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Issue No. 3 Summer 2016 £1 ‘A Prevailing Wind’ by Merlyn Chesterman THE HARTLAND POST A quarterly news magazine for Hartland and surrounding area Issue No. 3 Summer 2016 Printed by Jamaica Press, Published by Th e Hartland Post All communications to: Th e Editor, Sally Crofton, IT: John Zalewski 102 West Street, EX39 6BQ Hartland. Layout: Kris Tooke Tel. 01237 441617 Email: [email protected] Cover artwork: Clive Brocklehurst

A Word Along Th e Way Paul and I love this part of the world, having holidayed here for over 30 years. We, and our dogs especially, love the sea and On a beautiful North Devon so it is a real privilege to now be able to live here. April evening I was installed as the new Team Rector of One of the great challenges of arriving as a new Rector, is that the Hartland Coast Mission of getting to know you all and all that goes on. So if you see Community. Th e Church of me around, help me out and stop and introduce yourself! England has many ancient With every blessing, practices, not least the process Brenda of installing a new Rector, where during the service; I was led by the hand and placed in my seat or stall. Installation is a strange word to use; one friend commented that it sounded FAREWELL TO like I was going to become part of the fi xtures and fi ttings, like a new piece of church furniture. Well hopefully I won’t become too fi xed or set in my ways but being part of the furniture of Barry Draycott community life isn’t a bad way to describe the work of a parish died on 14 April, a former organist at St Nectan’s, Stoke priest. Someone who is very familiar, who is often just around, present at special events as well as part of the ordinary lives of Martin Brown those who live and work in our parishes. Someone who, in had been involved in running the Pop In; some way, reminds us about the God who is present in all of a memorial service was held on 21 May at Stoke our lives whether we are aware of him or not. Lewis John Walter I was ordained in 2009 at Hereford Cathedral and worked in a farmer from Philham, died on 25 May both city and country parishes. Previously I had been a Primary school teacher and prior to that a co-ordinator for voluntary and community groups. I am married to Paul and we have 6 grown up children and almost as many golden retrievers. Th e dogs will perhaps already have become a familiar sight around Hartland as we begin to explore the lovely countryside around the vicarage.

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2 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 DENNIS AND BETTY BRAGG CONTENTS Celebrate Th eir Page 2 A Word Along Th e Way Diamond Wedding Anniversay Farewell To... Page 3 Dennis & Betty Bragg - Diamond Anniversary Dennis & Betty married on 31st March 1956 in Hartland Hartland Weather Methodist Chapel, followed by a reception in Harton Manor. Betty was born at Ivy cottage, Hartland & Dennis moved Page 4 Living Above the Shop: A.W. Jeff ery & Sons from Woolsery to West Tosberry Farm, Tosberry with his Page 5 Hartland Carnival 2016 family when he was 14 years old. Th ey met at a Colt show in Meddon 4 years previously when Dennis spotted Betty as she Page 6 Elmscott Youth Hostel arrived with her friend by bicycle from Hartland. Nature Counts: Wasps Torridge Volunteer Cars Th eir fi rst home was at East Philham Cottage, Philham, Page 7 A New Vicar for Hartland Hartland and following the Torridge Male Voice Choir arrival of three daughters Whistle for the Somme they moved to 101 West Welcombe Horticultural Show Street, Hartland in 1967. After 30 happy and busy Page 8 Out & About in Hartland years and in preparation Christian Aid Walk for retirement they moved Page 9 Hartland Parish Council News to Pines Close, Hartland in Hartland Recreation Ground 1997. Page 10 Hartland Primary School Th ey celebrated on the day with a tea party in the Methodist Th e Small School Hall, and had a weeks holiday with children, Maureen, Hazel and Wendy together with their grandchildren in the Lake Page 11 AONB: Funding for community projects District. Th ey were thrilled to receive a congratulatory card Page 12 Route 39 from the Queen. Page 13 Hartland Peninsula Association Tales from the Tourist Hub HARTLAND WEATHER Page 14 Hartland Parish Hall Update As recorded at Gawlish Cottages, Page 15 Is It Worth Recycling Household Waste? Hartland by Airlie Needham Page 16 Where To Eat In And Around Hartland March 2016 Page 18 Hartland ‘Churches Together’ Diary Total rainfall 84.7mm One Week in Summer A wet start with rain, showers, hail and sleet until the 10th Churches Together Holiday Club when the wind went easterly until the 22nd. Two days of frost Page 19 Hartlanders & Friends on 10th and 11th and dry for two weeks when the wind went Entertain for Dementia Patients back to the southwest and brought rain, wind and thunder on Cook’s Corner 26th 27th 28th and 29th with showers and hail. It was dryer towards the end of the month with frost on the 30th. Page 20 Clovelly Village News April 2016 Page 21 Clovelly Yarn Bomb Total rainfall 40.7mm Page 22 Clovelly RNLI: Report from the Station Wind westerly for the fi rst nine days with rain, showers and Page 23 See Hear on Wheels gales. Th en the wind went easterly and notheasterly with fi ve dry days 16th – 20th. Th e rain and showers returned on the Page 24 Special Summer Events @ Hartland Abbey 21st until the end of the month with hail and thunder on the Hartland Town Band 26th and 27th. Page 32 Hartland’s Runners May 2016 Total rainfall 54.7mm A very unsettled month with rain, drizzle, fog and thundery Back Colour Page showers on 26th 27th and 28th. Th ere were 13 dry days Th is page is available for advertisements or announcements. scattered throughout the month but it was cold and windy. Please contact Th e Post for pricing.

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 3 LIVING ABOVE THE SHOP: A.W. Jeffery & Sons Our corner of the village was always busy, with Huggins garage opposite. Astons cows wandered up from Ball hill to be milked, and one legged Sammy James (the baker) walked by every morning to work; you could here him by the tapping of his wooden crutches. He baked at Gifford’s in the square, who were our main competitors. There were also two butchers, two other groceries, the post office, a hardware store, Ruby Westlake’s sweet shop, uncle Hubert and aunty Flory’ s drapery shop and O’Donalds fish and chips. By the mid 60s self service was becoming popular and overnight all the old wooden counters were ripped out and self service shelving installed; we became the Mace shop. Our My first memories of living above our shop was before it was legendary bacon counter remained selling the best bacon and a self service Mace shop. I can just remember long wooden sliced spam (salami was unheard of then). Packaged foods counters, and most of the produce we supplied was loose and became more abundant such as Vesta beef curry, Ski yogurts, weighed on the premises with a host of local ladies serving. Angel Delight puddings, fish fingers, bottles of Camp coffee, Jeffery’s was a thriving business for three generations and was tinned fruit with evaporated milk, tinned Fray Bentos pies and started by my great grandfather J K who began life as a carrier Corona pop were among the delights on our new shelving. with a horse and cart bringing back goods from Bideford. He Crisps were only ever ready-salted with your own little blue then started the shop with his son A W and A W’s two sons bag of salt; fruit and veg were pretty basic and avocados were John and Doug (Dad and Uncle). Grampy had been the only unheard of. man in his regiment to survive the first World War. He had At Xmas time we bought in novelty goods and stayed open one tooth, and a piece of shrapnel embedded in his hand; he late on a Saturday so the farmers could come in and do their never spoke about his war memories, was a devout Methodist Xmas shopping. It was usually one of those large boxes of and the star attraction in our yearly carnival float. Black Magic chocolates with an Alpine scene on the front We had a large yard out at the back of the shop where we or some smelly bath crystals purchased for the wife. By the stored all the Spillers farm feeds, as we supplied all the outlying late seventies there was a change in the air. We no longer Parish farms with their weekly groceries and also the animal supplied the Spillers farm feeds, deliveries to the outlying feed. George Beardmore would deliver the Spillers food in parish diminished and the first cash and carry had arrived in our green lorry, Uncle Doug would deliver the groceries and Bideford (Normans). My parents were dismayed, powerless Grampy would be in his office in the yard writing up all the to compete with these large supermarkets, and slowly people invoices. Being ever keen to increase sales would usually add started driving to Bideford to do their weekly shop, and who on something that had not been ordered but no one seemed to could blame them? The rounds slowly dried up and a way of complain (as it was usually a Fry’s chocolate bar ). When the life that had survived three generations slowly changed. Mum Williams brothers to Dillerton passed away, a large cupboard and Dad, uncle Doug and aunty Gwen finally retired in 1986. full of out-of-date tinned epicure pears were discovered. I recently discovered, looking at army records, that Grampy Beyond the yard I can just remember the cattle market, which had been the only one in his regiment to survive the battle of is now the playing fields. the Somme because he had sustained a shoulder wound and Back in the shop the packing room would be full of ladies been sent home. That was a fortunate bullet for Jeffery’s shop! putting up the orders for the farm deliveries; sometimes they I now live in Kent and recently I met an elderly lady from this would work late into the night to get finished for the deliveries. part of the country (she lived to be 104) who can remember Occasionally us kids - my brother, sister, and cousins would being evacuated to Hartland during the war. She was homed go out on the rounds with uncle Doug in his van or with at Baxworthy Farm and recalled the story of driving down in a George in the lorry to such a wealth of dairy farms in the white Jag with her baby in the back. Having no previous driving outlying parish, run by the same families for generations. experience she arrived outside Jeffery’s shop and crashed into Mum was usually on the till and Dad stocking up the shelves some milk churns there. It caused quite a commotion, and I and upstairs lived a menagerie of wild animals. At one point should think Grampy would have come running out of the we had a fox and a jackdaw living in the bathroom, a tawny shop. A white Jag would have been a rare sight in Hartland in owl named Daniel and a McCaw (found out at the lighthouse) those days! in the front room. Any injured animals found in the parish Rose Robus (Jeffery) were always brought into our shop. 4 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 Hartland Carnival 2016 Sunday 7th August to Saturday 13th August From e Committee – it is not too late to join us! Remember, you do not need to belong to any organisation to be a committee member, but we need your help. Remaining Meetings in the Royal British Legion (all Mondays) 13th June - 7.30 pm 11th July - 7.30 pm 1st August - 7.30 pm 26th September - 7.30 pm Dates for the Diary Saturday 11th June Race Night in the Anchor to Announce Carnival Queen (see posters / website for more details nearer the date) Carnival Week Events in August Sunday 7th Crowning of the Carnival Queen & Hartland Town Band Concert Monday 8th - Quiz Hartland Carnival 1969 – Jeff ery’s fl oat with (clockwise Tuesday 9th - Bingo from bottom left) Brenda Weston, Rose Robus (Jeff rey), Wednesday 10th - Fun Night A W Jeff ery (as Henry XIII), Caroline Willby (Jeff ery) and Richard Jeff ery holding Daniel the Owl Th ursday 11th - Skittles Friday 12th - Tea Dance THE HARTLAND POST Saturday 13th - Grand Procession and afterwards in the Square / Car Park CARNIVAL PHOTOS Fun Figures Competition Th e next issue of Th e Hartland Post will feature the Th is year’s theme is SUPERHEROES Hartland Carnival. While we will be publishing a selection of photos, we will not be taking photos of every entry. If We have given you plenty of notice, so please everyone you would like to submit some photos for publication, we have a go! Entry forms will be available from the will do our best to feature them. Post Offi ce and Pop In nearer the time. See website www.hartlandcarnival.com and Facebook group “Hartland Carnival” THE HARTLAND POST If you have any questions please contact Julia 01237-441347 Keep sending us content! If you have anything to submit for reader’s messages, obituaries or general interest articles, please submit to Th e Hartland Post by the next deadline of 20th of August 2016.

