Luppitt Packet
April 2017 USEFUL LUPPITT PHONE NUMBERS
Parish Council: Chairman, John Thorne 01404 891412 m. 07748 780096 Clerk: Rosalind Buxton 01404 861565 Village Hall: Chairman: Brian Pulman 891324 Secretary: Mary Joyce 890186 Commoners: Secretary : Kevin Lockyer 01404 892836 Luppitt Wives: Mrs Jean Hooper: 892969 PCC secretary: Wendy Watson 891959 Vicar: Rev Rik Peckham - 01404 891243 Church Administrator: Mrs Karen Davies 890121 (9:30 to 10:30 am) Churchwardens: Brian Pulman 891324 John Arbuthnott 891032 Captain of Bellringers: Pearl Pulman 891324 Cricket Club: S Berry 891268 Luncheon Club: Jean Hooper 892969 Hartridge Buddhist Monastery: 891251
Highway Faults - online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transportroads/roads/ road_maintenance.htm Alternatively, telephone 0845 155 1004 and give the fault information or email
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS To get in touch with your MP - Dog Warden : 01395 517457 Write: Crimestoppers:: 0800 555111 Neil Parish MP Blackdown Practice: House of Commons Dunkeswell 01823 681720 London Blackdown Support Group: SW1A 0AA (Hemyock) 01823 681036 Telephone: Honiton Medical Centre : 548544 0207 219 7172 Honiton Hospital: 540540 email: Dev.Air Ambulance: 01392 466666 [email protected] TRIP: 46529: community transport C.A.B.: 44213 Local Constituency Agent : Honiton Library: 41212 Lucille Baker E. Devon District Council: 01395 233503 [email protected] 01395 516551
Welcome to April! No practical jokes in this Packet. Or are there?
Most important notice this month is the change of date for the flower show.
PLEASE NOTE. LUPPITT FLOWER SHOW NEW DATE
SATURDAY 19th AUGUST 2017
Have a good month.
Lindsey Dalgety
Luppitt Litter Pick 2017
A dozen volunteers turned out at the village hall on Saturday 4th March to collect litter from the lanes and verges. In addition several others made their own arrangements to deal with their part of the village.
So all in all, pretty successful from the turnout point of view.
As to the rubbish, over 12 full bags were collected and EDC has been asked to deal with a particularly difficult area at Ewin's Ash.
So thanks to all who turned out on the day and thanks also to the many others who did their bit on their own and to those that regularly help to keep the village clear of litter. The prize for the biggest haul goes to Robin Turner for filling 4 full bags on his own! The spin off was the walk around the beautiful lanes of Luppitt, many parts of which are usually only seen by car - really enjoyable.
Roger Hicks
1 LUPPITT PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk’s report of a Meeting of Luppitt Parish Council held in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 at 8 pm
Present: Cllrs John Thorne, Gavin Brake (Vice-Chairman), David Barlow, Tom Nancarrow, Paul Prettejohn, Brian Pulman, Andrew Tucker, David Key (EDDC), Rosalind Buxton (clerk)
Receive apologies for absence Cllrs Derek Hooper, Paul Diviani (DCC and EDDC), PCSO Anning 30012
Minutes of previous meeting The Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 7 February 2017, were unanimously agreed and signed as a correct record of that meeting (proposed by Cllr Barlow, seconded by Cllr Nancarrow).
Declaration of Interest Cllr Tucker declared an interest in items 3.1.1 (Highway Community Enhancement Fund), 3.2 (Parish Maintenance) and 7.0 (Chairman’s Discretion) as he will be carrying out the work.
PLANNING Applications (for comment, support or objection) Discuss suggestion of putting aggregate at the top of the path by Shelves Cottage The Parish Council thought this was a good idea and a sensible solution. However, the Parish Council has no power to grant (or deny) permission for this sort of work. This comes under the authority of Highways. The clerk will contact the parishioner concerned and forward the Neighbourhood Highways Officer’s details.
HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC Parish Highways programme Update on Items to Report as follows:
2 Item Reported Action Status
Report all items to ([email protected] NHO ) Maple Cross towards Clerk to report as Work almost completed Whitehall Farm – 2 m deep from DB – – safety barriers still up drop at the edge of the road. W16899935 URGENT Pennythorne Cross to Barn W17980499 Assessment completed Cross – road subsidence 28.02.17
Potholes and severe drop-off W17980505 Sent to contractor for at edge of tarmac from investigation or action. Overday Farm towards Gully Estimated assessment Lane date of 15.03.17 Pothole outside Dolish W17980514 Assessment completed Farmhouse 28.02.17
Several potholes between W17980518 Assessment completed Mountstephens and 28.02.17 Ringborough Cross Approaching the north end of W17980522 Sent to contractor for Gully Lane from Riggles – investigation or action. numerous potholes Estimated assessment date of 15.03.17 Beacon to Mathayes Cross – W17980525 Assessment completed several potholes and general 28.02.17 deterioration of road Maple Cross to Pound Farm – Clerk to report New road subsidence
Tapsterwater to Village Hall – Clerk to report New numerous potholes
At Robin’s Bungalow and Clerk to report New Smithenhayes – road needs re -instating around the drain Beacon to Sharcombe – Clerk to report New potholes and subsidence
Between Greenways and Yard Clerk to report New Farm entrance - several potholes From Millrise to the Mill – Clerk to report New blocked drain 3
MB Green
Gardening, Landscaping & Home Maintenance
Please call me for a chat, or send me an email, to discuss your requirements
Telephone 07807309702 Email [email protected]
~ LUPPITT/DUNKESWELL/COMBE RALEIGH BORDER ~
4 Highway Community Enhancement Fund Funding has been secured for Shelves Lane work (£2,000) and Sharcombe path to Hillend (£1,350). Cllr Tucker was congratulated on the excellent work carried out in Shelves Lane. The work on the Sharcombe path to Hillend will be carried out in the next financial year.
The meeting was then suspended to allow Questions from the Public. A parishioner who has recently bought a property in Luppitt came to introduce him- self to the Parish Councillors. He had hoped to bring with him plans that he was in- tending to submit to the Planning Department at EDDC for the property he plans to have re-built on the plot, but he was not yet in a position to do so. He described the type of building he hopes to have erected. The Parish Councillors thanked the pa- rishioner for taking the time to attend the meeting to share his plans and he then left the meeting. The meeting was then resumed.
Parish Maintenance Fund A R Tucker Ltd are working through the list of jobs.
Lengthsman’s Visit The clerk had forwarded a list of work for the lengthsman to carry out on his visit on 22 and 23 March. The Neighbourhood Highways Officer had replied saying that ad- ditional works could not be given to the lengthsman. The clerk had pointed out that this was not additional work but areas which needed attention from the lengthsman. The clerk had asked the NHO for information on who drew up the list of work for the lengthsman but had received no reply. The clerk will follow up with the NHO.
Definitive Map Review – Footpaths 21 Combe Raleigh and 59 Luppitt The Parish Council has written formally to object to the Modification Order for the above footpaths. The clerk has received assurance from the Definitive Map Review Officer that there is no financial implication for the Parish Council in doing so.
FOOTPATHS AND BRIDLEWAYS The clerk confirmed that the P3 forms have been submitted.
ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community Policing Report
Two crimes have been committed between 07/02/17 and 06/03/17 – a burglary at a dwelling where paperwork and photos were stolen, and theft of ferreting equipment at another location.
5 Electoral Review of East Devon The clerk had received an email from the Local Government Boundary Commission to say that the electoral arrangements for Luppitt Parish Council will not change be- cause of their recommendations. However, the clerk had noticed on the map issued that Dunkeswell and Otterhead have been linked and will be a two-member ward. Cllr Key said this was designed to achieve a more even distribution as he has five wards (Luppitt, Upottery, Stockland, Cotleigh and Monkton) whereas the Dunkeswell ward member has three wards (Dunkeswell, Combe Raleigh and Sheldon).
County Council elections The clerk advised that the elections will be held on 4 May 2017.
Defibrillators The clerk advised that applications to British Heart Foundation and to Cllr Diviani’s Locality budget have both been successful. The location for the second defibrillator was discussed and the clerk will write to the property owners to ascertain whether or not they would be in agreement. The defibrillator from the British Heart Founda- tion is due for delivery in 3-4 weeks. The clerk will take advice from South West Am- bulance Service on the most appropriate model of defibrillator to purchase with the Locality money and will bring this information to the next meeting for agreement. Once the defibrillators are in place, the clerk will arrange for training sessions to be held for anyone interested.
