Country News July/August 2022

country news july / august 2022 Parish Magazine of Shillingford St George and Dunchideock God? Yes Noah? You keep telling me it’ll rain? Yes? We live in Britain... It’s Summer. Oooh... There’s a lot on this Summer, so have a look through (or at the diary) to spot the items you want to do!

Thoughts from the Curate Devon Pilgrim Walk - The Eden Route I am at my happiest when I am wearing my walking boots, carrying my rucksack and holding my dog’s lead. This last month has seen me exploring new footpaths around the locality. We are in such a fortunate position to live in an area of outstanding beauty. The Teign Valley is rich in variety, with undulating hills, dappled woodland and babbling brooks – happy days! But there has been a purpose in my walking, since I have been building on the stalwart work done by others to finish off a circular ‘Pilgrimage Walk’ which starts and ends in Dunsford, visiting all the six churches in turn in our mission community. Yes, it is a walk in beautiful countryside, but it is so much more than that. In each of the churches there is an opportunity to reflect on the abundance of God’s creation before embarking on the next leg of the journey. The walk will be called ‘The Eden Route’, reflecting on the creation story in the bible where God spoke his beautiful world into being and breathed his creative presence into the tiniest flower and the grandest mountain. The reflections will challenge us to stop, be still and soak in the awe and wonder of our world. We will also find that we are challenged to think of ways in which we can care for the earth and preserve it for future generations. We will be able to wonder as we wander. I make no apology for writing about this route in the July magazine, when the launch day for our walk will be on 6th/7th August. I am keen that you get the dates in your diaries, so that as many as possible can join us for the complete walk (17.5 miles) or for one or two of the six sections which vary in length and ease between 3-6 miles. Alternatively, you could just meet us in one of the churches en-route and enjoy the refreshments and fellowship available. Our route will be featured on the Devon Pilgrim website (www.devonpilgrim.org.uk) where they talk of the value of walking, not with a destination in mind, but walking with a pilgrim’s heart of wonder and worship. Please feel free to have a look at the website to see other routes which are available across Devon and to understand a little more about the ancient practice of pilgrimage. Once completed, the Eden Route will be featured here. We do hope you can join us on the weekend in early August – or alternatively, there will be booklets available to purchase in each of our six churches and you can complete the route at your leisure. 2

Shillingford St George Church Calendar for July & August 2022 Date Name Service Time 3 July Trinity 3 Morning Praise 9.30am Sidesmen Nick Readers Di &Peter Isaiah 66 v 10 - 14 & Luke 10 v 1 - 11, 16 - 20 Prayers Christopher The Willows & Ilex Close 10 July Trinity 4 Holy Communion 9.30am Sidesmen Liz Readers Ken Deuteronomy 30 v 9 - 14 & Luke 10 v25 - 37 Prayers Delia Manstree Lane & Manstree Terrace 17 July Trinity 5 Evensong 6.00pm Sidesmen Liz Readers Tam & Christopher Genesis 18 v 1 - 10a & Luke 10 v 38 - 42 Prayers Clergy Glebe Lane & Palace Farm area 24 July Trinity 6 Holy Communion 9.30am Sidesmen Tom & Gwen Readers Rosemary & Derek Genesis 18 v 20 - 32 & Luke 11 v 1 - 13 Prayers Nick Road through Shillingford St George 31 July Trinity 7 M. C. Service at Ide 10.00am 7 August Trinity 8 Morning Praise 9.30am Sidesmen Nick Readers Nick Genesis 15 v 1 - 6 & Luke 12 v 32 - 40 Prayers Christopher Surrounding Parishes of Dunchideock, Kenn & Exminster 14 August Trinity 9 Holy Communion 9.30am Sidesmen Di & Eric Readers Di & Derek Jeremiah 23 v 23 - 29 & Luke 12 v 49 - 56 Prayers Delia Barrack Lane & Barton Lane 21 August Trinity 10 Evensong 6.00pm Sidesmen Tom & Gwen Readers Ken Isaiah 58 v 9b - 14 & Luke 13 v 10 - 17 Prayers Clergy Oak Close & Waybrook Lane 28 August Trinity 11 Holy Communion 9.30am Sidesmen Nick Readers Rosemary & Proverbs 25 v 6 - 7 & Luke 14 v 1, 7 - 14 Christopher Prayers Nick Road through Shillingford Abbot 3

