26 March 2023 - Merci! Gracias! Danke! Obrigado! Dank u! Grazie!
It's time for some thank yous and celebrations!
I expect you have all noticed how amazing the village is looking with the snowdrops and daffodils you all helped to plant last year - remember we planted a thousand bulbs and some hundreds of clumps of snowdrops. It's made a huge difference and the verges are splendid - and every year they're going to spread and look even better!
You may have also noticed the nice new Dog Litter bin at the end of Puddledock Lane. Many thanks to Bill Davidson and Graeme Morrison for their work repairing and rebuilding, and to Jon Waterman for convincing the nice binmen to empty it on Wednesdays. However I need to give a warning: if you take Food Bank items to the phonebox in the dark on Sunday evening (probably quite late, now the clocks have changed) then please be careful to use the right collection box...
And those of you who pay particular attention to such things will have seen that Jon planted a new tree on the village green - carefully positioned so that the Fayre Info tent can still be installed! It was recently planted to celebrate the accession / coronation of King Charles III - a plaque is on order. Before you ask, it's a Medlar. I've been accused of being that but I can assure you that although I am slow-growing, I will not reach 12' at maturity. Nor do I have small brown fruit (not up for discussion) with white flowers in spring and red leaves in autumn.
The Sutton Poyntz Society hope that you feel these are all good things on which to spend your contributions. Your continuing suggestions and support are welcome at any time, perhaps nowhere better than at the forthcoming AGM (on April 12th) where you can pay your 2023 fiver and have a drink and a nibble! And as previously mentioned Richard Backwell will also be appearing to tell us about his recent exciting adventures in Nepal.
See you all there,
J & S