Contents Ram Roast page 3 Leawoodstock page 4 Bridestowe Parish Council page 5 Open Gardens page 7 and 13 Art Exhibitions pages 8 & 24 Queen Bees pages 10-11 Movie Watch pages 12-13 Howard Barkell pages 14 - 15 Bridestowe Churches’ news page 16 Okehampton Library news page 18-19 The Wheel of Life page 20 Adrian Brook page 22 Sourton Round Up page 23 News from the Castle page 24 Lydford Gorge news page 27 Forthcoming events page 40 July 2019 Issue 206 BRIDESTOWE METHODIST CHURCH ARK PROJECT Cream Tea on the Lawn at Little Cranford Saturday 27th July from 3pm onwards With all your favourite sideshows and entertainment – not forgetting the famous Beautiful views over the moors tasty teas – there’s something for everyone. All welcome Browse the stalls, have a turn on the Cake Stall sideshows and enjoy a Pimms while you listen to live music from the Bondleigh Barn Tickets £5 from Deanna Cook Band. Watch the brave runners as they 07778 530 042 attempt the dizzy heights of Cosdon Beacon Or the Riverside Stores or take part in Belstone’s ‘alternative’ sports and 50/50 Shop there’s plenty of fun for all the family. Did any farmer lose 6 BULLOCKS on Bank Holiday Monday at 6 am.? If you did, you should know they were in our garden TRAMPLING DOWN the vegetable patch, the dahlia beds and in our pond. What a nice Bank Holiday Monday we had rescuing what vegetables we could and making good other damage that was done. If you have any information, get in touch on 01837 861414. One Bedroom Flat for Rent * rural, quiet location 1 mile from Bridestowe * furnished * garden and parking * LPG central heating * suit single person £450/calendar month plus bills. For further details call 01837 861645 Okehampton U3A - University of the Third Age The next meeting will take place at the Ockment Centre, North Street at 2.30pm on Thursday 25th July There will be a talk by Pam Kemp entitled Kashmir, a Country of Beauty and Strife ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U3A welcomes new or prospective members, who will receive a warm welcome. More information can be found at www.u3asites.org.uk/okehampton; or please contact our chairman Sheila Johnson on 01837 54391. You can always just turn up and introduce yourself! Thank you to all those who supported the quiz at the White Hart in aid of the Museum of Dartmoor Life. Over £240 was raised due to the generosity of those who attended and the White Hart for their hospitality and the prizes. It was good fun (although controversy still rages about the UK’s smallest bird). Thank you all and our quiz master. BaSE Page 2 Raising money for Bridestowe Village Hall Roll up, roll up to the Bridestowe Ram Roast on Saturday 3rd August from 1.00pm at Bridestowe Village Hall. Apart from roast ram (cooked on site) there will be burgers, cakes and ice creams, a licensed bar courtesy of the White Hart and teas, coffee and soft drinks, served all afternoon. Music from Okehampton Steel Pans, magic (obviously!) from Magic Martin, children’s races and games galore with prizes to be won throughout the afternoon. Raffle tickets, with a draw at 4.30pm, will be available to buy throughout the afternoon. Stalls run by local groups, Splat the Rat, Skittles, Bran Tub and much more will fill the hall itself and the field surrounding the building. Come rain or shine good fun is promised. Here are some timings for the afternoon: 13.00 - 13:30 – Steel Pans Can you help please? 13:30 – 14:30 – Magic Martin Prizes for the tombola would be very 14:30 - 15:00 – Steel Pans 15:00 – 15.30 - Music with Brian Higbee welcome. Bottles, jars, tins, in fact 15:30 – 16:30 - Games anything to which we can attach a ticket. 16:30 – 16.30 - Grand Draw & 59 Club draw These can be left at Riverside Stores or 11 17:00 - Egg Throwing Close Crandford Close or Glebe Park or brought to the hall on the morning. There’s a Ram Roast meeting on Thursday 11th Raffle tickets are already on sale at July at 7.30pm in the White Hart and if you could Riverside Stores and the White Hart, with help on RR day please come along. Help will be the first prize of £100 (kindly donated). needed to set up and clear away and the more volunteers, the less each has to do. BaSE Page 3 The THURSDAY MORNING GROUP meeting in July will be our summer lunch at Cowslip Farm near Launceston, on Thursday July 25th. I hope to leave the village at 11.30a.m., which should give us time for a look around before lunch. So please meet in the White