the 'I am' statements that Jesus said about himself and asking what exactly we think he was meaning by them. For example, when he said, 'I am the way', did he mean there was only one way, what if you left the path, could you return to it? When Jesus said, 'I am the bread of life', some of the children suggested that he was the main spiritual food that would fill you up. We had some interesting discussions, followed by making our own 'bread' in the shape of pancakes, being February and with Lent approaching, we thought this would be fun. It's lovely seeing the children grow in confidence and acceptance of each other's ideas and joining in with prayers.

We meet first and third Wednesday of each month during term time at Danes Croft, EX15 2LQ, be- tween 5-6pm (years 5-6) and 6-7pm (years 7- 8). New children always welcome. Nicola/Neil tel:01404 841305

LENT COURSE—a journey through Lent with Old Testament Characters Tuesdays—7 to 8.30pm … 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st March Rectory Office, Station Road, Feniton

Coffee Morning It was good to meet up again after the Christmas-tide break, when we enjoyed a cosy get-together at our house. Many thanks to all; but especially to Pat for her invaluable help. The next Coffee Morning will be held at ‘Cokesputt’ by kind Invitation of Caroline and Dr. Angus Forbes on Wednesday 25th March at the usual time of 11a.m. where we are assured of a warm welcome. We are always pleased to see newcomers, so if you would like more information about the Coffee Mornings, please give me a call on 841828. Marjorie Wright

A plea for help I am not in the habit of writing to the parish paper but this is an urgent plea. I feel we live in a lovely village with all the amenities we need, we have a smashing school & village hall, a local shop run by some very good volun- teersTea & a& really Bingo friendly pub.

Our beautiful old church & churchyard is full of village history & the people in it. This is why I am writing this to ask if there are any more willing volunteers who would like to help us keep the churchyard nice neat & tidy as be- fits the village. We have lost 3 of the older villagers who regularly helped every month &, as I am nearing my "sell by date" of 81, we need some younger models! This involves 1 or 2 hours every month depending who turns up. We supply the mowers & strimmers, but if you bring your own, fuel will be supplied. Thanks, Bri Salter

Tea and Bingo - February

It was good to see everyone after the January break – although strange to be asking how Christmas went when we are in February!

We had the usual good time with Vivien calling for us; what would we do without you Vivien? Banana and chocolate cakes kept the wolf from the door. Our next meeting will be on:

Wed 4th March in the Six Bells

Do pop in if you think you might like to join us - any queries or lifts required, phone Marjorie (841110) or Sue (841103). For your diaries: Future meeting – Wed 1st April and Wed 6th May Sue Derbyshire

Prayer Spaces

Some members from Payhem- bury church have been involved in organising and leading a morning of prayer spaces in the church for Oak Class, in Febru- ary, with the theme of acceptance; this being one of the school's Parch values. The children went around the church in small groups, with their leader, discussing ways of acceptance in terms of inclusion, war/family rifts, positive words to describe ourselves, praying for people that are different/the same. Each prayer space had a different activity that helped the children focus and re- enforce the different aspects of acceptance. It was super to hear what the children had to say and to help them grow and learn in this core value. I believe we, as adults, have a lot to learn from children!

Our thanks go to Becky, who sourced the material and to Anita, Kirsten, Izzy and Nicola who gave up their time to lead the activities

News item from Payhembury Primary School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat It was lovely to hear that four children from Payhembury Pri- mary School performed in this musical in Whimple church. Here is a photo from the opening night. Well done Arwen, Daisy, Isla and Jodie.

Recently, we counted all our local products and suppliers and found that we have eight from within the parish, another fourteen within about a 12 mile radius and a further fourteen from the far reaches of Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and the rest of Devon. By listening to you, our customers, we know that buying local food is important to us all, as well as being able to buy a huge range of value for money groceries in the shop. We're lucky to live in an area of the country where there is so much good food and drink and we aim to bring you the best, but if you have any ideas about any new products that we may have missed please let us know so we can do something about it. At the end of March we will be at the Parish Council's Local Food and Sustainability fair where you can find out more about some of our local heroes and, more importantly, do some tasting!

If you scurry along to the shop in the next few days you will find our chillers stocked with the very local Tuck Mill beef. This is Devon Red Ruby beef which has been reared by Jon Carden in the meadows by the river Tale. It has been properly hung, is full of flavour and always disappears off the shelves very quickly, so you need to be quick to choose your favourite joints and steaks; we'll also have a good supply of mince and casserole beef.

If you're looking to impress the judges at the Flower and Bulb show with your scrumptious Scotch eggs, your splendidly savoury quiche or your sumptuous Swiss Roll then using our local free range eggs from Farstrete near Whimple may just give you the edge, all the extra-large ones have been double-yolkers recently. Good luck! Mary Whiting

Last month's crossword winner out of the hat is Toni Lister. Well done!

