The Pannier Market at South Molton will be alive with the sights, sounds and smells of Exmoor on Friday 12th April. “Exmoor Day”, which aims to celebrate all things Exmoor, has already proved to be a popular event with the stalls being fully booked well in advance. As well as lots of artisan stalls to browse, there will be plenty of things to see and do, and of course, eat! Stalls include a range of talented photographers and artists, handmade items, plus home furnishings as well as antique furniture and glass engraving. Visitors to this free entry event won’t go hungry as there’s plenty to eat and drink too. John May Butchers will be providing a hog roast, plus Iced Delights will be there with their ice-cream tricycle serving locally made, delicious ice-creams. There will also be pies and preserves, chilli tasting, handmade chocolates and Exmoor’s own Wicked Wolf Gin will be served or available to buy by the bottle. Once you have browsed the stalls, come and meet the Ex- moor ponies, miniature donkeys and alpacas and find out about the amazing work that Havens 4 Hedgehogs and the UK Wild Otter Trust do. There will also be live music provided throughout the day by talented local singer and song writer Shannon Amy Lewis and a chance to meet Felix the Exmoor Fox, who will be meeting and greeting visitors throughout the day The event is free to enter and will run from 9am to 3pm RIVERSIDE PARK & COUNTRY CLUB OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK MONDAY TO SATURDAY Waiting Staff BREAKFAST 9-11.30am Now Open (full and part time) LUNCH 12noon-2pm for Highbullen’s Laura Ashley All Day On EVENING MEAL 6-9pm The Tea Room and soon to Saturdays! SUNDAYS open Highbullen Supper Your Local Independent BREAKFAST 9-10.30am Room Veterinary Centre. SUNDAY CARVERY Send your CV and covering letter to Southley Road 12noon-3pm [email protected] South Molton EVENING MEAL 6-8pm Highbullen Golf and Country Club, Tel: 01769 572176 Chittlehamholt, EX37 9HD For details phone www.marketvets.co.uk 01769 579269 Tel: 01769 540 561 Step by Step Patchwork Centre We are celebrating 20 years of business in South Molton by holding a quilt exhibition in the Assembly Room on Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April (Easter weekend);10 am to 4pm daily. Admission is free but donations to the Local Food Bank and the Kidney Unit at R D Big Breakfast & Classic Tractor Run &E Hospital would be much appreciated. There will be a raffle with lovely quilts to be won and a From Bishops Nympton Parish Hall on Sunday th Tombola. The work on show has been lovingly April 7 in aid of repairs to the Church Tower. It sewn by students over the last twenty years with Is £13.50 to enter a tractor, which includes break- some stunning examples of this very traditional fast and cream tea. For others it’s £9.50 for craft. For more details call into the shop in the breakfast at the Parish Hall and £4.50 for cream George Arcade or visit our website tea at Oxham Hall. Breakfast is from 9am to 12 http://www.stepbystep-quilts.co.uk noon and the cream tea from 3pm to 5pm. The tractor run starts at 11.30am. For details ring Bob Easter Event on 01769 540313. At Atherington Children's’ Playing Field on Saturday 6th April from10am an Easter Egg Plant Sale, Chittlehamholt Village Hall Hunt, Coffee Morning and Car Boot Sale. Egg On Saturday 27th April from 10am to 12.30pm hunt in the Playing Field! £2 entry—To reserve a with free admission. For more than 25 years Chit- prize please ring Sarah 01769 560537. tlehamholt has held a plant sale which has been extremely popular. It brings together nursery men Car Boot Sale, EX37 9HY, Sellers 9am, Buyers and women producing a very diverse range of 10am, £5 per car. Stalls available £10 per table. plants. This year we have a wide range of stall Proceeds Atherington Church and Playing Field. holders from traditional garden plants, herbs, vegetable plants to chilli plants. As growers they Meshaw Young Farmers present their Annual also bring a wealth of practical knowledge espe- Big Breakfast on Saturday 13th April at South cially about what grows well locally. The formula Molton Assembly Rooms from 8.30am ‘til 12 has been successful both for the growers, who noon. We will be serving all morning with no appear year after year, and the would-be pur- booking required. This year, as a club, we are chasers. As well as the plants there will be a raising money for PAPYRUS, Cystic Fibrosis and cake stall, refreshments and a draw. The pro- Meshaw YFC, so please come along and support ceeds from these, plus