THE LYMPSTONE HERALDVolume 43, No 1 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019

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streets to make your voices heard and make this a turning point in our history.” Greta Thunberg and 46 youth activists from the international school strike movement.For more information and to find out how to join in visit https://ukscn.org/events/exeter-global-general-earthclimate-strike/

Young people in the UK who have been striking for the climate are calling on adults to join them on Friday 20 September as part of a massive global day of action.“This is not a single-generation job. It’s humanity’s job... Let’s all join together, with your neighbours, co-workers, friends, family and go out on to the

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The Chairman announced the resignation of Cllr Angela Connelly-Cole and asked members of the public to consider volunteering for the Parish Council. We currently have five vacancies, anyone interested can contact any Parish Councillor or the Clerk for further information. It is a great opportunity to become more involved with your Parish and to make a real difference in your community. Public Session – A resident asked where the sign to Exeter had gone from the bottom of Burgmann’s Hill. He felt this could divert a lot of traffic out of the village sooner rather than always driving through the village. The Chair added that it was a good point and would check with Highways. Cllr Atkins announced that the DAAT had awarded the village a certificate of thanks for the money raised from the village fete back in July. He reminded everyone that 9-15 September was National Air Ambulance Week. Additionally, if anyone is interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer for DAAT, please contact Cara at c.jones@daat.orgPresentation from Jurassic Fibre Broadband – JFL was founded to build a fibre to the premise network across 350,000 premises of Devon, Somerset and Dorset. Full fibre offers far more reliable, consistent and faster connections – with speeds of up to 1

PARISH COUNCIL NEWSgigabit per second. Jurassic Fibre will conduct interviews and hold a public consultation to discuss ideas in more detail. For more information please visit: www.lympstone.org or contact Jurassic Fibre directly on 01392 314455, enquiries@jurassic-fibre.com or www.jurassic-fibre.comGuest speaker Mr Twamley, EDDC NP Officer – Mr Twamley spoke about Lympstone’s Neighbourhood Plan (LNP). He explained that there was no obligation to review the plan but it is healthy to review the plan after five years of it being implemented. He added that there were three types of modification for a plan: 1) basic changes/minor modifications 2) material modification which do not change the plan and 3) material modification which do change the plan (and would require a referendum). He advised that he felt Lympstone had a basic structure in place with good steering policies and only minor tweaks and changes would be necessary. He added that EDDC were not concerned with LNP, so time was not of the essence, but it was a positive move to refresh it. A review would last for four years and show due care and diligence in the community. Clerks Report – The Clerk read correspondence received regarding dogs fouling in the Parish. It is paramount that we all do our bit to keep our village

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as clean and healthy as possible.Linda Lyons spoke about the upcoming village event on the 22nd September at the Village Hall. It will be an event where all village groups, clubs and societies would be present to share and celebrate what they do and your opportunity to come along, find out more and join in! She especially welcomed newcomers to the Parish to come and get involved. Linda would also like ideas on how money raised from the community hub could be spent towards more community events. Reports from the Chairman, East Devon District Councillors and Devon County Councillors – The Chairman reported that the fallen wall at Gulliford Burial ground had now been rebuilt and was completed. She added that Gulliford burial ground had two very successful open days over the summer and FOGBG were working very hard to promote this ancient burial ground and raise awareness of the beauty and historic value of this area. She also added that the public toilets had received a deep clean over the summer and the PC was now considering the next steps and future improvements. District Cllr Ingham added that he believed the LNP did need minor changes and upgrading. Having something done now would protect the Parish for a further two years. He

added that the Local Plan should take five years to rewrite and he was keen for the Local Plan to be tweaked quickly regarding climate change that needed immediately tackling. County Cllr Scott explained that once an order from DCC had been written, anyone who wished to appeal against a decision must submit a new letter expressing views. Previous submitted letters and evidence were closed. Cllr Scott added that alongside the NHS in Devon, the County Council is asking the public to share their views through an online survey which can be found at the following link – https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BetterDevon or visit Lympstone website to find out more information. Matters raised by Councillors – Cllr Hill reported the findings of the Traffic survey held during the summer. These can be found on the Lympstone website. The Chairman gave a huge thank you to all members of the Getting Around Group for all their hard work and the many volunteers that helped throughout the surveys and gathering the important data to use as evidence for future actions. Clerk to the Council: Lucy Tyrrell c/o Minnows, Longmeadow Road, Lympstone EX8 5LFTel: 07890717081Email: lympstonepc@gmail.com