Discuss and decide on application for Luppitt Parish Council to become a Quality Council The clerk has passed her CiLCA qualification which is one of the requirements to be- come a Quality Council. The clerk will make further enquiries about the work in- volved in becoming a Quality Council and the benefits. The Parish Council will then decide whether or not to apply to become a Quality Council.
Music and Movement for Children.
Luppitt Village Hall. Wednesdays, term time only.
Starts at 9.30 am with approximately 45 minutes of singing and dancing.
Price is only £1.00 per child, to include a drink and a biscuit, also coffee or tea for the adults.
From babies till school age. Any enquires contact Maria 01404 891058.
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Litter Pick This had been arranged by a parishioner and had been a very successful exercise. The clerk will write on behalf of the Parish Council to Roger Hicks to thank him for his efforts and the time he had spent on organising the different groups.
Broadband provided by Voneus A meeting was held in Luppitt Village Hall on 22 February which was very well at- tended. Voneus are gathering names to enable them to put forward a viable scheme for providing faster Broadband for areas not covered by Gigaclear.
Correspondence A letter from Devon Link-Up providing a safe place scheme for vulnerable people was noted. Details of the Greater Exeter Strategic Plan Consultation sent out by EDDC were noted. An email from EDDC concerning a hackney cab and private hire licensing policy was noted.
Chairman’s Discretion Cllr Thorne put forward a suggestion that perhaps a committee could be formed from a small number of councillors with authority to agree to work being carried out under the Parish Maintenance budget between Parish Council meetings. This would allow decisions to be taken more quickly to solve problems. After discussion, it was agreed that this would be a workable scheme with any two councillors (excluding Cllr Tucker). It was proposed by Cllr Brake and seconded by Cllr Barlow that Cllr Pulman would act as co-ordinator and will report to the Parish Council at the monthly meet- ing. The clerk will keep track of spending against budget and will amend the Stand- ing Orders to reflect the change.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC There were no further questions and the meeting closed at 10.00 pm.
Date for next meeting to be held in Luppitt Village Hall at 8 pm:
Tuesday, 4th April, 2017
7 LUPPITT ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
the Annual Parish Meeting will be held in the Village Hall
on Tuesday, 9 May 2017
at 8 pm
Members of the press and public are very welcome and encouraged to attend
8 Internet
Dear fellow parishioners, Some of you may be aware that there is finally a chance for our area to receive meaningful broadband Internet. The company Voneus has been canvassing households in Luppitt, Beacon, Wick and Monkton to see if there is enough interest for them to roll out their system. Having no access to fast Internet means being increasingly cut off from full participation in the life of society around us. Watching films, doing homework, finding competitive prices for any kind of shopping or even handing in your taxes - all now require the Internet. Running a busi- ness in this parish necessitates the use of unreliable and expensive Satellite Broadband, and new homebuyers increasingly check Broad- band speeds before purchasing in the same way that they would in- vestigate all other essential utilities. I don’t know if this company will be the absolute answer, but until 2020 they are the only option other than satellite or wildly expensive cabling to individual properties or businesses, which very few can af- ford. We need a community effort to make this work. If enough peo- ple sign up then their prices are competitive with BT, but with much faster speeds – fast enough apparently for us to be able to give up our landlines and use mobiles only (through VOIP). Connecting Devon and Somerset will pay connection fees for anyone eligible for one of their vouchers. At the moment Voneus are just looking to see if there is enough inter- est within our community. We were impressed with their representa- tive who seemed to understand the challenges involved in connecting us. Please register your interest and find out more. I’d hope that most of us live in this beautiful part of the Blackdowns out of choice, but having no Internet removes choice and increasingly isolates us from the larger world. Find out more at www.voneus.com and fill in the online form, or call them on 0203026 4123. No cost or commitment at this point but they need people to register to start the work of connecting us!
Alex Hartley
9 I’ll never forget What’s’is name...
Er,was it Fletcher? I remember faces, but some names, especially surnames, occasionally just elude me. Yes, I picture the person, the face, the general personality, attitudes and so on - but the name? Nope. Just not there.
