North Street, Wincanton will be closed for road works (Fibre optic laying) from Monday 12th August until Friday 16th.  North Street is the road that goes to the racecourse, Otter garden centre and on to Bruton.  Access these via Charlton Musgrove.  https://one.network/?tm=139118830  gives more detail.

Thank you to everybody who has donated white elephant to the fete.  We are now full and cannot take any more items apart from those that have a pre-arranged delivery.  Karen Brooker

The Schedule is now available here. http://penselwood.ning.com/page/show

Recycling changes start on 17 June. It’s now Monday! You can find your new dates here https://www.somerset.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-waste/reroute-of-waste-collections/

As you know, we are in the process of finding a new Rector.  What we would like to do is collect a selection of thoughts and views on what is going on in our community, to give a prospective candidate an idea of what things are like here.  If you are interested, we have a short questionnaire available to send you via email, and Charles and I would very much appreciate your views by the 24th June 2024.  Please email me on helen_marley@yahoo.co.uk and I will send you the form by return.  Thank…

If you enjoyed reading about Mark Bunting’s journey to Ukraine in the Pen Paper and wanted to know more, then here is a link to his report.

The Balsam Centre (the trading name of Wincanton Community Venture) is having special fund raising  for badly needed mental health support for young people.  This lasts till 28th May.  The first £5000 is matched on BigGive, effectively doubling donations.  Details are at https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEW3iAAH which shows how to give.

There will be a meeting in the village hall on Friday 28th June at 7.30pm for stall-holders, helpers, etc., to confirm arrangements, answer queries, etc.  All are welcome and we still need a few more volunteers to help on the day so please come along.

Any questions or concerns in the meantime please contact me on 07818 445600.

Charlie Meaden

Let’s all help to make this village fete a great fun day

for all us…

Please may I have any articles, event notices, event reports, photographs and any and all other contributions for the June Pen Paper by 15th May please.

This will be the Pen Paper preceding the Village Fete, Flower & Produce Show in August so perfect for promoting these and perhaps, requests from stallholders for stock.

Any new ideas for improving or adding to the Pen Paper are very welcome.

Ian Steadman,  01747 841041,  iansteadman46@outlook.com

As you are aware we will have no power on  Friday so our village cafe is not  open.   Kerry (Norma Izzard  daughter in law ) has invited the village to Charlton Musgrove Village hall to join them at their coffee morning  on Friday  19th  10-30 until 12.00. If anyone would like to attend could you let me know so I can give Kerry an idea of numbers  Please ring 01747 840773 or 07502132193

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks have a power cut Friday 19th April affecting the whole village.  They plan to turn power off at 08.30 and should finish by 16.30 if not sooner.  You have probably already had a leaflet from SSEN in your mail box.  This is in order for contractors to trim/prune trees affecting our overhead cables.

Sadly this means NO BLACK BIN CAFE.  The next Black Bin Café will be on Friday 3rd May.

Saturday April 20th at 10am

The village hall committee are having a spring clean and sort out of the village hall. If anyone would like to help you would be very welcome.

Bring your rubber gloves!

A big thank you to the 22 people who turned out to litter pick on Saturday morning.  Thankfully the weather was fine so a good tidy up has been done before the hedges and verges spring fully into growing mode. Many areas were not too bad but as usual Salters hill remains a litter hotspot.  Disappointing for residents of Pear Ash were the numbers of dog poo bags left in trees or by the side of the road.

AGM of

The Village Hall Trust

Pen Selwood Village Hall

Wednesday 20th March

7.30pm

If you would like to join the committee and help run the village hall you would be very welcome. Do come along to give your comments and ideas for the future.…

 Thanks to all contributors the tent is now fully funded and fund-raising now closed.

Information has come in quite late but Wessex Water will be in Pen Selwood next week, from Monday 4th March with three crews to fix three leaks.  One in Pear Ash Lane, one in Bleak Street, somewhere southeast of the Pear Ash Lane junction, and one in Coombe Street somewhere below the Queens Grove junction.  In each case there will be road closures but if you can't get out one way you should be able to get out in the other direction.  Works are due to start at 08.30am on Monday and will…

Too late for the Pen Paper just distributed, I am able to report that  money was voted at the recent PCA meeting to spend on infrastructure to support the fete and other events on the field.  This is in addition to the money raised towards a new tent at the French Evening.  A start has now been made with the PCA ordering a tent the same size as the present ‘village tent’, 4m x 8m.

Separately and coincident with this,…