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 5 ELMSCOTT YOUTH HOSTEL NATURE COUNTS We rather take our Youth Hostel for granted, but it is, of Wasps : nature’s pest control officers course, a huge asset for the area. Built originally as a school, it was acquired by the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) in Not everyone loves a wasp. They sting thousands of people 1946. The YHA started as a movement to get more people every summer and terrorize those with wasp allergies. If you into the countryside and to allow them to enjoy holidays at have ever wondered what the purpose of wasps is, scientists an affordable price. Today that focus has somewhat shifted have now come up with the answer: they play a vital role in with tourism undergoing massive changes, with low cost controlling pests, from greenfly to flies, that are the plague airlines, inexpensive hotels and much longer annual holidays. of our farms and gardens. Scientists have found that one Nowadays the visitors to the hostel are more likely to be surfers, vespula vulgaris, otherwise known as the common wasp, hikers or school groups. As the YHA started to move away eats 7lb of insects and other pests per acre each summer. from hardcore “hostellers” and holiday options changed, they Research at the Zoological Society of London suggests that started to sell off many of their hostels. When the Elmscott without wasps we would have to use much more pesticide Youth Hostel came up for sale ten years ago it was luckily to prevent pests from devouring crops. bought by Thirza and John Goaman, from the neighbouring In the spring wasp queens emerge from hibernation to Elmscott farm, and they have kept it as a youth hostel. found nests and lay eggs. This produces workers that fan Thirza runs and manages the hostel which is staffed by out over the nearby land in search of for prey to feed the volunteers who welcome about 3500 visitors each year. Many queen’s larvae. Without the wasps, data suggests we would changes have been made and it now has central heating be overwhelmed by insects and that their control of pest throughout, energy efficient showers, cosy communal areas species cannot be overestimated. and a well equipped self catering kitchen. People come to However, the main problem lies in the sting. Why do wasps visit from all over the country but there are also those who attack picnickers with such vigour? The possible answer come regularly from Bude, or even Hartland! Famous visitors could be the sugary secretions made by larvae to reward include Greg Dyke from the BBC, clearly trying to get away workers when they return with prey. Over the summer from it all – even if there are now two televisions! months the workers become addicted and as autumn The hostel is busier than ever this summer and visitors can now approaches the queen wasp dies after producing the next stay as long as they like. With 33 beds and open all the year generation of queens, leaving her workers with no work, but Thirza is certainly very busy. Although the hostellers no longer a craving for a sugar high that drives them to hunt anything go up to the farm for milk and eggs, Thirza keeps the hostel sweet and sugary. The conservation charity, Buglife, says shop well stocked with everything needed to cook breakfast in that although people may ask “What’s the point of wasps?” the updated communal kitchen. their ecological role is of vital importance for pest control. The location of the hostel is about as good as it gets, with fabulous views over the Atlantic Ocean to Lundy island and just a few minutes walk from the South West Coast Path. If TORRIDGE VOLUNTEER CARS you are interested in staying at the hostel, or renting it for a Torridge Volunteer Cars celebrated its first anniversary private function, contact 01237 441276 or 01237 441367 or on 1st April 2016. We are a registered charity dedicated to by email: [email protected] or visit www.elmscott.org.uk providing volunteer cars for those who need them. We cover for more information. the northern part of North Devon as far east as Barnstaple and down to Winkleigh in the south. Over the course of the year we have organised more than 3,500 drives. Many in Hartland already know about our services and use them. We will accept bookings for any type of drive, whether medical or social. We have covered visits to hospitals, dentists, friends, trips to Rosemoor and theatre trips for groups of friends. Our only criterion is that the booker is unable to use their own transport and cannot use public transport to get to their destination on time. Our charges are drivers’ expenses of 45p per mile plus an admin charge of £2.50, which goes to the office and pays for our phones and equipment. All drivers are PBS checked. All staff are volunteers. If you need us, ring 01237 237200 between 09:30 to 13:00 Monday to Friday for more details. We always need drivers and the NHS is starting to operate more during evenings and weekends. If you have free time, have a clean license and are willing to help, please call 01237 237200. Drivers’ expenses do not affect benefits.

6 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 A NEW VICAR FOR HARTLAND On 27 April St. Nectan’s Church, Stoke, was packed to capacity for the induction of Revd Brenda Jacobs as team Rector for the Hartland Coast Mission Community, by the Right Revd Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter. During the service Brenda was introduced to the local church and wider community, oaths were made to give assurance that the new priest believes, WHISTLE FOR THE SOMME speaks and acts in the way a Christian minister should, and that she is committed to minister in the Church of England. The At 0730 on 1st July 1916 whistles blew along the Western Bishop then authorized and commissioned the priest following Front as a signal to the troops to go “over the top”; this was the which representatives from the parish, mission community, start of one of the bloodiest battles of the Great War, the Battle deanery, local churches and wider community welcomed of the Somme. Brenda to the fold. As a sign of Remembrance to those who fell, it has been The Hartland Post would like to take this opportunity to suggested that at 7.30a.m. on 1st July 2016 three short blasts extend the warmest of welcomes to Brenda and her family on a whistle be sounded at local War Memorials. So if the and look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration. people of Hartland hear such a sound on that day, then that is the significance of it. In these days of smart phones and almost instant communication, it is difficult maybe to imagine a time 100 years ago when things were very different. Radio itself was in its infancy and mostly used Morse Code which could then be sent in a further code to conceal the message from eaves- droppers. Wireless Telephony or speech transmission was the latest thing, but there was no way of encoding or scrambling it and it could easily result in you giving away your plans to the enemy. Much use was made of telegraphy and telephony using wire to connect the different users together. However, the wires were frequently broken by enemy shell-fire. Use was also made of such methods as semaphore, which is done with flags, lights, particularly the Aldiss light at sea and whistles. Exciting Developments for You may care to listen out on 1st July. These days a spoken Torridge Male Voice Choir message can be scrambled, sent and descrambled in a flash, sounding on a radio that is not suitably equipped much like Since the beginning of the year, the choir has had a new the noise that a sparrow makes early in the morning. Musical Director, Malcolm Pike (pictured). Malcolm has always been involved with music and singing. He was at the The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 and provides Royal Academy of Music, Musical Director in schools in both help and support to current and former members of Britain’s Surrey and Gloucestershire and has run choirs in Farnham, Armed Forces. You can help in this by becoming a member Gloucestershire and West Wales. He and his wife, half his and supporting functions at Hartland’s Royal British Legion family and animals, moved to Bradworthy in the summer Club. Various improvements are being made at the Club so of 2015. He plays bowls for Bradworthy, tenor horn (in come along and enjoy yourself and help a worthy cause at the Holsworthy) and the choir is immensely pleased that he has same time. become their new Director. Kind regards, John Hawkins, Hartland RBL Branch From the beginning of April, the choir has moved its rehearsal days to Wednesday evenings (7.45-9.30pm) at Woolsery WELCOMBE HORTICULTURAL SHOW. Community Centre. The choir will be performing a revised The 58th Welcombe Horticultural Show will be held at 2.30 repertoire from June 2016 and will be available for concerts, pm on Saturday 6th August at Welcombe Village Hall weddings etc by arrangement with secretary, Gordon Mills (01237 441601). Everyone is welcome to enter wherever you may live. There are sections for vegetables, fruit and flowers with a special organic The choir performs mostly in North Devon and Cornwall section. Also, preserves, cookery, crafts, hobbies and children, (Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Bideford, Holsworthy, Bradworthy, plus a fun section for families. Hartland, Kilkhampton, Bude). We welcome new members, there is no age limit and no previous singing experience is For a schedule ring 01237441304 or pick one up from the needed. The Torridge Male Voice Choir website gives full Welcombe Community Shop. details of all its activities. Come and sing, have fun, raise Come and enjoy a cream tea, marvel at the talent on display and some money for local charities and meet others with a similar maybe collect a prize yourself. We look forward to seeing you. outlook on life. Mike Macer No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 7 OUT & ABOUT IN HARTLAND

