Author: chris bargman

Social Meal and Meeting – 20th Jan 2016

A combined social evening and short meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th Jan at The Fighting Cocks Stottesdon.

Menu

Starters

Homemade Soup

Breaded Camembert

Homemade Pate

Main

Fish & chips

Beef Bourguignon

Chicken & Leek Pie

Veg Options – Lasagne, Nut Roast, Creamy Veg Pie

All with Mash or Chips & veg of day

Deserts from range available on the day

2 Courses – £11.95

3 Courses – £15.95

Orders to Yvonne by 17th Jan at latest- yvonne.farm@btopenworld.com or 01746 718650

Let us know if you think you will be able to come to get an idea of numbers.

Table Top Sale Success

Our fund raising table top sale held on 17th Nov was a great success. We had 20 tables and lots of bargains were to be had (I came away with 2 stable rugs, a pair of gloves, a dressage numnah, a lead rope and a head collar at a fraction of the new price).

Many thanks to everyone who had tables, provided cakes, provided raffle prizes and all the volunteer helpers on the night setting up the hall, running the raffle,setting up our display, manning the entrance and serving the teas and cakes.

We raised over £300 which will ALL go directly on materials and equipment hire to help us maintain the bridleways.

Couple of pictures below plus a reminder of what our small group has achieved.

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Meeting 10th Nov – (to organise table top sale)

Present:
John (Chairman), Yvonne, Steve, Chris, Kay, Clare, Pip, Louise

Apologies:
Pete, Marce, Olwen, Gill, Jackie

Tabletop Sale 17th November – Meet 5:30pm to setup hall

17 tables have been booked. Need to check on capacity (Yvonne and Clare to meet at VH wed 11th at 11:30 to check on tables/capacity)

Chris to bring key to open hall at 5:30pm on 17th. Any help to setup at this time much appreciated.

The event is being well publicized. Kay via social media and posts to local horse groups, John presented at SSRC AGM,event listed in Clarion, Sunshire Radio. Posters etc. so hopefully we will get a reasonable turnout. All to continue to publicize event.

Tea/coffee/cakes – 50p each – Chris to produce sign

Donation of a cakes will be welcome. We can always sell them off at end.

(Already had offers of cakes from Charolotte, Anne, Yvonne, Tanya, Marce, Jo)

Yvonne to purchase tea, coffee, sugar, milk.

Chris to provide £30 float.

Raffle – Yvonne

Prizes – Bottle Whiskey, B’fast Hamper, Countrywide Item

Yvonne has raffle tickets

Door – Steve, Rob, Emma

Tea Cakes – Jackie, Jo (+ anyone else who can help out)

Table Money – Yvonne to collect (note the £10 covers entry for one person only!)

Yvonne to bring some parcel tape to split tables in 1/2 if required.

Clee View Bridleway Display – Chris to organise.

John to bring large maps and board to mount them on if possible. Will highlights projects. Also give an idea of how much these cost and the effort involved.

Olwen has offered to print onto A3 if needed.

Email addresses – Chris to create a sheet which people can register their interest in our activities e.g. help, escorted rides etc.

 

Other Business

Clare to discuss with John costings for work on routes in various parishes and write to them for funding.

Chris has approached Hopton Wafers Parish Council and they are happy to provide funds to work on routes in Parish (Nunnery Lane). We need to put costings together and submit these. Chris to organise.

Wheathill Bridleway Group – Tina Ranson was hoping to attend the meeting but had to send her apologies. Chris to email her to see if she can come to the Sale. We can then discuss plans for routes on boarder of the areas.

Dangerous catch on gate on route Q – from New bridge to Catherton. May be awkward to fix in situ. Would be easier to fit a new gate with safe catch.

John to contact Council to ask for a 4′ gate and also tall way marker posts (need 1 for route F at Upper Marshes which has been snapped and removed by timber extractors).

Table Top Sale – Promotion!!!

Hello all. We need everyone to do their bit to help promote our Table Top Sale fund Raiser. We have had some table bookings but we need to get enough tables booked and people to come along to make it worthwhile.

Please tell everyone you know that is horsey and put the poster up wherever you can and if you use Facebook etc. make sure you mention it.

Louise, can we get a mention on the SSRC website and Facebook site? Is anyone going to the SSRC AGM tonight. If so can they make sure it is mentioned and take a poster.

Also local Pony Clubs and Hunts need to be informed. Can someone make sure this is done. Thanks.

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Equine Table Top Sale – 7:15pm Tuesday November 17th 2015 – Farlow & Oreton Village Hall

We are holding  an Equine Table Top Sale (see poster below). This will be a fund raising event to help us with work maintaining our local bridleways.  A pdf file is available to downland and print to display on any suitable notice boards etc.

Please publicise and support this event.

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pdf file to download – Tabletop Sale Poster Small

Clearance Party – Route R – Titford Bridge

IMG-20150927-00296A work party cleared a section of the route. The main purpose is to provide access for a dumper to lay the stone over exposed tree roots.

Steve and John hope to move the stone (16 tonnes provided by the Council) from next to Stepple Hall and spread it on Thursday 1st October. Please contact Steve or John if you are able to help.