No Zumba ...

next week - 7 December.  There will be a session on 14 December which will be the last one for 2017.  Zumba will start again on 4 January 2018 starting at 7.40 pm.

50/50 December 2017

Congratulations to December's winners!

9     Bob Stanton
53   Mick King
63   Sarah French

Remember to sign up for the 50/50 club for 2018. For just £12 for the year, you have a chance of winning one of three cash prizes every month.

Don't forget ....

Zumba in the Village Hall on Thursday night - 7.40 pm!  Come along and have some fun getting fit!  Everyone welcome!

Remembrance service ...

Bourton's Remembrance service will be held at the Pinnacle at 12 noon tomorrow - Sunday, 12th November.

Cancelled ...

Regrettably this Friday night's concert with Howdenjones, at the village hall, has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.  

Ticket monies will be refunded in due course.

50/50 November 2017

Congratulations to November's winners

60     Rebecca French
11     Dawn Rutley
75     Warren Webster

Church this Saturday ...

will be held in St James' Church as normal - 10 am start.  A massive thank you to Stuart and Albert Anger for repairing the ceiling!

Lost mobile phone ...

A Samsung mobile has been lost while walking the dogs round the fields between the Church and the Avenue.

If anyone walking those fields finds it, please would you call 01793 782162.

Many thanks,

Future events at Bourton Club ...

An evening with Gina, Saturday 18th November 8pm start, £1 to non members adults only!

Christmas craft fair Saturday 2nd December 12-4pm, over 20 stalls booked of local crafters and business, bar open, all welcome.

The Chapel was packed ...

and a lovely Harvest Festival held.  Thank you to Pinewood School for letting us use the Lady Chapel yesterday for our service.  Also, thank you to Stuart and Albert Anger who have already begun repairs to St James' Church.  Hopefully, we will be able to hold our next service on 4th November in Church.

Harvest Festival - this Sunday 15th October ...

Unfortunately, some repairs are needed to St James' Church so our Harvest Festival has been moved and will now be held in the Lady Chapel at Pinewood School.  The Chapel is situated just inside the exit gate on the right.  The service will start at 9 am.

Hopefully St James' will be back in action next week!

50/50 October 2017

Congratulations to October's winners

35 Wendy Woodhouse

70 Sarah French

24 Kate King

No Church service this Saturday ..

Please spread the word - there will be no Church service this Saturday - 7 October!

Many thanks!

Barn Dance ...

at the Village Hall this Saturday ...

Tickets prior to the event £10 per adult and £5 for under 16s.  At the Door on the night £12 and £6.

Tickets available from Simon at White Horse Lodge, Silver Street or Fiona at The Manse.

Vacancies at Pinewood School ...

Pinewood School are currently recruiting for the following roles:

Evening Matron

Required from January 2018

Part-time role 4pm – 8.30pm

£10 per hour

Maintenance Worker

Full-time role required ASAP

Morning Minibus Driver

£10 per hour

If anyone is interested please contact Jo Ranstead via email at JoRanstead@pinewoodschool.co.uk or call  01793 782205.

Ride and Stride 2017 ...

Well done and thank you to everyone for taking part in this year's Ride and Stride event!

We had a record number of visitors to St James' who were welcomed with refreshments by Sarah and Bea!

And finally, a big thank you to everyone that sponsored us!

Crafters wanted ...

Bourton Club are looking for crafters to have stalls at their Craft Fair at the Club on Saturday, 2nd December, 12-4 pm.  Stalls are £10 each.  If anyone is interested please contact Lisa on 07776271791 or just pop in to the Club to book!

50/50 August 2017

Congratulations to August's winners

28 Emma Hakes
4   Penny Wallace
6   Sarah Bischoff

Ride and Stride 2017

50/50 July 2017

Congratulations to July's winners

19     David Rutley
85     Doug Hamlin
79     Henrietta Hoyland

White lines ..

Many villagers will be aware of the problems with parked cars around the ‘pin’ at the centre of the village blocking the access into Silver Street and The Grove for large vehicles.  Unfortunately this has meant the waste collection lorries have been unable to enter Silver Street on numerous occasions over the past year, resulting in bins being left un-emptied for several days.  Last Monday’s collection was delayed for this reason – the waste lorry driver took this photo of the car blocking his way on this occasion:

While missed bin collections are an annoyance, of greater concern is the blocking of access for emergency vehicles in the event of a house fire or medical emergency.