People’s surnames –their family names - often relate to an ancestor from centuries ago. This person had a particular calling, and such occupation would identify individuals, especially in a small section of local society. It is easy to imagine; there would be people providing everyday services like a baker, a butcher, a brewer, a miller. These trades became part of their identity, like Jack the baker and John the miller. Similarly, other occupations attached their names to individuals. In a small settlement there would be workers of various kinds like a mason, a carpenter, a tiler, a thatcher and a wright (making wooden wheels and milling machinery). These trade names again identified the individuals. Clearly, they have now become familiar surnames.
One of the commonist names is Smith, and in many European languages there are variations of this. Usually, this indicates a metalworker, as for instance a blacksmith working in iron or steel. We also have coppersmiths and silversmiths. In cases like these the trade names are self explanatory, as are Woodman, Weaver, and Draper. Sometimes the meaning is not immediately obvious, like Cooper. The origin of this name is derived from the Latin word cuparius, through the Middle English cupe. These mean a container like a basket, tub or cask. So a person associated with such containers is a cooper.
Some people might wonder why you call the person to repair your leaking copper pipes a plumber. It’s our old friend Latin again. In Roman times, cisterns, sinks and roofs might be made of lead. And of course pipes. The Latin word for lead is plumbum. So there we are: pipes equals lead, lead equals plumbum. Man doing pipes equals Plumber. The Romans sought lead ores all over their empire which of course included much of Britain. As a matter of interest, an ingot of Roman lead weighing 38kilos was auctioned recently for £25,000. This ingot was found near Wells and probably came from Mendip where Roman workings are still visible. It’s hardly surprising the Roman name has stuck.
10 A while ago I was trying to remember the name of an acquaintance. His first name I easily remembered, but his family name? Gone. I vaguely thought it was something to do with medieval weaponry. Eventually I settled on archery. So was the name Archer, Bowyer or Fletcher? Or something else? Bowyers made bows, fletchers made arrows. Then I began to wonder about the prevalence of such names today. I wondered how significant these weapons had been that these names survived. One of the things about writing odd items for the Packet is that you can let your brain off the leash to go to unexpected places. That’s what happened next.
In the 14 th and 15 th centuries English archery was the nuclear deterrent of its time. How this came about is most interesting.
When Edward I was having troubles fighting the Welsh in the 1280’s, the devastation caused by the Welsh archers convinced him that he must have his own bowmen. For about two and a half centuries from then longbows and arrows were standard weapons. Archers required huge numbers of bows (made by bowyers) and arrows (made by fletchers).
In 1346 Edward III was so confident of his archers that he taunted Philip VI of France, just before the Battle of Crécy. Edward had about 5000 archers, and each could loose twelve arrows a minute. This is a fearful onslaught of 60,000 arrows every minute heading towards the French. By the end of the battle it is believed there were some fifty English dead. But, and here is the horrifying bit, there were 16,500 French dead. Philip was hit in the face and captured, and many of his aristocracy were killed. For some 20 years afterwards France was impotent.
In 1415 Henry V ordered three million arrows in preparation for Agincourt... There were many Fletchers preparing these.
It is no wonder that archery-related names are still here. And the name that had eluded me suddenly became obvious. It wasn’t Fletcher. It was Bowyer. Why couldn’t I remember that?
DS
11 12 Luppitt Entertainments Committee Dates for your diary 2017 More details coming soon Thursday 6 th Easter Bingo April Page 14 Sunday 9 th Easter Eggstravaganza April Page 11 st Sunday 21 Family Bike Ride May Saturday 2nd Breakfast September
th Friday 13 The Churchfitters Folk Band October November Quiz Night – date to be decided
th Saturday 9 Christmas Party December Follow us on Facebook at Luppitt Events
Honiton Mobile Library Village Hall
2017 April 19th, 2017 Arrive 12.30pm Depart 1.00pm
13 LUPPITT EASTER FUN AT THE VILLAGE HALL
Easter Bingo For all the Family Thursday 6 th April
Doors Open 7.00pm Eyes Down 7.30pm
14 BELLRINGERS OUTING SAT, 29TH APRIL
LEAVING MOUNTSTEPHENS AT 8AM, PROMPT
RINGING AT WINCANTON, TEMPLE COOMBE, WOOKEY AND PITNEY
WELLS FOR LUNCH. TAUNTON FOR FISH AND CHIPS ETC.
HOME APPROX 8PM.
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR A GREAT DAY OUT!