147th SUMMER GARDEN SHOW Hartland Players SATURDAY 30 JULY Hartland Olympiad on Saturday 3rd September 2016 at in the Playing Fields at 2pm 7.30pm in the Parish Hall with offi cial opening by Th e Hartland Players are ending a summer of sport with a Andrew Macwilliam at 2.15pm riotous send-up of all things sporting. Th ere’ll be silly races, a “fl ea circus”, an interview with a “world famous” gymnast and We look forward to welcoming old and new exhibitors to the you’ll get a peek behind the scenes of “international skittles.” show. With a wide variety of classes we hope there will be If idleness is more your idea of heaven, then join in with the something of interest for everyone! Please encourage children Song of the Happy Couch Potato. And there’s more… and the younger generation to enter because without entries we do not have a show. Th e Hartland Town Band will be Tickets will be £8.50 and will go on sale in August. Ticket playing and of course we will have the sports programme includes a buff et dinner and there’s a licensed bar. commencing mid afternoon, teas, icecreams and plant sale. We’re looking for competitors for the four silly races. Programmes available in the local shops. Competitors get in free and there are real plastic medals on off er. Why not get up a team? More details from Hartland Olympiad Facebook page run by Patti Nottledim or contact [email protected] Tel: No: 440165. CHRISTIAN AID WALK On Monday May 2nd, 16 walkers (& 1 dog) set off from Hartland Methodist Church, passing through East Ball Hill, July-September then via Norton up to the Lighthouse Road, from there www.thewi.org.uk we made our way to Gawlish Cliff s where we encountered 7 July: Summer outing. Details to be announced very heavy rain, so it was 16 soaking wet folk who turned up at Gawlish Farm for our lunchtime stop, where we were 11 July: National Annual Meeting, Brighton admirably looked after by our hosts Jill & John George, who 1 September: Samantha Pickering of North Devon Bat Care made every eff ort to dry out our clothing as much as possible Competition: A picture of a protected species in order that we could continue the return walk a little more comfortably! We would like to say a huge “thank-you” to Jill Th e fi rst cuckoo & John for their very kind hospitality, they were just brilliant to say the least. Spring was heralded in by the fi rst cuckoo heard by Leslie Th e total amount received to-date (including money from the Deadman at West Bursdon Farm on 25 April! Lent Lunches) is approximately £1200. Th e Flower Festival We will publish the fi nal total when all the sponsor money has been received. Very many thanks to everyone who has so Th e annual Flower Festival, “90 Glorious Years”, will take kindly supported this event. place at St Nectan’s Church, Stoke, on Friday 26 August – Tuesday 30 August. Refreshments will available in the church.

Parish Hall concerts Lead singer of the Hollies, Peter Howarth, will be playing in an intimate unplugged performance at the Parish Hall on 2 July. He is visiting Hartland as part of his 2016 UK tour, so save the date and don’t forget to get your tickets from the Pop In.

Big Bookshop coff ee morning Th e Big Bookshop coff ee morning in the Methodist on Saturday 3 September at 10-11.30 am. Th ere will be a cake/savoury stall and a draw. All are welcome. For any information please ring Ralph James on 01237 441587 or call Silver Dream, Pengilly Way, Hartland.

8 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 the waiting list for repair. This website can also be used for reporting street light faults, hazardous trees, blocked drains and other highway issues

Town and Parish Fund (TAP Fund) 2016/17 Devon County Council and Torridge District Council have allocated a sum to be given in grants, equal to £1.10 per elector. The aim of the Fund is to encourage town and parish councils HARTLAND PARISH COUNCIL to work together, involving their communities to try to solve local issues. They can apply on behalf of other organisations www.hartlandpc.org.uk ; [email protected] – charities, social enterprises and voluntary or community The Parish Council meets on the last Thursday of the month groups – but applications must come through town or parish in the Parish Hall; the meetings usually begin at 7.45pm. All councils. Hartland Parish TAP Fund for 2016/17 is £1,568; are welcome to attend and there is a public comment session if you have an idea for a joint parish project please let one at the start of each meeting if anyone wishes to bring an issue of your councillors know. Last year the Fund was used for to the attention of the Council improvements to recreation areas in Hartland and Clovelly Parish Council contact details, dates of meetings, agendas and minutes are on the website: www.hartlandpc.org.uk ; agendas Community Transport and contact details are also posted on the notice boards in Ilfracombe Community Transport Association is now in its Hartland, Meddon and Stoke second year of operating Ring and Ride in the Torridge area. The Parish Council works for the Hartland community and They have also initiated a “Going Out and About” service the councillors are volunteers; they are your neighbours and enabling older people to leave their homes for short outings fellow Hartland residents and enjoy companionship. Ring and Ride journeys should be booked via the driver or by calling 01271 863630. The Your Parish Council: service runs all year except for Bank Holidays. The bus calls at Hartland, Clovelly, Woolsery and Welcombe on Wednesdays; Chair: Robert Parsons, 01237 441656; it picks up from about 9.10am and the destination alternates Vice-Chair: Fred Poole, 01237 441703 between Barnstaple and Bude. Fare £5 return. Councillors: Joy Cooper, 01237 441500; Viv Gale, 01237 441272; John George, 01237 441320; Victor Goaman, HARTLAND 01237 431265; Grahame Mather, 01237 431027; James Morley, 01237 441890; Sarah Stafford, 01237 441987; Terry RECREATION GROUND Winchcombe, 01237 441959 Anna Dart, Torridge and Calling all Skateboarders! Hartland, 01237 441011,[email protected] If you are interested in skateboarding and other activities Robin Julian, Devon County and Hartland, 01237 441052; that could take place on the Recreation Ground, your help [email protected] is needed. The committee for Hartland Recreation Ground Clerk: Mrs Chris Hannington, 01237 441438 is run by local people. New young members are needed with fresh ideas and enthusiasm. Children’s Play Area This year we are applying for major funding to provide a new The children’s play area in Hartland is managed by Torridge skating area and we need you to help with planning for the District Council and is regularly cleaned and checked by them. future. The main committee meets four times a year on the Any problems of cleanliness or safety should be reported to dates listed below. Do come along, see what we do and get Torridge either on 01237 428700 or www.torridge.gov.uk; involved. alternatively speak to one of your Parish or District Councillors Meeting Dates (all in the Pavilion at 7.30 pm). Highways Tuesday 5th July 2016 Tuesday 4th October 2016 Devon County Council’s road repair budget has been drastically reduced as can be seen by the condition of our rural roads. Tuesday 10th January 2017 Potholes and other road defects are being repaired only if they Tuesday 25th April 2017 meet strict size and safety guidelines. The best way to report problems is via https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/ report-a-problem/ , once the defects are reported here they will be inspected and, if they meet the criteria, will be put on

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 9 For those of you who do not know me, I am Miss Tottle and Th is term is passing so quickly! We ended last term saying am delighted to be the new Headteacher of Hartland Primary goodbye to a year 9 student from Holland. She came to us from School. I joined the school as Acting Head in September and a Democratic School, so was used to only going to the lessons began my substantive Head role in January 2016. that she selected. Th e Small School was going to be very diff erent Latest News from Hartland Primary School! for her, but she settled in really well. Th is is an excerpt from a presentation she gave to her school in Holland when she got back: Th is term we have been incredibly busy learning about diff erent Countries of the World. We were lucky enough to have a visit from Canadian teacher Wells Deerbourne, he joined us on work experience whilst visiting family in the area. Th e children loved hearing about life in Canada. We were invited by Lisa Hutchings to join in the STEM Challenge 2016, it was a day enjoyed by all the school when Lisa came in to build structures out of marshmallows and spaghetti, the structures had to be strong enough to hold an egg. We were delighted to fi nd out that 3 of our children, Daisy Williams, James Rowlands and Billy Ward had won the prize for the tallest tower. Th ey went to Th e Barnstaple Hotel for the awards ceremony and were presented with a certifi cate and a glass bowl, over 500 children and 47 schools took part. Well done!! “School was very diff erent. It was defi nitely challenging in a lot of ways. I was afraid that I would be so far behind on everyone and I had never even done math, which I was most afraid of. It turned out that math was actually a lot of fun! It became one of my favourite lessons. I also discovered that I liked doing homework and being rewarded for it if it was good. I realised I started to think that I had been doing nothing the entire time at De Ruimte, and that I learned so much more while I was here. But then I also realized that I loved learning so much and was good at it. I didn’t associate learning with a bad experience, which has made me very open to education. Now that I am back I am so incredibly bored. I am just not good at being bored anymore so I have to discover what I want to do next.” We are so glad that this worked out to be such a positive experience for Jasmijn. She joined in all our Science Week activities, which included building and launching rockets (see the video clip on our Facebook page), meeting real bats in a talk by a visiting speaker and completing an engineering challenge. We are lucky at Th e Daisy Williams, James Rowlands and Billy Ward Small School to have such a variety of opportunities available to all our students. We have recently moved our polytunnel and the Years 2 and 6 have completed their SATS tests, we have been students are involved in growing a variety of delicious treats. Th ey so proud of their hard work and positive attitude, they really also, of course, get to eat them! have tried their best. We have to replace some of outdoor play equipment, the children are having input to the design and selecting the items, we hope to fi nish this project in time for the new school year. We are now looking forward to starting our next whole school topic on Rio and the Olympics.

