September 12th  is Heritage Sunday and the Friends of St Mary's are organising displays and demonstrations at the parish church to show some of the village history and crafts. Amongst them will be photographs and memorabilia from the Scout Group who are celebrating their 50th consecutive year in the village and the Brownies who are nationally celebrating their centenary The event is open from 2.30pm - 5pm and light refreshments will be available throughout the afternoon. 

Everyone was invited to the Longmead Open Day on the 22nd August, the first of its kind to showcase the many facilities on the field, which have been developed in the last few years with the Founball Foundation and the Parish Council. It was helped along by the Bottle Top Skiffle Band who played a good variety of music

A large number of activities seem to be happening on the roads around Hemyock, all at once.   The PCs initiative to replace the walkway over the Culm is finally coming to fruition, and Devon County Highways seem to have finally got their act together, though there is a strong suspicion that all this work is due to the forthcoming Round Britain Cycle race in September.

South West Highways have sent through the notice of closure for Station Road while they do work to alleviate the flooding on the far side of the bridge.   The closure is from 16th August, aiming to finish on the 27th.

The official routes are from the A38 via Culmstock for the main village and via Symondsburrow for the Millhayes side as normal.  These will be signposted from the A38.

Waking up at 6am the good news .... sunshine! 

At 7am Patricia could be seen putting up bunting around the Recreation Field and by 8am David was erecting a gazebo. Around 10am members of the Scout Group were putting up marquees and   stallholders could be seen setting out around 40 colourful stalls. Apple AM (Taunton Hospital radio) set up the PA system which would be used throughout the day as well as providing music and a live link to the hospital. At 11am Rev David Sherwood introduced the guest of honour Chief Gbobanuyi of Okitipupa who opened the Summer Fair of St Mary's church. 

MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC is the theme of St Mary's Summer Fair.

The annual event is to be held on SATURDAY 10TH JULY from 11am - 4 pm at the Recreation Field.

Special guest of the day will be CHIEF GBOBANUYI OF OKITIPUPA who will open the event wearing his resplendent robes.

The Forestry Commission intend to fence part of the land behind Culm Davy, which many residents of Hemyock will be familiar with.  They have only allowed us until the 2nd July for consultation, and they seem to have only put up two small notices on the route to the Culmstock Beacon.

Scrabble Club is continuing on the 4th Tuesday in each month at 2.30pm at the Back Room of Hemyock Baptist Church. The dates for June and July are as follows: 22.06.10 and 27.07.10