As an extra to my post yesterday about the shop closing at midday on Saturday because Mark and I will be attending the Art & Design Show in Dunster this weekend - please note that I will have to take my card reader for taking payments at the show, so the shop will be accepting … Continue reading No Card Payments in Shop this Weekend

Monday 13th November This is a reminder that we will be Thinking 'Allowed'  on Monday 13th November,  6.30 for 7pm at the Villagers' Stores. Drinks available from 6.30pm.  The theme will be, 'Assisted Dying - a Right or a Wrong?'  Background notes can be found here.  In addition to  exploring our theme, we will be fed by poetry, … Continue reading thinking Allowed

I am sure it has escaped nobody in the village that we are having quite a bit of work done on our home (Manor House, to the right of the church). The removal of the cement render was necessary as it was cracked and water was getting trapped behind it and could not evaporate outwards … Continue reading Manor House Works

The latest newsletter from the Grabbist Hill Benefice may be read here.

Both myself (with my jewellery) and Mark (with his barista coffee trailer) will be at the Tithe Barn Art and Design Show this weekend. Paul has kindly agreed to step in and look after the shop on Saturday. We will open at the usual time of 9.00am but shut an hour earlier, at 12 o’clock. … Continue reading Shop Opening Times This Saturday

Thursday November 16th at 7.30pm We’re looking forward to this!Tickets are available at The Village Shop or from me. People have been asking about it so I thought I would tell you a little bit more… We’re lucky to be getting this show, which has been very well received over its long life touring the … Continue reading John Peel’s Shed

Extract from 'For the Fallen' by Laurence BinyonThey shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them. The service of Remembrance at All Saints' Church, Wootton Courtenay, starts promptly at 10.45am on … Continue reading Remembrance Service

You may have noticed that you received two copies of yesterday's village email. We believe this was a glitch within MailChimp, the company we use to send out the emails. Marion Jay

As many of you are aware, over recent years, the kind villagers of Wootton Courtenay have shown great generosity through donating Christmas presents to Home-Start West Somerset. The latest newsletter from the Board of the Villagers' Stores gives details of this year's appeal, including a letter from the Manager of Home Start. Click here to … Continue reading Home-Start Christmas Appeal

We would like to give a very special thank you to Simon Brown for his beautifully illustrated, well researched and warmly delivered talk on The Heyday of Railway Travel in West Somerset and North Devon. It was enjoyed by a very appreciative audience of around fifty people and the retiring collection raised £245 for The … Continue reading Railway Talk Thank You