NAMES TO PEARL PLEASE - 891324
LUPPITT WIVES GROUP .
For our next meeting we are going to Otter Nurseries for Lunch on Thursday 20th April 2017. Please meet there at 12-30pm,If you are coming can you please let me know.
Our Skittle Evening is on Saturday 22nd April 2017, at 8pm. Please let me know if you are coming.
Jean Hooper 892969.
Local professional gardener for hire.
College trained and 25 years experience in the trade Most jobs considered with competitive rates
For an appointment or quote ring Chris Reeve on 01404 891174 after 6pm 07903110835 mob day time .
15 fundraising for St Mary’s Church, Luppitt
D A N C E to the music of Ray Denning Friday, 26 May 2017 Bar 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm £6
MOW and
STRIM
in the churchyard any time to suit you (mower and fuel can be provided)
The beauty and tidiness of the churchyard is often commented upon.
Unfortunately, the looker-afters are getting a bit old and washed out. Is anyone willing to help?
16 MORE EASTER FUN AT THE VILLAGE HALL
Easter Eggstravaganza th Sunday 9 April 3 – 5pm
Easter Bonnet Competition (several age categories) Egg Hunt, Egg Decorating Colouring Competition, Games Tea & Refreshments
17 GARDEN JOTTINGS by D.Street
This month, now everything is beginning to warm up, and they're beginning to wake up, I'm writing about slugs. Quite a lot of this article, I'm afraid, is rather taken over from The Organic Way magazine. You can't be expected to write something original, and scintillating too of course, every single time, just by yourself, you know. Especially when it's about slugs. Believe it or not, there are forty-four different sorts of slugs living in the UK, and some of them are active throughout the year. The late flowering Lord Grenfell nerine along our patio - it actually only flowers properly in the poly - took a heavy battering from little black slugs last December. But on the whole, now in April is the time you notice new growth and new slug eaten growth. According to The Organic Way article only four of the forty-four different kinds of slug can be regarded as serious pests. The biggest slug of all, the Spotted Leopard, is more often friend than foe. The Spotted Leopard is a large slug up to sixteen centimetres long, covered with darker blotches. You may see at night in damp spots. Being a friend, it will eat other less friendly gastropods. Sounds as though slugs like armies march on their stomachs. So best not harm the Spotted Leopard slug, large and deadly though it looks. It is the damaging Grey Field slug you can hammer as you will. Everyone is looking for a simple and effective way of dealing with the slug damage problem. Here in a damp Devon, especially on sticky clay, slugs have a whale of a time. Sandy or gritty soil discourages them. So some gardeners put sharp grit round their seedlings. Broken egg shell can also be tried. You can sow in containers or trays, and plant out when the seedlings are large and more likely to survive an attack. Some plants and some varieties are less susceptible. Slugs seem to find lettuce, brassicas, hostas a doddle, yet they rarely go for agapanthus. I go out after dark and try to catch the little blighters in the act. I have seen my neighbour's, Alan Tofts, torch looking for slugs too. In the morning, look under pots or pieces of wood where they hide during the day. Recently nematodes have come onto the market. These are animals that prey on slugs and kill them. You have to water them in, and one treatment may not last long enough. There are also slug pellets containing iron phosphate which will discourage slugs. An organic control method is to
18 encourage slug predators - frogs, toads and hedgehogs. Our hen (only one now) is always on the look out for a fat, juicy slug. The most usual anti-slug pellets are the ones with metaldehyde in them. Its slug killing properties were discovered in France in the 40s and 50s. But people are now worried it is harmful to other living things. It has been estimated that four hundred billion a year of these slug pellets are scattered about by gardeners alone. Such extensive use may well end up with slugs becoming resistant to metaldehyde. Even more disturbing, water companies have now discovered that metaldehyde is getting into the national water supply. Current treatment methods do not filter it out.
Sunday Papers
Alfington Stores have been delivering Sunday papers in Luppitt for many years. If you would like a Sunday paper delivered, ring 01404 850247.
LUPPITT OVER 60'S LUNCHEON CLUB.
Thursday 13th April 2017 . Commences 12-30-1pm.
