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Highway Faults - online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transportroads/roads/road_maintenance.htm Alternatively, telephone 0845 155 1004 and give the fault information or email <[email protected]>
Police - non urgent - 101. Police - urgent : 999
USEFUL LUPPITT PHONE NUMBERS
Parish Council: Chairman, John Thorne 01404 891412
m. 07748 780096
Clerk: Rosalind Buxton 01404 861481
Village Hall: Chairman: Brian Pulman 891324
Secretary: Mary Joyce 891328
Commoners: Secretary : Gavin Brake 892767
Luppitt Wives: Mrs Jean Hooper: 892969
PCC secretary: Wendy Watson 891959
Vicar: Rev Rik Peckham - 01404 891243
Church Administrator: Mrs Karen Davies 890121 (9:30 to 10:30 am)
Churchwardens: Brian Pulman 891324
John Arbuthnott 891032
Mothers Union: Olive Clapp MBE 891386
Captain of Bellringers: Pearl Pulman 891324
Cricket Club: S Berry 891268
Luncheon Club: Jean Hooper 892969
Hartridge Buddhist Monastery: 891251
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS
Dog Warden : 01395 517457 Crimestoppers:: 0800 555111 Blackdown Practice: Dunkeswell 01823 681720 Blackdown Support Group: (Hemyock) 01823 681036 Honiton Medical Centre : 548544 Honiton Hospital: 540540 Dev.Air Ambulance: 01392 466666 TRIP: 46529: community transport C.A.B.: 44213 Honiton Library: 41212 E. Devon District Council: 01395 516551
To get in touch with your MP - Write: Neil Parish MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Telephone: 0207 219 7172 email: [email protected] Local Constituency Agent: Lucille Baker 01395 233503 [email protected]
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Christmas is just around the corner and it is actually a bit colder today! There is a slight rumour of SNOW! Don’t believe it myself. But is much more Christmasy when it is cold.
The Luppitt Panto is coming soon (page 19) right at the beginning of February so get your tickets soon as there will not be another reminder. There should have been an ad in last month but due to a gremlin...
One of the other mistakes I made last month was the telephone number for Chris Tottle’s Lamb Packs. (page 13) It has been corrected.
For those of us who like to get to the Heathfield Estate, the improvements at Turks Head might be of interest (page 35).
All the Packet team wish you a very Happy Christmas and we hope that this will not be the last Christmas for the Packet.
Have a good couple of months
Lindsey Dalgety.
Treasurer for the Luppitt Packet There has been no volunteer yet for the post of Treasurer to look after the Packet, So if you think you could manage a couple of hours a month, please get in touch!
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LUPPITT PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk’s report of a Meeting of Luppitt Parish Counc il held in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 3 November at 8 pm
Present: Cllrs David Barlow, Derek Hooper, Tom Nancarrow, Paul Prettejohn, Brian Pulman, Paul Diviani (DCC and EDDC) and Rosalind Buxton (clerk)
Receive apologies for absence Apologies were received from Cllrs John Thorne, Gavin Brake, Andrew Tucker, David Key (EDDC), PC Vickery 4783 and PCSO Anning 30012. In the absence of Cllrs Thorne and Brake, Cllr Barlow took the chair.
Minutes of previous meeting The Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 6 October 2015 were unani-mously agreed and signed as a correct record of that meeting (proposed by Cllr Barlow and seconded by Cllr Pulman).
Declaration of Interest There were no declarations of interest.
PLANNING Applications (for comment, support or objection) None received. Adding comments on planning applications The clerk read out an email from Planning at EDDC explaining that in future any comments from the Parish Council on planning applications will be posted directly to the website. Exmouth Town Council have been trialling this for a few weeks and it has been successful. Detailed instructions are awaited from EDDC.
Neighbourhood Plan Roger Hicks is making steady progress. He has arranged a meeting with Lisa Turner from the Blackdown Hills AONB and Tim Spurway at EDDC.
HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC Parish Highways programme Update on Items to Report as follows:
A Message from the parish Clerk. “A parishioner has notified the clerk that some people are deviating from the designated footpaths. When using them, runners and walkers are asked to respect the properties bordering the footpaths and stick to the footpaths which are clearly marked.”
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Item Reported Action Status
HIGHWAYS
Report all items to NHO ([email protected])
Shaugh to Langford Reported
Jet patching has been done. Surface dressing still to be completed. Ongoing.
Broken sign at Luppitt Cross – “finger” to Honiton missing and “finger” to Smeatharpe and Churchinford missing
Reported W15814610
Reported May and August 2015. Assessment completed 30.09.15. Cllr Diviani to follow up.
Shelves Farm very large pothole
Reported W15834051 Reported April and Sept 2015. Assessment completed 07.10.15.
Dolish farm – very large potholes – water coming up through road
Reported W15834054 Reported again Sept 2015. Assessment completed 15.10.15.
Midway between Hillend and Sharcombe – numerous potholes and edge of road subsidence
Reported W15834055 Reported again Sept 2015. Assessment completed 15.10.15.
Mountstephens to Ringborough Cross – large potholes full of water
Reported W15834045 Reported Sept 2015. Assessment completed 07.10.15.
Shelf Lane to Littletown – edge of tarmac deterioration to concrete gutter
Reported again April 2015 direct to csc.roads
Not classed as Category 1 safety defect but Highways will obtain an estimate and then advise when funding available.
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Broken sign at Pennythorne Cross – “finger” to Honiton missing
Reported W15834058 Reported again Sept 2015. As-sessment com-pleted 30.09.15. Cllr Diviani to follow up.
