A Village on the Blackdown Hills
Welcome to Hemyock Sunday, November 24 2024 @ 08:20 am UTC
People looking to protect their home against the results of a heavy downpour often consider sand bags. However, a filled sandbag soon rots. Similarly, having empty sandbags means that sand has to be found.
Forgive me if you are familiar with the Boundaries Commission, but that is the most talked about topic within DCC at the moment. The Boundaries Commission asked DCC and MDDC to put forward their views on Unitary Council. This means that a Unitary Council would provide all the services that DCC and MDDC and put it all under one management. DCC put theirs, which was the whole of the County of Devon to be Unitary status. MDDC view was that they should stay as they are, but with joint working with other District Councils, but if they had to be Unitary, they would join up with East Devon DC and Exeter City.
In a time when many problems are affecting us, both nationally and globally, I thought it would be nice to write about something more cheerful.
The organisers would like to thank all those who helped or supported St Mary's Church in any way to make the day a success despite the atrocious weather. £1663 was raised which was only £150 below last years figure.
As part of Heritage Weekend, and in line with the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese, the Devon Historic Churches Trust is inviting all of us to visit as many churches as possible on September 13th. And if you want to get sponsorship for your efforts, then you can not only help the Trust but also the Devon church of your choice. Proceeds are split 50/50. You can choose your own rules for sponsoring, eg visiting churches with spires, churches dedicated to a particular saint, or all the churches in one deanery.
One man's rubbish.
Hard pressed families in the Hemyock area who are finding the cost of fruit and vegetables high and the size of their gardens too small to be productive may welcome the discussions at a forthcoming Parish Council meeting (Wednesday 6th August).
Hemyock WI are entering the Mid Devon show for the first time this year. The theme is 'A Night at the Movies' so the obvious choice was to depict Calendar Girls. Come and see the WI as you have never seen them before!
As at 17 July 2008, the Hemyock tennis Club's mixed team, playing in the 4th division of the Somerset League were top! Unfortunately the next team, Trull C has 3 games in hand, so the position is likely to change!
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Our Strawberry Tennis afternoon was not rained off! We had a very pleasant afternoon in an American Tournament, with partners drawn out of a hat, which Julie Steed and Jerry Popham won. Then we adjourned to the Pavilion where Ann Langford and Sue Lambert had organised a slap-up tea with strawberries, champagne, and cakes. |
Unsettled with persistent heavy rain and strong winds. Mild.
Another wet day with a band of heavy and persistent rain eastwards across the region. Very windy, especially along the south coast where coastal gales are possible. Some drier spells developing in the west by later afternoon. Very mild. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
A damp evening with rain gradually clearing eastwards overnight. Clear spells to follow, however blustery showers readily developing and spreading into the west. Feeling much cooler. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
A cool start with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. These heavy at times with the odd rumble of thunder possible. Temperatures returning closer to the seasonal average. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Sunshine and showers on Tuesday with much lighter winds. Heavy spells of rain moving through on Wednesday and feeling colder. Often cloudy on Thursday with rain possible later.
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Sourced from the Met Office