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26th and 27th August 2017, 10am - 5pm http://www.stockgaylard.com/the-oak-fair.asp

Stalls are looking to you to help with various items. See Requests and Offers

If you use Facebook there is now a linked Facebook page. Its not either/or but both! 

Schedule and entry forms available here.

On Friday 12 May two useful chains were stolen from Pear Ash Farm. The following day a field gate above Underhill was deliberately left open to allow sheep to escape onto the road. The gate is now padlocked. If you have any information about either of these events or know the whereabout of the chains please contact Charles Buckler on 840377.

Pen Conservatives annual Salmon Lunch will be at Pen Mill Farm on 18th June.

Tickets £15.00

Contact Peter FitzGerald on 01747 840895 or Annie Harvey on 01747 840438

Let me have your contributions for the Pen Paper by 15th May please.

Photos, news items, reports of recent events, upcoming events, general interest stories all welcome!

Geoff Parcell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39403162

Bryan John Young 1929-2017 - "his contribution to farming and the community was legendary" BMV article

You'll find the BT Openreach proposed solution together with predicted speeds here.

South Somerset has been specially selected as part of a large scale test of the census, run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This is an exciting opportunity for local residents to help shape the census which will happen in 2021. Test day is 9 April 2017.

Randomly-selected households will be sent a letter beforehand with a unique access code…

If you've misplaced your Pen Paper you can find it in the archive under Services > Pen Paper here http://penselwood.ning.com/page/pen-paper-1

If you'd like to try this sociable sport come along to a Nordic Walking taster session at 10:00 am on Tuesday 24th January.

Contact Helen Gilchrist for details 07745 413194 [helen@nordicwalking-uk.com].

[From Somerset Live - see link below]

Fire crews cut a man free from his car in Penselwood, near Wincanton, and he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

A driver was left trapped in his car after it crashed into a fence and flipped over.

Two fire engines – one from Wincanton, Somerset, and one from Mere, Wiltshire – were sent to help after a crash was reported…