Glass of Sherry
Roast Pork Roast Potatoes Seasonal Vegetables
Sherry Trifle
Tea & Coffee Raffle £5.00 Jean Hooper Tel - 01404 892 969
19 CLASSIC RECIPES FOR EASTER –AND SOME TASTY TWISTS
I started cooking very early in life. As a child, I remember how much I loved to help my mother in the kitchen – especially when we were preparing for special occasions like Christmas and Easter. Always, when the delicious smells of sugar and spice, gorgeous family roasts and mouthwatering fruit puddings waft through my kitchen, I remember with love those times with my mother – a wonderful cook who taught me to love and understand the joy you can bring to others through good home cooking.
One of the most exciting things for me, as a child, was producing the Simnel Cake for Easter. I still use the same recipe I used 50 odd years ago – and I am told that it is pretty scrumptious. The classic version of the Simnel Cake includes a layer of marzipan in the centre of two layers of fruit cake mix. But I find this produces a fairly heavy cake, and it doesn’t allow for my time honoured process of producing a truly gorgeously moist and totally irresistible cake – which is to turn it upside down whilst still warm from the oven and drizzle two tablespoons of mixed brandy and honey - one tablespoon of each – onto the bottom of the cake then quickly wrap it in baking parchment, then in foil, and leave it to marinate for at least a week, a month is even better. However, marzipan is an integral part of a Simnel Cake – and mine is no exception. But instead of laying a slab of it in the middle of the cake, I cut about 150 grams of marzipan into small pieces and fold them into the fruit cake mixture along with the dried fruit and nuts. Everyone has their favourite rich fruit cake recipe. You can use whichever one you like, but folding in the grated marzipan and adding the brandy and honey to the still warm cake after baking, will produce a quite irresistible result. To decorate the cake, I use the traditional method of a thin layer of marzipan, crimped around the edges, and topped with balls of marzipan quickly toasted under the grill. For an extra indulgent show, you can press toasted whole almonds and halved glace cherries into the marzipan topping and then drizzle with almond flavoured glace icing.
Easter Sunday lunch is a time honoured family affair and roast lamb is a popular centre piece. I am not a great fan of Leg of Lamb nowadays – unless it is enhanced by butterflying it, marinating it with garlic, herbs and wine, and then whacking it onto a hot barbeque. At this time of year, that is not very practical, so I would prefer slow roasting a shoulder of lamb, studded with garlic and rosemary, and roasted in a slow oven on a bed of 20 onions, carrots, celery, some cherry tomatoes and a glug of white wine to keep the meat moist as it cooks. You can easily leave that to cook in the oven at, say, 130C, Gas mark 3, or in the slow oven of the Aga, for 3 hours or more until the meat is falling off the bone and the juices have produced a rich gravy. I guess Sunday roasts should be accompanied by roast potatoes, but to me, the ideal accompaniment for slow roast lamb is Dauphinoise Potato. All you have to do is to thinly slice some good floury potatoes, like Maris Piper or Albert Bartlett, then put them in a saucepan, cover them with a mixture of 50% double cream and 50% full cream milk, drop in a couple of cloves of chopped garlic and a good pinch of salt and pepper, then bring your pot to a simmer and leave it, without stirring, for about 10 minutes until the potatoes have just a little give in them. Then butter an oven proof dish, pour your potato and cream mix into it, and put in a medium hot oven for about half an hour.
If you prefer something a little more cosmopolitan, try roasting a free range chicken on a bed of lemon slices, sliced shallots, chopped chorizo and black olives, having rubbed your chicken with a mixture of olive oil, a crushed garlic clove, some well chopped herbs, and a good pinch of salt and pepper. If you want to be even more Mediterranean, you can add some saffron strands, dissolved in hot water, to the roasting tray. To enhance all the flavours, it is best to cover the chicken dish with foil for the first hour or so, depending on its weight, removing the cover for the last 30 mins to allow the skin to crisp.
For pudding, we really should focus on the delicious taste of early rhubarb. I saw, with huge excitement, that mine was springing into the life a couple of weeks ago and I have already feasted on the gentle soft tenderness of the first pickings. However, unless you are very lucky, there won’t be a huge quantity of rhubarb available just now. So I would recommend mixing cut up chunks of early rhubarb with halved strawberries, scattering over some caster sugar and a little orange juice for moisture, then topping with a classic crumble mix enhanced with some rolled oats for crunch and ground almonds for flavour and popping into a medium hot oven (170 C or Gas 4 or Aga baking oven) for about 25 to 30 minutes. I serve mine with dollops of home made ice cream, which gently melts around the warm crumble – but custard is good too.