Date Name Service Time 4 Sept Trinity 12 St Ida’s Day - Morning Praise 9.30am Liz Sidesmen Peter Deuteronomy 30 v 15 - 20 & Luke 14 v 25 - 33 Readers Christopher Ash Court & St George’s Terrace Prayers SHILLINGFORD CHURCH NOTICES Platinum Jubilee – Sunday 5 June Churches across Devon have been encouraged to plant a new tree in their churchyard as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy. The aim is to encourage sustainable tree planting and to create a lasting legacy in honour of The Queen’s leadership of the UK, and that will benefit future generations. The Whitebeam tree that was planted in the church carpark last November is now in leaf and was dedicated, with a commemorative plaque, just before the special service for the Platinum Jubilee in church. From the Registers: Joel Shepherd – interment of ashes Our prayers of support for his family There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. STP 4

Gift Day In most years the church holds a Gift Day to raise funds to pay the costs of providing the parish priest and weekly church services, and to keep the church building and churchyard open and safe. Many people appreciate Shillingford Church, even if they do not join in with services; and the church is also grateful for the support it receives (not just financial) with maintenance, flowers & cleaning throughout the year. It is well understood that many are finding finances even more difficult at this time; and as we believe we have sufficient resources to pay our way this year we will not be holding a Gift Day this year. However, if anyone feels they can make a contribution to the ongoing mission of Shillingford Church; please leave your donation with any of the PCC members, churchwarden, or slipped in an envelope under the porch door. Church is visited regularly and it will be collected, with thanks, and handed to the treasurer. The Open Door Cafe Thank you so very much to everyone who supported and helped at our Coffee Morning for Ukraine on Wednesday 25th May. We raised a brilliant €413.79p which has been sent via the British Red Cross for Ukraine. We all enjoyed a happy and fun morning. Well done Everyone! Daphne and Wendy The Open Door Cafe Dates 6th July 10.30 - 12.00 SVH 20th July 10.30 - 12.00 @ The Cottage - Di & Eric 3rd , 17th , 31st August 10.30 - 12.00 all at SVH Peamore Memorial Maintenance The Memorial is situated outside the entrance drive to Peamore House. A working party will be organised later in the year, perhaps in September, to clean it up. It needs general cleaning/weeding etc. but the main job is repointing and replacing the wall capping. We will have some support from residents of Peamore but we will be grateful for support from Shillingford Parish. If you are interested, please let me know. Peter Barwell, [email protected] or 01392 833958 5 Chair Shillingford Parish Council

SHILLINGFORD’S HONOURING OF THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE 2022 During the last year, a group was set up to focus on refreshing our village road signs welcoming people travelling through Shillingford Abbot and Shillingford St George. The idea was to show that – as a community – we care about our villages and hope that road users might respect this by keeping their speed down for the safety of all our residents. So you have probably now seen these NEW SIGNS and NEW FLOWER TROUGHS looking GREAT at each end of the Shillingfords! It was truly a team effort made possible by Chris Carr, John Tripp (for supplying the wood for the troughs), Peter Wareham (for skillfully crafting the troughs), Jill Taylor (for painting the supporting gates), Sally & Didier Lebatteux (for fixing the signs in place), Avril Oliver, Rachel Boyce & Alison Price. Tim Boyce has done a wonderful job of filling the troughs with beautiful flowers and will kindly take care of them year-round. A huge THANK YOU goes to each of them! We are all really happy with the results especially now that the flowers are blooming! We also say a big THANK YOU to Shillingford Parish Council who generously supplied the necessary funds to pay for this project. The new, welcoming village signs (Photos: John Price) Continued... I didn’t think orthopedic shoes would help, but I stand corrected. 6

Continued... Meanwhile, Shillingford Village Hall Committee decided to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne in two other ways:- Firstly, a special Jubilee mug was given to every household in the Shillingfords, along with a packet of wildflower seeds for residents to sow or scatter where they decided. Secondly, every person living in the village was invited to a delicious free Cream Tea in the Village Hall and over one hundred people came along, some overflowing into the car park. Dozens of scones were enjoyed, accompanied by much cream & jam, and chat and jollity! A beautiful Celebration Cake (created by Becky Cuming of Crafty Cakes - thank you) was given the special first cut by our most senior resident Jean Helyar and a piece handed to everyone. This was closely followed by glasses of bubbly being raised as a toast to Her Majesty. Congratulations went to the winners of the three competitions: Garden on a Plate 1st: Jack Hobday and Harry Hobday Joint 2nd: Freja Clarbull and Charlie Clarbull, Tilly-Rose Knight-Pacheco Decorated Cake 1st: Sarah Lovell Photography ‘People’ 1st: Barry Clarbull ‘Wildlife’ 1st: Barry Clarbull 2nd: Sally Lebatteux ‘Landscape’ 1st: John Price 2nd: Trevor Ridgers 3rd: Peter Barwell THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN ~ ALL THE SCONE-BAKERS, CAKE-MAKERS, TEA-BREWERS, WASHING-UPPERS, FURNITURE ARRANGERS AND EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO TEA! A HAPPY SUCCESS & COMING TOGETHER OF FRIENDS & (Photo: Malcolm Rouse) NEIGHBOURS! Jean Helyar cuts the beautiful Jubilee Cake. Looking on are Village Hall Committee members (l - r) Avril Oliver, Jill Taylor, Alison Price, Sally Lebatteux, Chris Carr, Eric Trout & 7 Trevor Ridgers

