'A tangerine and russet cascade of kaleidoscopic leaves creates a tapestry of autumn magic upon the emerald carpet of fading summer' writes J. Lindberg.  One of the great joys of living in the countryside is that this is something we may see every day as we move through the coming months. Yes, our summer may have appeared wet and miserable but we have many things to be grateful for not least the natural glories of the Blackdown Hills. By the time this appears we shall have had the chance to celebrate Harvest, to give thanks for all those who help supply our daily food remembering especially the work of our farming community and to remember that "All good gifts around us are sent from heav'n above."

Apologies for the long delay in updating you on what we have been up to within the club. I would like to congratulate Emily York for scoring the highest points in the junior public speaking competition earlier on in the year and her team coming overall 3rd. Other results were the Devon girl's football team, including Amy Broomfield and Kelly Reed who came 2nd and the Devon rugby team which included Richard McCabe who came 5th. Also the Devon ten pin bowling team, made up of all Culm Valley members who came first. Well done to you all.

At the September Meeting Lyn Taylor welcomed fellow members after the summer break. Unfortunately the August Garden Party was cancelled due to persistent rain. Lyn said the exhibit at the Mid Devon Show did quite well as it came 5th. Individual exhibits which did particularly well were the card with 20 points, the Victoria sandwich with 18 and the piece of lace 17..... all out of 20.

The next two meetings of the Hemyock History Group will be:
9th October - Brian Clist will be giving a talk on growing up in Hemyock during the war.
13th November - Mr James Bradnock, an accepted expert on Sir John Popham will be giving a talk on the life of this "Major Local Historical Figure"