LOCAL PROJECTS
As there is no lengthsman service, these pro-jects will be carried out by the Parish Council as time allows
Coombeshead Lane and Blackenfields – jet 2 pipes
Reported and marked up by previous NHO in June 2014
Ongoing
Ditch under drive at Goulds Farm, EX14 4SB
Reported by clerk Cllr Tucker to deal with when next in the area
Concrete gutter from Little-town (EX14 4SJ) towards the council houses at Millrise needs to be cleared
Reported April 2015 Ongoing
Concrete gutter from Pound Farm (EX14 4TT) to the top of the hill past Franklyns Farm needs to be cleared
Reported April 2015 Ongoing
GENERAL
Overhanging hedge at Smeatharpe
Reported Upottery Parish Council has ar-ranged a site meeting. Update awaited.
Ragged metal rails at the foot-bridge at The Mill
Reported Cllr Diviani to follow up.
Overhanging hedges at two properties in Luppitt causing a hazard for traffic
Reported Clerk to write to occupants re-questing that the hedges be cut back.
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Update on Lengthsman Visits Although the clerk had been informed that the lengthsman would no longer be making rural parish visits, this policy has now been revised. Luppitt will receive two visits from the lengthsman per year, each visit being two days. The next scheduled visit is 11 March 2016. The clerk will advise Highways before the visit in March of work required in order of priority. Parish Maintenance It was agreed that Cllr Tucker should be asked to make a start on the extra work scheduled as soon as he is able. The clerk will contact Cllr Tucker. FOOTPATHS AND BRIDLEWAYS The Parish Paths Partnership have organised drop-in sessions around the county. This will provide an opportunity to discuss any rights of way matters. Cllr Nancarrow had nothing further to report. ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community policing report No crimes have been reported. Salt Bins The clerk will contact the Neighbourhood Highways Officer to ensure that the salt bins are full ready for any bad weather. Village Hall Representative It was agreed unanimously that Cllr Brake should continue as the Vil-lage Hall representative. Remembrance Service Cllr Pulman will be laying a wreath on Remembrance Sunday on be-half of the Parish Council. As the wreath from last year is being used, it was agreed to make a donation of £20.00 to the British Legion – pro-posed by Cllr Barlow and seconded by Cllr Prettejohn.
EDDC Annual Canvass The clerk has received an email from the Electoral Services Manager at EDDC explaining that EDDC are required by law to deliver by hand
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any outstanding canvass forms. There are currently 27 forms out-standing for Luppitt and the clerk undertook to deliver them.
Transparency Code and Funding The clerk updated the Parish Council on the Transparency Code for smaller authorities and its effect in the future. The Code is designed to meet the Government’s desire to place more power into citizens’ hands to increase democratic accountability. Transparency gives local people the tools and information they need to hold local public bodies to account. Smaller authorities with an annual turnover not exceeding £25,000 will be exempt from routine external audit but in place of rou-tine audit, the smaller authorities will be subject to the new transpar-ency requirements laid out in the Code. To be compliant, the following information must be published on a website:
-all items of expenditure above £100 -end of year accounts -annual governance statement -internal audit report -list of councillor or member names and responsibilities -the details of public land and building assets -meeting Minutes, Agendas and papers (formal meetings)
Limited funding is available to meet the costs of these requirements and after discussion it was agreed that the clerk should look into the cost of having a website professionally set up, but maintained by the clerk – proposed by Cllr Barlow, seconded by Cllr Nancarrow. The clerk was given the names of two companies to approach. This will be discussed again at the December meeting when the figures are known.
Clerk’s Report Blackdown Hills Parish Network Steering Group meeti ng in Octo-
ber As a result of the meeting on 7 October, the BHPN has drawn up a list of questions for Parish Councils to answer. Replies are required by 1 February 2016 so this item was deferred until the January meeting. Quality Council Scheme This item was deferred until the Chairman and Vice Chairman could take part in the discussion.
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SWALING OR BURNING OF THE
LUPPITT COMMONS 2015-6
The Trustees of Luppitt Commons hereby give notice of
their intent (weather permitting) to burn parts of the Com-
mons (Luppitt, Hartridge, Hense Moor) during the months
of December 2015, January and February 2016.
The Commons will be burnt in accordance with the code
of practice laid down by DEFRA for the burning of
heather, grass, gorse and vaccinium
Kevin Lockyer, Secretary, Luppitt Commons Trustees
Committee
CHAIRMAN’S DISCRETION Correspondence The clerk read out a letter from TRIP acknowledging with thanks receipt of the donation of £55.00 for 2015/16.
Dates for meetings 2016 The dates for meetings were agreed and are given below.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC (The meeting to be closed before questions from the public.) There were no questions.
The meeting closed at 9.20 pm. Dates for next meetings – all to be held in Luppitt Village Hall at 8 pm:
Tuesday, 1 December 2015 Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Tuesday, 5 January 2016 Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Tuesday, 2 February 2016 Tuesday, 2 August 2016
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THE CHURCHFITTERS To close this year’s entertainments programme The Churchfitters will be playing Luppitt Village Hall as one of 12 UK shows they will be doing in December. Chris, Rosie and Boris are all multi instrumentalists who play a wide mix of folk based roots music laced with a generous helping of humour to great effect. They all have broad musical backgrounds and bring their individual influences from Jazz, bluegrass, blues and folk to bear with consummate skill. They will be playing material drawn from their nine albums interspersed with some Christmas favourites as part of their ‘Christmas Cracker’ show.
Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention... “I knew as soon as I saw Boris’s Instruments that the Churchfitters were going to be interesting. However, on watching their set I can honestly say that they are the most musically inventive band that I have seen in decades. They received a standing ovation from the festival. Go and see them and you will understand why.....a must”
Mike Harding.... “They ripped the slates and roofbeams off the Settle Victoria Hall in a stunning show which combined superb musicianship with humour, great songwriting and some brilliant versions of traditional music and song. They really brought the festival to a brilliant close and got a standing ovation from the crowds”
Tickets: £12 Robin 01404 892 785 or
Steve 01404 891 268
Doors Open 7.00pm for 8.00pm start
FOOD – BAR- MUSIC Luppitt Village Hall, Luppitt, Honiton EX14 4RT
12th December 2015
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• Window Cleaner • High reach hot water system • Frames and doors all in • Gutters/Facias Cleaned
Excellent references if required
For that personal service contact : Mr S. Harris Telephone: 01404 814963 or Mobile: 07737 419077
M B Green
Gardening, Landscaping& Property
Maintenance
Please call me for a chat to discuss your requirements, on:
01404 890101
07528562876 or 07807309702
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www.highlandsfarmshop.co.uk CHRISTMAS ORDERS NOW BEING TAKEN
Free range Geese & Turkeys, Orchard reared Pork,
High quality naturally fed Beef, Grass fed Lamb
BLACKDOWN HILLS CHRISTMAS RAFFLE
1st PRIZE – TURKEY & TRIMMINGS
2nd
PRIZE – JOINT OF TOPSIDE BEEF & TRIMMINGS
3rd
PRIZE - ORCHARD REARED PORK JOINT & TRIMMINGS
£1 per ticket available at Highlands Farm Shop
all proceeds going to BLACKDOWN HILLS SUPPORT GROUP
FRESH HOMEMADE CAKES, CHRISTMAS GOODIES,
local free eggs, order and box locally sourced(where poss.)
FRUIT & VEG at competitive prices.
ANIMAL FEED – LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC, VIOLET FARM COMPOST
Are you an experienced beekeeper
who lacks space for your hives?
We have space and flowers in Luppitt but no hives or experience with bees.
If you would like to help us, in return for keeping hives in our fields, call or email Louisiana on 07761 858860 or [email protected]
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LUPPITT OVER 60'S LUNCHEON CLUB.
Tea & Coffee Raffle £5.00
Jean Hooper Tel - 01404 892 969
Thursday 10th December 2015. Commences 12-30 -1pm.
Glass of Sherry
Roast Turkey will Trimming Roast Potatoes Seasonal Vegetables
Glass of Wine
Christmas Pudding with Cream
Thursday 14th January 2016 . Commences 12-30-1pm. Glass of Sherry Boiling Ham with Parsley Sauce Potatoes Seasonal Vegetables Plum Crumble with Custard.
LUPPITT WIVES GROUP.
The December Meeting
Our next meeting will be on Friday 18th December 2015 at Shirley Crabb’s Calhayes at 8pm. We will be having a Beetle Drive.
The January Meeting
Our meeting will be on Thursday 21th January 2016 when we are going to the Hare & Hounds for Lunch. Meet there at 12-30pm. Please let me know if you are coming. Jean Hooper 892969.
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Ladies of Luppitt Calendar 2016
Wall and Desk Calendars—£6.50 each. Profits to go to Devon Air Ambulance.
Mandy Riley 01404 44783
EXMOOR HORN
LAMB MEAT.
JOINTED IN PACKS
READY FOR FREEZER
01404 891305
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BLACKDOWN HILLS
CHRISTMAS TREES
CONNETTS FARM
DUNKESWELL
We have trees for everyone from 3ft-40ft
CUT POTTED ROOTED
Last year Christmas trees went to:
Cathedrals, castles, hotels, pubs,
shopping centers, garden centers,
National Trust, schools, TV personalities
and City Centers.
This year we hope YOU will come to
us and choose YOUR fresh tree
DIRECT FROM THE GROWER
Please contact Nick Stevens on
Mobile—07860459745
Or
Farm - 01404 891684
Home - 01884 841694
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LUPPITT CHILDRENS
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Calling all Luppitt Children
You are invited to our Christmas
Party on
Saturday 19th December 2015
3.30 til 5.30 pm
Hot food served at 5.00pm
Visit from Santa
Entertainment by:
George The Magician To secure a place please email Mandy at
or text on 07817 517425
by 5th December 2015 (no bookings after this date please)
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PORKERS, PERKS AND POLICEMEN
Leaving the warmth of the fire I went into the kitchen to see if father needed a hand. The bucket had been left beneath the tap to fill on its own, as only a trickle of water was now coming from it. He was standing over a steaming kettle being heated on top of the paraffin cooker. I went to the larder to fetch a jug of milk. Shelves filled with jars of preserves and dairy products were stored there, all made with hard work, skill and dedication by my mother. A pig - fed with garden, household and dairy waste - was the main provider of meat for the house. Many of its internal organs being cooked immediately it was slaughtered in a frenzied session of cooking pots, boiling water and perspiration. The work often continued well into the night and involved all members of the family. All remaining meat was jointed, preserved with salt and stored in a wooden tub beneath the kitchen table. In a recollection concerning the last war, my mother told how she had made a large table cloth which reached right down to the kitchen floor. The purpose of this was to prevent prying eyes from spotting the tub of pork beneath the table, as meat and many other items were subject to rationing. Therefore, she recalled how there was considerable apprehension when the local constable - abandoning other wartime duties for a while - found it necessary to visit our farm. She invited him into the kitchen, gave him a cup of tea and politely enquired as to how they could help him. Clearing his throat he took a note book from his pocket and asked to see the dog licence. He then leaned back against the kitchen table, sipping his tea and patiently waited as my father began to search through various cupboards and drawers. Eventually though the policeman's patience began to began to wear a little thin, for just as he was finishing his second cup of tea, my father opened another cupboard and continued the methodical search. Putting down his cup the constable addressed the paper searcher. "Are there many more cupboards, drawers and boxes which you feel the need to rummage through as I have other visits to make today?" But my father carried on with dogged determination the task of seeking the elusive document. Eventually, with a wearisome sigh of resignation in his voice the policeman spoke again. "You can stop searching any longer, farmer, as we both know you haven't a dog licence. You will probably insist on searching for one till the cows come home, but I cannot wait till then, and will therefore - reluctantly I might add - put "dead dog" in my report." Outside Rusty - our brown and white rough-coated farm collie, the object of the debate inside - could be heard barking
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loudly. The wave of relief which swept over my parents was to be short-lived though. Buttoning his note book back into his tunic the policeman suddenly bent down and, lifting the tablecloth, gazed intently beneath the table for a while. Then turning to my father he asked. "What happened to the pig?" Academically gifted my father may not have been, but he a wit and mental alertness second to none. "It died", he replied. There was lull in the conversation as the constable digested this information. The question of how our porker popped its trotters was not discussed further, and the policeman left the house to be escorted back through the farmyard by the "dead dog". He had administered the law on his patch in his inimitable way, not necessarily to the letter but with reason and common sense, though he was careful to ensure that the parcel which he now carried was kept well clear of Rusty.
