August weather has been a little more familiar than the heatwave we’ve experienced over the last couple of months but as always, nature adapts and familiar sights are in the wood even if they are a little earlier in the season than we would expect. Look out
Read more →Although it’s been a very dry and hot month, the trees in the wood appear to be coping although the lowering of the pond level shows just how much the water table has gone down so they must be digging deep with their roots. All species will
Read more →June is bursting out all over in the Jubilee wood! The trees have exploded into life, their leaves forming a canopy of green in every shade nature can manage. The flowers on the fruit and hazel trees have already started to form into fruit and nuts (see
Read more →The church is dedicated to St Michael and the church commemorates this saint on September 29th each year – to give it its proper title, it’s the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Why our church was not given the adjunct of “and All Angels” is
Read more →Someone in the village might want to consider being the community co-ordinator for this which is possibly best described as a digital Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. https://www.safe.land/gb/home/ There appears to be a subscription fee which I’m sure the Parish Council would consider paying as the application would
Read more →Don’t forget it’s show time this coming Saturday 1st September. Exhibits in by 12.00 please. The show is open to the public at 3.00p.m. Great food and activities for all the family including face painting, bouncy castle, BBQ, teas and cakes and bar. Come along and join
Read more →Gidding Gobblers Café is open this coming Sunday 5th August from 10am until 2pm. We look forward to welcoming you for coffee, cakes and a relaxing break.
Read more →Please note that there is a change to the date of the August Parish Council meeting. This meeting will now be held on Tuesday 28th August 2018. The start time remains the same – 7.30PM, at the Village Hall.
Read more →Many local residents will know that Sawtry Byway 33 – the Bullock Road that links Milking Slade Lane, Great Gidding with Gidding Road, Sawtry, is usually open during the drier months from April until October every year. The gates controlling access to Byway 33 have only very
Read more →A Special General Meeting of the Friends of St Michael’s Church was held on Tuesday 5th June in St Michael’s Church to vote on two Resolutions proposed by Paul Burgess and seconded by Sue Shepherd, concerning the future of the society. Before the voting took place the
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