Simple Sudoku - This is a very easy one, so do have a go. Fill in the missing numbers, so that each vertical and horizontal line has the numbers 1-9 in it. Special certifi- cate for under 18 and adult sections. Send by email to: [email protected] or post to Pear Tree Cottage, Lower Tale, Payhembury, HONITON, EX143HL.

Easter Market & Mingle

Payhembury Village Hall Saturday 4th April 2:30-5pm An opportunity to shop from local small businesses & talented crafters, whilst you mingle with friends and enjoy tea, coffee and cake! Craft - Local produce & Ice Cream - Easter Gifts - Raffle Free colouring corner for children We are collecting donations of tinned items for the food bank. Raffle & Table proceeds to be donated to Apple Pips Toddler Group

February meeting Hospiscare was started in1982 with Dr. John Searle believing that we should value dying as an important part of living, and the conspiracy of silence around dying patients worsens the many types of pain they feel. We face a serious question...how do you want to spend the last times of your life...maybe days or months? In your own home, with the kindness of strangers helping when you need? Those strangers become friends, helping give peace and security to both patient and family, in their provision of palliative care for people with any terminal illness. Hospiscare is a local charity, serving Exeter, Mid and East Devon, and providing short term care in their twelve bedded Searle House near the RDand E.

March 10th at 7.30pm in Broadhembury Hall - Otter Vale chutneys. We hope to welcome Andrea Laxon to tell us about this Cullompton based firm. March 24th at 2.30pm - Afternoon social...details at the meeting.

If you would be interested in coming along and seeing what goes on at the modern WI, you will be very welcome. Please contact Julie on 841189, or Sara on 849234.

Broadhembury and District Gardening Club At our February meeting Anne Swithinbank, one of our favourite speakers, enthralled us with her knowledge of indoor plants. Her excitement and pas- sion for this subject was evident as she told us about her favourites; from plants which had been in her family for many, many years, to some rather unruly ones which had taken over large parts of her house! March Meeting Our March meeting will be held in Broadhembury Memorial Hall on Wednes- day March 4th at 7.30 pm. There will be a brief AGM followed by a practical evening of sowing seeds and pricking out. We will be guided by Brian Carls- son, a horticultural expert, so there no need to worry about knowing what to do! Please bring along gardening gloves if you wish. This is in preparation for our annual plant sale which will take place on May 16th. We will need members to take away some of the seedlings and grow them on, both outdoors and in a greenhouse, so they can be sold at the sale. If you can help, please do. The plant sale provides the majority of the funding for our excellent pro- gramme of speakers and various events which we all enjoy throughout the year and enables us to keep membership costs down. New members and visitors are always most welcome to come and enjoy excellent speakers, tea and cake, a superb raffle and the company of other gardeners. Visitors usually £2, annual membership £10. Mandy Persey

Do you have an event to publicise, or some news to share? Email: [email protected] Deadline for April is Wednesday 18 March 4pm

Paul’s Nature Notes January/February We have enjoyed a second awe-inspiring trip to Colombia, returning with so many wonderful memories: hummingbirds galore, magnificent mountain scenery, Bogota with its fantastic street art and Gold Museum and most re- markable of all incredible numbers of macaws and parrots all around us in the Amazonian jungles of Mitu. One day we were at 4,000 meters above sea level in the high Paramo with its beautiful vegetation and Andean Ducks, the next at sea level in intense heat and humidity alive with colourful birds all around us. All hummingbirds are beautiful and one of the more un- usual ones is the Sword-billed Hummingbird. Just how it can fly with a bill that long is almost beyond belief, and as for the tongue, this can extend far beyond the end of the bill. Wonderful as all the birds were, it was the street art in the centre of Bogota that really gripped our imagination. There is, of course, the usual mindless graffiti everywhere to be seen, but the street art is what really adds a distinc- tive dimension to this city centre. Do log onto the village web site to see some photos of Bogota. Back home our garden birds seem pleased to see us. The feeders have been refilled and they are crowding in for the food and my friendly little Robin is never far from my side. Biddy and John in Colestocks have been delighted to see a pair of Greenfinches in their garden. Nationally this bird is in de- cline, but seems to be faring well in Devon, especially here in Payhembury where it is a breeding species. Then in early February we were off to Exmouth with Andrew and Cherry for a bird cruise along the River Exe. At first the birds were pretty thin on the ground, but matters greatly improved as we approached Topsham, where we saw hundreds of Golden Plover shimmering in the sunlight, good numbers of Avocets, the usual over-wintering Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits and a handful of Curlews. I learnt something new – the bill on the fe- male is much longer than the male, a distinct advantage I suspect when food is in short supply. In all, we saw 36 bird species, many in con- siderable numbers. Then, by the end of the first week of February frogspawn appeared in the garden pond. This is the earliest we have seen it since we moved to Payhembury.

