Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Monday, October 13 2025 @ 10:48 pm 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. Often cloudy this week but some sunshine in places.
Remaining generally cloudy overnight with mist and fog re-forming over the highest ground. Brief clearer intervals are possible but the cloud cover will mean a mild night for most. Breezy in some coastal regions with drizzly showers possible later. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
Another cloudy and gloomy day for the vast majority with local drizzle first thing. Perhaps turning brighter later, mainly in western counties with sunny spells for Cornwall. Breezier on coasts. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Mostly dry albeit often rather cloudy this week, however some sunny spells are likely, particularly in western counties. Fog patches are possible overnight. Temperatures around average. Breezy at times.
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Sourced from the Met Office