Piddle Valley News & Views Nov / Dec 2013 Above left - Gardens Club Summer Show; winners, taking contributions + exhibits © Ian Condon; Above right - PV First School; Year 3 children at Dorset Opera, children in School Forest area © Cath Rothman; Bee-keeping in the Ukraine © Bridget Bowen below - Gardens Club Harvest Supper diners and the feast © Ian Condon ! Friends of Piddle Valleyy First School !!!!!!!!!!! ! CHRISTMAS FAYRE ‘Inspira‘Inspirationation forfor tthehe festivefe season’ "#$%&'!("#$%&' )*!+,-,./,#!0123!!!!+,-,.//,# 0123 (456.!(456.! 7$%%8,!9&88,'!"$#:)!;-*<<8=!7$%%8,!9%%8,!9%%8,!9&88,'!"$ #:):)!! ;;-*<<8= * 8 7$%%8,)#7$%%8,)#,>)*$%,!,>)*$,>)*$%,! ?%.$::$<>!@2=!$>-8A%,:!&!B8&::!<C!.A88,%!D$>,!&>%!.$>-,!6$,:!?%.$::$<>!! @2= $$>-8A%,:!& ! B8&::!<C ! .A888,% ! D$>, ! &>% ! .$>-, ! 6$,:, ! 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For free quotations please call: Home: (01300) 348748 Neil: 07789907398 Anna: 07786659783 2 PIDDLETRENTHIDEPIDDLETRENTHIDE POSTPOST OFFICEOFFICE ANDAND STORESSTORES NEWS FROM THE PO COUNTER Customers continue to take advantage of the wide range of Post Office Services available from the PO here in Piddletrenthide. We are now able to sell coach tickets for National Express. Taking a winter holiday? Order your currency with the PO – this is offered at very competitive rates and can be returned with no extra charges. Alternatively there is the Travel Money Card – this can be obtained from the PO and topped up with any currency the customer needs, as they need it. Christmas stamps will be available from November 5th. The Health Lottery will soon be available at the PO. Save a journey to town ! Your local PO can provide you cash withdrawals from most bank accounts. Gift cards - minimum of £10 available, they can be used in many different stores. A very useful Christmas Gift. Post Office Services - Stamps, Parcels, Postal Orders, Gift Cards, Euros and other Currencies to order, PO Card Account and Pension and Benefits, PO Savings Accounts, ISA’s, Telephone and Broadband, Car, Travel, House, Pet Insurances, Moneygrams, Mortgages, Top Ups, Electric Key, Bill Payments eg electric, telephone, water rates, Council Tax, Income Tax. Post Office Opening Hours - Monday 8.30 am – 1 pm and 2 pm – 5.30 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8.30 am – 1 pm, Saturday 9 am – 12 noon NEWS FROM THE SHOP We receive fresh fruit and vegetable deliveries daily, our prices are very competitive, so why not give us a try ? We stock in-season fruit and vegetables, and can order large quantities if needed; we can supply speciality breads from Evershot Bakeries, such as Cottage Loaves, French Sticks, large wholemeal cobbers, ideal for your entertaining. We are pleased to provide free range chicken supplied by Creedy Carver; the taste really is different. Balls the Butchers are happy to cut meat to individual customer’s requirements and will be supplying turkeys to order. Order locally sourced and produced meat from us for your special event, such as Christmas or when guests are expected. All Christmas orders taken from December. We have new gifts available for Christmas, hand made by a local young lady, each a different design so unique to you and can be made to order. Boxed biscuits, sweets and chocolates will be on sale for Christmas; a range of boxes of Christmas cards, single personal cards and wrapping paper available. Shop Opening hours: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm, Saturday 8.30am – 1pm During Christmas the Shop and Post Office will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and 2nd January. Notices of hours of business, closures, and bread and meat deliveries will be displayed in the shop nearer to Christmas. We would like to thank our customers for their continued support. 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So if this issue is a little late, my apologies and a big thank you to all who have kindly sent in their advertising or copy twice. Believe me the lesson has been learnt and in future I will be backing up each week ! With all the climate change talk and different weather patterns across the country, the last few weeks have been interesting. As the summer faded and autumn arrived, days have been crisp and sometimes wet in equal measure. The sky in the mornings has been clear and blue though within a few hours, the clouds have been dark and striking in their outline. The agriculture cycle has continued with silage and tractor movements and the hedges bordering fields have been trimmed. Fortunately some have remained unclipped so it has been such a pleasure to gather blackberries although the speed of the traffic passing up and downhill towards Piddlehinton was unnecessarily fast. This issue is packed with reviews of past events, upcoming events to choose (remember to put the dates in your diaries) and a fascinating article by intrepid traveller and bee-keeper Bridget Bowen. Catch up with Neighbourhood Plan progress and do let NP Chair John Browning or the Focus Group Leaders know if you would like to discuss any aspect. Including fliers is against PVNV policy, but we have made an exception to make sure that all households in the Valley receive the Housing Survey. Please do return this and note the date of the Open Meeting at Piddle Valley CE First School on Monday 25th November. Dot Browning Contents Dates for your diary ~ Editorial ~ News from the Vicarage ~ Services ~ News from the Villages ~ General News & Notices ~ Clubs, Groups, Organisations ~ Letters ~ Piddle Valley Parish Council ~ Piddle Valley First School ~ Piddle Valley