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PARISH CHURCH

Sea Sunday 2019Ideal weather blessed our annual Sea Sunday Service on the slipway on 14 July. Thanks again are due to the Harbour Board for permission; the Sailing Club for their generous hospitality; and the indefatigable Training Band for their music. A collection of £266 was shared between the Mission to Seafarers and the RNLI. Geoffrey Wrayford

Happy Hour tea Party You are invited to a Happy Hour Tea Party In Lympstone Parish Church on Tuesday 10 September at 3.00 pm. For more details, please call Demelza (272243) Harvest Thanksgiving Service On 29th September we celebrate God’s goodness to us in providing us with the fruits of His creation at our Harvest Thanksgiving Service. We celebrate with a Family Eucharist with choir, organ and worship band. Please bring gifts to help restock Exmouth Community Larder. Monetary gifts are also welcome and these will be for the Open Door Centre, Exmouth. Annual Christian Aid Rainbow Fair Free Admission. Saturday 28 September 10am-12.30pm Glenorchy Church, Exmouth We appeal for donations of BLUEish items of household goods, cakes, books, CDs, clothes and DVDs for the Lympstone stall. Please leave at back of church in the south aisle pew.

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For more information please speak to Peter Watsham Recruitment of new Rector On 11 September we submit the names of two persons to represent Lympstone Church on the interview panel. If you have experience of interviewing and a desire to be considered for this important role please notify either of the church wardens Jeff Russell or Philip White. Recruitment of Parish Community Worker Now advertised through The Net, The Link,The Diocesan website and Open Doors Church Interior design and layout Following consultation with community groups and church members earlier in the year sub groups will commence in October. Diary Dates • Saturday 14th September Nigel

Candelent’s ordination . • Saturday 14th September Historic

Churches Ride and Stride Tick-Tock for young children restarts on Friday mornings.

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FURRY DANCE PRIZE WINNERS!

First of all, many thanks to everyone who supported our Exmouth & Lympstone Hospiscare stall on Furry Dance Day........you raised £100 for our Charity.

We hid some Treasure in Lympstone and the main prize was found by Ange (ex Globe Inn) buried near the estuary........a driftwood piece of art ‘Proud to be Different’ by Angela Coles. Also hidden was a donated Voucher for Susannah’s Cafe, which was won by Pauline, Jackson Meadow, and Mr. Dunn won the Child’s prize.In our Lucky Birthday game - Ted Norton, Underhill, won the Voucher Family Ticket for World of Countrylife.Thank you to businesses who donated prizes for our games and to all of you who took part.Frances Longhurst, Trustee

FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH MONTHLY LOTTERY DRAW

Our lucky winner in July was John Bennett, whose £25 maybe by now be long spent.- but a fresh £25 goes to Faith Strickland - our winner for August.

CURRY LUNCH!

Here is advance notice that this year ‘The Curry Lunch’ will be on Sunday 3 November. No ifs or buts! Organised by the Friends of the Church - this is always a sell out and tickets will go on sale early in October - pease see posters which will be going up then.Clive Wilson

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THE VILLAGE HALL - STATUTORY CONSULTATION

The Lympstone Herald for July 2019 included (p9) an article about the plans of the charity trustees of the village hall (who form the Village Hall Management Committee) to set up a new charitable body to manage the hall. This would replace the current charity, which dates back to 1930. Unlike the existing charity, the new body would be incorporated - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The article referred to the reasons for the trustees’ decision, and the steps that would be needed to implement it. Further information was placed on the village hall website, and comments or questions were invited.

Before the hall’s land and premises can be transferred from the existing charity to the CIO, the trustees are required by charity law to give formal public notice of that intent, inviting representations within a specified time; and to take any such representations into consideration.The trustees accordingly give notice that, as part of their plans to establish a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, they intend that the Lympstone Village Hall land and premises should be transferred to the proposed new CIO, when established; and that any representations about this proposal should be made to the secretary (address details below) by Monday 14 October 2019.