Hart car park a little before 11.30. We do not need to choose our food in advance but I have promised to give them numbers, so please let me know if you can come: most of you can do this at our June meeting. Ann Allan on 861551 p.s. The group doesn’t meet in August, so the next one after that will be on September 26th BaSE Page 4 Bridestowe Parish Council Meeting Report (June 2019) A brief meeting of Bridestowe Parish council, chaired by the vice chair, Bill Thirtle, was held to co-opt three new councillors. This was to fill vacancies caused by too few candidates putting their name forward for the recent parish council elections and the resignation of Caroline Mott. Four candidates put their names forward and of the three co-opted onto the council, all are new faces. They are Jo Pritchard, Julie Lewis Thompson and Terry Pritchard. Congratulations to all of them! The other serving councillors are Robert Bickle, John Leonard, Bill Thirtle and Alison Young. Other news: Subsequent to the meeting one of the three co-options was deemed by WDBC to have not followed the casual vacancy procedure and therefore will be run again. (See notice below). Dates of next parish council meeting: Thursday 11th July 2019 at 7.30 pm in Bridestowe Methodist Church. Agendas and minutes for Bridestowe Parish Council meetings are displayed in the bus shelters and noticeboards in the parish, or on the Bridestowe web site at www.bridestowe.org.uk Contact details for Bridestowe Parish Council: Pete Daniels (Parish Clerk), 4 Trescote Way, Bridestowe. EX204QB. Tel; 01837 861244. Email [email protected] BRIDESTOWE PARISH COUNCIL Local Government Act 1972 Section 87(2) CASUAL VACANCY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a vacancy exists in the office of Parish Councillor for the Parish Council of Bridestowe. Unless ten or more electors of the parish of Bridestowe, on or before the 8th July 2019 , submit a request in writing for an election to be held, the Parish Council will take steps to fill the vacancy by co-option. Requests must be sent to the Returning Officer, West Devon Borough Council, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, PL19 0BZ Signed: P. J. Daniels. Parish Clerk Date: 18th June 2019 Please don't forget that BACON BAPS will be served on Saturday 27th July from 10 -12noon at Bridestowe Village Hall. “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” John Lubbock, The Use Of Life BaSE Page 5 Calling all Rural Businesswomen • Do you work on your own? • Would you like to network with like-minded businesswomen? • Are you looking for support and collaboration? • Would you like to exercise more but don’t have time? A new networking group for rural businesswomen will take place on the third Friday of every month at Sourton Village Hall, 12noon - 2p.m. Meetings for 2019 19th July No meeting in August 20th September 18th October 15th November 20th December To book go to Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/ Or email Chris at [email protected]” THE BOOK CLUB will meet on Thursday, July 4th at 7.30p.m. at Rectory Cottage, Pigs Leg Lane, by kind invitation of Julie Hatton. We shall be discussing “About Time - Growing Old Disgracefully” by Irma Kurtz and other books we have read. The Library Service have now sent me the new Choices list, effective for the year from September, so I shall circulate that at the meeting, and also ask for £5 from each member to cover the annual fee. Please let me or Julie know if you are unable to come. Ann Allan on 861551 The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake. Hole’s Meadow South Zeal,Okehampton, EX20 2JS Opening Times: Saturday July 20, 12:30 - 17:30 Hole’s Meadow is a 2 acre hidden garden set within one of the various medieval burgage* plots in the village of South Zeal near Okehampton, with fabulous views looking up to Cawsand (Cosdon) Beacon, on the northern edge of Dartmoor National Park. From the main street, the garden is accessed by a short fairly level walk along a shared private path. With an emphasis on wildlife gardening it’s also home to two Plant Heritage National Plant Collections of Monarda (Bergamot, Bee Balm) and Nepeta (Catmint), of which around 100 forms of each are in each collection. The Nepeta collection is mainly contained within an area akin to a BaSE Page 6 more formal herb garden, edged in part with germander, chives and box with triangular beds meeting at the central bed, home to a Eucryphia.