10 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 Our lower school students are busy arranging a French themed evening on Friday 1st July. Th is is open to everybody and will include a range of French foods and screening of a fi lm (French with English subtitles). Please contact the school for more information or to get tickets.

Funding for community projects If you’re looking to get a community project off the ground, the North Devon Coast AONB’s Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) is now open to applications for grant funding. A total of £25,000 is available this fi nancial year, with up to a £5,000 grant for individual projects. Th e priority themes for this year are for projects which will help provide a greater understanding and knowledge of the coastal and inland geology of the North Devon AONB and its biodiversity, including all wildlife, plants and habitats. In addition to this, other projects which meet the priorities of the AONB Management Plan 2014/19 are also very welcome. We will host our Leaver’s lunch this month. Traditionally the parents of the leaving year 11 students come in and cook lunch Th e North Devon Coast AONB Sustainable Development for the rest of the school and other parents. It’s such a lovely way Fund is a regional grants scheme, funded by Defra for projects of saying goodbye and wishing them well for the future. After of all sizes. It is available to individuals, charities, community that we will be holding our annual sports day, visits to the beach groups and businesses that have a project idea that will improve and end of term quiz. A perfect end to another successful year! or benefi t the North Devon Coast AONB both now and in the future. Helen Finn (Head Teacher) Over the last few years, the SDF has helped fund a variety French Evening of projects including the installation of solar panels on a community centre, a cycle/recycle scheme, a Bioblitz, coastal Friday 1st July educational opportunities for schools and the ‘Glorious 6.30pm Oyster’ seafood shack, recently nominated as a fi nalist for Adults £8 Under 13 £5 BBC Food and Farming Award. Th e Small School “SDF grants enable the AONB to support community projects An evening of French food and fi lm which have a positive and direct local impact, and which meet local needs” said Terry Green, SDF Panel Chairman. “Th e (Bring your own wine!) fund aims to encourage and support community based projects with particular focus on the environment, community and/or local economy. Th is year we hope once again that SDF funding will provide the fi nancial stimulus without which worthwhile and deserving projects might not get off the ground.” You do not have to live or work within the AONB to be La Famille Bélier eligible for the SDF grant, but you will need to be able to demonstrate that your project will have a positive impact a fi lm by Eric Lartigau, starring Karin Viard, François within the North Devon Coast AONB. Th ere is a short Damiens, Eric Elmosnino and Louane Emera. application form for grants up to £500, and a full application For the Bélier family, their 16 year old daughter Paula is for projects requesting over £500, which must also provide a vital member of their eccentric clan. As the only non- match funding of cash or in-kind contributions. Applications deaf member of the family she acts as their ears and mouth. are invited from now until December 2016 with spend and A charming and hilarious tale full of a wonderful joie de project delivery completed by the end of January 2017. vivre. La Famille Bélier is the award-winning fi lm that was For guidance and application forms: the No.1 at the French Box offi ce and took the country by storm. Not to be missed! http://www.northdevon-aonb.org.uk/grants_and_projects/ grants-for-local-communities In French with English subtitles. Classifi ed 12 (PG in France) Or contact: Gigha Klinkenborg on 01271 388647 or gigha. [email protected]

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 11 Visit from the DfE A recent visit from our Department for Education Advisor, Ceri Morgan, was very encouraging. Mr Morgan spent a day at the academy, visiting lessons and speaking to students, staff and governors. He reflected that, “the students are an Planning permission secured! articulate, positive group of young people who are effusive in their praise of the academy.” On Friday 1st April, we finally received assurance that there would be no legal challenge against the Secretary MathARTmatics of State’s planning approval to build our new school on Steart Farm. Therefore the site at Bucks Cross has been Recently an evening of Art and Maths showed off the students’ purchased and work has begun setting out arrangements work from their recent project. Students had been studying for the construction period. We will keep you informed as the work of Escher and Kandinsky, learning about colour and this takes shape. composition, and then combining it with the maths of shape transformations. Maths teacher, Miss James commented, “There In his report, the Secretary of State agreed with the has been a great buzz in the classroom during this project… it has Planning Inspector that the importance of Steart Farm as given students a real purpose for learning the maths, and even an “inspirational setting must not be underplayed, and more so to know that the final pieces would be judged by an artist that the proposed location is likely to encourage children and a mathematician!” Richard Peering (Director at the National to attend school, enjoy their experience there and relate Centre for Excellence of the Teaching of Mathematics) and Philip their studies to future careers in, among other matters, Leach (local potter and Fellow of Route 39 Academy) judged the conservation and science.” final pieces for their artistic and mathematical merits.

New students joining Madrid trip The long-awaited planning permission for the permanent A group of students are getting ready to head to Madrid for premises has been the final reassurance for local families a week of Spanish immersion. They will be joining lessons at interested in sending their children to the academy. As a a traditional Catholic secondary school, as well as teaching result, this spring we have welcomed 9 new students to our some sessions themselves at a primary school. There’ll be a school community. We urge any families wishing to find out trip to see Picasso’s famous painting ‘Guernica’ at the Mueso more about Route 39 Academy to come and meet our Acting Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, as well as opportunities Principal, Jordan Kelly, and have a guided tour around the to sketch in the beautiful Buen Retiro Park. Other highlights school with our students. We hope to run an Open Day at include a visit to Santiago Bernabeu studio, home of the Real Steart Farm for local families to view the site, and meet our Madrid football team, and a two-hour guided tour of the zoo students and staff. Keep an eye on our Facebook page and – in Spanish of course! website for more information.

12 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 you’ll find many of its local customers do for their income and spending power and so the HPA’s work is really important. The large number of members always surprises me. If people haven’t heard of us or thought about it it would be great if all commercial activities contributed so it’s not just some paying to benefit all; we promote all businesses and it’s good to show to each other that we’re all taking part. Membership starts at less than £1 a week for a non-accommodation provider, so not much to contribute to benefit your community.” What is the For more information visit Clive at the White Hare Gallery Hartland Peninsula Association in The Square Hartland, call 01237 441539 or visit www. hartlandpeninsula.co.uk and should you be a member? The HPA, as the association is known, is a business organisation Tales from the Tourist Hub that promotes Hartland and surrounding villages on the by Clive Brocklehurst ‘peninsula’. The membership numbers over 50 and includes Together with my wife Caroline we host an informal ‘Tourist holiday home providers, bed and breakfasts, tearooms, pubs, Hub’ on behalf of the Hartland Peninsula Association at our hotels and other businesses. White Hare Studio Gallery in The Square Hartland offering information and advice to visitors on where to go and what The association runs the website www.hartlandpeninsula. to do to get the most out of their stay. Some queries and co.uk and produces and distributes an annual promotional comments dumbfound or make it hard to keep a straight face: leaflet detailing attractions, things to do and places to visit, Visitor: (pulling up outside the gallery and winding the car stay and eat. window down) “Is this it?” Acting Chairman Clive Brocklehurst explains “The Association Visitor: “Where’s the town?” is envied by many surrounding holiday destinations, being Visitor: “Where are the shops?” a self funded autonomous organisation entirely devoted to getting Hartland in the public eye to encourage visitors and Visitor: “My mother uses a Zimmer-frame, is there a cliff walk so help the local economy. The HPA employs a professional you can recommend” website coordinator that makes sure our area comes up high Visitor: “My parents are with us and have brought their mobility on internet search engine rankings all the time for browsers scooters, is the South West Coastal Path suitable?” seeking information on North Devon. It is constantly updated Visitor: “We’ve just been to the Quay and it says you can’t take with events, stories, current items of interest, like the locations dogs on the beach. There were dogs there last year and for BBC’s Night Manager and promotions by members. we’ve got one this year” Some holiday providers have reported as many as 60% of Clive: “I think you’ll find it has been like that for some years their customers coming due to the website. Type in Hartland regarding the beach but you can take them to the hotel Devon on your computer and see us come up and take a look and carpark. If you want a dog friendly beach you can at the site.” walk down to Blackpool Mill” Clive continues “The brochure is also well received and Visitor: (said with great affront) “I don’t want to WALK to the complimented by Tourist Information offices who are beach!” surprised at the area’s initiative and professionalism. This Like the staff at the Quay I too am always amazed at British year 20,000 have been formally distributed around Devon visitors’ pronunciation of “Hartland Kway” so in their honour encouraging day visitors that not only support local venues but I borrow a story from the Hartland Quay shop: become potential holiday makers. Local venues also distribute hundreds to day visitors each year so helping enjoyment of the Visitor: “There’s no sand on the beach!” visit and highlighting potential places to stay” Shop: “No, not at the moment, the tide’s in” The HPA also promotes the area through social media Visitor: “Well can you tell me somewhere where the tide’s not in?” presence, updates the village map in Hartland’s car park and Shop: “….” provides the informal tourist information at the White Hare And back at our gallery we had the following: Studio Gallery. It also seeks media presence encouraging Visitor: “Is there a river around here?” appearance in holiday comparison and recommendation Clive: “Well there are streams in the valleys either side of the articles in newspapers. Members’ nominations and promotion village” contributed most recently to a feature on Hartland on BBC 1’s Secret Britain programme. Visitor (holding out their hand held gps device and showing me a blue strip at the top of the map) “No there’s a quay Clive finishes “It’s a wonderful example of how businesses can next to it” work together to independently support each other and the local Clive: “Ah yes, (I explain how to get to Hartland Quay) but it’s economy where Local Authorities no longer have promotion not actually a river, madam, it’s the Atlantic Ocean” budgets. Even if you don’t think a business relies on visitors

