After a fantastic opening season in 2022, the team is back!  Do come and play or support the team. All standards & ages are welcome. We play local clubs in 20 over friendly matches. Players in neighbouring villages are most welcome to join too. We have male and some female players.

1. Sunday 21st May @ 12.30pm - Mere
2. Wednesday 7th June @ 6pm - Milton on Stour
3. Friday 16th June @ 6pm - Marnhull
4. Sunday 9th July…

I thought it would be sensible to bring everyone up to date on the accounts for the new oak tree.

Total money collected                        £468

Cost of tree and professional planting  £328

Money left over                                  £140

I hope that Liz Newton can source fencing to protect the tree within our resources and we will erect a small plaque with the remainder.

Again, thanks to all who supported the project with their generous…

In celebration of the coronation of HM Charles III

Saturday 6th May, lighting 8pm

Bucket collection in aid of village Church

Courtesy of Charles & Ros Buckler

Collections will be:

• Good Friday 7 April: Friday collections take place on Saturday 8 April.
• No collections on Easter Monday 10 April.
• Easter week collections are one day later, including Friday collections on Saturday 15 April.

Along with changes to collections, Somerset Council are asking residents to be “good eggs” this Easter and recycling as much as possible.

Almost all Easter egg packaging can be recycled in weekly kerbside…

From 1 April South Somerset District Council is no more and it is replaced with Somerset Council. I've done my best to update links but let Admin know if you spot any others to be updated on ourpenselwood@gmail.com

Let's keep Pen Beautiful with a village litter pick. See events for details.

Charles Buckler will be shearing sheep tomorrow, Monday 6th February. Villagers are welcome to watch the process at Pear Ash Farm between 9 and 11am.

Due to Christmas holidays the next refuse collection is on Saturday 31st December.

Recycling is on Saturday 31st December and Saturday 7th January.

Garden waste collection is 10th January.

https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/services/waste-and-recycling/

Someone received a strange comment on their Comment Wall this morning, asking them to contact a josephmclaughlin via email.

The comment is spam.  If you have received something similar, ignore it. It can't do you or your computer any harm if you don't respond.

Unfortunately I let the culprit into the website under a different name. They have been banned.

Geoff

Thank you all very much to those of you that have supported Eryl’s campaign for the village funding of a new ‘Royal’(?) Oak tree, to replace the original oak that sadly lost its existence due to Storm Eunice. It was a beautiful tree ~ clearly loved & admired by many.  It stood so proudly in our lower field which – rather ironically – we had named Oak Tree field on our arrival to Penselwood.…

Donations      £195  00

Cakes             £127  50

Raffle             £105  00

Total                £427  50…

I heard a cuckoo today in Pen Selwood, my first this year. Anyone else hear it?

Many tributes have been paid following the sad loss of our longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II.

A monarch who was true to the promise she made on her 21^st birthday in 1947  –             “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all…

On Thursday we heard the sad news of the death of our monarch – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Here is a prayer for personal use. God of love, We thank you for the life of The Queen, for her service to our nation, and for her faith in you. Be close to all of us who mourn, that we may find comfort and hope in your love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

As a result we have altered our plans…

You can find the Post fete meeting minutes and the 2022 accounts here.