Weather Report for April 2012.
Nobody will need telling that the dryness of the past year or so
was replaced by rain..a hefty 181.1mm total rainfall for April. This is
getting on for one third of the total rainfall for the previous twelve
months. Rainfall was recorded for 23 days, that is from 1000-1000 Summer
Time each day, and there were two significant totals; 31.6mm on 24th
and 30.1mm on 29th. The next wettest, 17.5mm on the 22nd had in itself
almost the total rainfall for the whole of March. Compare …

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT WHITFORD VILLAGE HALL ON THURSDAY 8th MARCH 2012
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. D Loud, B Marshall, J Pearce, Ms C Miltenburg, P Rugg,
Mrs E Sweetland and R Wood, Dist Cllr I Chubb and C Cllr A Moulding, 1 member of the public and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received and accepted from Christopher Pole-Carew and PCSO Amanda Wooster who reported there have been two crimes reported since the last meeting. Break into a caravan at …

Shute Churchyard Wildlife:

Join the Wildscapes team for a wander around your churchyard (Shute) and discover how it provides a sanctuary for wildlife.
Shute Church:
Tuesday 12th June 2012.
Meet by the church gate at 7.45pm.
To be followed by a bat hunt with Fiona Reynolds.

Churchyard ecology
Churchyards provide a sanctuary for wildlife, with little disturbance from people and a range of different mini-habitats. Mature trees along churchyard boundaries have a ‘woodland fringe’ feel, providing nesting and shelter for birds such as Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrests and Chiff-chaffs. Most churchyards have veteran Yew trees, often many …

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Hi all
A number of you may have already seen the short 12 min intro film to old film footage we at the AONB team sourced from a number of individuals across East Devon, like Mary Thomas. In return for digitising the film from contributors, we were able to keep snippets of footage for use on the web
(follow the links from our work to back to the future from the eastdevonaonb.org.uk homepage) and to create this outstanding 40 minute film to show.
The full version has train derailment …

Monday June 4th  2.00pm  Shute School – The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration for all the family with games, music, bouncy castle, stalls, may-pole dancing, picnic ( bring your own food and drink).
Saturday June 9th  6.00pm – Umborne Hall – “The Umborne Ug” – an annual 10k run, 2.5k fun run and 5 mile walk (5.00pm) followed by an evening BBQ.
Saturday 30th June  2.00pm  Penventon, Shute ( home of the Goslings) “Steam Up”
cream teas, rides on Tony’s miniature steam train, stalls and family fun.
Sunday 2nd September 3.00pm “Duck Dash and Raft …

April 29th at 11.00 am
Starting from the hall, Woody’s 8 was a low key, informal multi-terrain run/walk of around 8 miles. It consisted of mainly footpaths and tracks, with some short road sections. With an easy route to follow, it took you around Shute woods and returns back with the finish at the hall – all of this designed by Geoff Woodward.
A route card was  issued on arrival. All the tricky sections were  clearly marked on the course. There was also be a help-yourself water stop on the route …

Weather report for March 2012:

Photo Helene Buse
March 2011 had  surprised us all with remarkable dryness
(23.1mm on 6 rain days) and a record high maximum temperature of 19.5C
on 25th. Now 2012 has gone several stages further with a total rainfall
of 19.9 mm with recordable falls again on just six days. But the spell
of warmth from 24-30th gave a whole week of higher maxima than the
figure reached last year. The sequence is, starting on March 24th: 20.0;
20.8; 21.5; 21.0; 23.3; 21.0 & 19.8C. The average daytime high …

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT UMBORNE HALL ON THURSDAY 19TH JANUARY 2012
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. D Loud, B Marshall, J Pearce, P Rugg, Mrs E Sweetland, and R Wood, PCSO Amanda Wooster and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received and accepted from Cllrs Ms C Miltenburg,
Dist Cllr I Chubb and C Cllr A Moulding.
MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING
The circulated minutes of meeting held on 15th December 2011were approved and duly signed as correct.
POLICE REPORT
PCSO Amanda Wooster reported she now also works in …

Theme Night at Umborne Hall:

The Theme Night at Umborne Hall was on Saturday March 17th at 7.30pm. The theme this year was “It’s a question of Sport” as it is Olympic Year. 60 “good sports” turned up to enjoy a friendly, sporty atmosphere. The soups and lasagnes were all home made ( our thanks to the cooks) and the 3 flavours of ice cream rounded off the 3 course meal.

The raffle was organised by Tony and Antonia and raised an amazing £145 – our thanks to them. In total about …

February 2012.

(photo Helene Buse)
This month was a tale of two halves with a unity theme
with regard to rainfall.
The cold spell that started gently at the end of January
intensified in the first days of February to give a minimum reading of
-9.9C on the night of the 4th. Conditions eased for a day or two around
the 6th  with one frost-free night before further cold nights occurred,
particularly  on the 11th and 12th. Thereafter, things became much
milder, although another cold night under still conditions in a
northerly flow …