>From a local author
FROM THE VILLAGE HALL Many thanks to all who have supported our recent events - Bingo attendance was rather poor, but enjoyed by those present. Quiz Night had a record number of tables entered and had a change of supper (much enjoyed! -ed). And there is “A Christmas Cracker” with the Churchfitters to finish off the year. We hope to see you al at coming events in 2016, and new people are always made most welcome! Mary Joyce FROM FRIDAY MARKET Many thanks to everyone who has supported and helped with the Friday market in 2015. Everyone is welcome for a coffee and a chat and we hiope to see you in 2016. Mary Joyce
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GARDEN JOTTINGS , by D.Street
I've been reading "Vanished Ocean", a book about planet Earth in the past - about what a map of the continents would have looked like then, at the time dinosaurs roamed the earth in their thousands, and mammals were small furry things scuttling about under trees in the night. In those days there were huge scorching desert infernos and warm oceans full of life and vast lush jungles of conifers and monkey puzzles, cycads, gingkos and ferns. Plants with flowers were thin on the ground, no grass grew on the land. Planet Earth was a greenhouse. Seas were much higher; there was only half as much land. There weren't even 365 days in the year, nor 24 hours in a day. No ice covered either pole. In fact the sea at the North Pole was about as warm (or cold) as it is around Britain today. That was before the KT meteor slammed into us and wiped out the dinosaurs. Actually the author of "Vanished Ocean", Dorrik Stow, doesn't really go for this theory. He thinks it's a theory that's been sold to us without good reason. He is a geologist from Devon, and has worked with deposits the world over, including the Jurassic Coast towards Exmouth and Budleigh, where he thinks there are some of the best preserved. In 1912 Alfred Wegener suggested a novel theory about the earth: the continents moved about very slowly. This idea was pooh poohed until fifty years ago geologists realised it explained mountains and earthquakes. Meanwhile Wegener had perished of exhaustion and exposure in the Artic, rather like Scott in the Antarctic. The Earth is not a stable unchanging place. Continents have and are and will move about, sometimes colliding, sometimes splitting up. This means the oceans and the ocean currents alter too, and the ocean current control the earth's climate. Today in the Atlantic the Gulf Stream carries 2300 trillion joules a second of heat energy northward. (For the size of a joule, think of a metre and a kilo.) Cooled water not much above freezing returns equatorward at the bottom. In the south, ocean currents circle the earth, and little heat is carried to the South Pole. Sea temperatures in the past can be calculated from the varying amounts of two sorts (isotopes) of oxygen found in fossils. Living things absorb different amounts of these oxygens according to the temperature. Measuring these oxygen amounts in fossils tells geologists how warm the water was they lived in. And it turns out the water round Britain in those days was pretty warm. So if you'd been living here in dinosaur times, you might have been growing bananas and guavas in your back garden the year round, despite low winter light levels. That is, if you'd been able to find enough spare land to put a garden on.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR from Catkins, from Big Hen, from JCS and from Cleo, a small black and white cat with large eyes, who has moved in here.
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THE LUPPITT PLAYERS
ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THEIR PANTOMIME
K N IG H T FE V E R !K N IG H T FE V E R !K N IG H T FE V E R !K N IG H T FE V E R ! by Damian Trasler, David Lovesy & Steve Clark
4th, 5th & 6 th February 2016 in the Village Hall at 7:30pm
TICKETS FROM:
Jean Hooper: 892969 or Gill Desoutter (Red Doors): 890067
Adults £6; Seniors £5.00; Under 16’s £2.50
All profits will support Devon Air Ambulance
and the new Hospiscare Day Centre in Honiton
DON’T FORGET – THERE ISN’T A ‘PACKET’ IN JANUARY TO REMIND YOU.