FRIENDS of SHILLINGFORD WOOD Together with the Shillingford Wildlife Group ARE HOLDING A ‘MOTH HUNT’ IN SHILLINGFORD WOOD FRIDAY 8TH JULY there are a huge number of species of moths in the u.k. – different shapes, colours and sizes – the vast majority you have never seen. Please Join Barry Henwood, the Devon Moth Recorder, to see a side of our wildlife you never knew existed. We will gather just as it gets dark and the moth world comes alive. For full details - please contact Ian Merrett on 01392 833183 Email: [email protected] NO MOTHS WILL BE HURT ON THIS HUNT! 8

THE EXCHANGE Saturday 9th July PLEASE NOTE: New Time! 11.00 - 12.30 SHILLINGFORD VILLAGE HALL F BOOKS R TOYS, PUZZLES E PLANTS E SEEDS No Bric a Brac, Clothes or other items Please Bring ~ Swap ~ Take Away! Coffee, Tea, Cake is served 9

Shillingford Local History Society Tuesday 19 July 2022 7.30 pm in the Village Hall Come and hear an interesting talk by JAN BETTERIDGE FROM THE TOPSHAM MUSEUM “ECHOES OF A MARITIME PAST” Everybody Welcome Members Free 10 Guests £4

Shilllingford Neighbourhood Watch Most of you are probably aware that we have a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Shillingford St George and Shillingford Abbot. I would like to emphasise the value of NW for both villages, especially in these times when rural crime is on the increase, possibly due to the rising cost of living, fuel etc. By putting your name forwards to be included in the scheme you will receive regular crime reports via email for the local area. I would like to set up a tier system for both villages where I have a list of people who are happy to be contacted with any information regarding any concerns or suspicious activity in the immediate area, this information is then forwarded on to neighbours and also to myself. If interested please contact me on 01392 832529 or 07749837735, Email [email protected] Gina Saunders (Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator) Friends of Shillingford Wood Following our recent, and first public AGM which was held in the village hall, we are responding to a request from a member of the public. The Friends of Shillingford Wood would like to introduce themselves. We consist of nine members all of which are trustees of the wood. Our names are as follows - Ian Merrett who is our chairman, Claire Dummett the treasurer and vice chairmen, Peter Barwell, John Price, Ronald Bulter, Eric and Di Trout, Chris Miller, (All of these live in Shillingford St George) Katy Fryett - Shillingford Abbott There will shortly be an email address for the group, a one point of contact that we will all be able to access. This is to be added soon and will then also be found on our web site. - Claire Dummett A recent photo to celebrate the purchase of Shillingford Wood, bought by the community for the community 11

Flying for Life An update on the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Supported by Shillingford Church. Despite the limitations caused by Covid-19, there was still much for which we could praise God. Thanks to MAF’s generous supporters, finances remained stable and the number of flights taking place in 26 of the world’s poorest nations saw an upturn to that of 2020 - though we still flew less than the number of flights carried at our pea in 2019. As well as our regular shuttle flights, we supported a wide variety of humanitarian and mission activities; enabling a government census to take place in Arnhem Land, land mine clearance to continue in Chad, and medical clinics to be held in Kenya. We helped provide effective healthcare in Liberia, enabled lives to be saved through medical emergency flights in Papua New Guinea, and airlifted humanitarian workers to safety in South Sudan when violence broke out - flying peacekeeping teams to conflict-ridden areas to prevent further bloodshed. We also delivered Covid-19 vaccines to isolated areas of Madagascar, Lesotho and Kalimantan, helped the UN World Food Programme assess drastic flood damage in Timor-Leste, provided educational materials in Uganda and assisted the spread of the Gospel in Tanzania by transporting missionaries and evangelists. We made encouraging progress in establishing out newest programme in Guinea. Permission was given to rent hangar space at Conakry Airport and consent as given to rehabilitate an airstrip in the south-east. We thank God for the faithful service of our UK missionary staff and their families overseas. They showed remarkable resilience throughout the changes and challenges caused by the coronavirus. Thanks to the committed prayers, gifts and help provided by our loyal supporters, prayer partners and volunteers, we continued serving those in desperate need with the zeal and tenacity of our early pioneers. We thank God for the privilege of being part of MAF’s worldwide family as we continue to trust the One who - unlike our circumstances - doesn’t change. Thank you. More detail available from Christopher 12