William Garvey, furniture designers & makers, of Upton, are delighted to sponsor Payhembury Parish Paper

Update: proposed road closure Colestocks May-June 2020

Dates for the proposed closure of the road through Colestocks (from near the end of the Payhembury-Colestocks footpath, through the centre of Colestocks and down to Shoots Barn) have not yet been finalised. Western Power are very aware of the issues that closing the road will cause and are working hard to minimise the disruption as much as possible. They are in- vestigating all alternatives to enable the road to be closed for the minimum amount of time and are in regular contact with the Parish Council to ensure that the latest information is available as quickly as possible. This information will be made available via the Parish Council website - http://www.payhemburyparishcouncil.org.uk/ Roads_and_Highways_29495.aspx or you can contact the Parish Council direct via [email protected] for further information. Updates will also be published in the Parish Paper.

Local Food and Sustainability Fair Incorporating the Payhembury Annual Parish Meeting Saturday 28th March, 10-12 in the Parish Hall

The Parish Council’s Local Food and Sustainability Fair aims to showcase local food suppliers, local micro-businesses and those who promote sustainability. Come along to the Fair and meet many of these people and the wonderful things that are produced locally, and find out more about sustainability and how we can all help. As in the last few years, the Parish Council has also invited parish organisations to showcase what they do, so the hall will be full of stalls and displays with something to interest everyone.

The Parish Council website has the latest information about the Fair and has links to websites and Facebook pages for a number of those who are coming - http://www.payhemburyparishcouncil.org.uk/ Local_Food_and_Sustainability_Fair_29949.aspx

Alongside the Fair, the Parish Council will also be holding the Annual Parish Meeting. This will be the opportunity for you to meet your Parish Council- lors, find out what the Parish Council has done recently and what it is going to be doing in the near future. It is a time to ask questions and provide feed- back. Come along , talk to the Councillors and find out more about what the Parish Council does.

Please contact [email protected] for further information or to book a table, if you haven’t already done so. Dawn Chamberlain, Parish Clerk

Payhembury Weather Rainfall: The rainfall in January was below the norm but in February we have had well over the average with Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis battering the U.K. There was extensive flooding on 16 February, as I write this, from Dennis but note the figures in the table below don’t include the heavy rain from Dennis on 15/16 Feb.

Temperatures: The temperatures in both months have been well above average with only a few frosty mornings and almost record warm temperatures in February. Still no sign of a real winter.

Weather elsewhere: The two storms, Ciara and Dennis, have resulted in flooding, landslides and trees blown over in the U.K. In Australia the fires have been replaced by record rainfall and floods with all bush fires in New South Wales contained. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding and landslides across Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on 10-11 February, with some fatalities.

Payhembury Monthly Temperatures degC Jan 2020 1960-90 Measured Warmer or colder Feb (2 weeks) Climate Averages than average?

Max Temp 7.6/7.5 9.7/10.4 Warmer

Min Temp 2.1/1.7 3.6/3.9 Warmer

Mean Temp 4.9/4.6 6.6/7.1 Warmer

Temp Range 5.5/5.7 6.2/6.5

Highest Max 14/14 12.8/13.5 9 Feb 20

Lowest Min -13/-9 -4.4/0.8 20 Jan 20

Lowest Max -6/-3 5.7/8.1 28 Jan 20

Highest Min 11/10 8.7/8.1 8 Jan 20

Payhembury Rainfall mm Date of max

Jan 2020 104 79 14 Jan 20 Feb 2020 39 60 13 Feb 20 2 weeks

Current weather in Payhembury and a forecast can be viewed at www.payhembury- weather.co.uk. Like me on Facebook and follow me on twitter at @sat_metman Roger Saunders

LOVE Devon helps brings communities together It may be cold outside but there’s a warm glow spreading out across the whole of Devon. From coast to countryside, villages and towns to cit- ies, LOVE Devon is bringing communities together to support themselves and each other and to celebrate everything that is good and glorious about living and working in this part of the world.

LOVE Devon was established by Devon Communities Together which is approaching its 60th birthday. The independent charity was set up with the inten- tion of helping communities to help themselves, and LOVE Devon was established as a way of raising awareness and raising much-needed funds to support the charity.

The charity’s key objectives are more important than ever – to ensure Devon’s communities are given the support they need to address the issues that affect them; to help them become more resourceful and resilient and to build places that are healthier, more vibrant and inclusive with improved well-being.

LOVE Devon is unashamedly proud of its people and places and there’s a whole raft of enterprises. Projects include the Village Halls Service which keeps the buildings at the heart of any community beating and the Big Energy Saving Network which tackles the issue of fuel poverty that is worse in rural areas where there is limited access to the mains gas network.

