Another year has raced past on the hemyock.org website. I thought I would report progress, especially as I am enormously proud of having kept a log of the number of users all year.   Last year’s report is on this link

The Blackdown Hills AONB has commissioned Dr David Allen to produce reports on the biodiversity of six Blackdown Hills parishes including Hemyock. These will include distribution maps showing areas of important habitat or notable species and ideas for nature conservation action that the local community might like to pursue.

Members of Hemyock WI will be cooking a delicious two course lunch on Saturday March 13th in the Forbes lounge of the Parish Hall.  The main course will be sausages and creamy mash followed by a selection of home made desserts and coffee or tea.  The cost will be £5.00 a head and everyone is welcome.  This will be ticket only so we know how many people we are catering for and the tickets will be on sale from members and from the post office.

A new year and the WI is celebrating its 5th birthday.  We are a very friendly group and have a new programme which is stimulating and interesting.  Each month we have a speaker and two competitions which are just a bit of fun,  We don't take them too seriously and it is quite easy to enter as most things we already have in the home.  We ask our guest speaker to judge the competition and points are awarded to everyone who enters.  A small prize is awarded at the end of each year.

Happy New Year from your Parish Council.
Most of us are fit and healthy and are enjoying the snow. Some of our neighbours, especially the elderly, may view this weather with trepidation – not being able to get out to the shops, not having their friends or family come by to see them, etc. Do you have a neighbour who might value a visit today?

A packed church wished a fond farewell to youth & childrens workers Ray & Becky Thomas as they concluded 3 years of training and service at Hemyock Baptist Church last Sunday (3rd January). Presentations and prayers were tinged with sadness as the couple had become so very popular with the young people of the area, many of whom attended the farewell service.

Describing them as deeply passionate about their faith and professional in their service to the church, Pastor Steven Reed, commented that the fruit of their labours were evident to all in the numbers of young people who were present at the service. The church presented the couple with a leaving gift of £400.