the stall holders’ fees, go these very worthy charities. the Village Hall Restoration Fund. There is ample free parking outside the hall. Meshaw Cream Teas May Day Holiday - Monday 6th May 2.30–6pm at Filleigh Village Hall Oxham Hall on the B3137 twixt Alswear & Mesh- On Friday 12th April at the Sportsman’s Inn, aw. Raffle, Skittles, Welly-Wanging, Tombola – Sandyway EX36 3LU, fundraising for Filleigh Vil- all the fun of the fair, & of course a lovely cream lage Hall, a Pub Quiz, £11.50 per person includ- tea & cakes! Only £5 for adults, £2.50 for chil- ing the legendary Sportsman’s Roast Dinner. dren. Everyone welcome. Teams 4-6 very welcome, 1-3 in number? don’t be shy, we can find you a team to be with. South Molton Citizens Advice To book in, contact Tanya Hussell. 01598 Amory Centre, Thursday 10am–4pm. Call 7603332 [email protected] A 01769 572501 or 03444 111 444 for an appoint- warm, fun evening for all. ment. www.citizensadvice.org.uk Chimney sweeping Hetas and APICS registered Brush & vacuum Certificate issued Insured Call: Taylor Made Projects on 01271 900450 Enjoy the Health Benefits Fun, Social Dance Evenings with professional tuition Personal Injury Claims Landlord & Tenant at Bishops Nympton, Bampton and Chittlehamholt. Disputes and Litigation Conveyancing Ballroom, Latin, Social and Sequence Dancing. Debt Collection Trusts, Wills & Probate Court Representation Business Advice and Contract For more info call 01769 550899 Divorce & Family matters matters WEDDING DANCE TUITION available on request www.happy-feet-dance.co.uk Walking Down Memory Lane Do you have a job to HEAR? This is a series of gentle walks being Then why not join the Loss Hearing Group in established especially for people over 55 who South Molton? We meet first Tuesday each have memory loss and their carers. We aim for month from 2-4pm in the room behind the Age the walks to start on 3rd April, initially for 12 Concern shop. Friendly People, cup of tea. weeks but hopefully to continue for further weeks Speaker each month on all sorts of things. in the longer term. Wednesdays at 10.30am, start You will be most welcome. Contact Ted for more and finish at South Molton Library. To book, peo- information, 01769 573814. ple can register at Northern Devon Voluntary Ser- vices 01271 866300 Eco-homes project in South Molton The South Molton Vintage Rally Club 2019 Barnstaple-based Talo Homes has applied for Spring Tractor + Commercials Road Run is hap- consent to build on land adjacent to the existing pening on Sunday 28th April. The vehicles will Quince Honey Farm in North Road, with work assemble at the Central Car Park, South Molton planned to start on the development known in EX36 4BL for a 10am departure. April 2019. Director of Talo Homes, Jamie Mac- The tractors will follow a planned route which will Donald-Murray, says: “This soon-to-be redundant include some off-roading whilst the lorries and brownfield site in the centre of South Molton is commercials (other classic and vintage road suit- the first of a number we plan to develop in the able vehicles always welcome) will take a differ- South West of England. We aim to provide 14 ent planned longer road route with both groups sustainable, new-build houses, using the latest arriving at Kings Nympton Village Hall EX37 technology in eco-construction. The development 99ST at around 1pm for a Sunday roast lunch. will enhance the existing Grade II listed Victorian Supporters, family and friends are welcome at building and will be landscaped to complement Kings Nympton for the luncheon (pre-booking is the surroundings. Our purchase of the old Quince essential). Honey Farm site has also enabled the family-run When all are refreshed, the cavalcade will contin- tourism business to move to new, purpose-built ue their separate routes to arrive back at the premises on the outskirts of South Molton with starting point in South Molton. space to grow.” For details, entry forms and for lunch bookings Talo Homes plans to build eight houses on the call 01271 850903 or 07974 026060. site’s existing front car park, and six on the rear parking area. Seven of the planned properties Community News will be 3-bedroom homes, marketed at £245,000. If your organisation would like to book space on The other seven homes will be 4-bedroom, mar- the front page of the Community News to high- keted from £275,000. Another developer, light what you are doing in and for our communi- Wedgewood, has bought the listed building with ty, please contact the News Team on 01769 a view to creating a further ten homes.