Come and meet up with friends, neighbours and visitors and have a chat over coffee, cake and the Sunday papers! We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Don’t forget to follow (and ‘like’) the Gidding Gobblers Facebook page
Gidding Gobblers Café is open this Sunday 5th May from 10am until 2pm in Great Gidding Village Hall.
It’s a great opportunity for villagers to meet up with friends, neighbours and visitors and have a chat over coffee, cake and Sunday papers. We hope you can join us this week.
We look forward to welcoming you!
June opening date
Our next opening will be on Sunday 9th June.
And another picture of some cakes!…
Over the past 18 months you might have noticed building work happening at 74 Main St., Great Gidding – previously Laurel Farm. Jan and Margaret have been busy designing and building their own home and office and a further property that will eventually be rented out by Fitzwilliam Estate.
Here’s a few aerial photographs taken by Catalyst Video Services for Jan Maciag at Folium Architects.
The Good Friday Walk is a legacy left by Mary which we want to keep in memory of her time here. On Good Friday, 30th April, there will be a walk between all the churches in the Benefice, a distance of approximately 16 miles.
On the next page is an itinerary for the day. At each church there will be a very brief service where we will listen to the Good Friday story and at Steeple Gidding there will be an opportunity to receive communion.
Those who have taken part before have made new acquaintances, felt a bond with other people in other villages, challenged themselves physically, joined in fellowship, heard the Good Friday story, marvelled at the wonderful churches and countryside in which we live.
We will stop for lunch at Winwick Village Hall. Please bring a packed lunch.
It has been arranged for us to use the facilities and purchase a delicious cake and a hot drink. Following the walk, tea and biscuits will be available for purchase at Ferrar House, Little Gidding.
Please join in. All are welcome to walk for as little or as much as you like.
Download the Good Friday Parish Walk – Itinerary
Here’s a few aerial pictures of Great Gidding as Britain is being battered by icy weather this week by the polar vortex nicknamed “Beast From The East”. Although it looks fairly benign the temperatures have plummeted to minus 10 degrees and below.
Short video
Video: Paul Crank
Photos
North along Main Street with the Village Hall in the foreground
South west along Main Street with St Michael’s Church in the background
Looking towards the east with the Mill in the background
South along Main Street with Winwick in the distance
South along Main Street – the low sun and snow cover highlight the possible outline and position of the old Manor House in the field on the right
Photos taken on 3rd March after more snow
Jubilee Wood
Jubilee Wood
Main Street from the Jubilee Wood
Jubilee Wood with allotments on the left
Main Street from the Jubilee Wood
Allotments in the snow
View more aerial photos of the Giddings
A few aerial views of St Michael’s Church and Main Street in Great Gidding taken on one of the few still days in October 2017.
Great Gidding’s new Cycle Café selling coffees, teas, homemade cakes and filled rolls opens this Sunday. Open to cyclists and non-cyclists every Sunday 10.00am – 2.00pm.
Starting on Sunday 30th July 2017 in Great Gidding Village Hall.
Julie and Krystyna look forward to welcoming you!
Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/giddinggobblers
Just a reminder that the Cambridgeshire mobile library visits our village on the 3rd Thursday of every month and from the start of April 2017 the new times will be from 12.40pm to 12.55pm.
The library stops in the lay-by in front of the recreation ground and carries a selection of books, audio tapes and DVDs. To use the library you just need a library card issued from any library in Cambridgeshire. If there’s a particular book you require you can order it for the next visit.
A selection of books, audio tapes and DVDs
If you have any questions you can contact Ally at ally.clarke@cambridgeshire.gov.uk