Welcome to Hemyock, Anonymous Monday, March 03 2025 @ 10:59 pm UTC
Hemyock Football Club enjoyed another successful season winning the Intermediate 2 title in their first season in the Devon and Exeter Football League. The club enjoys fantastic facilities down at the Longmead playing field that are the envy of every team that comes to play in Hemyock.
In June the members enjoyed a challenging Treasure Hunt around the village. This was organised by Julie and Elaine. Luckily, the weather was favourable as some members took a long time to complete their tasks. The winning team was 'The Young Ones.' All were able to enjoy the meal provided at the Ivy Café which is conveniently situated in the centre of Hemyock. Lynn thanked all who took part and reminded members that the next Meeting will be on July 1st at 7.30 pm in the Parish Hall when Neil Moralee will give a talk which he calls 'Harley and me in the USA.' As well as the competition for 'a flower from the garden' there is another for a 'Holiday Snap.'
A few weeks ago I received the leaflets reminding me that once again the charity will be running the appeal from now until early November.
You will be aware that Hemyock Singers recently made the decision to split and from this a new group has been formed. Hopefully each will continue to provided a variety of entertainment throughout the year with plans already in hand for another Supper Concert in November.
The Blackdown Community Choir is now recruiting for September. Men particularly welcome! We sing a variety of light material such as folk, gospel, African songs and Taize.
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. Turning frosty tonight, then mostly sunny tomorrow.
Some low cloud will affect the Scilly Isles overnight, but elsewhere it will be mostly clear with very light winds. A widespread frost will form by the morning, along with the odd freezing fog patch. Minimum temperature -2 °C.
Patchy cloud will continue to affect the Scilly Isles tomorrow, and perhaps the south coast of the mainland at times. Otherwise it looks fine and sunny with light winds. Maximum temperature 11 °C.
Wednesday looks dry with some sunshine, and fairly gentle winds. Clouding over during Thursday with some showery rain developing later, and into Friday. Some frost at first, but turning milder.
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Sourced from the Met Office