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Broadhembury Memorial Hall Wednesday February 10th 2016 ~ 8pm
KATE DANIELS QUARTET Glamorous Nights - From Hoagy Carmichael to Peggy Lee
With a voice that has been compared to the smoky, laid-back swing of Julie London or Peggy Lee, London-based singer and ‘jazz storyteller’ Kate Daniels is bringing her distinguished musicians to Broadhembury Memorial Hall withmusic and stories from the Great American Songbook. Expect more than a concert. Jazz guitar legend John Etheridge describes Kate’s vocals as “...poised, engaging and elegant. She sings as if she is telling you a secret”. And indeed Kate creates the intimate and engaging atmosphere of a storyteller as she shines a light on the songs she sings and the lives of the songwriters. Her captivating performances have delighted audiences all over the country. Kate’s fellow musicians are a celebrated group: Pianist John Horler, has accompanied the most famous names in jazz but is probably best known for his long collaboration with John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. “John Horler is the kind of musician whose work steals up on you. His piano playing, almost placid on the surface, is full of unexpected turns and hidden surprises”. The Observer. Alec Dankworth’s noble jazz lineage may come before him but as a bass player of versatility and impeccable musicianship his reputation is entirely his own. A British Jazz Awards winner he has worked with, among others, Van Morrison, Abdullah Ibrahim, Dave Brubeck and Nigel Kennedy. Soloist Graham Pike is a multi-instrumentalist with a background in West End Theatre playing for such memorable shows as Blood Brothers and Sweeney Todd, and as a composer for television programmes. Known as “The Jimi Hendrix of the harmonica” Graham also plays trumpet, flugelhorn and trombone.
Advance booking is strongly advised for what promises to be a memorable and entertaining evening. There will be a bar.
Information and table reservations – Katherine Jonas 01404 841208 Tickets £10 available now at Broadhembury and Kentisbeare Post Offices.
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Festive Party Fare – so much nicer when it’s home m ade
Yes, all the stores are now full of tempting festive fare, all beautifully presented with gorgeous photos of what the contents are supposed to look like when presented to your guests. However, these seasonal specials are not cheap and the end result doesn’t always look as good as the photographs suggested.
So much cheaper, tastier and more satisfying to stick with homemade.
Some food and drink items I would never be without during the Christmas and New Year period are homemade fruit cordials, lots of apple juice, homemade sloe gin and fruit vodka, piles of little frozen blinis to use as canapé bases, frozen uncooked baby pastry shells, jars of spicy sweet crumble mix, jars of homemade sweet mincemeat and spiced roasted plum halves, frozen uncooked cheese straws, two or three different soups frozen in plastic cups lined with cling film, and loads of fruit and mint ice cubes.
Fruit cordials can be made with lots of fruity combinations, but my favourite is to use up the glut of summer and autumn berries slumbering in the freezer – usually raHspberries, blueberries and wild blackberries. The basic recipe is 200gms of sugar for every 500gms of fruit, simmered very gently to release the juice from the fruit and melt the sugar, then topped up with 300ml of water, bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 15 mins until syrupy then strain into bottles and keep in a very cool place until needed. You can add a seasonal twist to the syrup by adding cinnamon and star anise to the mixture while it is simmering. Another lovely fruit cordial is made with classic hedgerow fare – elderberries, rose hips and blackberries. Mint is a nice addition to that mixture.
You can use your cordials in lots of different ways – topped up with sparkling water or lemonade or with champagne or sparkling wine for a special aperitif – or added to cold white wine to produce a delicious dessert drink. You can also use them in cocktails alongside white rum, vodka or a fruit liqueur, all swirled over lots of ice.
For a warming punch, I use my pasteurized apple juice made with apples from the garden, simmered with honey, lemon juice, star anise and cinnamon. Serve it as it is, or for an alcoholic alternative, add a good glug of dark rum or Calvados and top with a swirl of orange rind. Fruit vodka is a popular aperitif either straight, with or without ice, or diluted with champagne or tonic water – but don’t forget that it does have a high alcohol content. You make it in exactly the same way as for sloe gin – 450gm sugar and 450 gm of soft fruit (I use raspberries) are mixed in a large glass jar with a 70cl bottle of vodka. Shake the mixture gently every two or
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three days for at least a month or preferably two, then strain into sterilized bottles if you want a clear drink, or, as in our household, leave it all in the jar and strain a bit as and when you want it. That way, you end up with a gorgeous pile of sugary, vodka soaked raspberries which make a delicious topping for ice cream or other creamy puddings or for your porridge if you need ‘hair of the dog’ the morning after a party!
All festive drinks look so much prettier if you use decorated ice cubes. Simply half fill your ice cube trays with water and freeze. Then pop a raspberry or slice of strawberry, or some other fruit, or a mint leaf, on top of each half ice cube then top up with more water and freeze solid.
Little canapés are so much tastier and healthier than salty or fatty supermarket stuff as nibbles at a drinks party or to keep everyone happy while they are waiting for the main meal – but often they are a let down because the bases are soggy or bland. Blinis make superb canapé bases and can be brought to life straight from the freezer in about a minute in a warm oven. These little yeasty pancakes are so easy to make –just mix 40g of buckwheat flour with 125g white bread flour and a tsp salt with 5g of easy blend dried yeast. Mix 150ml of crème fraiche with 175ml of whole milk and warm very gently, then whisk in 2 egg yolks and stir the whole lot into the flour mix. Cover it with a cloth and leave for an hour for the yeast to work – the mixture will look bubbly and spongy. Stiff whip 2 egg whites and fold them into the mixture, then cover and leave for another hour to puff up. Then you just make little pancakes with the mix by putting tablespoons of mixture around a reasonably hot frying pan, flipping over when the underside is light brown so as to brown the other side too. They take less than a minute to cook and this quantity of mixture will make dozens of little blinis. Wrap them in greaseproof paper and then in a freezer bag and just take out as many as you want when it is time to magic up some canapés. You can top your blinis with whatever you like – from smoked salmon and sour cream to egg mayonnaise, mashed avocado and prawns to crispy bacon bits and cream cheese.
