Kenninghall News Issue 204 October 2017 At St Mary's Church Kenninghall Saturday 7 October 7pm for 7.30pm start Teams of no more than 6 persons - £5 a head Refreshments I find that Listening Prayer is the answer. Tel: 01953 888533 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! I know Life is full of them, and most of us face decision-making days most Café Church days. We battle with them rather than bother God because He has bigger things to think about!! …….. actually I think that’s wrong, because He wants to be involved The next Café Church will be on Saturday because of His individual love for us. 7th October at the church, whilst the one on Saturday 4th November will be at the So it’s always good to open up lines Red Lion. Both will be from 10am to of communication with Him so that 11.45am. He can release His resources to us! We look forward to seeing you for cake and coffee, as well as chat. A chance to make new friends! Services at St Maryʼs for October Sunday 1st 11am Holy Communion Sunday 8th 11am PET Service. All owners welcome. Guest speaker from the Dogs Trust Sunday 15th 11am Holy Communion Sunday 22nd 11am Service of the Word Sunday 17th 8am Prayer Book, Said, Holy Communion 2 2 Notes from the editor Words can be very emotive and, when committed to paper, can have a more powerful effect on the reader than may have been intended. I will echo what was said in the last newsletter about contributors being respectful of other villagers and their feelings. That said, I might be the editor but I’m not a mind reader, and what to me seems reasonable may not be to others. I will do my best to weed out and/or tweak items that are deliberately offensive or libellous, but something may sneak through on occasion and I will apologise in advance for that. For the most part I believe we have a vibrant newsletter that reflects well on the community and the activities that take place within it. I still want to encourage more people to contribute, although I am grateful that I now have material stockpiled for use in future newsletters, and I therefore still regard Graham Barber my role more as a facilitator than a censor and I hope that this continues. Useful telephone/email contacts: Amblers: 01953 888343 or 888483 Kings Ride GP Surgery: 01953 887208 Carpet Bowls Club: 01379 687305 Parish Council: 01953 716043 Gardening Club Plus: 01953 888483 Playing Field : 01953 716043 K’hall Lands’ Trust: 01953 888117 Red Lion Bowls Club: 01953 887566 (email) [email protected] St Mary’s Bell Ringers: 01953 888117 Kenninghall Morris: 01953 888291 The Red Lion pub: 01953 887849 K’hall Pre-Schl Nursery: 01953 888048 The White Horse: 01953 887855 K’hall Primary School: 01953 887286 3 What should we be doing in our gardens? For October: Prune climbing and rambling roses once they have finished flowering: Regularly clear up fallen Autumn leaves; Cut back perennials that have died down; Past Meetings: Divide herbacious perennials and rhubarb In August members met at David crowns; and Gabrielle Kerr’s garden in Move any tender plants into a greenhouse Fersfield to weigh their efforts for before the first frost; the potato growing competition. Harvest apples and pears; Fourteen pots of potatoes were Last chance to mow lawns and trim hedges; tipped out and weighed, with Ken Time to start planting daffodil, tulip and and Mary Boatman the winner with allium bulbs; 2.04kg. Members enjoyed Lift dahlia tubers, begonia tubers and refreshments and a look around gladiolus corms, and store indoors making the lovely garden. sure they are dry, and remove any dead foliage. On 14th September Dr Ian Bedford from the John Innes Institute gave an absolutely brilliant talk on “Gardening for Butterflies” and everyone found the information of interest. We are all aware of the disappearance of various species of living creatures on the planet, but it would be sad to include our wonderful butterflies and moths in these lists. For instance, did you know they were around in the time of the dinosaurs? Samples, very like the ones we see today, have been found in fossils and in amber. Were you aware that there are 58% less butterflies and moths now than a century ago? If everyone grew a few more “nectar full” flowers and plants for them it would make a tremendous difference to their population. They not only need nectar but somewhere to hibernate, and they need food whilst they are caterpillars. A good variety of flowering plants from Spring to Autumn plus wild areas containing nettles, etc. There are butterflies and moths that like trees for shelter