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 13 Hartland Parish Hall Update! The last couple of years have seen special comedian evenings organised, providing a different type of evening that can help Over the last few year Hartland Parish Hall Committee has to supplement income along with the Sunday Lunches. The overseen improvements to the fabric and fittings of the building change in the bar licence, enabling the hall to benefit from any paid for through fundraising and limited grant support. bar profit, has been an added funding stream to pay for the The kitchen has seen a complete change with fresh equipment, refurbishments. Hall charges have been revised but are still in all stainless steel surfaces and just before Easter, lined clean line with others in and outside the village. white walls along with new flooring and lighting. Not a huge kitchen but an efficient working space when catering for large numbers, as our Sunday Lunches prove. This was a costly exercise in excess of £8000 and were fortunate in being awarded a £4000 Devon County Council Investing in Devon Grant towards the cost.

The outside space, now a comfortable area with picnic tables is nearly complete and complements the facilities inside the After recent local events held in the Parish Hall it has been hall. The foyer has also seen refurbishment with fresh plaster, encouraging to hear all the positive comments about the modern lighting and new carpet. We are currently waiting for improvement to our community facility the new door to be fitted. Visual enhancement from the car Help required! park entrance will be complete in the next few weeks. The Parish Hall Committee has been very fortunate in having The Gun Room has been completely redecorated with modern the support of the local community, especially for the ‘not to lighting, the bar enhancement along with new carpet creating be missed’ Sunday Lunches. However, many of those who a pleasant room for all sorts events and meetings alike. 3 local have volunteered for these regular wintertime lunches have wedding s and family parties to date this year. With the aid of been doing so for years and years and we now find ourselves a very inventive and practical committee fully fireproof drapes with a dwindling number of volunteers for both the Saturday have been created and are now available for hire to enhance (preparation day) and Sunday (lunch day). So the Committee any special occasion. is looking for new faces to join our team to ensure the Sunday Urgent shopping list items, attention to the leaking west side Lunch programme is not curtailed or heaven forbid we reach fire door and to replace and upgrade the currently leaking the point where they come to an end. For each lunch we need hot water system. Other planned expenditure when finances about 15 volunteers to take on the various tasks, WE NEED allow - new chairs (approx £4000) and finishing the outside MORE VOLUNTEERS. area. The Parish Hall Committee are very aware of the If you would like to know more or think you would be able to responsibility they hold in ensuring our essential community volunteer I urge you to contact me, Sue Heywood on 441268 building is kept in good order, quite a financial commitment or [email protected]. Ideally we would like to have a pool of . With general running costs of £8000+pa it is no surprise about 30 volunteers so that individual help is not required that fundraising is at the forefront of every meeting, these bills every month. You want to see the Sunday lunches continue have to be met before any refurbishment can be considered. and can help in some way – call me now!

14 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 IS IT WORTH RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD WASTE? Can it be true that all the paper and card board, metal tins and The material dropping off the lower end of the separator is cans and many different types of plastic bottles, that are picked mainly tins, cans and plastic containers which are taken by up from outside your house, then all squashed up together in another conveyor under a magnet that removes the steel cans the collection lorry, really be properly recycled? The answer is to a holding bin. What’s left continues to an ‘Eddy Current a resounding YES! Separator’ that uses moving magnets and the difference in conductivity between aluminium and plastic to separate all A group of six Welcombe residents were invited to a fact the aluminium cans out. After another quick hand sort it finding tour of Coastal Recycling’s MRF, (Material Recycling leaves just plastic containers of all shapes and colours. The Facility) and this is what we found. conveyor belt runs these plastics under a ‘Titech Optical Although Torridge Council collect all our recycling waste and Sorter’ that uses laser technology to identify each container take it to Deep Moor, near Torrington, nothing is put into as to its type and whether it is clear, coloured or opaque, like landfill. Glass is kept separate and sold on straight from there to milk containers and also where its position is on the conveyor. various glass recycling specialists the rest is processed by Coastal This information is transferred to an air gun that has nozzles Recycling, part of the Devon Waste Management Group. positioned across the end of the conveyor belt, pointing up Coastal Recycling brings all of Torridge Districts recycling, and out, just where the plastic drops off. If a container is apart from glass, to its facility at Kenbury, just outside Exeter, made of clear or coloured plastic it just falls off the end into and sorts every bit of it, saving 95% for reuse. With land fill a hopper. If it is opaque (usually HDPE) the air gun, having charges at over £82 per ton that means 60 tons of waste, that been told the position where that piece of plastic will drop off, would have cost nearly £5,000 to bury, is reduced to just £240. gives it a small blast of air to take it over the clear and coloured Not only that but the resources that are saved can be resold, and plastic’s hopper into the opaque plastic’s hopper. This happens reused to save on extraction costs of new resources. Although amazingly quickly and the optical sorter can be programmed the plants processing costs of about £100 per ton have to be to recognise other different plastic types if required. paid for, the resale prices of recovered waste can help cover Now all the separated materials are taken from their hoppers that cost. Some recovered waste can get as much as £300 per and compacted and bailed into large cubes weighing 650 to ton whilst other types are given away at almost no cost, if it’s 750 kilograms, depending on their type of commodity. That’s collected from the depot, but prices can fluctuate widely. about three quarters of a ton and to make a ton of clear plastic The Kenford plant has been upgraded as part of a 1.5 million PET containers, like drinking water bottles, it takes about pound investment that has seen the introduction of a massive 29,000 bottles. undercover sorting machine for household and industrial All that is left of the 5% residue are the small pieces of recyclable waste. recycling waste that have mostly dropped through the ballistic From a huge hopper that is loaded by a wheeled digger with separators five centimetre holes. This is usually very small bits bucket and claw grabber the mixed recyclable waste is slowly of paper mixed with bits of plastic like bottle tops and metal, fed into a large, fast turning “Bag Splitter Drum” that has like tin lids. Even if this residue has to go to landfill it can moving and static knives that rip apart any bags or clumps still produce energy, as at Deep Moor where the old landfill of waste and spread it out evenly onto an inclined conveyor site’s methane gas is producing 2 megawatts per hour to the belt. This takes it up to the elevated sorting level above the National Grid. collection bins where the sorted recycled material is dropped Coastal Recycling are very happy with how Torridge residents through chutes to the separate holding areas. sort and clean their recycling but we can all help with this The first separation is by hand where cardboard is removed and process by bearing a few things in mind. then everything else comes off the conveyor over the ‘Ballistic • Putting out glass separately from other recycling will help Separator’. This £160.000 machine has six, four metre long no end with the collections by one third of a metre wide, flat sections that lie side by side • Dirty recyclable material stinks and bundles or bags of and have many five centimetre holes cut uniformly over them. stuff are hard to undo. These sections are all set together at a slight incline and each • Please always wash out your cans and bottles! section quickly vibrates independently forwards and back and • Never put in string or wire which may get stuck in the up and down. The incline and the vibration make materials machines. like tins and plastic bottles roll down and off the bottom end, • Waxed card containers like ‘Tetra pak’ are only taken at whilst flat materials like paper are lifted and vibrated up and local recycling depots. off the top end of the separator. • Clean plastic bags and plastic packaging like bubble Material from the top end, which is mainly paper, is examined wrap can be put in with household recycling. and sorted by hand, on another conveyor. Any contaminates • And here’s a tip. Small items like tin lids often fallout into are removed such as an odd plastic bag or a rogue can which is the residue so put them inside the tin and squash the tin a saved into small containers to be reintegrated with their same bit to hold it in. commodity later. Every bit of recycling adds up, saving our environment and saving us all a whole heap of money. No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 15 WHERE TO EAT IN AND AROUND HARTLAND This is by no means an exhaustive list but it does give an idea Hartland Farmer’s Market 10am – 1pm of the many different styles of food available on the Hartland Peninsula ! On the first Sunday of the month in the Parish Hall, Hartland (just off the carpark). Famous for their Big Breakfast prepared The Sweet Chilli Beef Company food bus from local produce this is also an excellent place to stock up on everything you need for a picnic or barbeque. Home reared Will be parked at Stoke Barton campsite, Stoke, on Thursdays meat, organic veg, locally roasted and blended coffee, cheeses, from 5.30 – 8.30pm throughout the summer. Also at West honey and jams, homemade cakes and biscuits, sour dough Yagland Farm, Hartland, on Wednesdays 5.30 – 8.30pm. breads, fish and much more. Check them out on www.sweetchillibeefcompany.co.uk The shops of Hartland, Fore Street The Pop In: open daily from 8am – 7.30pm The Post Office: open Monday to Saturday: 8am-9pm; Sunday: 8am– pm and 4.30-7.30pm The Shamrock: open daily All the shops sell take-away snacks, fruit, crisps, cakes and drinks which are perfect for picnics. Please support them! St. Nectan’s Church, Stoke With many events programmed during the summer months, morning and afternoon coffee and tea with home-made refreshments will often be on offer in this beautiful church. Watch out for the sign outside. Hartland Abbey St. Nectan’s Coffee Shop: Café in the car park (carpark off the Delicious light lunches and cream teas served in the old Square, Hartland) kitchens of the Abbey. Open Sunday-Thursday until 2 Open on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the year from 10 October, 11.30am – 5pm. Subject to entry into the grounds. – 12 noon, offering delicious homemade cakes, conversation For further details visit www.hartlandabbey.com and companionship. Wi-Fi available for customers. Cheristow Lavender Farm The Old Bakery Coffee Shop Hartland (just outside the village) in Hartland Square Open from March to end October 12 noon – 5 pm Wednesday Open daily. Monday to Saturday: 9am - 5pm; Sundays and to Saturday Bank Holidays: 11am – 5pm Enjoy a freshly made light lunch or traditional homemade Serving real coffee, hot and cold drinks, light lunches (soup, Devon cream tea in the Lavendar tearooms. Homegrown quiche, pasties, sandwiches), cream teas and delicious seasonal salads, home reared meat, homemade cakes, jams and homemade cakes. Take-away items and outside catering also chutneys. Organic ingredients whenever possible; supporting available. For more info call on 01237 440283 or visit www. other local and regional suppliers. Special diets catered for, theoldbakery.co.uk please call in advance 01237 440101

