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MONTHLY WALK

Our next monthly walk will be on Friday, 12th September at 5pm. As usual we will meet at the church porch.

A short stroll to start the weekend followed by tea and cake.  Please let Debra Thatcher know if you will attend.

 

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are looking for volunteers for the annual strim and rake of the churchyard.

Sunday, 7th September at 11:00, followed by ploughman’s lunch.

Please let Debra Thatcher know if you can join the work party on that day or are able to undertake some work in the churchyard at an earlier date – it would be good to tackle this project in a more piecemeal fashion because none of us are getting any younger!

 

 

 

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A BIG THANK YOU

A BIG THANK YOU is due to everyone who contributed to the great success of the four afternoon teas in August whether that was setting up, making, baking, serving, washing up and clearing up.

Great fun was had by all – volunteers and attendees and the monies raised will go towards the village charities. A grand total of 897.80 was raised.

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

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RIDE AND STRIDE

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday, 13th September ‘Ride and Stride’ in support of the Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust.

Volunteers needed to ride and or stride and to welcome visitors to the church.

Please let Debra Thatcher know if able to help.

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FOOD BANK COLLECTION – AUGUST 20TH

The next Food Bank collection is on Wednesday, 20th August.

Please continue to give generously to support this local charity.

 

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ANYTHING GOES

Thank you to all those who attended the ‘Ridlington Singers’ concert ‘Anything Goes’ on Friday, July 4th, and thank you all for your generous donations.

An amazing total of £400 has been shared between LOROS and Ridlington Church.

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BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

A good mixture this month.

The first, a beautiful novel “For thy Great Pain have Mercy on my Little Pain” by Victoria Mackenzie imagining a meeting between the anchoress Julian of Norwich who wrote the first English language book attributed to a woman and the mystic Margery Kempe who wrote the first English language autobiography.  I would recommend this especially if you are keen to try something different.

In a similar vein, “Royal Bounty – the Making of a Welfare Monarchy” by Frank Prochaska, scholarly research on the evolution of the English monarchy and the political landscape of the 20th Century especially the role of royal patronage.

Next, a psychological thriller, Patricia Highsmith’s “Strangers on a Train”, a great first novel – be careful who you meet!

Finally, murder in a small English village, not written by Agatha Christie but of that ilk – Ngaio Marsh’s “Scales of Justice”, a cast of suspects for the murder of Colonel Cartarette – a good whodunnit.

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MONTHLY WALK – AUGUST 8TH

Meet at the Church porch at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 8th, to go in search of butterflies to participate in the citizen science project the Big Butterfly Count.

ID chart available in the churchyard porch.

See https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ for details.