Further information about the proposals and the steps necessary to implement them are on the Village Hall website (www.lympstonevillagehall.co.uk).Clive Wilson (secretary, Village Hall Management Committee) clivewilson264@gmail.com; 01395 264753; Orchard Cottage, Longmeadow Road, Lympstone, EX8 5LE

HARBOUR CRANING

The annual craning of boats from the brook to the Harbour hardstanding is planned to take place on Monday 14th October 2019 from 6:30am. As this is a potentially hazardous operation, all public access to the Harbour will be denied during this operation, which is usually finished by midday. For more information nearer the time please browse www.lympstoneharbour.org.uk

A mobile crane will be arriving early that morning, so those who park on its route along The Strand & Burgmann’s Hill, and the route to the Harbour by the Swan Inn are asked for their co-operation in allowing it clear passage. Richard Crisp

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CAN YOU SPARE AN HOUR ON OCTOBER 12TH?

Twice a year we spend an hour or so tidying the lower part of the railway embankment gardens on Station Hill. If you would like to help, please come to the station at 10 am on Saturday 12th October, with simple gardening tools and a willing pair of hands – no climbing involved.

Earlier that morning the flowers on the station platform, watered and maintained all summer by village volunteers, will be replaced with a winter display. This community effort helps make the whole station area attractive for villagers and visitors alike.Tony DayFriends of Lympstone Village Station 268653

LYMPSTONE HISTORY SOCIETY

Quite a few of you came along to the committee room during the village fete in July to see our display, and helped us to identify some of the unknown faces in our photographic archive - thank you. We have thousands of photographs in our historical archive and, unfortunately, many of them are undated and feature unnamed villagers, so your help in identifying them is invaluable.

Our autumn programme commences on Thursday 19th September when

Tony Venning will be telling us all about Samuel Pepys in his illustrated talk entitled ‘Pepys, his life and times’ at 7.30pm. We hope to see you in the Methodist Hall. Entry is £4 (£3.50 for members), and our lifetime membership is a mere £10.Mary TurnerSecretary, Lympstone History Society.

LYMPSTONE PRE SCHOOL

Lympstone Preschool would like to thank our amazing team of volunteers and helpers for the delivery of our new pergola and grassing in our ‘phase 2 development’ in our nature garden! This area has developed over the last few months and will continue to do so - more shade was needed and thanks to the skills of Rob from Marley & Sons Carpentry and Andy Beech with support of Malcolm and Linda Lyon and gardening skills of Brett Millman BGS Gardening Services and Andrew Love of Trinity Plant Services we now have a lovely area where the children can have lunch and enjoy a bit of shade during their outside play.

As a charity preschool we really rely on our volunteers and helpers and everything they do to support us is appreciated beyond words. Thank you!!Vicki Drinkwater

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LYMPSTONE WI

September Meeting Heather welcomed a number of visitor and a new member.

Christine Meakin, our speaker, told of an unusual upbringing with devoted adoptive parents, and published a book dedicated to their memory. She achieved a good education, married and raised a family; Christine amused us with her childhood fantasies of who and what her birth mother might have been!

The Furry Dance lunches and cake sale, also the summer supper were a great success.

There is plenty in the diary:Speaker Audition Day.• 18th September: Tiverton Canal

trip.• 22nd September: Living in

Lympstone event.• 2nd November: Autumn Soup and

Pud/Cake Sale.• 3rd December: Carol Service at

Exeter Cathedral.

Heather Stratford, our President, flagged up that she will be stepping down next April and called for any prospective candidates to be in touch.The Centenary Committee have a number of events in the pipeline. The planting of 100 bulbs, the donation of

100 items to the Community Larder (current total 52) plus a possible purchase for the Village Community in the form of a bench or defibrillator for the top end of the village. There is a DVD of our Centenary Garden Party available from Suki.

Unfortunately a member recently suffered a stroke, she is recovering well and looks forward to visitors.

Rubbish (biscuit and crisp wrappers) collection for the Air Ambulance has been ongoing, crisp wrappers are no longer required.

The Garden Club thanked anyone participating in the Annual Show and circulated their programme for the next year.

There will be a litter pick at 2.30 on 11th September from The Swan.

Next meeting will be 2nd October, entitled Dementia Friendly?