16 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 WHERE TO EAT IN AND AROUND HARTLAND Pete’s Kitchen Pattard Kitchen Just outside Hartland as you leave the village on the right. Watch Chef Bjorn Moen, formerly of The Hart Inn, is setting up out for the sign. Usually only open on Fridays from 9-5. Call a farm-to-fork concept restaurant in the bucolic setting ahead to check: 01237 440210 or visit www.enjoygoodfood. of Pattard Farm serving contemporary dishes with local co.uk. Enjoy Pete’s range of homemade pasties, maple smoked produce. At present work is in progress and everyone is kiln roast salmon, bacon, sausages and free range Devon pork. hoping for an opening at the end of the summer. Hartland “Good honest local food at good honest local prices” foodies watch this space or follow progress on Facebook. Coastguard Cottage kitchen window take-away 1 Coastguards Cottage Tel. 01237 441011 or see their great lunch to prepare you for your adventure. Or just come Facebook page and enjoy a Cream Tea by the Sea with a fine view of Lundy. Freshly baked baguettes, pasties, sausage rolls, crisps, drink. All home reared or locally sourced food. Packed lunches. Call for pre-orders.

The pubs of Hartland

In the village The Hart, The Anchor and The Kings Arms We are offering a packed lunch meal deal for £6.50 photo are all offering food, both to eat in or take-away. Fish and attached, ideal if you are out walking for the day or for visitors chips, pizzas etc are available and The Hart do a curry night to stock up for their journey home. We can deliver most on Thursdays. Watch the boards outside the pubs for summer mornings to Hartland accommodation for groups of 5 people specials. minimum. Please order before 4pm the previous day by calling The Wreakers Retreat at Hartland Quay 07977 010463 or e mail [email protected] This is obviously the spot that is not to be missed in the summer! A full menu is available for lunch and dinner as well as snacks and sandwiches for adults and children. Most of the food is now prepared on the premises and local icecream is available from the shop opposite.

The Point@Hartland outdoor café, Hartland Point We are back for our fourth season with a refreshed menu serving an amazing range of freshly prepared food, drinks and ice cream. Open every day 10-5 and often later at peak times. We are situated directly on the coastal path and have recently become members of the SWCP, So “Get to The Point” for a

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 17 HARTLAND ‘CHURCHES TOGETHER’ DIARY JUNE Th ursday 14th July - Hartland Town Band with Torridge 5th United Service with Baptism - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Male Voice Choir. 8th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am Tuesday 19th July - Hartland Chamber Orchestra. Programme to include Bach’s Brandenburg concerto no 4 and Beethoven’s 12th Sung Eucharist - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Symphony no 6. Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am Saturday 23rd July - Greg Hookway – Greatest Hits on the 15th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am Organ. 19th Morning Worship - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 9.30am Wednesday 27th July - Sopriola (Rachel Godsill, soprano & Rachel Stott, viola and viola d’amore) present Songs of the 22nd Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am Countryside. To include folk songs from the West Country, 26th Sung Eucharist - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Scotland and North America with songs from the classical Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am music repertoire on the theme of nature. Also one or more of 29th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am the “Th ree Glass Kings” which Rachel Stott composed for St. Nectan’s, inspired by some of our stained glass, giving the fi rst JULY performance there in April 2015. 3rd United Service - Methodist Church - 11am CHURCHES TOGETHER 6th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am HOLIDAY CLUB 10th Sung Eucharist - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am Sea Sunday Service - Hartland Quay - 7pm Carnival Kids! 13th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am 17th Morning Worship - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am 20th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am 24th Sung Eucharist - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am 27th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am Th e Olympic Games are coming from the carnival city of 31st Morning Worship - Methodist Church - 11am Rio - come and get into the vibe with our themed Churches Festival Eucharist - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am Together Holiday Club. Full of games, construction, music, crafts and stories. AUGUST Join the carnival spirit 4th Holy Communion - Church Rooms - 10am Where? Methodist Church Hall 7th United Service - St. Nectan’s Stoke - 11am When? Monday 8th - Friday 12th August 10am - 12.30pm Wednesdays June 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, July 6th, 13th, 20th Who? Children aged 5-11 years Study group - Church Rooms - 11am Younger accompanied children by arrangement. Wednesdays June 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, July 6th, 13th, 20th Th e club kicks off at our opening service on August 7th 11am Community lunch - Church Rooms - 12.15pm at St Nectan’s Church Stoke ONE WEEK IN SUMMER and the fi nal whistle will be blown on August 14th, also 11am at St Nectan’s Church Stoke St. Nectan’s Arts and Music Festival. All concerts at 7.30pm in St. Nectan’s Church, Hartland – situated in Stoke village on Come and celebrate with us! the road to Hartland Quay. Admission £5.00. Bring a cushion! For further details, off ers of help, or just to book your place, Art Exhibition from July 16th – 22nd. Children’s activities. please ring the Parish Offi ce - mornings - 01237 441142 Refreshments available from 10am – 4pm. [email protected] See leafl ets nearer the time for further information. Jane Hayes 01237 440161 Revd Brenda Jacobs 01237 441271 Saturday 9th July - Northam Choral Society presents “Mozart Vera Tooke 01237 441057 to Manhattan” – a choral cocktail with instrumental nibbles. More details will be posted on our web site: Tuesday 12th July. Hartland Primary School. 6pm. Free www.hartlandcoastmissioncommunity.org admission, retiring collection.

18 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 HARTLANDERS & FRIENDS ENTERTAIN FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS Th ere’s a whole load of entertainment going on this summer and all proceeds go the Unit. Good parking, raffl e, and the to raise funds for the Fortescue Ward Dementia Unit of North bar will be open! It promises to be an excellent evening of fun Devon District Hospital. Th e purpose-built ward opened last and laughter – maybe not for all the right reasons! Please come year specifi cally to help suff erers of dementia, Altzheimer’s along and support the hospital. and related illnesses, particularly in their return home. Th e Variety group “Bradazzle” organised by Shirleyann and Linda, Unit needs funds to build a “Memory Zone” which will have are back in business this year after their huge successes in 2014. distinctive retro memorabilia, plus specially designed games, Shirleyann hopes to put on their next show in Bradworthy puzzles and activities for patients’ memory stimulation, and to later this summer. Th e last one was a complete sell out and build confi dence. the group performed 5 more times in diff erent villages as a result, all the proceeds going to help local village halls and Th e Seamour Unit at the hospital. Watch this space and local posters for more info. “Peculiar Folk”, our local folk group lead by Andy Atherton, are also performing at pubs throughout the summer for us to shake-the-tin for the cause (you may have seen them recently at Th e Hart Inn). “Cloud 9” singing, musical and recital group are performing for Over 60s groups and they too will be collecting for the Unit. For details about any of the events, or to learn more about the groups – Bradazzle, Cloud 9, Th e Shoestring Th eatre, and Peculiar Folk – contact Linda in Stoke on 01237 440055 [email protected] – please help us raise money for this very worthy cause aimed at helping local and elderly people. Linda Atherton

Local entertainers Andy and Linda Atherton from Hartland, COOK’S CORNER Shirleyann and Roger Andrews from Bradworthy and STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE Alastair Ashworth from Woolsery are the prime movers in managing and performing various events to raise cash needed Makes one 9 inch pie to start the Zone. More than 50 performers and organisers Strawberries and rhubarb are a are participating. Last year the group raised funds for Th e beautiful marriage of springtime Seymour Unit chemotherapy ward of the hospital, for special and early summer fl avours! treatments for patients. 1 punnet (400g) of strawberries, hulled and cut into quarters 8 sticks of rhubarb washed, cut into quarters 150-200g sugar (depending on how sour the rhubarb is) 2 tablespoons fl our, or cornfl our 1 tablespoon butter Pastry: enough for two 9 inch pie crusts Preheat oven to 220°/gas mark 7. Roll out half the pastry in a round large enough to line the 9 inch pie dish, allowing for overhang. Line bottom of dish with pastry. Set aside. Combine fruit, sugar and fl our in a bowl and mix well. Pour into the prepared pie crust. Dot with butter. Roll remainder of pastry into a round. Cut into strips and lay over the top of the fruit in a lattice pattern. Trim and “Th e Shoestring Th eatre” from Bideford (who have performed fl ute the edges. before at Stoke Church) are adding their string to the bow with an excellent comedy whodunit, “Silver Secrets and Lies” Bake in a preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to to be performed at Bradworthy Memorial Hall on Saturday 180°/gas mark 4 for an additional 30-35 minutes until 18th June at 7.30pm. It tells of internet dating for silver fi lling is bubbling and the crust golden. surfers and you can imagine what trouble that gets them into! Serve slightly warm, cut into wedges with clotted cream. Tickets are available at £6 from Shirleyann on 01409 211119