There are important challenges facing everyone in Devon including affordable housing, entrepreneurship, rural isolation and loneliness, the environment and sustainability. But for every challenge, LOVE Devon has a creative way of approaching it.

If you love Devon, get involved! Join in with fundraising, access help and advice or simply spread the word. Go to Facebook (www.facebook.com/ lovedevon2016/), Twitter (@LoveDevon) or Instagram (@Loving_Devon) or the website www.devoncommunities.org.uk

...Linda and Dennis from London to Markers Park. ...Pete and Kath from Exmouth to Barrow Road. ...Lionel and Naomi to the Old Rectory from Honiton.

We hope they will be very happy here in Payhembury.

Mobile Library: Wednesday 11th March Village Hall Car Park, 11 to 11.20am

INFORMATION PAGE Non urgent police contact 101

Honiton Hospital 01404 540540 (Minor Injury Unit 8am-10pm) RD&E Hospital Exeter 01392 411611 V.E.T.S. (Village Emergency Telephone System) 01404 565605

Your Parish Council Meetings held 2nd Wed of alternate months (starting January) 7.30pm in the Village Hall Tim Cox (Chair) 01404 850005 Robert Leach (Vice-Chair) 01404 841408 Clair Kimber 01404 841320 Ryan Eaton 07957 590880 David Silver 07736610730 Phil Chamberlain 01404 841773 Eva Ingleson 07792 627802 Parish Clerk: Dawn Chamberlain, 01404 841 773 Parish Council email address: [email protected]

Useful numbers at the County Council (all 0345) General Enquiries 155 1015 Registrars 155 1002 Roads and Transport 155 1004 Libraries 155 1001 Disability Information 155 1005 Children/Families 155 1013 Bus passes 01392 383 688

Emergencies Social Care 0345 600 0388 Highways 01392 383329 Animal Welfare, Petrol, Explosives 01392 499499

Useful numbers at the District Council Switchboard: 01404 515616 (Use for all enquiries during office hours) Address: East Devon District Council, Blackdown House, Border Road, Heathpark Industrial Estate, Honiton, EX14 1EJ Email: [email protected] In an emergency outside opening hours, phone 01395 516854 Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm There is free parking in the car park in front of the building during opening hours

County Councillor: Ian Chubb 01297 35468 District Councillor: Philip Skinner 01404 822855

PAYHEMBURY VILLAGE HALL HIRE AND CHARGES Please contact Hazel Pike on [email protected] or 841465 for details and to book. (Please telephone before 7pm)

PAYHEMBURY PROVISIONS Opening hours and contact details Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm Saturday 8am to 1pm Sunday 8am to 12pm

Tel: 01404 841856 or [email protected]

Calendar for March 2020 Sun 1st Morning Worship, 11am Tue 3rd Lent Course, 7—8.30pm, Rectory Office, Feniton Wed 4th Tea & Bingo, The Six Bells, Broadhembury & District Gardening Club, 7.30pm Sun 8th Café, Village Hall, 10.30am Mon 9th Soup Lunch, 12—2pm, Church Tue 10th WI, Broadhembury Memorial Hall, 7.30pm Lent Course, 7—8.30pm, Rectory Office, Feniton Wed 11th Parish Council Meeting, 7.30pm, Parish Hall. Thu 12th Rotary Quiz, The Six Bells, 7.45pm Sat 14th Village Hall Spring Clean, 10am Sun 15th Parish Communion, 9.15am Tue 17th Lent Course, 7—8.30pm, Rectory Office, Feniton Sat 21st Bulb Show, 2.30—4pm, Village Hall Sun 22nd Mothering Sunday Communion, Escot, 9am Tue 24th WI, Broadhembury Memorial Hall, 2.30pm Lent Course, 7—8.30pm, Rectory Office, Feniton Wed 25th Coffee Morning, Cokesputt, 11am Sat 28th Churchyard clean up, 10—noon Parish Council Annual Meeting, 10—noon Sun 29th Parish Communion, Feniton, 11am Tue 31st Lent Course, 7—8.30pm, Rectory Office, Feniton Early April: Wed 1st Tea & Bingo, The Six Bells Fri 3rd Village Quiz, Tale Millers CC, 7pm, Village Hall Sat 4th Easter Market & Mingle, 2.30 to 5pm, Village Hall Sun 5th Morning Worship, 11am Church Flowers Lent—no flowers

REGULAR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL MONDAY Apple Pips 9.30-11.30am TUESDAY Musicseeds 9.15-10.15am Pilates 6-7pm WEDNESDAY Pilates 9.15-10.15am & Men’s 10.30-11.30am Short Mat Bowling 7.30-10.00pm THURSDAY Pilates 9.30-10.30am

Editorial Team: Christine Thair (841322), Kate Duggan (07968 369159), Victoria Lincoln (07967 313035) Payhembury Village Website: www.payhembury.org.uk