Lympstone WI welcomes new members. We meet on the first Wednesday of the month in the Methodist Hall at 2.30. Further details available on the village website.Terri Scott

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LYMPSTONE TENNIS CLUB NEWS

We’re a friendly club, catering for all standards of players with two well maintained courts located alongside the village hall. Members can use the courts for general play, join in regular club sessions, club tournaments, adult/junior coaching, cardio tennis or represent the club in local league matches. This year we entered a mixed, men’s and two ladies’ teams into the local league with the men and the Ladies B finishing top of their division. A great achievement for our club!

Come along to meet us at the Living in Lympstone event or look at our website for further details www.lympstonetc.co.uk/

Juniors: Thank you to everyone who participated in our junior summer programme. Tom Kinch, the new Junior Coach, presented certificates to all the players and a mini trophy to the most improved in each class. These were won by Edward Mullen, Hollie Young, Sebastian King and Arabella Upchurch. Hollie Young was singled out as the overall most improved player out of all the groups and was presented with the Jackie Clarke Memorial Cup.

The Junior Autumn programme starts on Saturday September 14th. New Juniors welcome! Please come along to the courts between 9.00-11.00 to

join at a cost of £15 to existing junior members and new under 8’s and £22 for new members age 8+. Racquets will be provided for you but please wear trainers! Find out more by contacting Jenni; jennigatestherapy@gmail.com

LIVING IN LYMPSTONESunday 22nd SeptemberIn the Village Hall

This event is open to all who live in the village and is free to attend. Many of the groups, clubs and societies in the Village will be showcasing what they do. You can also take part in many activities and there will be live entertainment.The Family session will be from 4pm – 5.45pm• Free refreshments (tea/coffee

biscuits/cakes)• Free ice creams for children under

16• Free tennis session on tennis courts• Sailing dinghy in car park The adult sessions will be from 6pm – 8pm • Free wine or soft drink• Further drinks may be bought at the

bar• Free tennis sessions on tennis

courts• Sailing dinghy in car park

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CLUES

ACROSS2. Secret Gaelic limbo will get you higher (5).4. Different plane required to reach this country (5).5. First lady - take a break to get to the top (7).8. Drunk dope in exit, went on excursion (10).10. Something in the Northern dialect sent me to a climax (6).11. Concealed as centaurs, up they went (6).13. Michelangelo masterpiece seen, admired avidly (5).

DOWN1. When the Royal Navy snuck into an era, it led to diversity (5).2. It’s a small column, you cabbage (3).3. Confused in amount and made this out of a molehill (8).6. Within fir, stone pine is original (5).7. see 8D8. (and 7D) Pioneering climber can pull apart any mild hurdle (6, 7).9. The porter speaks in befuddled phrase (6).12. Tyranasaur lost the X-Factor, took potassium, and went for a long walk (4).

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Thanks to a small team of volunteers the Lympstone Crossword lives on. The crossword will be set by a different one of the volunteers each month. James at the Redwing has kindly offered to continue to offer his £25 voucher each month to the first winning entry drawn from the hat.

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Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens than with Noel Coward or Flanders and Swan. Brassens was his greatest hero, and Jake translated some of his songs into English, such as Brother Gorilla, which was banned for a while in France. When Jake appeared with Georges Brassens at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, he called it the pinnacle of everything he had achieved.

Jake’s own songs are literate, satirical and funny, comic stories with a point, or tales of rural Yorkshire. He reached a large television audience with his weekly appearances on The Braden Beat, The Frost Report and Esther Rantzen’s That’s Life in the 60s and 70s, and became hugely popular.

John Watterson is a talented guitarist and singer who has been performing these wonderful songs – Sister

but with FAKE THACKRAY (John Watterson)and the real PAUL DOWNES

AN EVENING WITHOUT JAKE THACKRAY

“I would like more buggers to do my songs,” said Jake Thackray, sometimes known as Yorkshire’s answer to Noel Coward. “It would save me going out of the house.”

Well, another bugger is doing them now (a little late for Jake, who died in 2002). Fake Thackray, a one-man tribute act in the person of John Watterson, performs these much-loved songs in a way that has received the acclaim of Jake’s family and friends.

One of his friends was the Lympstone singer-songwriter Paul Downes, and it is Paul who has set up this performance in Lympstone on Saturday, 5th October at the Village Hall. Paul will also be performing on the bill.

