A Village on the Blackdown Hills
Welcome to Hemyock Sunday, November 24 2024 @ 06:58 am UTC
Around 60 people attended an Introduction to Boules event on the Longmead Sports Complex in Hemyock last Saturday evening.
Devon County has passed the parking enforcement on to MDDC as from the 5th May. The Enforcement Officers have been very lenient in the first few weeks, just to let the new arrangements bed in, by now they will be keeping watch on how we all park. This will not be like the Traffic Warden approach, their brief is to be helpful, to give advice where to park etc. The whole object is to keep traffic flowing and relieve congestion. It is not revenue raising, it is funded by DCC and we have three Enforcement Officers for the whole of Mid Devon. You can be sure that some will park in parking restricted areas and they will have to pay the charge of £50 or £70, depending on the severity of the offence, reduced by 50% if paid within 14 days, they will have the right of appeal.
1943 was a very special year for Ken and Audrey Salter as it was the year of their wedding. Now 65 years on we send them warmest congratulations and wish them many more happy years.
The past month has been an horrendous time for those living in the Far East following the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) and the horrific earthquake in China. The scenes we have been shown on television or in the newspapers cannot begin to describe the anguish felt by the survivors. We have seen or heard of those in Myanmar who are denied the aid they so desperately need and yet is readily available - and those in China who have lost so many relatives, especially children in the schools that collapsed.
Boules is a quintessentially French game which is now on offer in Hemyock at the Longmead sports facility.
This Twinning Association annual event is at “Pounds”, High Street, Hemyock this Saturday (21st).
Millhayes Hall was previously the Social Club of the St Ivel works in Hemyock. It, together with the vehicle garages, is all that is left of the factory which used to produce Utterly Butterly.
It appears that the Post Office in Hemyock has been saved from closure during the recent nationwide review. 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