If you have any articles you would like to include in the monthly Parish Magazine, please email Anne Harvey acharvey@hotmail.co.uk by the 12th of every month, at the latest.
Thank you.
For information about Ridlington Village and St Mary Magdalene & St Andrew, Ridlington, please visit the website below:
http://www.rutlandwaterbenefice.info/ridlington
or the village’s own website.
https://www.ridlingtonparishcouncil.org/
Please be informed that the following two Parish Council meetings will be held
Wednesday, February 17th @ 7:30 pm
Wednesday, May 19th @ 7:30 pm
These meetings will be held via the ZOOM APP unless otherwise advised.
Nearer to the date the Agenda will be made available.
Members of the public are welcome to attend.
I have registered to take part in the ‘End to End’ Land’s End to John O Groats Virtual Run (874 miles) and hope to raise money for Cancer Research and Church Funds. The event started on October 26th 2020 and ends up to 12 months later. I would be delighted if you would sponsor and support me!
“You will be pleased to hear that I arrived in Bristol on time and was surprised to be directed over the Severn Bridge! I really appreciate the pledges of support you have made, so far; these spur me on to keep going out in the bad weather! By the time the February magazine is published, I aim to have made it as far as Cannock Chase in the Midlands – just over 300 miles in total. My plan now is to step up the pace: I am currently lying 776th out of 1,934 starters.
Please message me if you would like to donate to either of the 2 causes above. Thank you 😊”
A heavy slant this month on thrillers, as follows:
“Gone Girl” – by Gillian Flynn. If you’ve not seen the film and like thrillers this is the book for you. A gripping tale – Nick’s wife, Amy, is missing and he’s a suspect. But, there are always two sides to every story…..;
“Black Leopard Red Wolf” – by Marlon James. To be frank, notwithstanding it reached the final of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019, not my sort of book – a fantasy world of violence, suspense and mystery. Set in an ancient Africa, narrated in flashback by Tracker, who possesses the gift of a heightened sense of smell, employed as one of a group of mercenaries seeking a boy who disappeared three years ago;
“The Wicked Girls” – by Alex Marwood. When Val McDermid says “So good I wish I’d written it myself” you know that this novel is at the top of the psychological thriller tree. Well plotted, told in real time and flashback. Also, an effective social comment on child murderers and their reintegration into society. I enjoyed reading it; and
“Gaudy Night” – by Dorothy L Sayers. From one of the doyennes of 1930’s Golden Age of crime fiction – a mystery novel (no murder), full of suspense interwoven with a love story and an examination of women’s struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some social independence – is it possible for a woman to have it all?
If you are interested in any of the above books or any others featured since April, please contact Debra Thatcher on 01572 823910 or by email debrathatcher@hotmail.com so delivery can be arranged.
The Rutland Foodbank is currently short of a few things, including:
Smash; Noodles
Chicken roll
Pot Noodles
Cereal Bars
Please see the following link for items currently needed:
https://rutland.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Thank you everyone for your ongoing support.
Church services have stopped until Sunday 21 February 2021.
St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew’s, Ridlington remains open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays 10am – 4pm;
You can still access the weekly services on YouTube or Facebook;
Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Mary Aldridge; Anne Harvey and Jacky Morrell.
Hello Everyone,
Some of you may remember us from ‘An Audience with ‘Buntie and Daffers” which was an event held in Ridlington Village Hall on Friday, September 7th 2019 to support the Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance service.
We have ended 2020 with a book – ” Two Mad Bags” – A series of short stories about life in an Ambulance by Buntie & Daffers – it is all about what we get up to.
It is available for purchase on Amazon and in Waterstones’ Bookstores.
So while you are locked down and there is nothing else to do, make yourself a cup of tea and have a read.
We hope you enjoy it.
Kindest Regards,
Buntie and Daffers
Thank you to everyone who donated prizes for our Christmas Hamper Raffle: we are truly grateful for your generosity and support. A special thank you to Janet Horwood, who made the beautiful wreath to adorn the lucky winner’s door. You will be pleased to hear that this event raised a much needed £325 for the church.
Winners were: Ruth Lees; Liz Simpson; Debra Thatcher; Mandy Hill; Jo Fairley (wreath)
We look forward to running both carols and raffle again in December 2021!
Thank you, keep safe and best wishes,
Louise Fox, Anne Harvey and Margie Wall on behalf of the PCC.