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Josephine, Country Bus, Isabella, Little Black Foal, Bantam Cock,, Lah-Di-Dah, The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington and many others from the catalogue, including some previously unpublished – at festivals, concerts and clubs all round the country. Don’t miss him at Lympstone Entertainments’ first show of the new season at 7:30pm on 5th October.Tickets £12.50 from Demelza, 2 Brookfield Cottages, The Strand orboxoffice@lympstone-entertainments.net

“We can’t have Jake back, but this is the next best thing – a real tribute.” Mike Harding“It’s marvellous that Jake Thackray’s treasured songs ride again. They are in safe hands.” Ralph McTellMore Lympstone Entertainments information on their website:https://lympstone-entertainments.netHarland Walshaw

LYMPSTONE GARDEN CLUBHuge thanks to everyone that entered, helped at and came to our Annual Show in August. The village hall looked wonderful, the tearoom was brimming, the brass band played and everyone seemed to be having a good time.

As we move into autumn our new season of events is getting underway with our first talk this month on ‘Creative Gardening with Bulbs’ by

Christine Skelmersdale of Broadleigh Gardens. Christine is a real expert on bulbs and this should be a fascinating and informative talk in the Village Hall Function Room on Tuesday 17 September at 7.30pm. £3 on the door, no membership required.

Other highlights for the coming year include talks on scented plants and gardening in small spaces, and our big Spring talk on the afternoon of Saturday 7 March 2020 is ‘A Modern Herbal – easy to grow and process herbs for wellbeing’ with the gardener, writer and television presenter Alys Folwer. Tickets for this are already selling – they are £8 in advance, and if you’re interested don't leave it too late to book. Contact Suki on 01395 269989 or email suki.commin@googlemail.com Our new events leaflet for 2019-20 is hot off the press. Pick up a lovely purple copy (with Alys Folwer on the cover) at any of our events, outside the village hall and at various other local outlets – and also look online on the Garden Club page of the village website www.lympstone.org

News from the Garden Club is sent out regularly by email – if we don't have your details and you’d like to be kept up to date with what’s coming up then please send your name and email address to windygardener@yahoo.co.ukGail McKenzie

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LYMPSTONE T.A.P. (THIRD AGE PROJECT) AUTUMN 2019Meetings are held every two weeks at 2.30 p.m. on in the Methodist Church Hall

T.A.P. AUTUMN EVENTS PROGRAMME 2019

New Members are always welcome to our meetings. The Hall opens at 2.15pm.Diana Budgen - 01395 278152 - d.budgen@sky.com

“GET TOGETHER”

“THE GREYHOUND TRUST”

“LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS”

“THE NIGHTINGALE”

“MY ISRAELI HOLIDAY”

“LYMPSTONE NURSERIES DEVELOPMENT”

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Tea, Quiz and Gossip.

Mr Brian Mather

Mrs Vivien Jones

Mr Harland Walshaw

Ms Caroline Hall

Mr Peter Salter

Venue to be decided.

LYMPSTONE ART GROUP

The Art Group is hosting a talk, CHASING ICE by Naomi Hart, who is the artist in residence for the Leverhulme Trust in Svalbard. She will present her views of ice science - coal mining and climate science- in the high arctic with illustrations from her sketchbooks and photos from field research in Svalbard Norway. Her talk will be held at 7.30pm in the Methodist Hall, Chapel Road on Tuesday 1st October. Entry is free to members of Lympstone Art Group and

£3 for guests. Everyone welcome. It is only £10 a year to join Lympstone Art Group and this will give you free entry to our talks and Exhibition. If you are interested in joining contact me judith_carter@hotmail.com or just come along to our talk and you can join then and pick up a programme for the year.Judith Carter

