www.visitsouthmolton.co.uk/community-news For local events and information please see inside RIVERSIDE CARAVAN PARK AND COUNTRY CLUB 5 Star Park set in 70 acres of landscaped parkland Camping for RVs, Motor Homes, caravans, Tents New Wednesday Specimen fishing lakes Caravan storage & collection service Morning Clinic at New luxury restaurant Chulmleigh open to non-residents Pavilion! Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Meals Sunday Carvery For more details: Special event weekends with Tel: 01769 572176 live acts on stage or visit: For details or booking www.marketvets.co.uk Phone: 01769 579269 Email: [email protected] Kings Nympton Pre school BIG BREAKFAST for North Devon Hospice Quiz & Carvery, Friday 9th June, at the Sports- in Filleigh Village Hall on Sunday July 2nd man's Inn, Sandyway, North Molton at 7 for 8.30am - 12 noon 7.30pm. Please contact Flo on 07912 The cooking team is the Sexon/Sanders team 866594 to book a fun quiz and night out ! Big breakfast £8 and standard breakfast £6 Tickets £11 * Draw * Teams of six All breakfast profits and money raised on the draw All proceeds to Kings Nympton Pre School will go to the Hospice. Running alongside that event on the day, in the Simonsbath Festival Gallery, will be a sale of good second hand For bookings telephone Marian Lloyd on 01643 clothes (from a recent Ladies Evening). Profits 831451, email [email protected] from the sale of the clothes will go to the Village or book online at www.simonsbathfestival.org.uk Hall Extension Project. where full details are available. You can also fol- low the Festival on Facebook and Twitter. To re- Sheep South West ceive festival programme email info@simons Will be held at Ayshford, Westleigh, Tiverton, bathfestival.org.uk. Become a Friend of Simons- Devon, EX16 7HL on Tuesday 20th June, 9am- bath Festival and enjoy ticket discounts and priori- 5pm, by kind permission of David and Janet ty booking while also supporting the festival email Disney. For details contact Sue Martyn at Polly Soltau at [email protected] suem@ nationalsheep.org.uk, 01409 271385 or call 01643 831302. or 07967 512660. Enquiries about sponsorship and stand space are welcome. Saturday 24th June, Midsummer Madness Summer Market at North Molton Victory Hall Advance Notice 10.30am- 1230pm. If anyone is interested in hav- Warkleigh, Satterleigh and Chittlehamholt Open ing a table/s please call 01598 740477. Summer Show will be held at Chittlehamholt Vil- lage Hall on Saturday 29th July, judging exhibits 8.30-10.30am; doors open 2.00pm. Come and join in, lots of categories, bake a cake, pick from Don’t forget our Vintage Rally on Saturday 3rd your garden, take a photo, children’s section or and Sunday 4th June at Combesland Cross near make something for the handicraft section. South Molton (turn off the A361 Link Road onto Schedules available at Chittlehamholt Communi- B3227 towards Bampton for 1 mile). ty Shop open Monday-Friday 9am-1pm, 3-6pm, Lots to see and do including: Saturday 9am-1pm, Sun 10am-1pm. Cars & Crafts Licensed Bar Steam Engines Arena Events South Molton Bowling Club are offering Motorcycles Trade & Charity Stalls the opportunity you to "Give Bowls A Go" for free Strawberries & Cream Rural Skills on Monday evenings 6.30pm throughout June. A full programme of vehicle displays, local attrac- Bowls is a sport for all ages - young to the more tions and special events, including the annual senior members of our community - for those who like a competitive sport or alternatively to Club Challenge, as well as lively entertainment in play socially. During the summer months we play the refreshment tent on the Friday and Saturday outdoors and during the winter short mat bowls in evenings. the clubhouse. We are a club for enthusiasts of vintage & veter- Membership is very much reduced for the first an vehicles and machinery. Our aim is to stimu- year. All equipment provided for the introductory late and encourage the preservation and restora- sessions but we do ask that people wear flat tion of vintage & veteran vehicles and machinery. soled shoes if possible. Come along. Chimney sweeping North Devon Show nd Hetas and APICS registered 2 August 2017 Brush & vacuum DOG SHOW Certificate issued Insured Our Companion Dog Show starts at approximately 1.00pm, Call: Taylor Made Projects with entries being taken on the day from 11.00am, at £1.00 per class. Please contact us for a schedule. on 01271 900450 Email: [email protected] BISHOPS NYMPTON DANCE CLUB SUMMER BBQ Your FRIDAY 23rd JUNE Vote Matters Dancing , Live Music 7.30 -11.30pm Vote in the upcoming General Election. at Bishops Nympton Parish Hall North Devon Council have sent out poll cards to A Ticket Event Contact 01769 550899 local residents who are eligible to vote in the or visit