Service with a smile! Steph, Julie & Tina at the last Saturday coffee morning 07-09-2013
Coming up …
More details in church gazette and separate wel-e-bulletins
Sat 14 Sep World Welly Wanging Champs at Wellington, Somerset, inc. head-to-head with Welbury Sun 15 Sep Late Summer Lunch, Village Hall
Fri 20 Sep Wine Tasting (tickets from Tina) 7.30 pm Village Hall
Sat 5 Oct Murder Mystery Evening joint churches event 7.30 pm E Rounton Village Hall
Welcome …
Welcome to Mick & Jenny Fenwick and their two boys Logan and Stanley at 4 Spring Hill. Mick writes: Hopefully we’ll be able to get involved in lots of different aspects of the village life and we certainly look forward to getting settled in and being a part of the community.
Welcome also to Tony & Amy Ross and their two children Olivia and Bobby at 7 Spring Hill.
Going up …
Best wishes to Paul and Lou Lightfoot on their elevation from No. 7 to No. 22 Spring Hill. They are keeping the same landline phone number.
Quiz of the month …
Well, well! Where is “the village well” and whose land is it on? Not the pump, the well!
Answers from last month (as far as we know; tell us if you know better).
Is Welbury sustainable? Well, no, actually, according to Hambleton DC report on plans for a new dormer bungalow in Meynell’s field opposite the pub. Policies would stop new building in villages without core amenities, unless there are grounds for ‘exception’.
Snippets …
See bulletins and church gazette for more details
Foxy visitor: in Spring Hill garden, Hilary Miller 24-8-13
Floods: NYCC are to repair drainage at “Lake Lennel” near the church next week. The village road will be closed for about four days. Everyone will be able to get home, but not from both sides.
Show: This year’s Show entries were double last year’s. The Show made £165 for local charities. See pictures and report on page 5.
Coffee: The last monthly Village Hall Saturday coffee morning was well supported on Sept 7th.
Wang: Two separate wang events are reported on page 6 & 7. Both saw new World Records. The men’s open record stands at 36 metres to Alastair Wilkin of Danby Wiske (born in Welbury).
Weather from Rod:
Well, after the hottest July for several years I guess August had to cool down a little, though it was still a fine month. The first day brought the highest temperature of 29 °C and there were 8 other days where temperatures exceeded 25 °C. The average monthly temperature of 17.1 °C was also 1 degree higher than last August and 2 degrees higher than in August 2011.
As in June and July, August 2013 was much drier than in the two previous years with a total monthly rainfall of 69 mm, almost a third of which fell on a single day, the 24th. The much drier summer overall is best reflected in the total rainfall for the combined months of June, July and August: just 168 mm in 2013, a massive 276 mm in 2012, and 218 mm in 2011.
Let’s hope we’re not going to suffer too much for this in September! However, to date (12th), it has turned decidedly cooler with an average temperature already nearly 3 degrees down on August. We’ve also had the wettest day of 2013, with 49 mm of rain on the 6th, and a deluge of hail and rain on the afternoon of 9th September that once again completely flooded the road. This downpour produced about 17 mm of rain in just under an hour. The total rainfall may have been a little higher than this, though I wasn’t going outside to check if the rain gauge was partially blocked with hailstones!
Book of the month …
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
This is a novel written in 1930 by the author of ‘Brideshead Revisited’ in which Waugh satirises the ‘bright, young people’ of the decadent London society of the time. Indeed, the original title was to be ‘Bright Young Things’ but Waugh was disinclined to use what he perceived as a cliché. It was later used, however, for a film of the book in 2003. The actual title is the direct translation of a Latin phrase ‘corpora vilia’, meaning people or things fit only to be the object of experimentation.
Waugh certainly experiments with the characters – they are at the mercy of his whims. This is rather like mere mortals being at the mercy of God! Adam Fenwick-Symes is the anti-hero whose quest in life would appear to be (or would it?) to marry Nina. Waugh parodies mercilessly the romantic comedies of the day and is scathing of the ‘party-driven lifestyle’. He provides us with some memorable quotes: ‘Punctuality is the virtue of the bored’ and ‘I can’t bear you when you’re not amusing’ being two examples!