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Luckily for all, Lympstone Film Society is about to launch its 13th Season, on Friday 13th September, with a film by Ralph Fiennes about the dramatic defection to the West of the legendary Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev in 1962. This will be followed in October by another true story, an Australian comedy about a 64 metre Radio Telescope on a sheep farm in New South Wales at the time of the Apollo Moon Walk. The selection committee have discovered this little gem, which was made in 2000, and are showing it as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the moon landing.Each year, the members of the

committee watch (or part watch) many films before making their selection. These are films which don’t always reach the public cinemas, and over the past 13 years the selectors have unearthed many other gems with which they have entertained the audience. Variety is the spice of films, and the coming season has variety and spice. It also has some outstanding film stars, many of them English. Ralph Fiennes features in both our first and our last film, Rachel Weisz also appears twice, Sally Hawkins, virtually unrecognisable, is extraordinary as a quirky Canadian folk artist, and Olivia Coleman won an Oscar for her Queen Anne in The Favourite. Sam Neill, who plays the

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Director of the Observatory in The Dish, is a New Zealander, born in Northern Ireland.Watching films at a cinema (or Lympstone Village Hall transformed into a cinema) is very different from watching a television or computer screen in solitary confinement. Laughter is infectious, and so is tension, and suspense, and relief. These films were made to be shown on a big screen, in front of an audience, and enjoyed together.A good night out is the aim of the Film Society, which opens a popular bar in the Function Room from 6.45pm. There is a first half of short films and advertisements for village events at 7.30, followed by an interval with ice creams (and the bar again). This is film-going as it used to be. No wonder we have so many members. The village hall on the second Friday of every

month is the place to be in the autumn and winter months.Membership is only £20 annually, which admits you to 8 Friday evening films, 3 Sunday afternoon Classics (selected and introduced by Martin Fisher), and the AGM film chosen by members’ votes.Come to the first film, The White Crow, on Friday 13th September, and join on the door. Non-members can choose individual films at £5 each.Harland Walshaw

LYMPSTONE FOLK HAVE MOVED

Lympstone’s monthly folk nights will resume on Wednesday September 25th, but in The Loft at The Redwing. This follows a very successful folk evening at The Loft in July – when a large and enthusiastic audience enjoyed a variety of entertainment from fellow villagers and folk from further afield. We will be glad to be joined at The Redwing by friends old or new on the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 8.30 pm. If you want to sing, play or perform, anything acoustic is in order, or please just come along and listen. Our move from the Saddlers is by mutual agreement and we are grateful to Tim and Chantell for hosting us for the past two years.Tony Day 268653

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GARDEN JOBSJenny is still digging for Oxfam. £10/hour, all to Oxfam. Tel: 01395 708850 Jenny Moon

SIMON AND JACKIE QUICKTHE LOG MAN AND LOG LADYFor all your log, coal, kindling and gas supplies. Tel: 01395 267490

MATHS TUITION Experienced tutor available to teach primary to GCSE level maths. Reasonable rates Tel: Jane Moffatt on 279952 or 07730877889

FOOD WITH FLAIRExcitingly different CaterersFor Every Event Large or Small.Buffets, Lunch and Dinner Parties, Canapes, Main Course Casseroles, Salads, Desserts or Individual Dishes to suit your personal budget.Telephone Shirley - 01395 265147Email shirley@foodwithflair.co.uk

FOOT HEALTH PRACTITIONER Lindsey Waddell MAFHP. Nail cutting, foot care, treatment of corns and callus. Home visits. 01395 263496

HOLIDAY COTTAGE Cosy cottage in centre of village. One double room and further room with bunks. Minimum 2 nights in low season and 4 nights in high season. Call Pete or Jan on 01395 488123

SMALL ADSWITHALL’S HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST. A modern and spacious home close to the heart of the village. Ample parking and flexible accommodation. Call Pete and Jan Hardy on 01395 488123 Or visit www.lympstonebedandbreakfast.co.uk

THE OLD DAIRY B&B, LYMPSTONE A very warm welcome awaits you at The Old Dairy B&B situated on the edge of the picturesque village of Lympstone.This luxury B&B offers three well appointed rooms all furnished to a high standard. Double, twin and family rooms available. Experience the ultimate in home-from-home comfort and style, complete with traditional home-cooked breakfast. Contact: Den and Jules 01395 275679, mobile 07595540562 or email info@theolddairylympstone.co.ukwww.theolddairylympstone.co.uk

BYRE COTTAGE Self-Catering Holiday Let.Byre Cottage is a delightful two bedroom self-catering holiday let with traditional features and a lovely rustic feel in a contemporary style. Boasting two light and airy bedrooms, accommodating up to four guests, and a well-behaved dog. Contact: Den and Jules 01395 275679, mobile 07595540562 or email info@theolddairylympstone.co.ukwww.theolddairylympstone.co.uk