Resuscitation Training up-date This is to be held in Shillingford Village Hall on Monday 5th September at 19.00hrs. The session is free and will only last one and a half to two hours. Please book a place by emailing, [email protected] or call into 3 Ilex Close, as you will not be able to just turn up on the evening. This is an important training session as it could save someone’s life. Knowing what to do and having the confidence to act in the event of a cardiac infarct could be vital. Tea and biscuits after. Claire Dummett The Garden Room ◆◆◆◆◆ A warm welcome awaits you in The Garden Room For Coffee, Cake and Good company! ◆◆◆◆◆ On Tuesday 5th and 19th July, 2nd, 16th and 30th August 2022 ◆◆◆◆◆ In the comfort of The Lord Haldon Country Hotel Dunchideock From: 10:30 am until 12:00 midday ◆◆◆◆◆ Everyone Welcome! Lifts available if required please contact: Cake: £1:50 Anne Taylor: 01392 833282 Or Shirley Phillips: 07503183224 Tea/Coffee: £1:50 13

A SERVANT’S LIFE - part 1 At the very beginning of 1935, the funeral of an elderly widow named Eliza Gliddon was held at the parish church in Dunchideock. It was rare that such an event would make the news, as Eliza had grown up in a labouring family, and had spent her entire life as a servant, but her story had somehow attracted the attention of a newspaper reporter at the Devon and Exeter Gazette, as she held the remarkable record of serving the same prominent Exeter family for 78 years. Eliza had been born in Dunchideock, the third child of agricultural labourer George Lucas and his wife Hannah, and had been baptised in the parish church on 30th January 1842. She had grown up at Copse Cottages in Dunchideock, but in October 1850 when she was only 8 years old her father had died, leaving her mother to raise four children between the ages of 4 and 17 years. Eliza’s older brother John had become a servant for farmer James Baker at Exminster, while her older sister Mary Ann had left home to work as a servant for woollen manufacturer Robert Maunder at Exwick Villa in St. Thomas. Eliza must have had some basic schooling, as she could sign her own name, and at the age of 9, she had been described in the 1851 census as a “scholar” and was living with her mother and little brother not far from the charity school founded by the Palk family of Haldon House, and taught at that time by widow Mrs Isabella Long. In 1856, at the age of 14, Eliza entered the service of Mr. William Kennaway, who lived with his family at The Shrubbery in Barnfield Road, Exeter. Her employer was a prosperous wine merchant, owner of a family business which had passed down through five generations of the Kennaway family. The Kennaways were originally serge-makers and cloth merchants, but with the decline of the woollen cloth industry in Devon, they had moved into the importing of wines. They had originally exported serge to Spain and Portugal and, from 1743, had imported wine, sherry and port into England in ships returning from there. When the woollen trade collapsed in the 1770s, they turned exclusively to wine imports. Their business was based at Palace Gate, in a listed building which still survives today. The photograph shows it as it looked in the 19th century. Although we cannot be sure how Eliza came to be employed by the Kennaways, such positions in service were often obtained through recommendations by those in positions of importance in the servant’s home parish. The Kennaways actually had long-standing family and business connections with the Palks of Haldon House. 14

The first known familial connection between the Palks and the Kennaways dated back to the childhood of Sir Robert Palk, who had bought Haldon House in the second half of the 18th century. Sir Robert Palk’s mother had been the sister-in-law of the first William Kennaway, a sergemaker and cloth merchant. So this first William Kennaway and his wife had been Sir Robert Palk’s uncle and aunt. Thus the later generations of Kennaways and their offspring who grew up in Exeter were cousins of the Palks who lived at Haldon House. Like the Palks, the Kennaways had family members who had gone out to make money in India. Through Sir Robert Palk’s connections in India, many of his friends and relatives had prospered. He enabled his relatives the Kennaways to make their fortune through the East India Company, and one cousin – John Henry Kennaway - eventually set himself up as an estate owner and gentleman at Escot, near Ottery St Mary in Devon, and was created a Baronet. To further cement the family links, the Reverend Robert Palk Welland, Rector of Dunchideock and Shillingford St. George, himself a cousin of the Palks, had married Susanna Kennaway in 1789. He and his wife had died by the time Eliza was born, but Henry Palk, also a cousin of the Kennaways, was Rector while she was growing up. And the Palk family’s legal business was in the hands of their cousin Exeter attorney Mark Kennaway, a nephew of Sir John Henry Kennaway and also of the Reverend Robert Palk Welland and his wife. Eliza Lucas’s employer, wine merchant William Kennaway (pictured), was attorney Mark Kennaway’s younger brother. As a younger man he had been Mayor of Exeter, and he acted as a Justice of the Peace. By the time Eliza started in service at The Shrubbery William was in his late 50s, and he and his wife Harriett had had nine children, most of whom were already adults. Their oldest sons William, Lawrence James and Walter Kennaway had chosen to emigrate as colonists to New Zealand in their early 20s. However in 1861, when Eliza was 19, and was working for the Kennaways as a parlourmaid, there were still three unmarried Kennaway daughters at home, and Charles Kennaway, the youngest child, was still a student living at The Shrubbery with his parents. Not far away in Bedford Circus, (where the Princesshay Shopping Centre now stands), Eliza’s older sister Mary Ann Lucas was now living in as a housemaid to the Browning family, wealthy landowners 15