This book is at times a light-hearted romp and at others a journey of bleak desolation, although always with a level of wit and irony. Waugh’s marriage broke down halfway through writing and we sense his misery as the book charts war looming, the circle of friends disintegrating and the engagement floundering. Fenwick-Symes is ultimately left alone on the battlefield in a telling metaphor.
Do give the book a go if you haven’t read it before. It’s hard to put down despite the content and the biting irony!
WI Monthly Report
From Dervor Hanson
Folly was not an ornamental garden building but the most beautiful Labrador bitch. She was accompanied by Eileen Brereton and Nigel Brown who are two puppy walkers for Guide Dogs for the Blind. They told us about the charity and what is involved in training a puppy for the first year of its life until it is ready to go on to more serious training, or in Folly’s case for breeding more puppies as there is always a waiting list for new and re- placement dogs.
Mushroom by the village well James Robson 12-9-13
The competition was for something made from foil was won by Dervor with a Canadian canoe which floated. Next month’s speaker will be Bob Woodhouse Out and About on Foot in North Yorkshire. The competition is for a walking stick.
Sarah Hoiles
Welbury Show …
Photos Emma Holborn 17-8-13
Sarah Smith writes: Thank you very much for supporting Welbury Show on Saturday, the entries were double last years and looked wonderful. It was great to see so many of you there, the show made £165 profit which is has split between the Church, the Village Hall and the WI. Thank you all for your support – Next years Show is booked for 9th August 2014 and we hope to see you all there.
Choral evening …
Photos James Robson 17-8-13
Held at Summerfield House by kind permission of David and Wendy Fordy. The Trianne
Choir were conducted by Pat Wade with guests Geraldine Wade (violin) and Pat Gibson.
Coffee Morning
and Table-Top Sale 7-9-13
Welly Wang Warm Up
At the Duke of Wellington Sunday 18-8-13
Congratulations to Rob Johnson for his new world record and longest throw of the day at 35.6 metres! Even so, with age allowances added, he was just pipped by Jonathan Wheatley with a throw of 32 metres plus 5.25 metres allowance. Harry Wheatley aged 6 threw 8.4 metres to win the children’s prize and take another age- group world record under Welbury Rules. Also breaking world records for their ages were John Lewis, Mike O’Carroll and Toby Sadler.
Photo: “The future” by Jonathan Wheatley showing Jake Wheatley in action.
Welly Wang World Champs
Photos Rod Bennington Saturday 14-9-13
Rob Johnson’s excellent world record of last month was just eclipsed by Alastair Wilkin from Danby Wiske with a sensational extraordinary throw of 36.0 metres which sailed over the top of the highest part of the concrete wall, a feat never before achieved. Together with his age allowance of 6.75 metres, Alastair comfortably won the Dunlop prize of a pair of top Purofort wellies, the total of 42.75 being another first.
Alastair was born in Welbury at South View Farm, before the Willeys bought it. He got the better of Dave Willey’s 31.5 metres today. Sadly Alasdair couldn’t repeat it in the head- to-head and Somerset’s John won with 34 metres.
Alan Brooks (throwing right) broke his own under 16 record with 20 metres to win the boys under 16 prize very closely on handicap from Logan Fenwick whose excellent 8.1 metres at only 4 years old was also a world record. Brother Stanley Fenwick captured another age world record for the family.
More welly …
Photos Rod Bennington14-9-13
Martha in record form
The girls Under 16 contest was very keenly contested, the scores on handicap finishing very close. Martha Hunter emerged winner just ahead of her sisters and Isabella Ward and Poppy Race, all of whom set new records for their age.
Logan gets a flyer
There were records too for several of the women. June Bennington, Chris Robson and Tina Race all set new world bests for their age under Welbury Rules. Tina edged the handicap contest with a throw of 16 metres to win the Town & Country Prize of a pair of gloves.
Awaiting the head-to-head