Photos of the snowfall in Great Gidding on Sunday 24th January 2021 Main St St Michael’s Chapel End Luddington Road Fox and Hounds
Read more →John Clare, the poet, knew what he was talking about when describing his nineteenth century rural world, although even then he was concerned about the changes taking place. I wonder what he would have made of the present ‘lockdown’ and the restrictions that have been placed on
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Our local moth experts will be setting up a moth count on the evening of the 28/8/17 in the Jubilee Wood from 9pm. Visitors are welcome but please give our experts a chance to set up. Apologies for the short notice but who could predict summer weather
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Well everywhere is still very wet underfoot. If you are riding on bridle ways, please keep off the very wet ones until the ground dries out. Otherwise it creates heavy poached areas & puddles get walked around rather than through. This causes more churning as riders stray
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What a lovely September! Autumn is now here. It’s a great time to get out & about walking, cycling or riding. Blackberries are out in abundance, with sloes coming to their fullness. Just think of those fabulous blackberry & apple pies not to mention the amazing sloe
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August 25th 2pm Gidding Time @ the pub The Annual August Bank Holiday Aunt Sally Tournament Its back, the tournament you can’t say no to. Monday August 25th sees the annual Aunt Sally Tournament starting at 2pm Great Gidding time. This is in addition to the regular
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Spring is certainly here! We’re even having a few dare I say it much needed April showers. But don’t let these put you off heading out for a walk, cycle or ride. It’s amazing how pleasurable a walk in the rain can be. The whole walk can
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After months of rain and snow, the Environment Agency is counting down the days until spring with a photography competition open to everyone in the east of England. Environmental enthusiasts have been urged to get their thinking caps on and their lens caps off to capture an
Read more →Rainfall problems around the village The weather in 2012 will probably be recorded as a record rainfall year and low sunshine levels. In reality since the last week of March its been nothing short of “bloody miserable” Everyone has felt the impact, events have been cancelled,
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Aunt Sally The outdoor pub game is back at the Fox & Hounds on Wednesday 11th July. This will be a warm up evening so everyone welcome to come and have a go. The caveat is that it is weather related and given the miserable summer so
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