and fund-holders originally from Alphington, while their widowed mother Hannah had moved into Exeter to work. In 1861 she was a laundress living on Fore Street Hill with their 13 year old brother George, who was employed as an errand boy. As well as Eliza Lucas, the Kennaways employed a cook, a housemaid and a live-in gardener. The cook was Jane Gliddon, a 23 year old from Topsham, and it’s likely that she and Eliza became friends. Jane had grown up in Topsham with her father George Gliddon, a labourer and fisherman, and her mother Mary, and among her brothers was one named George Junior, who was just a bit younger than Eliza. Early in 1868, when she was about 26 years old, Eliza Lucas was married to George in Westminster, London. Given the fact that she was said to have worked for the same family for 78 years, it’s possible that she was still a servant to one of the Kennaway family offspring who was then based in London. In December 1868, her first employer William Kennaway died at home in Exeter, and at about the same time, or early in the following year, her son Henry George Gliddon was born in Lambeth, south of the River Thames. Eliza’s marriage was not to be a long and happy one. On 15th February 1870, her husband George Gliddon died in Dunchideock at the age of only 27. He was buried by the Reverend Henry Palk in Dunchideock churchyard, where his headstone still stands next to that of Eliza’s sister Mary Ann, who had died unmarried in 1865 at the age of only 28. So Eliza had no choice but to remain a servant, in order to support herself and her baby son. In 1871 she was living back at The Shrubbery, working with two other domestic servants for William Kennaway’s widow Harriett and her two spinster daughters. Also living there with his new wife was William and Harriett’s son Lawrence James Kennaway, who had returned from New Zealand in about 1864, but who continued to own land and stock in the colony. Eliza’s small son Henry George, now aged 2 years old, was being raised by a couple named John and Ellen Boucher, who were living not far away from her in John Street, Exeter St. Sidwell – the census recorded him as a “nurse-child,” which was the equivalent of today’s foster child. But John and Ellen were not strangers – they were in fact “family”, for Eliza’s mother Hannah Lucas had remarried in 1864 to a widowed Dunchideock carpenter named William Boucher, and John Boucher was one of his sons – and therefore he was Eliza’s stepbrother. Close to Eliza’s home at The Shrubbery, in Barnfield Road, her stepsisters Emily and Louisa Boucher were in service at no. 4 The Barnfield, working as a housemaid and nurse for draper Edward Knapman. 16 Jan Wood, Shillingford Local History Society

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Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community The Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Mission Community includes the parishes of Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock and Dunsford. Rev’d Ruth Frampton (Rector) - 01647 253164 or [email protected]. Rev’d Eleanor Oelmann - 07772 127598 or [email protected]. Pastoral Care: If you would like, or know someone who would be glad of, a call or “virtual” visit from Rev’d Frampton or Rev’d Oelmann, or another member of the church community, please contact the rectory (contact details above), or the Churches’ Administrator (see Getting in touch… below). Church Open Times and Private Prayer: All our churches are open daily for visiting and private prayer. Sunday Services There is a 9am telephone service each Sunday - see details below for how to join. If you miss the Sunday sermon, catch up by phone. Call local number 01647 407047 to listen during the following week. All our church buildings are open for public worship and details are provided in the separate schedule of services. Please check the “A Church Near You” website for your parish for updates (search for e.g. “A Church Near You Bridford”). Please do not hesitate to ask those welcoming you, or contact Ruth, Eleanor or Steve if you have questions about COVID safety in church. Wednesday Evening Prayer - There is a regular, short service of evening prayer each Wednesday at 6pm by telephone – see details below for how to join. For telephone services, you do not need internet access, but simply a landline or mobile telephone. Between 5 and 10 minutes before the service begins, please dial 0333 011 0616 and enter the code 334 7721, followed by the # key, when asked. You will also be asked to give your name. The cost of the call is the standard cost for any 01, 02 or 03 number, but will vary according to your telephone contract. It may well be covered by your “inclusive” minutes, or by free evening or weekend calls, but you are advised to check. Scattered Church – Home Communion – Wednesdays 27 July and 24 August Rev’d Ruth and Rev’d Eleanor will be taking home communion to those who are not able to attend church. If you would like them to visit, please contact them (details above). 22