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TO RENT Newly renovated 2 bedroom cottage. Spacious open plan kitchen / living area. Fully furnished with small garden. Available from November 2019. 07526-916521 zoebaker26@gmail.com

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE - Carpentry, Flooring, Fencing, Gates, Decking, Bathrooms, Kitchens, General Repairs. Free advice & estimates. James Waddell 01395 263496

CURTAINS, BLINDS & SOFT FURNISHINGS Made to order. Tel: Sarah on 07711005670Email: MadeDevon@yahoo.com

PIANO with a VIEW Lessons for all ages, beginners and improvers, “purely for pleasure” and ABRSM exams to Grade 8. Theory to Grade 5. Tel: Judy Joss (BA Mus, Dip Ed) on 01395 222749 or 07939 126190.

DISCLAIMER This news letter is compiled from emails sent to the editors by numerous people and very little of the information is checked before publishing which is done in good faith. Rob and Claire Hilton, Editors

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COFFEE MORNING FOR DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST

A very sincere thank you to all those kind people who supported our July coffee morning in aid of Devon Wildlife Trust. This was held in our lovely church and a spirit of good cheer dominated the morning.

To counteract a little of the doom and gloom which surrounds the misuse of our planet, the morning’s theme aimed to boost awareness of, and gratitude for, the work DWT and other trusts have been doing, and hope to continue to do in restoring and protecting our unique natural environment. Upon greater human reconnection with Nature depends the wellbeing of both.

Lympstonians are never short of imagination and talent, nor do they shirk doing the unsung, unseen chores behind the scenes. Many thanks to them - dispensers of copious cups of coffee plus washing up; moving hundreds of chairs; moving display screens; organising the most generously given raffle prizes and selling tickets; cooking delicious buns, biscuits and cakes; and all those jobs I fail to mention.

Now too for those very special displays: meticulously researched and presented poems each one in relation to a particular wild creature; cards of botanically accurate wild flowers;

paintings; display of philosophical sayings by sages, ancient and modern underscored by a large carbon footprint surmounted by floral decorations; a wood turned bowl created from a fallen cedar gave a feel of the outdoors as did beautiful flower arrangements from hedgerow and garden, not to mention the home-made bug ‘hotels’ for homeless insects! The charming wire sculpture of an avocet surrounded by floats and feathers representing our great river helped by lovely paintings by very young Lympstonians, the fish with a lovely watercolour of the Mary Rose and an essential contribution of a compost leachate to remind that it is the soil where it all begins. One vital display remains, showing the facts, the figures, photographs, pamphlets of Nature Reserves managed by Devon Wildlife Trust, the scientific research, vets and zoological experts, flooding and farming, reclamation of land over-fertilised and such enormous responsibility, information of where to find help of further involvement in the work - this carefully selected material was most attractively set out.

So many kind, generous friends and visitors lending unselfish support, some I may have failed to mention but my gratitude is immense. Devon Wildlife Trust were delighted and grateful to receive your donation of £666! Thank you. Mary Truell

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WHAT’S ON IN LYMPSTONESEPTEMBER3 Parish Council4 WI Meeting10 Happy Hour Tea Party12-15 Land and Water Open Studio13 Film Society - The White Crow14 Tennis Club Juniors Morning14 Exmouth Beach Clean19-22 Land and Water Open Studio14 Ride and Stride - Parish Church

OCTOBER1 Chasing Ice - Art Group2 WI Meeting5 An Evening Without Jake Thackray7 Parish Council

11 The Greyhound Trust - TAP12 Station Tidy Up14 Harbour Craning Out - LFHA25 Life In Show Business - TAP

17 Creative Gardening with Bulbs18 Tiverton Canal Trip - WI19 Pepys, His Life and Times 20 Mobile Library22 Living in Lympstone25 Lympstone Folk - Redwing27 Get Together - TAP29 Harvest Thanksgiving

NOVEMBER2 Autumn Soup and Pud/Cake Sale3 Curry Lunch4 Parish Council

6 WI Meeting8 The Nightingale - TAP22 My Israeli Holiday - TAP

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