MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT WHITFORD VILLAGE HALL ON THURSDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2011
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. Ms C Miltenburg, B Marshall, J Pearce, P Rugg,
Mrs E Sweetland, and R Wood, guest speakers Kimmo Evans & Patricia Farrell (East Devon AONB) and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
GUEST SPEAKERS – WILDSCAPES, SHUTE AND WHITFORD
Kimmo Evans following his presentation this time last year East Devon AONB has assisted with further work within the parish including the Parish Biodiversity Audit which is a …

Short Mat Bowls at Whitford

Short mat bowls became official in November 1989, although the beginning really started in 1988 when Devon Sports Council launched Action Sports to encourage the older population to “get off your armchairs?” By fund-raising events such as Table top sales, concerts by Tina and the Corry Dale singers and jumble sales etc. we were able to purchase our own mats and other equipment in April 1991, at a staggering price of over £1000, thus saving Action Sports the need to bring their equipment to Whitford. …

Shute House, Shute

Description: Shute House : Grade 2*
Date Listed: 8 May 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 88152
Location: Shute, Devon EX13 7NY
OS Grid Reference: SY25569 96978

Shute House is a large country house in a landscaped park. It is currently divided into eight separate freehold properties with a further seven properties at the Stables.
The house was built between1787 and 1790 for Sir John William Pole who was married to Lady Anne  Pole ( Anne Templer of Stover ). Some time after his marriage to Anne in 1781, Sir John William Pole changed …

12th Night at the Hall     – 7th January 2012
We were delighted with the huge turn out for this annual event in the hall – 75 locals turned up for an evening filled with food and fun. We had four wonderful people from Shute Stables and even a couple from as far away as Whitford! – what a grand way to start the new year!

Everybody brought a plate full of either a savoury dish or a dessert, and some even brought both so there was plenty to go round with just …

UMBORNE LADIES SOCIAL CLUB.
Prospective members are often concerned about whether they would enjoy a club specifically for ‘ladies’.  It is with this in mind that I set out below the frequently asked questions that I encounter in my postbag every day.

F.A.Q.s

Q  Hi, I live alone and sometimes the only person I speak to all day is the lady at Tescos.  Would I enjoy the Umborne Ladies?
A  The Umborne Ladies are a group of very friendly people of all ages and backgrounds, they meet once a …

The title of this event at Umborne Hall is:  “Spring Awakening” – a yoga day with Di Magrane (BWY)and Viv Hampson (BWY).
The event is on Sat March 10th between
10am and  4pm.
Yoga days allow you to deepen your experience of yoga. They provide the opportunity for time out of our busy lives to focus on our internal world of mind, body and breath.
Yoga jiva was founded by Di Magrane. She is a qualified British Wheel of Yoga teacher who completed her training with Margaret Woodley. Her …

Weather in December
This was quite the mildest December since before 2005. My
records are not complete enough before that year to say for sure, but it
looks as if December 2003′s temperature was higher than 2011. My lowest
figure in December 2011 was -2.9C on the 18th, which also gave the
lowest day maximum of the month at 7.5. In December 2003 the lowest
reading was -1.9C. Last month, the average maximum temperature was
slightly over 11C; the minimum just under 3C, giving a mean of 7C.
Overall, this December was …

UMBORNE INSTITUTE

AGM, Trustees and Officers retiring

The AGM will take place at the Hall on Tuesday 24th January 2012 at 8.00pm:

The following are due to retire as trustees:

Janet Coman
Paul Galloway (Hon Treasurer)

Both have confirmed that they will be willing to stand again.

In addition, with the completion of the new hall, the following will be retiring and not standing again:

Paul Forster
Ted Townsend (Hon Secretary)

There is pressure therefore to find new trustees and officers.

Names should be nominated to the Chairman and / or Secretary by 10th January 2012 by letter, telephone …

Despite this year having clashes with lots of other events, we still had 33
children attending. Once Paddy Magrane found the right cable (bless him),
musical chairs kicked off the party with young Maeve Wright winning with a
teeny bit of help from Jess Fuzzard.

The second round was a well deservedwin by Jamie Porter, this being his first visit to the hall. Pictionary proved to be very competitive again with some excellent deciphering of the
children’s artwork. A little bit of cheating  from Di’s team by starting …

‘If November has to come, let it be November 2011′.
Personally, I have never liked November; the gathering
darkness, continual dampness and the first cold, dismiss any hope of
pretending that summer times still linger. But this year, ‘wow’. The
mildness has been quite extraordinary, with day maxima still reaching
17C as late as the 13th, and over 16C on the 18th.  My average maximum
temperature for the month was just over 14.7C, which would have been
good if it had been April. There were two light air frosts, the …