Messy Church – Saturday 9 July Don’t miss the next Messy Church at the Teign Valley Community Hall between 3pm and 5pm on Saturday 9 July. Lots of opportunities for fun, crafts, Bible story, music and food. Children – please bring an adult with you. Giving It is possible to make a donation towards the general mission and running costs of each of our six churches through an online giving page on the “A Church Near You” website – see https://www.achurchnearyou.com and search for the relevant parish. The “Give Now” button will enable you to make an online donation, which can also be Gift Aided. From the registers… Weddings: 4 June Charles Thompson and Charlotte Hopkins (Dunchideock) Getting in touch… If you wish to discuss plans for a baptism/christening, banns of marriage, wedding, funeral, interment of ashes or memorial service, or have any other enquiry, please contact Steve Cook, the Churches’ Administrator, on 01392 832332 or email [email protected] VILLAGES PRAYER An opportunity for anyone to pray for our villages and beyond, to meet at 5.00- 6.00pm on Tuesday July 12th at Webberton Meadows, Dunchideock. Also at Jane and Richard’s house in Christow on August 16th. Anyone is most welcome to come or ring with a request for prayer. For more information ring Steve and Tina on 01392 832057 Magazine Contributors Coffee Afternoon Sunday 18th September @ 3.00pm If you regularly contribute articles to this Magazine or help with the distribution/ production side, you are invited to a coffee afternoon at the lord Haldon Hotel in Dunchideock as a thank you. Please contact Judith on 832600 or email: [email protected] by 4th Sept to confirm you are coming (we are holding the Magazine’s annual meeting at some point, but you don’t have to listen/ take part!) 23

Services in the Teign Valley and Haldon Hill Group of Churches July Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock, Dunsford 3 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am St Thomas St Michael & All Angels, Dunchideock Order 1 the Apostle Mission Community Holy Communion (including baptism) Sidesperson Elizabeth Jenne 10.30am Readers Tina Cook & Jamie Cumming 3.00pm 9.00am Readings Habakkuk 2 v 1 - 4 & Ephesians 2 v 19 - 22 10.30am 9.00am St Mary, Dunsford - Family Service 10.30am 9.00am 9 Trinity 3 Messy Church - Teign Valley Community Hall 10.30am 10 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am Trinity 4 St Thomas Becket, Bridford - Holy Communion 10.30am St Michael, Doddiscombsleigh - Holy Communion St Mary, Dunsford - Service of the Word 17 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word Trinity 5 St John the Baptist, Ashton - Holy Communion St Mary, Dunsford - Holy Communion 24 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word Trinity 6 St James, Christow - Holy Communion St Michael & All Angels, Dunchideock - Holy Communion Order 1 Sidesperson Steve Cook Readers Peter Goodchild & Shirley Phillips Readings Genesis 18 v 20 - 32 & Colossians 21 v 6 - 19 St Mary, Dunsford - Service of the Word 31 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word Trinity 7 St John the Baptist, Ashton - Mission Community Holy Communion 24

August Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock, Dunsford 7 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am Trinity 8 St Thomas Becket, Bridford - Holy Communion St Michael, Doddiscombsleigh - Holy Communion 10.30am St Mary, Dunsford - Service of the Word 14 Trinity 9 St Michael & All Angels, Dunchideock - Holy Communion (BCP) Sidesperson Tina Cook 8.30am Readers Elizabeth Jenne & Steve Cook Readings Jeremiah 23 v 23 - 29 & Hebrews 11 v 29 - ch 12 v 2 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am St James, Christow - Holy Communion 10.30am (Kenn Deanery Confirmation service with Bishop Jackie) 21 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am Trinity 10 St John the Baptist, Ashton - Holy Communion 10.30am St Mary, Dunsford - Holy Communion 28 Scattered Church by Telephone - Service of the Word 9.00am Trinity 11 St Thomas Becket, Bridford - Mission Community Holy Communion 10.30am St Mary, Dunsford - Service of the Word There is also a Service of Evening Prayer (by telephone) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For all Telephone services, please dial 0333 011 0616 and enter the code 334 7721, followed by # when asked. Flower Arranging List Church Cleaning Rota July 2 & 9 Tina Cook July 2 & 23 Pat Ouseley & July 16 & 23 Alison Alexander September Belinda Watson July 30 & Aug 6 Madie Smith & Sue Liz Anderson & Aug 13 & 20 Elizabeth Jenne Heather Ellis 25 Aug 27 & Sept 3 Shirley Phillips