www.happy-feet-dance.co.uk General Election on Thursday 8 June. Anyone who is aged 18 or over will be able to vote on the Exmoor Pony Centre day, providing they are on the register of electors. Ashwick, Dulverton TA22 9QE If you don't receive your poll card contact the Since our Crowdfunder appeal launched, life at North Devon Council Electoral Registration team the Pony Centre has been one mad whirl of activ- on 01271 388277 or email elections@ northdev- ity and we are all quite overwhelmed by the re- on.gov.uk. sponse and the goodwill we have received. One More information about registering to vote and of our trustees and our Sunday volunteers had a the different ways to vote including postal and mad moment and held an impromptu celebration absent votes, can be found at www.northdevon. as we passed our £20k target. We have been gov.uk/elections. Information is also available on interviewed on local TV and Radio, been featured the General Election page at in the press and several magazines and our Fa- www.yourvotematters.co.uk cebook posts have been shared far and wide. Donations have come in from all over the country VILLAGE YARD SALE!!! and from Europe and the US. Thanks to all our Come join us at Charles EX32 7PX on 4th June generous supporters, we will be now able to stay from 2pm for possibly the BIGGEST village yard sale. Bric-a-brac, furniture, antiques, collectables, open, at least until the end of this year, which clothes, and plants. Why not come and visit our gives us time to follow through with new plans for lovely village, try, buy, or just enjoy the view over additional funding which we hope will ensure the a cream tea or a visit to the BBQ. All proceeds in Centre’s future for years to come. If you would aid of Charles Church Tower Fund; contact Jona- like to see Linzi’s tour of the Centre and learn than on 01598 710350 or Jane on 01598 710092. more about some of our activities, the video we made can be watched on youtube at https:// All welcome at a Quiz and Carvery at the youtu.be/yd8GUU5Cr-U or on http://www.crowd Sportsman's Inn, Sandyway, 7 for 7.30pm on Fri- funder.co.uk/Save-the-Exmoor-Pony-Centre. day 7th July. Teams of up to 6, £11 per person to We still have a full year’s programme of events to include carvery main course. come including our annual Birthday Bash on July To book your team (mentioning any special die- 30th and Cream Tea Activity Days every Thurs- tary requirements) ring 07831 468703 or email [email protected] by Monday day throughout August. All details are on our 3rd July. In aid of the South Molton Parish website and facebook page as usual and we Church Protect Appeal. would love to see you there South Molton Swimming Pool Open Day Radley Cross Market Garden Open Day Saturday 10th June8.30am to 12.30pm We are having an open day on Sunday 9th July With free coffee and croissants for our early 2-6pm. Come and look around the market garden morning swimmers, followed by face painting, and growing areas. Entrance £3. Cream teas £5. balloons and games in the pool from 9.45am. Flowers and produce for sale. www.southmoltonpool.co.uk, in- Proceeds to the charity we support - Giving Africa [email protected], 01769 572522 or find - www.giving africa.org us on Facebook! East Radley EX36 4PB 01769 550639. riverford.co.uk/vegboxstart1 01364 661635 miles and every Monday Community News AGM, Amory Centre, 2pm Bingo, Village Hall, Chittlehampton, 7.30pm Kings Nympton Parish Hall, AGM, 7pm Badminton, Parish Hall, Filleigh, 7.30pm and every Monday 6 Parents and Toddlers group, Parish Hall, Kingsnympton, 9-11 Molton Meddlers, Pannier Market, 9.30am & every Tuesday Coffee morning, Old School, N Molton, 10-12 & every Tuesday Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust Board Meeting, JUNE NDDH, 10am 01271 311830 31 May-3 June Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet S Molton Striders walk, Two Moors Way, from S Molton 1-23 Simonsbath Festival 01643 831451 Square, 10am, 01769 573258 6 miles 1-3 June Refuse and Recycling collections one day late this week Rural Outreach advice, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10am-1pm 1 Country Market, Pannier Mkt, S Molton 8.30-1 & every Thurs appointments 07817 991631 and every Tuesday N Devon Voluntary Services drop-in, Amory Centre, S Discover Exmoor’s Bog Plants day, S West Water, Blackpitts Molton 10am-1pm 07531 447222 & every Thursday book 01398 324491 S Molton Foodbank, YMCA10am-12.30pm 07542 184276/ Yoga, Parish Hall, Bishops Nympton, 10.15-11.45am 01884 07874 206438 and every Thursday 253229 and every Tuesday Rural Outreach advice, Amory Centre, S Molton, 10am-3pm Bounce & Rhyme, S Molton Library, 10.30am & every Tuesday appts 07817 991631 and every Thursday S Molton Hearing Loss Group, Age Concern Pop-in, 2-4pm Citizens