Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Friday, August 28 2026 @ 02:11 am UTC
It may be the middle of summer as you read this but some people have already begun collection items to put on their shoeboxes for the annual Samaritan's Purse Christmas Shoebox appeal.
This fund exists primarily to help students in higher and further education, with the purchase of their books and equipment, by making discretionary grants.
An Ice-cream day will be held on Saturday 5 September at Beamley Bungalow
Following on from our press release in the last Pump about a Grant that we have been awarded, we can report that the Ball Machine should be with us by August - just in time for Club Coach, Dan Loftus to use on our coaching courses in the holidays, which is great!
Scrabble Club is continuing on the 4th Tuesday in each month at 2.30pm at the Back Room of Hemyock Baptist Church
Dr John Griffin gave an interesting talk at our June meeting on the colourful local character who lead hunting hounds in the west country, William Pook Collier.
Meetings are on second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm in the Church Rooms.
Julie and Leonard summers are taking part in a 22 mile sponsored walk in the Cotswolds on the 15th and 16th August for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Hemyock's 40th Holiday Club has a Jungle Theme and will be held at Hemyock Primary School on the 10th - 14th August
Thank You to all those who supported the Hemyock Indian Take-Away in April. Unsettled with rain or showers over the coming days.
Heavy showers continue to move eastward through the morning with isolated showers following in behind. Another rather warm day ahead, with temperatures above average for the time of year. Maximum temperature 25 °C.
Bright end to the afternoon with sunny spells giving way to clear spells overnight. Turning increasing cloudy from the west from midnight with outbreaks of heavy and thundery rain arriving. Minimum temperature 14 °C.
A cloudy and wet start with rain, clearing to east during the morning. Turning brighter from the west with sunny spells and showers following. Maximum temperature 23 °C.
Unsettled throughout with showers, these locally heavy and with thundery. Staying warm to start with but turning fresher as winds shift to a westerly and strengthen from Monday.
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Sourced from the Met Office