From: GDight@somerset.gov.uk

Highways Winter Update 8.30am 23 Jan 2013

Rain preceding the snow yesterday afternoon meant we could not pretreat the network and had to wait for the snow to start to fall. Any salt put down in advance would have just washed off the highway. The timing could not have been worse as the heavy snow arrived at rush hour as people were trying to get home and as they got into difficulty it hampered the gritters…

Jonathan Cox has been doing some research into who lived on Pen Ridge. Read his initial Research here.

I am getting in touch to ask for your assistance in bringing Green Routine 2013 to the attention of your parish council and parishioners as they can play a key role in the big Somerset campaign of 2013 that is taking action on waste.

Green Routine 2013 is a year-long campaign to help people in your area minimise waste, save money and have fun developing positive…

The December issue has just been delivered.

Read about the newly installed Barn Owl Box at Moldram's Ground

Want to know more about Ash Dieback disease. Read what Somerset Wildlife Trust has to say.

Find out about health walks here.

For those of you who enjoyed "Ferney" a fiction based in Pen Selwood, the sequel is coming out later this month. The author James Long continues the story in "The Lives She Left Behind".

Here are some pictures from the village celebrations.