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South Hill Neighbourhood Plan


The development team are working towards drawing up a vision of how we would all like our area to be in 20 years time.

  • What we should preserve?
  • what changes could we accept?
  • and what is needed to make it a better place to live and work?

Very soon we will be seeking your opinions by way of a parish-wide survey, and by a community get together event in the Parish Hall, where everyone can have some fun, and also share their views about our neighbourhood.  Watch this space !!

For more information, or to give us your own ideas, send an email to neighbourhoodplan@south-hill.co.uk

South Hill Man swings a club for Help for Heroes


pete tunniicliffe headCongratulations to Pete Tunnicliffe for his efforts in raising money for the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity.

Last month Pete organised a golf tournament at Dainton Park golf club, at Ipplepen in Devon, for fellow meteorologists and hydrographers.  In total, they raised nearly one thousand pounds for the charity, which helps Servicemen and women wounded in current conflicts.

Well done to everybody who took part.

Dog Days In The Garden


gunneraSummer is well underway with plenty of sunshine and just a little rain. The Gunnera has grown huge leaves this year; I expect all that winter rain we had has helped. My roses have done really well this year, probably because of the manure and the bark mulch that was put round them early this spring.

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Footpath Walk – Wagmuggle to Browda


(third in our series on local footpaths)

mapThe footpath starts on the public road at Wagmuggle just past the cottage which is on the road from Kerney Bridge towards Mornick. There is a sign on the left hand side of the road. The path goes down a short incline and then crosses a stream by means of a granite footbridge, which as shown in the winter can be quite swollen so you need to be steady on your feet if you are to avoid a soaking.

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Church Matters August 2014


TheRevSo we approach the holiday season when, hopefully, we’ll have the opportunity to take our foot off the gas a little and step back from the usual things of our lives. Whether the “usual things” are a full time job coupled with the struggle to maintain a balanced home/family life, or perhaps being home based looking after children, or perhaps dealing with the (busy?) schedule of retirement, or something in between all these scenarios, it’s always good to have a change in routine – a time when you can give space to something different.  Sometimes you find the space achieved – getting off the treadmill – allows you to reflect on life in general, and maybe come to some conclusions about the things that are good, and not so good, in our lives. The space to think might lead you to embark upon a change for the future – it can be both a creative and risky process!

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Callington U3A July Bulletin


U3AlogoThe speaker for our July meeting was John Keohane MVO BEM retired Chief Yeoman Warder.

 

beefeaterThis was a most entertaining and well informative talk which everyone enjoyed. John, who was attired in his official uniform, served at the Tower for 21 years and had many ceremonial duties to perform and met the Queen on a number of times. He guided us through a pictorial tour of the Traitor’s Gate, Trinity Green, infamous for executions, the Bloody Tower and the apartment where Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned with his family for 13 years. The origin of the nickname ‘Beefeater’ remains a mystery but John suggested the most plausible derivation was from the custom of giving the Yeoman the leftover beef from the Monarch’s table.

Callington U3A meet on the first Monday of every month and new members are always made very welcome.

www.callingtonu3a.org.uk