Happy Easter to everyone. - Christine Ryder
21 Sunday 2 April 9:30 am BCP Holy Communion *
Sunday 9 April 11:00 am All Age Worship & Baptism † Friday 14 April 12:30 pm raising the Good Friday crosses on Hartridge Sunday 16 April 11:00 am Easter Day CW Holy Communion ‡ Sunday 23 April 11:00 am All Age Worship § 3:30 pm Baptism ¶ Sunday 30 April 11:00 am Six Worship Together at Luppitt ¶
Sunday 7 May 9:30 am BCP Holy Communion * * Revd Peter Horder † Revd John Morris ‡ Revd Anne Mills § Mr Keith Mills ¶ Revd Rik Peckham officiating
The Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Meetings will take place on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at 7:45 pm in the Village Hall. The Vestry Meeting will elect two Churchwardens: you are entitled to attend this part of the meeting and vote if you are either on the Church Electoral Roll, or are resident in the parish and on the register of local government electors. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will then follow immediately, which any person may attend, but at which only those on the Church Electoral Roll may vote. Wendy Watson, PCC Secretary
Easter Crosses
We will be erecting the Easter Crosses on Hartridge again this year, by kind permission of the Luppitt Commons Trustees.
Meet at 12:30 pm on Good Friday on the road under Hartridge.
22 Church cleaning and flower rota
1 April Carole Thorne & Jean Hooper
8 April Wendy Clapp & Pearl Pulman 15 April Pearl Pulman & Mary Joyce Easter decorations - all
22 April Christine Page-Turner & Olive Clapp, Shirley Crabb & Beryl Hardwick
29 April Jean Gardiner & Joy Tofts
6 May Ann Arbuthnott & Lesley Rogan If you would like to help with church cleaning or flower arranging, please contact Pearl Pulman on 891324
come along to a coffee morning (fundraising for the Church)
Saturday, 6 May at the Old School House
10:00 am to 12 noon
PLANTS CAKES
BRING AND BUY
23 St Mary the Virgin St Mary Virgin the Upottery am 11:00 Prayer Morning CW am 11:00 Communion Holy Service Meditation am 11:00 Communion Easter CW am 11:00 Communion Holy 11:00 am am 11:00 Matins Morning Prayer Prayer Morning St James the Greater Greater St James the Sheldon am 9:30 Service Family am 9:30 Worship Morning am 9:30 Communion Easter BCP am 9:30 Communion Holy 9:30 am 9:30 Service Family 11:00 am am 11:00
St John’s St John’s Plymtree pm 4:00 APCM and Evensong CW am 9:15 Communion Holy am 9:15 Communion Easter CW am 9:15 Communion Holy pm 2:30 11:00 am 11:00 Service Family Six Worship Together at Luppitt Luppitt at Together Worship Six St Nicholas’ St Nicholas’ Dunkeswell CW am 11:00 Communion Holy 11:00 am 11:00 Worship Morning am 11:00 Friday Good Worship am 11:00 Communion Easter CW am 11:00 Communion Holy 11:00 am CW CW am 11:00 Communion Holy Other Services in the Mission Community Community theMission in Services Other St Andrew’s St Andrew’s Broadhembury BCP am 9:30 Communion Holy 10:00 am 10:00 Praise Morning am 9:30 Service Meditation am 9:30 Communion Easter am 10:00 Worship Age All 9:30 am BCP am 9:30 Communion Holy Wedding pm 4:00 &Baptism Blessing am 9:00 Sunday 2April Sunday Sunday 9April GoodFriday April 14 Sunday April 16 Sunday April 23 Sunday Sunday 7May every every Wednesday
24 On April 16 th we celebrate again the great feast of Easter. The church remembers the sacrifice of God Himself upon the altar of the cross, that all the world may receive forgiveness of their sins, and be restored into the loving relationship with Him, our God, as we were created so to do. It is the ultimate celebration in the Christian year, and the one service of Holy Communion which the Church of England says all its members should attend.
But, to get there we have to travel through the wilderness which we call Lent and Holy Week. It is by travelling together through the Lenten disciplines we have set ourselves, that we learn of the love that God has for each of us, as individuals and also as communities and fellowships. More than that, we learn that if we are to emulate Christ our saviour, we must also love as He has loved us; that is, we should love each other as ourselves, as members of the same family under God.
