Royal Bath & West Show

I was there on Wednesday in the rain but a lot of members went on Thursday to steward the Village Church (I think) and got a lovely day. Binegar school had a striking backdrop in the Village Church and the school was featured in the School Room. Am off again on Friday - fingers crossed for better weather - to sell tea and coffee in the WI tent again!! It looks very nice this year - the whole tent is a tea room with carnations on the tables.

I hear the walking group had a wet walk underfoot this week and Angela had to be pulled out - not seen anyone to verify this!!

N Mendip Group Meeting at Oakhill Village Hall

Our main speaker for the evening was Chris Sperring MBE. He brought his owl Beau which was very well behaved!! Nobody could stroke it - we learnt that owls feathers are not waterproof and we would damage them if we touched them - but it was so lovely it was tempting!!! Chris has a blog - http://chrissperring.blogspot.com/ - lovely pictures - well worth a visit. There are several websites about him as he is a fairly regular TV 'nature person'.

After, delicious refreshments Helen Wall from Wells told us about a hundred mile walk she did in Holland - she had us in stitches. An excellent evening - thanks to A&O WI.

Binegar came 4th in the local skittle competition - whoops - but they had lots of fun evenings!!!Chewton Mendip won AGAIN!!! Evercreech and Pilton joined the group but Pilton were unfortunately not able to complete the required no. of matches (if they had - would we have been 5th ..... oh dear!!!)

A Comment!!!

Thanks to Doreen for a comment - after our chat - I found it - hurrah someone has at last used the blog!!!!!

Meeting on 19th May - SOS Honey Bees - excellent presentation by Sue. Ann's play, 'Anyone can make a mistake', was well received. Ann and Wendy read poems/ Angela told of her Italian Grandfather and 99 icecreams plus a cruise on the Nile. After refreshments break (during which a DVD of Marys' Meals was run for several interested groups) Ruth read some really good poems and the evening ended with internet jokes!! Home spun entertainment made a really enjoyable evening.

Eileen and Kath at ACWW South West Meeting

A meeting was held in Taunton - 9 different counties were represented.Kath was there - hidden behind the lady in red and Eileen had to bend her knees so that the lady at the back could be seen!!!! Good day - great speakers, controversial at times!!! ACWW slides saved the day!!

Speakers Auditions - Wed, 13th May

Some interesting speakers: - the town crier from Crewkerne and Caroline 'the llama lady' with her 2 yr old llama - Hetty. Lovely soft fur which is combed and made into wool ready for knitting!!

4 walkers out today , Margaret, Moira, Ann and Eileen. These pictures were taken as we wended our way home!!! We went up the path beyond - once we got Margaret out of the stream (see pic below). It was a lovely walk - we could have gone further but we'd left the car at the Pub and we were out a couple of hours. We can see another walk in this area quite soon!!!

The photo shows that Eileen has to seriously think about losing a bit of weight - hence the walks (might walk weekly now!!!). Excuse - could be leaning against the fence is not flattering
Ha Ha!! Can't get away with that excuse!!!

Groups meeting this week / next week

Committee - Tues 5th May, Skittles - 6th May at Evercreech, 7th May Walking Group met to plan walks and discuss how far to walk - all agreed at present 4 miles was about right - use of bus passes could be useful.

12th May 10.00am from village hall - Nettlebridge walk. Absolutely lovely day - sheltered walk through Harridge Wood, bluebells, birds singing - wonderful stream for children to play in and Margaret had to paddle (but she did have her wellies!!!).

Friday 15th May - Drama 3.00pm at Ann's.