Have a read of Jonathan Cox's fascinating article on the history of Pen Ridge.

Put the 17th May in your diary now. Details under Events.

This open meeting will be held on Wednesday 16^th April 2014 at 7:30pm in the Hall and all are welcome. 

If you have anything to go on the agenda, contact Penny Varnes on 840680. 

On 21st March, Moldrams Ground volunteers and SSDC rangers had a lovely morning working together. 

The first task was to plant a large number of Hazel saplings, generously funded by Geoff and Stella Parcell to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary! They were planted just inside the first entrance and will grow to maturity to provide a great habitat for the Hazel Dormouse, only discovered on the site last year. What a great idea!…

See this letter for details.

 John Osman, Leader of Somerset County Council is supporting The Royal Bath and West Society who have set up a relief fund to assist Somerset residents whose homes and businesses have been flooded over the last two months. Cllr Osman asks if your council could please consider making a donation to the fund which will help start other flood preventative measures.



Please find attached:



- A leaflet from the Royal Bath and West Society with more information about the relief…

Dear Councillors,

It is my intention to fell some trees and branches which abut Underhill from my property starting on Monday 10^th to 12^th Feb. This work was delayed from January. There will be some disruption to traffic flow along Underhill for which I apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.…

They are creating an open plan environment, with longer opening hours (over lunch too).  Once the work is finished it will be open continuously from 09:00 till 17:30 every day except Sunday.

It will however be closed from Thursday 20th Feb reopening at 13:00 on Friday 28th Feb.

Nearest alternative Post Offices can be found at Bourton and Gillingham while the work is being done.

A roundup of news, research and work provided by the Rural Services Network,
highlighting issues for older people living in rural areas in the last 12 months.

Link here.

Since August we have been collecting statistics on the use of this website to help us improve it. On average more than 200 pages are viewed every week. In a typical month there are 150 unique visitors to the site (not all from the village), they look at an average of 5 pages each visit and stay for 3 minutes.

News and Events are the most viewed, and some people never get beyond the first page they enter, but 72% go from  the opening page to another page.

See…

SSDC Rangers and volunteers alike had a great morning on Fri 24th, clearing a huge fallen larch that was blocking one of the main pathways through the reserve. The recent gales had caused at least 8 trees to fall, but none had caused any serious problems apart from the one massive larch and a smaller ivy-covered tree that had collapsed across the fencing into the top field.…

See Requests and Offers below for details.

Here is some advice from Somerset Community Foundation on surviving the floods and the cold. Link here 

New season of films  starting  in January 

Dear Councillors,

 Very sadly, due to weather and health I am unable to proceed with the maintenance and trees over hanging the highway as planned.

 I will keep you informed but I am aiming for new dates during the middle to end…