www.dunchideock.org.uk Dunchideock Village Hall 100+ Club 1. L Morley June 3. H Elllis 2. J Walker Dunchideock Village Hall Events as follows Tea afternoons: 16th July & 20th August, 3 - 5pm. Come along for Afternoon Tea, and a good chat with friends! (also see separate advert below). Garden & Produce Show: 6th August. From 10am, lots of classes to enter, see separate advert for more! Curry Night: 10th Sept from 7.00pm (food from 7.45). Limited seats, so book early! Tickets will be available from mid-July (we hope - watch for posters on noticeboards) from Committee members. MacMillan Coffee ’n’ Cake: 30th Sept. All proceeds going to MacMillan. More detail next Mag, but please come along & support their work! Big Breakfast: 8th Oct. 10am to 1pm. Booking necessary! Ring for seating plan/ arrangements (see next Mag for more info/ phone no.) Registered Charity No. 301096 Dunchideock Village Hall Tea Afternoons Saturday 16th July & 20th Aug. 3 - 5pm Entry free! £5.00 to include a selection of Sandwiches, Cakes etc. and unlimited tea or coffee. All welcome - come along for a chinwag with friends! 26 Registered Charity No. 301096

TEIGN VALLEY MEN'S SHED Teign Valley Men’s Shed will be open on Wednesdays 6th and 20th July, and also 3rd and 10th August from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Coffee and tea will be available. Transport is available if required – contact details below. Once our rest room/kitchen is complete, sessions will continue to 1:30pm, so that those who want to can stay and have lunch together! What would I be coming along to? “Sheds\" are kitted-out community spaces where men can enjoy practical hobbies. They’re about making friends, learning and sharing skills - and for a bit of banter over a cup of coffee or tea. The initial focus will be on woodwork, but this could broaden depending on the available skills. This might include:  continuing work to set up and improve our workshop  small-scale set projects with the potential to generate some income to cover running costs  individuals being able to undertake their own projects Later in the year we hope to introduce a regular programme of visiting speakers who can share skills and interests. There is still plenty to do to get 'The Shed' up and running, including working on our new rest area, sorting out all the tools and tool boxes, sharpening all our donated chisels and making some storage boxes for hand tools. Alternatively, if you have your own project that you would like to work on and just need space, tools, advice or moral support, bring it along. As we are still setting up, the sessions are free – once we open in September, there will be an annual fee of £10, and a session fee of £4 for each session. For further details or to register an interest, or to arrange transport, please email [email protected] If you have some unwanted tools (in good condition!) or good quality, unwanted wood that we could use - then please also contact us (details above) - we’ll arrange for someone to call and see if we could take them off your hands! Everyone is welcome - don’t miss an opportunity to meet new friends and learn/share some practical skills. The Teign Valley Men’s Shed has received funding from the Lottery Fund, the Devon Communities Fund and the Mid-Devon Healthcare Trust 27

Dunchideock Wellness Retreat recently held in May 2022 The third Dunchideock Wellness Retreat was recently held at the Lord Haldon Country Hotel at the end of May - it was such a good experience for all, they were in agreement to have another one next year! Many thanks to everyone who helped in making this a success and to the Hotel staff for their wonderful contributions. For participants to get the most out of these two days, the number is kept to a maximum of six - they had time for themselves to enjoy the depth of the experience as well as opportunities to connect with the other members. To keep the essence of the benefits of a retreat, we had exclusive use of the Garden Room, Belvedere Room and Lawrence Room for our sessions and thank you to the Chef and Staff for our delicious, excellent meals for the entire two days. The two days were well organised with great attention to detail. The Yoga Sessions, led by Jan Williamson, were well structured and energising. Beginners were able to manage most of the movements. The Mindfulness sessions, facilitated by Shirley Phillips, were most beneficial, relaxing, thoughtful sessions with opportunities for going deep in the meditations. A highlight is the mindfulness walk among the trees and beautiful setting of the grounds. The Massage treatments by Corinna Stephenson, were professionally delivered, relaxing and sensitively tailored to each person’s needs. The hotel staff were friendly, attentive and obligingly helpful. All the above comments were from the participants’ feedback forms. A 2-Day Wellness Retreat with Yoga, Mindfulness & Massages is open to take bookings at the hotel for: Sunday to Monday, 21st/22nd May 2023. Another Wellness Retreat is also being planned for 2023. Contact: [email protected] FITNESS AND WELLBEING - MOMENTS OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS Interconnectedness with Nature. Being aware mindfully, in the moment, non- judgementally, with the trees and plants and nature. Being aware that as we breath in, we breathe in the oxygen that is produced by the trees and plants, naturally nourishing us, and we nourish them with the carbon dioxide that we breathe out. Awareness of our interconnectedness brings our focus into being, into many moments of calm, many moments being stress-free. 8-weekly individual/group/couples training sessions to feel the benefits from the practice of Mindfulness: Contact Shirley Phillips, Accredited Mindfulness Teacher/Facilitator: [email protected] 2822