Consequently, the Parish Council has taken advice from the waste disposal company, the fire service and the County highways department on how we might restrict parking around the pin to keep the way into Silver Street clear at all times.

As a result, you may have noticed the new solid white lines painted on the roadside near the pin – these denote ‘no parking’ areas which, if kept clear, will keep the route open.  We understand that this may at times affect the proximity of parking for some residents but the extent of the white lines is the absolute minimum required. 

We do hope the ‘no parking’ areas are respected – for the sake of timely bin collections and, possibly, something more serious.

HELP ...

Last Friday morning, 30/06/2017, between 9.15-9.30am, my car was severely damaged while parked off the road in Bourton (at Church Row) by a big white bus carrying children. A witness told us that after the incident a white Peugeot taxi stopped the white bus to advise the bus driver that the left rear light cluster (including the rear lights) had fallen off on the road. The bus driver ignored this and carried on driving towards the A420, and turned right in the direction of Swindon>Oxford. If anyone had seen anything/evidence of this incident or seen a white bus with the left rear/lights panel missing please contact Silvia (silviamartinsdias@hotmail.com, M 07760451118). Many thanks. Silvia

Defibrillator training ...

Saturday, 24th June at 10 am in the Village Hall ...

Do go along on Saturday if you can.  The training given is excellent.  

Four new servers ..

Harriet, Eli, Bea and Freddie collected their servers medals on Sunday. They have served at all the Bourton Sunday services since January. 

Congratulations!

Summer Concert ...

after a difficult and frustrating day in Bourton with the water shortage, it was so relaxing to pop along to the Village Hall and enjoy a glass of Pimm's and listen to the Summer Concert arranged by Sue Hayes and her students, guests and Forte Band.

Sue gives all her students the opportunity to play at the concert so the packed audience was entertained by a complete range of music from tiny tots playing their first pieces to older students playing more sophisticated pieces.  A fabulous guest appearance by Oscar, the flute ensemble and the fun and entertaining pieces played by the Forte Band added to a wonderful evening of music!

A big thank you to Sue and everyone involved!

PS: An amazing £126 was raised by the event for the Brighter Futures Radiotherapy Appeal!

Car Boot Sale ...

at Bourton Club

on Sunday, 25th June at 10 am

 Pitches £5 each - pay on day

  Pitch up at 9 am

  All welcome!

50/50 June 2017

Congratulations to June's winners

53     Mick King
72     Sarah French
56     Ed Benbow

Certainly not unlucky ...

for our 13th Boundary Walk yesterday!  The weather couldn't have been better for walking and the ground was surprisingly firm under foot!  Even the areas that are normally wet were not too bad this year!  We did have to negotiate the usual ditches and fences and the grass and crops were certainly tall.  However, it meant that we did encounter some great wildlife - plenty of deer, woodpeckers and we heard a cuckoo! We had fun again with the young cows and we were careful this year going around the sheep to ensure no lambs got separated from their mums.  The only really tricky bit came at the end along the canal - so a big thank you to Philip Mayes and Paul Callaghan who beat down the nettles and brambles for us 53 walkers to get safely home!

So some stats for you - 53 bounders walked 9. 5 miles, which is roughly, 22,000 steps in approx 4 hours.  Ages ranged from 22 months to 66 years!

Well done to the red team for raising funds for the British Heart Foundation in Gordon Hatherall's memory. They received a generous £65.05 in the donation bucket which has brought the total so far to £345.60!

We had our first birthday celebration - India Heptinstall Baker was 5 years old on Sunday and is a local girl from Cleyfields - Happy Birthday India!

As always a big thank you to Marion, Pat and everyone who helped in the Village Hall to provide much appreciated refreshments.  And, of course, thank you to all the farmers and land owners for letting us walk across their land.

And finally a massive "THANK YOU" to Julie and Stuart Anger for another successful Boundary Walk!

PS:  Date for your diary - all being well our 14th Bourton Parish Boundary Walk will be on Sunday, 6th May 2018!

Big thank you ...

to the small merry band of helpers at the Church on Saturday!  Especially the younger ones - Harriet, Bea and Jack!  The Church is looking good!