Once again lots of people turned out for the village litter pick so everything should be looking extra special now. Pen Ridge is becoming a bit of a black spot with nitrous oxide cannisters littering the verges. Dog mess bags also continue to blight the scene too. 

On Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 7:30pm in the Village Hall, James Long, the author, will be visiting and talking to us about how he came to write  two novels based around Penselwood. 

I know many of you will already have read either Ferney or The Lives She Left Behind and  I can heartily recommend both. Ferney is a timeslip…

Last week in Parliament Sarah Dyke our MP pushed the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire as to how the Government will better support the police and give the public confidence they will crack down on these illegal raves. You can view this HERE.

Please find attached the results of the survey regarding usefulness of the website. If you haven't yet managed to give feedback then please feel free to email me. 

Website survey

Geoff Parcell

ourpenselwood@gmail.com

Recycling as normal on Mondays 23rd, 30th December and 6th January.

Garden waste Tuesday 24th December followed by 21 January.

Rubbish Monday 6th January.

Disposing of wrapping paper and Christmas trees

Wrapping paper

Recyclable wrapping paper can go in your black recycling box, but do not put it in bin bags. There will be special areas for wrapping paper at…

We collected £431.01 in the village for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.  Thank you to all who contributed and especially to my helpers walking the Village collecting, which takes a lot of time and energy!

Rosalind…

A WINE TASTING MURDER

Can you solve the clues and identify the murderer? 

£12 per person includes wine, cheese supper, lots of laughter and head scratching.

NOVEMBER 16TH @…

Annual Meeting Reminder

The Parish Council is holding an “open morning” on Saturday 19^th October in the Village Hall.

Please call in, at any time between 10.30 and 12.00 for a cup of tea/coffee and a biscuit and a chat about what you would like us to do in the coming year. Children…

The Schedule is now available here. https://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/

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.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – What the Heck is it?

• The best thing since sliced bread?
• The gravest danger to humanity?

Come and decide at a talk by Chris Coles:

Friday 26^th January, 7.30pm in the…

Moldram’s Ground is on the agenda for the next Parish Council meeting on the 8th November  at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.

If you have been down to Moldram's Ground recently you will have noticed some work has been going on and a new sign describing the site has gone up on one of the gates.

The rangers will be working at Moldram's Ground Nature Reserve on Tuesday 7^th November to rake bramble and bracken that they have cut, to allow the bluebells to grow…

Some of us gathered to remember the life of Eric Andrews last night, a long term resident and contributor to the village. He was remembered as a gentle man, quiet and knowledgeable. He used to take the CAT bus to a social club in Wincanton, and go onwards to  Yeovil. The person who ran the group in Yeovil sent a card. I'll let you read it for…

I happened to think of Eric on 10th April this year; no significant reason, he simply came to mind, and in my iPhone’s ‘Notes’ App I wrote the words

“Eric Andrews - he is the best of us”

At that time I wrote “is” rather…

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strike action CANCELLED

https://www.somerset.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-waste/waste-industrial-action/