Since the April Fool last week, a number of villagers have asking at the village shop if they can get hold of a Grumpy Club badge. Well, here's your chance to make your own, in traditional Blue Peter style. Click here to view and print off the badge design and instructions. Then get busy with … Continue reading Grumpy Club Badge

If you would like a wild flower meadow but are not sure about it, you could try a Pictorial Meadow instead. This uses an annual seed mix which are sown in April on any bare soil, whatever the size of your plot. They flower in the summer, a real delight for you and the insects … Continue reading Just One Thing – April 2025

Two heavy duty clothes rails, each 6ft long (see photo below). Free to collector. Please email me if you are interested: ingridpopplewell@gmail.com Ingrid Popplewell

Next Sunday, 13th April, is Palm Sunday. Throughout the Christian world, the Church will be remembering Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey. The joyful crowds pulled palms from the trees and welcomed him as they would a king, except that Jesus was riding a donkey and not a proud stallion. The week beginning with Palm … Continue reading Palm Sunday Service

It has been many years since All Saints' hosted a Lent Lunch, but 2025 will see the return of this respectable tradition. There will be a Lent Lunch in the village hall on Friday, 11th April starting at high noon. Lunch will be simple: bread, soup and a hot drink. Various soups will be on … Continue reading Lent Lunch

According to a report by Exmoor Police, someone damaged a ground floor front window of a home in Wootton Courtenay at some point between 1st November 2024 and Wednesday 2nd April. This may have been an attempt to gain entry, as an unlocked lean-to at the location was entered and a parcel inside was opened. … Continue reading Attempted Break-In

In the lovely hamlet of Bury just south and east of Machine Cross (B3222/A396), there is, or used to be, a charming cottage upon whose garden gate a well-made small carved sign bore the legend, “Here lives a lovely lady and a Grumpy Old Man”. I don’t think Paddy once lived there. Roger Carrick

Following the recent article on the formation of a new village club, I would like to propose myself as Chairman of the Wootton Courtenay Grumpy Old Men Club.In an attempt to establish my credentials, can I list some of my pet grumps: People who are so full of their own self importance that they want … Continue reading April Fool Follow-Up

Monday 7th April This is a reminder that the next Thinking Allowed will be on Monday (7th April) at 7pm in the Villagers' Stores. The bar will be open from 6.30pm. 'The meaning of love' is the topic we shall be exploring. Everybody will have experience and views on this. There are some reflections for … Continue reading Thinking Allowed

The service at All Saints’, Wootton Courtenay, this Sunday, 6th April at 9.30am is an Iona communion service. Amanda