Dunchideock Village Hall’s Flower & Produce Show Saturday 6th August 2022 Entries cost £1 each, Children 50p Entries to be at Village hall between 10.00am and 12.00pm. Village Hall closed from 12.00 for Judging, re-opens at 2pm for viewing etc. Various sections as follows: Vegetables (all sorts, including most misshaped!) - Fruit (various, including most misshaped!) - Eggs - Preserves - Cookery - Flowers & Plants - Handicraft - Children’s Schedules available from Karen (832015) 29

From your Local Councillors: We are still working to get a policy in the next Teignbridge local plan requiring developers to use cut and fill where possible to accommodate surplus materials on site. This incentive would reduce the need for inert landfill sites which are damaging, unpopular with communities and have had a huge impact locally. Developments which ignore this policy and export large quantities with Devon County expected to provide landfill sites, would be more likely to be refused. A good example of this is the A382 Jetty Marsh link Road in Newton Abbot which Teignbridge recently agreed to partly funding. This is part of a wider strategy to improve the connection from Newton Abbot North to the A38 at Drum bridges. The upgraded link road will have good walking and cycling provision helping to join the active travel Network from Newton Abbot towards Dartmoor. Built into this proposal is the use of inert fill material from the adjacent housing development to form the level of the new link road. Just the sort of thing we want to encourage with planning policies. Your local Councillors - Andy Swain, Alison Foden, Charles Nuttall and Alan Connett Summer Jokes… What do you call a snowman in July? – A puddle. Why did the girl get upset about eating inside? – It was no picnic. Where do sharks go to summer camp? – Finland. What do sheep do on sunny days? – Have a baa-baa-cue. Why do bananas use sunscreen? – Because they peel. What did Baloo put in the picnic basket? – Just the bear necessities. How do Sheep prefer swimming? – They like the Baaaackstroke. 30

Villages Diary - July & August Dates - July Dates Time Event Place 1 - 2 Fri - Sat All day Devon County Show Westpoint 5 & 19 Tues 10.30 - 12pm The Garden Room Lord Haldon Hotel 6 Wed 10.30 - 12pm Open Door café S. V. H. 7 Thurs 7 - 9pm Whist S. V. H. (?) 8 Fri Dusk Moth Hunt (booked) Shillingford Wood 9 Sat 11 - 12.30pm The Exchange S. V. H. 12 Tues 5 - 6pm Villages Prayer Webberton Meadows 16 Sat 3 - 5pm Tea Afternoon D. V. H. 19 Tues 7.30pm Echoes of a Maritime Past S. V. H. 20 Wed 10.30 - 12pm Open Door Café The Cottage (Di & Eric’s) Dates - August & Beyond... 2/ 16/ 30 Tues 10.30 - 12pm The Garden Room Lord Haldon Hotel 3/17/31 Wed 10.30 - 12pm Open Door Café S. V. H. 6 Sat From 10am Garden & produce Show D. V. H 6 & 7 Sat/Sun Devon Pilgrim Walk Starts & ends in Dunsford 14 Sun 10.30am Confirmation Service Christow Church 16 Tues 5 - 6pm Villages Prayer Christow 20 Sat 3 - 5pm Tea Afternoon D. V. H. 5 Mon Sept 7.00pm Resus Training (booked only!) S. V. H. Sat 10 Sept on Various Dunchideock History Events Various - see advert 10 Sat Sept 7.00pm Curry Night (booked only) D. V. H. 18 Sun Sept 3.00pm Magazine Coffee Afternoon Lord Haldon Hotel 30 Fri Sept MacMillan Coffee ‘n’ Cake D. V. H. 8 Sat October Big Breafast (booking essential) D. V. H. 31

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