Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Wednesday, June 04 2025 @ 05:07 am UTC
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.
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Devon County Councillor Ray Radford judged this years Christmas Decoration competition in Hemyock and found it a difficult decision to come to a final winner as there were some outstanding displays which really enhanced the whole village.
“Overall it was a good effort by all who had taken part, from decorating a tree, a couple of lights in a window, a lit reindeer, etc, no matter how small, it all went towards giving the village a Christmas feel. Hemyock is a good Community to be part of, well done everybody.”
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For around 23 years John Bimson has lovingly cared for the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Hemyock. To mark his retirement a painting of his house by Brian Doble was presented by Deputy Warden David Bawler at a recent service. Speaking on behalf of the church Mrs Mary Beal, Warden, thanked John for his voluntary dedication and hard work, particularly as he is a member of another church. Showers today, more general rain overnight, clearing to showers tomorrow.
A changeable day of sunny spells, cloudier periods and the chance of occasional showers. These could be heavy in places. Breezy at times and feeling rather cool in the wind. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Showers easing for a time this evening before being replaced with more general rain overnight. Winds freshening during the second half of the night. Minimum temperature 10 °C.
After a rather wet morning, the rain turning more showery by the afternoon, but still the chance of heavy downpours in places. Feeling warm in any afternoon brightness. Breezy. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Staying changeable with sunny spells and showers on Friday. Heavier and more frequent showers on Saturday, with hail and thunder possible. Drier on Sunday. Often breezy and feeling rather cool.
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Sourced from the Met Office