In Holy Week we come together to worship as a Community on Maundy Thursday in Sheldon, St James’, to celebrate the institution of Holy Communion at the Last Supper, where Jesus showed His humility and service to His friends by washing their feet. Then, after His betrayal that night, we meet on Good Friday to meditate on what Jesus has done for us in a variety of services at Broadhembury, St Andrew’s; then Dunkeswell, St Nicholas’; and on to Luppitt Common for the raising of the cross; then finally in the afternoon at 2:30 in Upottery, St Mary’s. All are welcome at all or any of these services.
It is good to hear that all our Lent groups this year have been well attended (over fifty in total across the Mission Community), and that on Easter Day we will all be worshipping together in spirit, in each of our six churches in the Mission Community. May I take this opportunity to thank all those involved in leading both Lent Groups and Church services throughout this Lent, Holy Week and Easter, and all those talented people who will be arranging flowers to decorate our church worship on Easter Day, which makes them so beautiful and appealing and alive.
We will also see throughout April the annual crop of Annual Parochial Church Meetings (APCMs) which are the opportunity for the church members to ask questions on the mission and direction of the church, and also to offer themselves as members of PCCs and Deanery Synod, and as officers of the church – churchwardens, treasurers, secretaries and electoral roll officers – without whom our church would not, could not, continue to run. My profound thanks go to all who will be offering themselves in these positions for the forthcoming twelve months.
With every blessing to you all for a Happy and Holy Eastertide
Rik (The Vic)
25 Blackdown Community Choir
There is one activity that I look forward to than any other and that is on Thursday evenings , when I join with other like- minded souls to sing together. In the cold winter evenings, when it is more tempting to stay in by the fire, once there, the warm welcome and the challenge ahead to master and enjoy a wide repertoire of songs makes it all well worthwhile. Last Spring some of our choir took up an invitation to spend a weekend with the” Alive and Kicking” community choir in Brecon, South Wales. It was a very successful and enjoyable experience and we are now excitedly looking forward to their return visit here in March to Wellington and we can ensure them of a very warm welcome. This summer we are invited to take part in a day of singing with local community choirs and we are also hoping to take part in the Taunton Summerfest. Our wonderful energetic and enthusiastic leader Caroline Rigby is retiring at the end of our summer term and we shall really miss her dedication and commitment to our choir over her time with us. We now hope we can find a similar person who will inspire us and keep our Thursday evenings full of song, laughter and friendship. If you are looking for a new activity to challenge and inspire you, one where you will have opportunities to sing a wide variety of world songs then why not come along for a taster session. There are no voice auditions, our motto is” if you can talk you can sing”. Further information : www.blackdowncommunitychoir or phone 01823-662203
‘Learn, Laugh & Live’ with The University of the Third Age
April is the beginning of the Honiton U3A Membership year, so there is no better time to join us! Take advantage of our free monthly meeting plus the opportunity to join any of our 20+ interest groups. The first meeting of our new year is on Wednesday 19 th April when we welcome our speaker – Peter Hood who will be talking about Food through the Ages – A gourmet, and not so gourmet, look at recipes from the past. Will include a few samples.
Venue: The Beehive Centre, Dowell St., Honiton Doors open 1.30pm for a 2pm start
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April 3rd, 10th, Bowls, Village Hall, 8pm. 17th, 24th
April 7th, 13th, Friday Market, Village Hall, 11am-1pm. 21st, 28th Thursday 13th as Good Friday.
April 5th, 12th, Social Club, Village Hall, 8pm. 19th, 26th
April 4th Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall, 8pm.
April 6th Easter Bingo , Village Hall. Doors open 7pm. Eyes down 7.30pm. April 9th Easter Eggstravaganza, Village Hall, 3pm- 5pm. April 13th Luncheon Club, Village Hall, 12.30pm
April Luppitt Wives Group Skittles , Village Hall, 8pm
April 23rd Private Party, Village Hall,, Daytime.
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CONTENTS
Church Services ...... 22-25 Luncheon Club ...... 19 Mobile Library Times...... 13 Luppitt Wives Group ...... 15 Garden Jottings ...... 18 Parish Council ...... 2 What’s On ...... 13
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