I have arranged a community drop-in session at Minehead Town Council (3, Summerland Road, Minehead TA24 5BP) on Monday 31st March 2025, from 10:00am-12:00pm, for our customers to drop in and talk to us face to face about anything water related – bills, supply and waste – and if anyone is struggling with payments I can … Continue reading Wessex Water Drop-In Session

Don't be in too much of a hurry to tidy the winter garden. If you can, leave dead and decaying stalks and stems, especially hollow ones such as hollyhocks. Ladybirds and lacewings use them for shelter. It's good to keep the soil covered as well, perhaps by old leaves rather than putting them on the … Continue reading Just One Thing – February 2025

A correction to Marion's appeal to sign the Rivers Trust petition yesterday: the SSSI [in the Severn River] is for its geology (fossils in the rocks), only extends to mean low water, and has no requirements for fish. But the area near Hinkley is a Special Area of Conservation established under the Habitats Directive, a … Continue reading SSSI Status Correction

The Rivers Trust has launched a campaign to prevent water intake pipes at Hinkley Point C from sucking in and killing millions of fish from the Severn Estuary. The intake pipes, which draw up cooling water into the power station, will have a cross section the size of six double-decker buses. At present, Hinkley's management … Continue reading Save the Severn Estuary’s Fish

Tuesday 25th February at 7.30pmA talk by Judith Nesbitt, via Zoom –William Robinson and The Wild Garden Each February, the Gardening Club meeting is held via Zoom so that we can choose speakers from further afield than usual. This year, Judith Nesbitt will be giving a lecture on William Robinson, the Irish-born gardener and writer … Continue reading Gardening Club Zoom Talk

Monday 10th February This is a reminder that the next Thinking Allowed will be on Monday at 7pm in the Villagers' Stores. As usual, the bar will be open from 6.30pm. The theme will be 'Does the end ever justify the means?' a question which can haunt every area of living. Some notes which will … Continue reading Thinking Allowed

As ever, The Regal Theatre has a diverse range of entertainment on offer for March, including a screening of The Royal Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet, Steve Coogan reprising Peter Sellers' role in Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, a knees-up with HMS Pinafore, and a very convincing Roy Orbison tribute act. There's also Creation - … Continue reading The Regal Theatre – March

The Revd Kenneth Cross's View From Grabbist this month reflects on the wonder of the wood wide web, networks of mycelium which link the roots of plants across vast areas and provide nutrient as well as a form of communication. Click here to read it in full.