The Minehead Harriers will be meeting at ours tomorrow rather than at Mill Farm. Usual time of 11am. If anyone would like to pop over for a drink and mince pie at Manor Farm (near the church) tomorrow, you'd be very welcome! Hope to see you tomorrow, Bella and Marcus Capel

There is a mobile phone app called ‘DreamLab’ created by Vodafone Foundation which is available via any mobile phone or internet service provider. The app uses the processing capacity of your phone to help speed up research into areas such as Covid and cancer. At present approximately 2.3 million people use this app. The app … Continue reading Helping Research into Covid and Cancer Via Your Phone

Complete collection of Dick Francis thrillers available free of charge (47 of them!), one signed by the author. Please call 01643 841310 or email me at cait@globalnet.co.uk if you are interested. Caitlin Collins

It has recently become clear that some villagers disapprove of the fairly frequent abbreviation of Wootton Courtenay to 'WC'. On a swift and limited straw poll, objections seem to centre more on a sense of the village risking gentle ridicule, rather than on prudery to do with water closets. Another thought is that WC is … Continue reading Abbreviated Village Name

I have been encouraged to share this photo of our lovely village church as I approached it for the Christmas Eve communion service. It really was a light in the darkness, exactly what Christmas is all about… Thank you to all involved. Mary Noble

To read Christmas readings and prayers from the Dunster Benefice, please click on the link below. Wishing you a happy and peaceful Christmas Day. 24th-december-2021Download

The Village Hall Committee has agreed to extend the free-hire period for clubs for a second time, to the end of March 2022. Given all the uncertainty over the Omicron strain of Covid-19, existing restrictions on use of the hall kitchen and toilets remain in place, but the committee is eager to support our wonderful … Continue reading Village Hall Hire Charges for Clubs

The draw took place at 12 noon on Wednesday and the lucky winners are: 1st. - Ticket 71 Nigel Humphries - Hamper2nd. - Ticket 121 Diana Rusher - 2 bottles of wine3rd. - Ticket 201 Greta - Tin of shortbread Surprise prizes, with many thanks to John and Jane Bradley:4th. - Ticket 91 Mike Maskall … Continue reading Christmas Hamper Draw

There will be a late night communion service in All Saints’ Church at 10pm on Friday, 24th December - Christmas Eve. Face coverings to be worn throughout the service please. Many thanks, Amanda Elliott

I enclose an excerpt from an email received from our area Post Office Manager which I thought may be of interest to villagers: “Congratulations to Berrynarbor and Wootton Courtenay who are the Week 5 special delivery winners.” The Post Office have been running a competition for its branches over the last five weeks in the … Continue reading Winners: Wootton Courtenay Post Office!