Join mycologist Martin Allinson for a day of recording as many species of fungi as possible across Newtimber Hill on Friday 9th October from 9:30am to 3:00pm. Wear suitable clothing and bring lunch. Tea and cake will be served upon return to Saddlescombe. Supervised children are welcome. Booking essential. Click the image for more information.
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Old Time Music Hall Singalong
To be held at St. Andrew’s on Friday 2nd October at 7.30pm. The singing will be led by The Pyecombe Village Choir and tickets, priced at £10, include supper of bangers, beans and baked potatoes and a welcome drink. Numbers will be limited. To buy tickets, or for more details, please email StAndrewsEdburton@yahoo.co.uk, or phone 07812-465-559.
South Downs Songs
St. John the Evangelist Church, Newtimber, will be hosting a concert on Saturday October 17th at 7:00pm entitled Traditional Songs of the Sussex Downs and Coast by Chris Hare and his group of singers. The cost of tickets will be £10 for adults and £5 for children under 18 — this includes a drink during the interval. Tickets can be obtained from:
Shirley Murrell at 01273 857353, shirleymurrell@btinternet.com
Lucy Dalrymple 01273 832009, lucy@arboreaters.co.uk for credit card payments
Gill Keith 01273 835013, gillian.bedlam@googlemail.com
Make cheques payable to to ‘Newtimber Church PCC’.
Albourne Park & Ride
Photo courtesy alegriphotos.com.
Poynings Apple Press Release [updated]
Breaking news — Get your apples pressed in Poynings —
probablyactually Sunday afternoon, October4th11th. Enquiries — sheila@oakpoynings.freeserve.co.uk
Sheila Marshall
Battle of Britain Day Flypast
It is a bit hard to tell given the scale of the maps but it looks as if this event may bring some of the forty participating planes over Fulking on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th September. This may be your chance to see the underside of a Spitfire, a Hurricane or the only Bristol Blenheim in the world that is still able to become airborne.
South Downs Local Plan Road Show
Chris Paterson of the SDNPA writes:
[We] have sent out packs of posters and leaflets to all parish councils, but some of these packages do not appear to have arrived .. and therefore the publicity material has not gone out in the parish. I have had some parish councils confirm receipt of this material (Posters and Postcards) but not all.
If you would like to download a PDF of the full plan from the SDNPA website in advance of the roadshow, well, good luck. They will sell you a paper copy though — but you have to phone or email the SDNPA first in order to find out what it costs.
LAMBS Bug Shot Competition
Most Notable Species:
Brown Argus Butterfly by Dave Hill (photographed in Twineham)
Beauty or Beast:
Orange-tip butterfly by Deborah Herbert (taken between Shermanbury and Henfield)
Weird or Wonderful
Oak Eggar Caterpillar with water droplets by Kat Mitchell (photographed in Albourne)
Runners-up
Bee at work by Andie Melvin Harris
Great Green Bush Cricket by Paul Everest
Cinnabar Caterpillars by John Sandford Pike
Hummingbird Moth by Sharon Dowson
Saddlescombe Farm Heritage Open Day
Tours of the 17th century Threshing Barn, Tudor Scullery and Donkey Wheel. You can also venture further afield for tours on surrounding Newtimber Hill. Refreshments at the Hiker’s Rest cafe. Children and dogs welcome. Parking £2 — follow signposts near Devil’s Dyke on the day. Sunday 13th September 2015, 10:30am–3:30pm, free admission.