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 19 CLOVELLY VILLAGE NEWS ALL SAINTS CHURCH REPAIRS. for a councillor will be co-opted at the July meeting. The works will start at beginning of June 2016 and will Parish Council Website http://www.clovellyparish.org.uk mean that access to the church will be restricted until about Next meeting Tuesday 14th JUNE 2016 at 7-30pm. All October. It is hoped that services will continue throughout welcome in the Parish Hall when there will be an opportunity the contract. Please contact the churchwardens, Chris West to raise topics for the council to consider. on 01237 431668 or Susan Curtis on 01237 431398 for more information. 4] CLOVELLY PILOT GIG CLUB. We are having the south elevations slates removed and re- nailed. The heater system will be ungraded. A disabled/wheelchair access will be provided through the west door. A proper sound system will be installed. All the interior will be redecorated, and finally there will be some cushions for the pews. Contact Fiona Farley for more details: 07917 672267 We are hoping this will make the church much more user friendly. Clovelly Pilot Gig Club’s ladies returned victorious from this year’s World Championships on the Scillies, taking first SPECIAL SERVICE for SEA SUNDAY. place in their group final and bringing another trophy home to display in the Red Lion. The men’s crew also had a good We are keeping up the tradition of supporting the MISSIONS regatta, matching their result from the previous year despite TO SEAFARERS and the ROYAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTE having to rely on loans from other clubs to make up their WITH OUR SERVICE on CLOVELLY QUAY ON 10th team. JULY at 12 noon. The Hartland Town Band will be in attendance. 5] CLOVELLY PARISH HALL CLOVELLY PARISH COUNCIL At last we are in a position where works are about to start. At the end the current school term in July the renewal of the roof Neighbourhood watch. The possibility of setting up a scheme will go ahead. This should be completed by early September was discussed, anyone who can help with this should get in and, with the exterior being repainted as well, will make a touch with the Parish Clerk. Mrs Chris Hannington, great difference to the Hall and its appearance. Once the roof Greensward, East Ball Hill, Hartland. EX39 6BU. has been done then we can address the interior to bring that up to date. There are still some loose ends to tie up before the Tel: 01237 441438 Email: clovellypc@gmail .com resurfacing of the car park can go ahead, but hopefully that Affordable Housing.Awaiting quotes for further environmental will also happen soon. reports. Other works planned include repairing the drainage and Defibrillator. Further investigations will be made to see if fencing of the Football Pitch and some necessary work on the we qualify for funding to fit one outside the Parish Hall. plumbing of the Hall to bring that up to standard. Monitoring of the device will be carried out by Councillor All of these works will cost a great deal of money. It is fortunate Wiersma. that, having had a lot of use by Route 39 Academy over the Route 39 Academy. It has been pointed out that whether the past three years, the Hall is in a position to be able to pay for Hall committee give permission for R39 to use the building them. Since the old Clovelly Primary School is continuing to for the next 2 years or not, the school will still be used by the be available to Route 39 beyond this year and also following pupils. approaches to both Clovelly Parish Council and the Parish War Memorial Hall committee by Route39, it has been agreed Council Insurance. Our clerk has found an insurer who will that, subject to reaching suitable terms, they will continue to quote considerably less. use the Hall. This will go to further guarantee the long-term Queen Elizabeth’s Beacon. This will not be built due to the future of the Hall. difficulty getting onto the site with the modern big tractors We apologise for the inconvenience to some local organisations but there will be a celebration in the Parish Hall on Sat 11th but wish to point out the hall committee would not have been June able to do all the works now planned without Route 39. Councillor Vacancy. Subject to clearance from Torridge DC John Hawkins application are requested for Councillor. If a vote is not called Chairman 07879 701643

20 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 Visit Clovelly during the month of July and enjoy discovering the yarn-bombed areas of our famously picturesque fishing village. The *tight-knit* community of Clovelly residents have been busily preparing a ‘blooming’ lovely project ~ yarn-bombing the village, with the help of people from all over the UK & abroad, who are donating beautiful yarn samples! The village will look even more colourful than usual, with knitted donkeys, seaside garlands and crocheted ‘cobble-cosies’ plus much more. This unusual project is part of Clovellys entry to the ‘Britain in Bloom’ competition and is in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance Trust. Yarn Bombing is a type of street art that employs colourful competition has inspired many exciting projects over the past displays of knitted or crocheted yarn rather than paint or few years with a real emphasis on the pride and community chalk. Yarn installations can be easily removed if necessary. spirit which is so strong in Clovelly. Co-ordinated by Clovelly Silk in conjunction with the Clovelly Our chosen charity is Devon Air Ambulance Trust. As a Community Gardening Group village which is difficult to access, we are acutely aware of the invaluable work that the service provides. The D.A.A.T. Clovelly is a place which people all over the world hold very helicopters are able to get to most of Devon within 10 minutes dear to their hearts and thanks to social media, the group are and the whole of Devon within 15. It now costs £5.5million inviting people to donate knitted and crocheted samples and every year to keep Devon’s two Air Ambulances operational. contribute to this unusual project. July 01, 2016 to July 31, 2016 Clovelly village, North Devon Admission: Normal admission charges apply. www.clovellysilk.com/yarnbomb For press enquiries, images, please contact: Ellie Jarvis - Event Organiser - Clovelly Silk, Craft Yard, Near Bideford, Devon EX39 5TL www.clovellysilk.com

The Clovelly Silk workshop - www.clovellysilk.com - is offering a centre-piece for some very special knitted work indeed. Not to be missed, the breathtakingly beautiful and inspiring knitted creations of Alison Murray www.all2knit. co.uk - will be on display at Clovelly Silk, in the Craft Yard, which is situated next to the Donkey Stables. Alison Murray has worked tirelessly to inspire her team of local knitters, who have created awe-inspiring pieces which have travelled the UK and abroad, raising money for charity. In October 2012 Clovelly suffered a flood. As a torrent of muddy water rushed down the famous cobbled street, it left a trail of destruction. The misery of the flood failed to dampen the spirits of Clovelly residents and as people pulled together, Clovelly Community Gardening Group was formed. The clean up and recovery was so swift and profound that Clovelly entered the annual South West In Bloom competition. A regional competition which is part of Britain in Bloom, the largest horticultural campaign in Europe. Taking part in the No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 21 Clovelly RNLI Report from the Station It has been a busy operational year so far for Clovelly RNLI Lifeboat Station, it’s volunteer crew, and “Toby Rundle”, the Atlantic 85 Inshore Lifeboat. On the 29th of January, Toby was launched to assist Appledore Lifeboat Station replace its All Weather Lifeboat crew. We took a fresh crew out and returned a tired crew to shore who had been out for 17 hours in rough seas assisting the 90m Cargo ship, MS Verity, as she drifted without power off Hartland Point. The Padstow ALB was also on the scene. Eventually the Dutch Navy Frigate, HNLMS De Ruyter, got the stricken Verity under tow to Lundy Island. European Team work! Next, on the 24th of February, as Toby was on his way from Padstow Sam Gist to Clovelly, he was tasked to undertake a Search and Rescue for a reported Paddle Boarder in trouble near Bude after a 999 call by a member of the public. No Boarder was found. Then, on the 20th of March, Toby was launched after a request from the Coast Guard as four walkers were reported as cut off by a high tide near Hartland Quay. Toby’s volunteer crew successfully located the stranded walkers, who were aware of the tides and as it was on its way out, they decided to wait before making their own way back. Finally, on the 22nd of April, Toby was launched to assist a multi-service search and rescue operation. There was a cliff incident near Hartland and Toby was asked by the Coastguard to stand-by just off Hartland. After two hours at sea, Toby was stood down by the Coastguard. As always, our thanks go to the members of public who call the Coast Guard, even if it transpires that there is no real threat to life. When in doubt it is always best to Shout! Luke Gist The pictures show Toby being launched for the shouts in Earlier this year, the Chivenor Sea King Helicopters were March and April. retired. The new Coastguard Helicopter service is now delivered by Newquay and St. Athans. As part of our familiarisation process, there have been visits from these new helicopters and on April 3rd, the impressive Sikorsky S-92 from Newquay practised casualty recovery with Toby, as shown in the picture. So far, this new helicopter service has shown itself to be excellent.

The Station is very pleased to announce that Sam Gist and his cousin Luke Gist have recently qualified as helmsmen for the Clovelly Lifeboat. This is a huge achievement for Sam and Luke, who both follow a family tradition. Sam’s father, Mark Gist, was senior helm at Clovelly Lifeboat Station when he was tragically lost at sea in a fishing accident.

