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 https://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…

See this item in Requests & Offers

See events for details.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/07/church-spires-get-broadband-transmitters-new-government-drive/#

PenArt is a small friendly art group who meet on Thursday afternoons 1.30 – 4.30 throughout the winter and spring in Pen Selwood Village Hall.

The group has been going for 12…

Our Vizslas Ruby and Bert are happily recovering from ingesting a large quantity of slug pellets spread round a badger path adjacent to Pits Farm in Pear Ash Lane Penselwood on Thursday 15^th December.

The location of the slug pellets is indicated on the map below by the red kite mark and the foot path runs from Pear Ash Lane adjacent to Pits Farm south exiting in Chapel Lane. The exact location of the pellets is in the hedgerow which runs alongside the foot path on Pits…

Following the article in the September Pen Paper, I am pleased to confirm that we have over 30 households who have registered their interest with Wessex Internet.  Wessex are currently looking at the most cost effective way of getting their infrastructure to us.

The intention is to connect up to the areas of the village with the slowest speeds first; starting with the area around the Church and then expanding to Pear Ash Lane and Underhill.

Please make sure you have registered…