As a slightly different, but complimentary ‘nibble’ I would recommend serving thimblefuls of hot tasty soup. I use shot glasses – but you could use expresso cups - and I find the most popular are smooth seasonal soups like pumpkin, cream of cauliflower, tomato and red pepper or lobster bisque. If you have batch produced your soups in advance and frozen them in small quantities, producing these welcome little mouthfuls will take just a few minutes in a saucepan or microwave.
Alongside those, I would serve homemade cheese straws – I just use bought puff pastry, rolled out long and thin, scattered with grated cheese and finely chopped black olives, sundried tomatoes, or anchovies, folded in three, then rolled, covered in cheese and folded again, then cut into thin strips and
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frozen. They cook in a hot oven straight from the freezer in a few minutes. Sprinkle them with salt or cayenne pepper and they will disappear before your eyes.
The little frozen pastry cases can be used to produce miniature savoury tarts to complete your luscious selection of savoury nibbly treats.
If you want to finish off with some sweet tit bits, delve into your larder and bring out the jars of mincemeat, crumble top and spiced roasted plums, fill your pastry cases, pop them in a hot oven for a few minutes and there you have a delightful sign off. Or for a cold alternative which you can prepare ahead, bake your pastry cases without a filling, let them get cold, then three quarters fill them with a greek yoghurt panacotta (melt 30g sugar in 4 tablespoons of milk, add 4 leaves of soaked gelatin and stir to dissolve, beat in 600ml of greek yoghurt and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract). Pop into the fridge to set then, when you want to serve them, just pop half a strawberry or a slice of peach or some other fruit on top of the set panacotta. These little sweet bites are absolutely delicious and very light. My best wishes to all the Packet readers for a happy festive season. Christine Ryder
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Christmas Services in the Mission Community
Sunday, 13 December
3:00 pm Christingle at Broadhembury
Sunday, 20 December
4:00 pm Christingle and Carols at Sheldon
6:00 pm Carols by candelight at Upottery
7:00 pm Candlelit Carol Service at Luppitt
Christmas Eve
4:00 pm Crib Service at Luppitt
6:30 pm Carol Service at Broadhembury
11:00 pm Midnight Holy Communion at Upottery
Christmas Day
9:00 am Holy Communion at Luppitt
9:30 am Christmas Service at Sheldon
10:00 am Holy Communion at Dunkeswell
10:30 am Christmas Service at Upottery
11:00 am Holy Communion at Broadhembury
Christmas Eve Crib Service
4:00 pm at Luppitt
We are celebrating the Nativity in an informal way by acting out the familiar story
interspersed with two or three well known carols.
This service is aimed for everyone from toddlers to great grandparents.
We suggest you come as one of the characters.
Costumes can be as elaborate or as basic as you like e.g. paper crown for king,
tinsel halo for an angel.
Come and join us in celebrating the birth of Jesus.
‘Your Favourite Hymns’ Service
27 December at 11:00 am
Revd Rik Peckham will be with us (plus guitar)
when we will sing hymns chosen by parishioners.
If you have a favourite, it would be helpful if you could let us know in advance.
email: [email protected] / 01404 891959
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JOB VACANCIES FOR
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Starts at 9.30 am with approximately 45 minutes of singing and dancing.
Price is only £1.00 per child, to include a drink and a biscuit, also coffee or tea for the adults.
From babies till school age. Any enquires contact Maria
01404 891058.
Baby and Toddler
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This group meets in the Village Hall on Tuesdays
Term time only at 9.30am-11.30am
All welcome! For further information, Please contact Maria 891058.
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Sunday 6 December 9:30 am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion
Sunday 13 December 11:00 am All Age Worship
Sunday 20 December 7:00 pm Candlelit Carol Service
Thursday 24 December 4:00 pm Crib Service (for young and not so young)
Christmas Day 9:00 am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion
Sunday 27 December 11:00 am ‘Your Favourite Hymns’
Sunday 3 January 3:30 pm Christingle Service
Sunday 10 January 11:00 am All Age Worship
Sunday 17 January 11:00 am Common Worship Holy Communion
Sunday 24 January 11:00 am All Age Worship
Sunday 31 January 11:00 am Five Worship Together
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Other Services in the Benefice
St Andrews’ Broadhembury
St Nicholas’ Dunkeswell
St James the Greater Sheldon
St Mary the Virgin Upottery
Sunday 6 December
9:30 am BCP Holy Communion
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am Family Service
11:00 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 13 December
3:00 pm Christingle
11:00 am Morning Worship
4:00 pm Christingle & Carols
11:00 am Nativity
Sunday 20 December
9:30 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am (Abbey) Holy Communion 11:00 am Morning Worship
9:30 am Morning Worship
6:00 pm Carol Service
Wednesday 23 December
7:00 pm (Abbey) Carol Service
Christmas Eve 6:30 pm Carol Service
11:00 pm Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
11:00 am Christmas Holy Communion
10:00 am Christmas Holy Communion
9:30 am Christmas Service
10:30 am Christmas Service
Sunday 27 December
9:30 am Morning Praise
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am Holy Communion
11:00 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 3 January
9:30 am BCP Holy Communion
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am Family Service
11:00 am Morning Worship
Sunday 10 January
9:30 am Morning Prayer
11:00 am Morning Worship
9:30 am Holy Communion & Baptism
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
Sunday 17 January
9:30 am CW Holy Communion
11:00 am Covenant Service at Methodist Church
9:30 am Morning Worship
8:00 am CW Holy Communion 11:00 All Age Worship
Sunday 24 January
9:30 am All Age Worship
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am BCP Holy Communion
11:00 am CW Holy Communion & Baptism
Sunday 31 January
11:00 am Five Worship Together at Luppitt
Sunday 7 February
9:30 am CW Holy Communion
11:00 am CW Holy Communion
9:30 am Family Service
11:00 am Morning Prayer
every Wednesday
9:00 am Morning Prayer
Carol Singing at Lakeview Manor
6:30 pm, Monday 7 December
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‘Rik’s letter for the Magazine for December 2015 and January 2016.’
