Disappointingly the great British weather prevented us from running the PLAY…ROAM…PICNIC…event on Saturday 24th August. We took the difficult decision to cancel the event 24 hours ahead as the forecast looked very wet, and nobody likes a soggy scotch egg or a saturated spam sandwich!
We had a good selection of craft stalls signed up to the event and had planned a range of free activities, especially aimed at children, but mostly we wanted to give villagers the opportunity to explore St Francis Fields for themselves, including the stables. We will run the event next summer, hopefully next time the sun will shine!
Typically the following two days, Sunday 25th and Bank Holiday Monday, were both dry days and a few people did get the chance to roam the estate and visit the stables.
The Yard of Ale has had another successful summer of openings, and whilst we welcomed a good number of residents it would be good to see more people taking the opportunity to come along for a drink. We hope next summer to see more of the village use the facility. It takes a lot of work to run the pop-up-pub, and this was the most highly requested facility at the original opening days. Like all local small businesses, we rely heavily on your support.
Our Community Produce Garden continues to thrive, thanks to our dedicated group of volunteers. We hope villagers are now familiar with the stall we have at the entrance to the St Francis Fields hub, to the left of the Muddy Duck. We’ve received many favourable comments about our potatoes, french, runner & broad beans, courgettes, marrows, sorrel, beetroot, marrows, courgettes, raspberries, tomatoes, brassicas, artichokes, carrots, radish and leeks.
And do let the children know that very soon the pumpkins will be ready to harvest - visit us at the Community Produce Garden (entrance off of Main Street, 200 yds from village car park) between 10:00 & 14:00 over the weekend of 12th and 13th October and Tuesday 15th to pick yours. (please note, children must be accompanied by an adult).
Our volunteers are now planting our first batch of winter potatoes. These should be ready to harvest in December.
We were also happy to support the seniors Thursday lunch club by donating some beautiful freshly picked vegetables for their diners to enjoy.
As you can probably gather, the volunteer team at the garden work incredibly hard, fuelled by their laughter and their generosity, but we would like more volunteers please. Tasks vary enormously so no matter how little you feel you could contribute, we would all be very grateful. If you like to find out more, please contact us at stfrancisfieldsnorthiam@gmail.com
On 26 September we held our AGM in the village hall. Many thanks to all the members who joined us and contributed to the meeting. If you live in Northiam and wish to become a member of St Francis Fields Community Interest Company you can find out more here or via email us at stfrancisfieldsnorthiam@gmail.com.
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