22 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016 See Hear on Wheels On May 2nd, the Lifeboat station opened its doors and invited Every other month the See Hear Centre brings it mobile people to “Support the Welly in Clovelly”. During this event service, See Hear on Wheels (SHoW), to Hartland. The there was a romantic interlude, when crew member Andy service supports people who have hearing and/or sight loss. Jones swam ashore from Toby to propose to his sweetheart The fully accessible SHoW bus has a wide range of sensory Philippa Attwood. She said Yes! The photo shows the happy equipment available for people to have a look at and try out. couple with volunteers Jamie Dawkins, Chris Braund, Lauren People can also borrow equipment to try at home, through the McGuire, Sam Gist and Rob Weare. ‘try before you buy’ loan scheme, to make sure it is really going to meet their needs. Staffed by trained advisors, supported by volunteers, the service also provides other information and advice related to sensory loss. SHoW is funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.

Alison Campbell, Clovelly RNLI Lifeboat Station Treasurer, was pleased to announce that the Fundraising Branch raised £16,650 for the RNLI in 2015, a great achievement for a small branch. So far this year around £2,000 has been raised, with the major fundraising events still to come in 2016. One successful event was Clovelly’s part in the National RNLI Mayday activities called “Support the Welly in Clovelly”. This raised £400 for the RNLI, thanks to the famous Tea and Cakes served by the Fundraising Branch! The Picture shows Marion Dunn, Viv Foster, Phillipa A, Marina Fursdon and The See Hear Centre in Barnstaple, supported by the charity Ali Campbell. Living Options Devon, provides a range of services to counteract the effects of sensory loss, bringing people back into contact with the outside world. These services include lipreading training, hearing loss support groups and training in using computers and other IT equipment. The SHoW bus will be visiting outside Hartland Pavilion from 10am - 12 noon on the following dates: 2 June, 4 August, 6 October, 1 December For more information about the service, or to find out how you can become a SHoW volunteer, please contact the See Hear Centre: Email: [email protected] Web: www.livingoptions.org Phone: 01271 373236 Fundraisers at Welly in Clovelly Mobile: 07831 515809 Date for the Diary. Lifeboat Weekend, 6th and 7th August.

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 23 SPECIAL SUMMER EVENTS HARTLAND TOWN BAND @ HARTLAND ABBEY DIARY DATES 2016 OPEN AIR THEATRE SEASON 10th July Sea Sunday Service 7.00 IN CONJUNCTION 14th July Concert – St. Nectan’s 7.30 WITH THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE Male Voice Choir 17th July Hartland Quay 7.00 Start 30th July Hartland Garden Show 7th August Carnival Concert 7.30 13th August Hartland Carnival 4th September Hartland Quay – Time To Be Announced Box Office 01805 624624 or online www.theploughartscentre.org.uk 18th September NFU Harvest Festival Tickets: £9 - £13 Milky Way 7.30 for 8.00 Tues 26 July 5pm Illyria Theatre - 9th October RNLI Concert with MVC 7.30 Start To Be Confirmed ‘DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD’ by Roald Dahl (+ 3.45 – 4.45pm Drama Workshop for 5-11 yrs £3) 12th November Pasty And Pudding Thurs 28th July 2 4.30pm Plough Artists - 13th November Remembrance Sunday Clovelly - Hartland FAMILY ARTS & FUN AFTERNOON (Drama, kite 3rd December Christmas Fayre Concert 7.30 Start making, willow weaving, story-telling, character treasure hunt, wacky races and more… £2.50 per person) 4th December Concert 7.30 Start Thurs 28th July 5pm – The Pantaloons - ‘ 8th December Christmas Bingo GULLIVERS TRAVELS’ by Jonathan Swift 18th December Methodist Carol Service 24th December Carols Around The Tree Tues 9th August 7pm The Festival Players - ‘HAMLET’ by William Shakespeare CONCERTS at HARTLAND PARISH HALL Wed 17th August 5 pm Heartbreak Productions - Peter Howarth ‘RATBURGER’ by David Walliams Sat 2nd July, 7:30pm £16 (+ 3.45 – 4.45pm Drama Workshop for 5-11 yrs £3) Lead Singer of the Hollies Singer/Guitarist with Cliff Richard Wed 24th August 7pm Illyria Theatre - West End Star of Roy Orbison Story ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ Playing music from his career by William Shakespeare Mon 29th August 5pm Heartbreak Productions - ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’ by Oscar Wilde Beverley Craven **For further information on events please see our website** Fri 28th October, 7:30pm £20 Top UK Singer/Songwriter Grounds open free to those attending performances BRIT Award Winner 1 hour before start. Bring rugs/low backed seating/picnics. Hits include Promise Me, Holding On, Bar, barbecue and refreshments Woman to Woman, Love Scenes... Clare Teal Fri 2nd December, 7:30pm £24 The UKs finest Jazz Singer BBC Radio 2 Presenter Intimate Concert with Festive Treats Tickets available THE POP IN Cash sales only no booking fee

Other Local Concerts and Tickets: www.ex39.net Or Call 0333 666 3366 (booking fee applies) “FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY” Welcoming lived-in 12thC family home with beautiful interiors, fascinating collections, exhibitions, museum, 18thC walled and woodland gardens. Walks to the beach 24 The Hartlandat Blackpool Mill,Post the setting for ‘The Night Manager’ and No. 3 Summer 2016 ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Delicious light lunches and cream teas. Gift shop. Children’s Quiz and Nature Trail. Donkeys, Black Sheep, Peacocks. Dogs welcome on leads. Holiday Cottages, Special Events. www.hartlandabbey.com for further details Open from Good Friday 25 March - 2 October 11.30am – 5pm Sunday - Thursday Tel: 01237 441496 / 234 Delicious Coffee & cake local produce Bacon butties

No. 3 Summer 2016 The Hartland Post 25 G. E. HONEY & SON - Traditional Butchers Oliver House, Parkham Est. 1902 We are suppliers of top quality locally sourced meat and poultry including beef and pork from our own farm. We make 17 varieties of award winning sausages and 7 types of burgers, as well as faggots, hogs puddings and brawn. We cure our own bacon and gammons. We cook our own ham, tongue, pressed beef, roast pork, corned beef and roast beef along with pasties, sausage rolls and pork pies. In the freezer is a range of local fish, Birds Eye fish products and chips, veg, Yorkshire puds, puff pastry etc. We also stock local free-range eggs, cheese, tea, coffee, laver and chutney. Our very experienced butchers can prepare exactly what you want, using the best meat available, at a competitive price. Our shop in Chapel Road, Parkham is open from 7 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday with a limited service provided on Saturday mornings. Any one not able to visit us in these hours can place an order, on 451224, to be collected at another time. We also offer a free delivery service twice weekly with no minimum order value. To place an order or for more information call us on 01237 451224. We are also on the internet at www.gehoney.co.uk.

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Clare Toase in the London Marathon Huge congratulations to Clare for completing the London Marathon, last April, in the admirable time of 5h15. To compete in the Marathon you must raise a minimum of £1600 for a charity of your choice. Apart from working in Barnstaple hospital in theatre support on day surgery and Anthony Heaman, Liam Reynolds, Sam Dixon, training two or three times a week, Clare was also very actively Laura Frank and Kevin Rowe in the background fundraising for the Mental Health Foundation. From Parish Hall nights of entertainment to coffee mornings and car The Heartbreaker is an incredibly tough race over very rough treasure hunts, Clare has raised £2300 and is hoping to reach terrain along the Hartland part of the southwest coast path. £2500. Her “justgiving” page is still open! She started training Through bluebell woods, across streams, up sheer cliffs and last December, running along the back roads of Hartland and over stiles the participants are running in some of the most from Bideford to Barnstaple beautiful countryside in the UK. They have two options: either on the Tarka trail. At one to stop after 8 miles to complete the “mini” Heartbreaker or point Clare thought that she to continue on for the fullblown 18 mile race. Of course none may not make the Marathon of this would be possible without the team of organisers, the because of a knee injury. volunteer marshals and the generous support of Lady Angela Luckily she overcame this and and Sir Hugh Stucley. was able to participate in the race of her life. She “carbed up” the week before on pasta, bread, granola and bananas; eating pizza the night before the big day. Clare’s advice to those considering running a Marathon? “Just do it!” It will come as no surprise that, being a girl who loves a challenge, Clare now has her sights set on the 2017 Heartbreaker!

The Hartland Heartbreaker The fourth Hartland Heartbreaker took place on Sunday 1 May in rather dismal, cold and drizzly conditions. However this did nothing to dampen the spirits of the brave Hartland participants who took their place at the starting line of 300 in front of Hartland Abbey. Our own Steven Heard went on to win, yet again, the 18 mile race in a staggering 2:27:53. Those of you who have seen Steve out on the cliffs training For further information on the Heartbreaker and full results: will not find this at all www.northdevonroadrunners.com or staggering. He looks like he is www.hartlandheartbreaker.com doing a final sprint at the end of a race; not simply training. The Bideford 10km Among other Hartland participants competing Two weeks later, the runners of Hartland were out again. Our in this epic adventure of valiant team of four, who had also been out in all weathers to pleasure and pain were Laura train for the Bideford 10k, crossed the finishing line within Frank, Liam Reynolds, Kevin a split second of each other at 1:03:54, 1:03:55, 1:03:56 Rowe, Charlotte Heard, Lisa and 1:03:57 to complete their race in triumph. Kevin Rowe, Hutchings, Chris Hallman Chris Johns, Jack Coleman and James Morley, all members and Anthony Heaman. of the Hartland Coastguard team, were raising money for the Coastguard Association. Many congratulations to you all. 32 The Hartland Post No. 3 Summer 2016