That’s the title of my job today – which happens to be the 5th November (well, it was when I started this letter). I always find it difficult to think of what to say when it is a month away – let alone two months and a New Year!
2015 has been a year of challenges and change. Challenges for the churches in our Mission Community to continue with regular worship with only one full time vicar, so meaning that the lay people (ie ‘the bodies in the pew’, the ‘ordinary’ folk) having to stand up and play their part; and they have done so magnificently. Worship, after all, is at the heart of all we do: whether we are in church or at some social activity, we are at worship together when we share of ourselves and enjoy the company of each other. It is in the meeting of another person that we come into the presence of God, for we are told in scripture that ‘God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them’. We meet in His love when we come through the doors of the church, we also meet in His love when we do something to benefit another person. We are all on a journey of faith.
Christmas is, of course, just a moment in time of that journey in faith, that we see in the life of Jesus: it marks the beginning of His coming to us. We should therefore value this moment for all it is worth, for it represents the incarnation of God in our midst, the hope of our salvation, the release from sin, the promise of a new and glorious life in Christ. So, go and enjoy the carol services around you – there are no doubt quite a few you can attend – and be filled with the joy of Christmas, and the true meaning of it, the joy of salvation and the peace it can bring. Why not then go out and share that joy with everyone you meet!
There is also knowledge that the mission of the church continues to let the world know about the love God has for all His creation. Mission is the reason we come together as church in one place. It is the fulfilling of the law of Christ – to love one another. To express love, we need one another, otherwise we only love ourselves. The church is there for us to meet together in love, to remember the love that God has for us, revealed in Jesus Christ, and to share that love in our lives: first with those in the church, then for those we meet in the world.
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The world has been plagued recently by disasters, terrible events that have touched the souls of many, both Christian and non-Christian, but I am pleased to hear that the church, and our churches in particular, have responded so well, out of love for our neighbours. We do mission all the time – often unconsciously – but there is now a demand upon us to do more.
Let us make our New Year’s resolution for 2016 be to ‘help one another’ and to be part of that love which God revealed at Christmas in the birth of the Christ child.
2016 will bring its own challenges! Watch this space!
May I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a happy and prosperous New Year.
Rik the Vic
PS
One change and challenge for 2016 will be the ‘closing’ of Holy Trinity, Dunkeswell Abbey. We are hoping that the building will be passed on to a charity which will look after it, but this is still in discussion. However, until something is definitely sorted out, the Carol Service on Wednesday 23rd December at 7 pm will be the last service of this year; and there will no longer be a regular monthly service thereafter.
Church cleaning and flower rota
5 December 2015 Shirley Crabb & Beryl Hardwick
12 December 2015 Jean Gardiner & Joy Tofts
19 December 2015 Ann Arbuthnott & Lesley Rogan Christmas decorations - all
26 December 2015 Carole Thorne & Jean Hooper
2 January 2016 Wendy Clapp & Pearl Pulman
9 January 2016 Iris Selway, Mary Joyce, Christine Page-Turner & Olive Clapp
16 January 2016 Shirley Crabb & Beryl Hardwick
23 January 2016 Jean Gardiner & Joy Tofts
30 January 2016 Ann Arbuthnott & Lesley Rogan
6 February 2016 Carole Thorne & Jean Hooper
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Flower Festival 2016
‘A Song in our Hearts’ 15 to 17 July
Thank you, everyone who came along to our inaugural meeting
in October. There will be another meeting in March next
year: look out for the date in February’s Packet.
There were many good ideas; one of these was scarecrows,
to be sited around the village. Would you like to make a
scarecrow?
Can you play a musical instrument, and would you be willing to
play for an hour or so in the church during the festival?
We still have some spaces free if you would like to make a
flower arrangement for the church - help provided.
If you are interested in any of the above, or if you have
other suggestions, please contact either Pearl Pulman or
Lesley Goode 01404 890013, email: [email protected]
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Upottery Pre School Report We have had a busy few weeks at Pre-school most noticeably the completion of one side of the pre school building roof. This was a much needed improvement and was completed during half term. Thank you to AMB Roofing Services for their hard work and support in competing this task in the timeframe required! The children have been looking at the letters F, G and H and we have had lots of interesting items brought in from home such as feathers, a forager, a giraffe, glasses, a heart, a hedgehog and a handbag! We have been making lots of yummy things such as a fairy fridge cake, gingerbread men and shortbread. This time of year gives us many exciting topics to explore so we have been carving pumpkins and making firework pictures using runny glue and coloured sand. We are creating a new display in the quiet name focused around 'mucky pup' and now it's the run up to the festivities we have begun making things for Christmas. Please note some dates for your diary: 5th December Upottery Village Christmas Market, pop down to see the Pre-School stand and purchase your raffle tickets for the Christmas Hamper Draw. 6th December: Beauty and the Beast pantomime production in the Manor Rooms 2:30pm. 18th December: Christmas Hamper Draw following the children's nativity play.