and food, so leave those wooded areas alone. If all new properties planted a few shrubs such as buddleia or lavender, that would assist - you can look up suitable plants on the Internet. It would be terrible if our children and grandchildren grew up without 4 these colourful and fascinating creatures in our world. So let’s all do our bit! Next Meeting: Thursday 12th October in Kenninghall Church at 7.30pm A talk by Chris Durdin on Norfolk Cranes We have booked our Chistmas Meal at “The Inn On The Green” in New Buckenham on Thursday 14th December. Menus will be available soon. If you like TV gardening programmes the following has been recommended - “The Beechgrove Garden”, produced by BBC Scotland, on Sunday mornings at 8.30am on BBC2. Young people from Kenninghall Scout Group achieve top awards in Scouting 12 young people achieved their top Scouting awards during a celebration event in Kenninghall Woods on 9 September. These awards recognise the completion of a series of tasks including expeditions, exploring other cultures, personal fitness, developing new skills and creativity. All those achieving these honours have worked extremely hard often over a number of years during their time as a beaver, cub or scout. The recipients this year are: Gold Awards – for Scouts Alfie Monck Chelsea Makin Annabel Mullet Holly Belbin 5 Silver Awards – for Cubs Jakey Hall Ruby Perrin India Makin Destiny Fathers Bronze Awards – for Beavers Archie Rice Levi Makin Katie Stones Lacey Fathers In addition to the presentation, the group also cooked over 100 pizzas using a cob oven built by the Scouts and everyone had the chance to try archery, playing Frisbee golf (the course made by the Cubs), cooking dough twists on the open fire and making bracelets. Can you help our Scout Group? The Group is currently looking for adult volunteers to help support the Group and run activities with young people. Michelle Monck, Group Scout Leader said, “We urgently need more adult volunteers. Additional help will mean we can continue to provide great experiences to young people and help future Beavers, Cubs and Scouts achieve their top scouting awards. You do not need previous experience in Scouting, just a willingness to take part and you don’t have to commit to attending every week. We appreciate everyone has busy lives, so once a month or every so often can still really help. You won’t be on your own as we have experienced leaders who can guide you.” “We’re also recruiting for new Beavers, starting in January. This is open to children aged 5 ¾ from January 2018. Ideally parents of Beavers would also help as volunteers if possible.” If you would like to help Kenninghall Scout Group or want to find out more about your child joining Beavers please contact [email protected] 6 by Lucy Whittle I hope everyone had a good summer break in-spite of the dismal weather. July, August and now September have proved to be one of the coldest and wettest I can remember. My bees really did not like it. Despite the weather this is my favourite time of year, I always think of it as the beginning. The sunlight is richer, the bird song begins to change and the smells from the earth are full of the scents of decaying matter. The soil even smells different at this time of year. I love it. We have just got back from a 5 day break in the Lincolnshire Wolds. We went not really knowing what to expect and were very pleasantly surprised, it is a little gem I would recommend to anyone. The hills were small by South Downs standards, gently undulating dotted with small fields, both arable and pasture, there was still a lot of standing wheat, barley, oats and beans the weather having been so bad. Most of the fields were hedged and there were numerous well marked footpaths along conservation headlands and tracks, through meadows and cropped fields. Plenty of wildlife around as there were so many trees and hedges. Not how one imagines Lincolnshire to be. The roadside verges were not so good, though wide these verges had been cut right up to the hedge on a regular basis making them look like lawns. Weird. Why they are not left to become wildlife corridors growing wild flowers and seeded grasses I just don't know. There wasn't even any cow parsley! Doubly strange as the Wolds is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which it most certainly is. There are not many villages in the Wolds there being huge areas of just rolling hills. Louth was nice, a town the size of Diss with lots of butchers shops, we counted 7, but were told there were more and 2 had just closed down.