Christmas market, anyone?

 Organised for us by Devon Federation.

Book Worms report from Rebecca

 Bookworms met yesterday to talk about our last book, Dissolution by C.J Sansom. Enjoyed overall but too many characters to keep track of and kept covering old ground. Someone said it’s not his best book! Others have also watched the tv adaptation called Shardlake and enjoyed that. (ITV) we agreed times haven’t changed much in many ways!

We also put the world to right with chats about world politics and driving/ parking!!

Overall a lovely session. This months book is No Ordinary day by Matt Johnson, a non fiction about the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.

We do have one space still if anyone would like to join our friendly group!

What’s on this week?

 

What’s On?

 

Day trip to Tavistock

 This is organised by the committee of Sew Crafty, Goodrington.

Please let Sparks know if you wish to join this day trip to Tavistock. The coach will depart at 8.30 am from St George’s Church, Goodrington.

As soon as I know if it is viable (they have a 49 seater coach to fill!) I will let you know how to pay.

Book Share, September

 Three of us enjoyed a very pleasant conversation this afternoon at the golf club! We decided that Raymond Chandler’s Big Sleep was written to be read aloud, his descriptive writing and choice of vocabulary was enjoyed. The dark nature of the story was not so popular! For next month we have ‘A Spool of Blue Thread’ by Anne Tyler.

You had to be there….

 Absolutely the best afternoon of ‘practical conservation’! Huge thanks to the National Trust at Coleton Fishacre for giving us permission to participate and to walk around the gardens afterwards! (Some tea, cake and ice creams may well have been consumed!).

We arrived to find four very tired LotE people: Rob, Sam, Joe and Kirsty, who had spent the morning cutting the grass, rotavating and raking the area. All we had to do was distribute the seeds evenly and stamp the ground to bed them in. The most tricky part was climbing and descending the bank to reach the area! It is just by the entrance to Coleton Fishacre - so have a good look next spring and summer to see what we did! Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely walk and a stop in the café. Some of us wandered around the gardens, too.

We all felt very privileged to have been offered such an opportunity!