Upottery Primary School November 2015
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.upottery-primary.devon.sch.uk
TEL: 01404 861292 : FAX: 01404 861152
This last month has seen a highly enjoyable residential visit to Pixies Holt by Years
5&6. It was fascinating to see the children tackle so many different challenges as
well as facing up to being away from home for an extended period of time. They
learnt a lot about themselves over those few days, particularly how resilient they
are and how important perseverance is. Whilst those kinds of qualities are
emphasised within our school curriculum, it is through the environment at Pixies
Holt that they really comes to the fore. I would like to say thank you to Mrs Yallop
and Mrs Sillitoe for giving up their time not just in the week of the visit itself but
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also in the organising of it.
Congratulations to the Years 3&4 children who took part in the East Devon cross-
country final at Bicton; they ran in atrocious conditions and performed brilliantly
competing against much larger schools than us; also to our newly formed handball
team who won the Honiton tournament - I think that’s two out of two sporting
tournaments Upottery has entered and won so far this year!
It was great to have such a fantastic turnout at parents’ evening. An open dialogue
between children, parents and staff is so important as ultimately we are all working
towards the same thing - success for the children. Parents’ evening is a key part in
this process.
As you may know the government is pushing for schools to work closer in terms of
collaboration and support as the role of local authorities diminishes. The governors
are therefore currently looking at ways in which we can make this work for us. We
will keep you posted on developments as they happen.
Mr Edge
Our Highlights
Wren Class enjoyed Children in Need cake stalls, the Gym Festival, watching slugs and remembering slug facts, writing our own stories, making dens for teddy bears in Forest School and doing our Christmas
pictures for the Parish Pump Kingfisher Class enjoyed Year 2s enjoyed visiting the war memorial to pay
our respects to the fallen, the Gym Festival, building round houses for the
Celts in Forest School, building fences for our Roman walls in Forest
School to protect our Roman soldiers made from sticks and learning about
our immune system in Science.
Kestrel Class enjoyed dressing up as our heroes for Children in Need, our
fantastic visit to Escot, First Aid with St John's Ambulance, Science – making
models of blood cells, the Handball tournament and the Netball team with
a superb start to the season winning all matches played, learning about the
Anglo Saxons, cooking pottage and making our own Anglo Saxon artefacts and
Forest School – playing fire games, preparing ground to light fires, making towers
and bridges.
Falcon Class enjoyed the school Open Day, dressing up as heroes for
Children in Need, typing our Pixies Holt recounts and performing our
Pixies Holt assembly, animation with Mr Mitchell, doing P.E with Mrs
Davy, writing biographies in Literacy, making observations for our micro
-organism experiment, using our new storm kettle and making egg houses in Forest
School.
Just a reminder that our Weekly Newsletters are always available on our new school
website for you to read at www.upottery-primary.devon.sch.uk.
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HONITON - TURKS HEAD JUNCTION (A30) IMPROVEMENTS STARTING Following a period of stakeholder engagement, including a meeting with Honi-ton Town Council, some further detail design has been done and we are now in a position to start the improvement works. The junction, which connects the western end of Honiton to the A30 dual car-riageway, is currently a T-junction where it meets Exeter Road. The improve-ment will see this replaced by a construction of a mini roundabout which will enable traffic to leave the dual carriageway with less delay and queuing. The improvement also includes improved pedestrian facilities such as a zebra crossing on Exeter Road and a pedestrian crossing refuge island on the Turks Head Lane (Petrol Station) arm of the junction. The overall improvement aims to reduce traffic queues which can, at time reach the A30 creating a safety problem when vehicles are stationary on the dual carriageway. Preliminary works will start on Monday 9th November 2015 and will last for 20 weeks until the end of March 2016. In order to minimise disruption, the im-provement also includes some scheduled resurfacing around the junction. The construction will involve expanding the road around the junction to ac-commodate the mini roundabout and a number of underground utilities will need to be diverted. There will be temporary traffic lights throughout much of the works and some short periods of overnight road closure in April/March 2016 for the final surfacing. Temporary traffic lights will be used throughout the works and these will be manually controlled at the outset allowing us to monitor traffic conditions and adjust timings in order to keep queues to a mini-mum and ensure safety. We ask people to allow extra time for their journeys through the junction and consider alternative routes during busy times. The work is being led by Devon County Council in partnership with Highways England who look after the national trunk road network. Any enquiries about the project can be made to Devon County Council by contacting our Cus-tomer service Centre highways team on 0845 155 1004 or 0345 155 1004 (out of hours emergency contact is 01392 383329) where questions can be answered or directed to the right person.
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January 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
Bowls, Village Hall, 7.30
January 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
Social Club, Village Hall, 8pm
January 15th, 22nd, 29th
Friday Market, Village Hall, 11am-1pm
January 5th Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall, 8pm
January 14th Luncheon Club, Village Hall, 12.30 for 1pm
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December 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
Social Club, Village Hall, 8pm
December 4th, 11th, 18th
Friday Market, Village Hall, 11am-1pm Market in italics is the Christmas Market and the last one of the year.
December 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Bowls, Village Hall, 7.30 Date in italics to be re arranged.
December 1st Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall, 8pm
December 10th Luncheon Club, Village Hall, 12.30 for 1pm
December 12th The Churchfitters Christmas Cracker, Doors open 7pm for 8pm start. Page 9
December 19th Luppitt Children’s Christmas Party, Village Hall, 3.30-5.30pm Page 15
December 21st, 22nd
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December 18th Upottery Cricket Club Quiz, Manor Rooms, 8pm. To book a team contact P Joyce on 891328
January dates on page 51
Luppitt Packet is printed by A Dimond & Co. Honiton
CONTENTS
Church Services . . . ................................. 28 Luncheon Club ......................................... 12 Mobile Library Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51 Luppitt Wives Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Garden Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. 18 Parish Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What’s On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 Upottery Pre School Report . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Upottery Primary School Report .. . . . . . . . . 33
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