Mondays weekly - morning prayer at 10am.

Sunday, July 27 - morning prayer at 11am.

Sunday, July 27 - Meet & Eat Breakfast, Cross Link Centre at 10am.

The annual Carnival and Summer Fayre took place on Saturday, July 12, on the hottest day ever for this event!

Carnival entrants gathered in the old cricket field at the top end of the village for judging by Peter and Debby Sharp. The procession made their way to Parson’s Meadow led by the Kelliwik Gollowi Band (KGB) followed by the “Royalty” (special “Queens” for the day - chairman Andrew Davy and villager Chris Nicklin).

Chris kept the proceedings going by doubling as MC for the afternoon.

Thankfully plenty of shade was available by the River Lynher where there were games to enjoy, plus panto and hobby horse racing, a shooting range plus cream teas and other refreshments available from the meadow kitchen.

Also the chance to sponsor a “duck” for the annual race from the weir to the bridge. Model Raft Race too with a selection of very interesting entries again this year, well done to everyone for their creations!

Carnival winners were:

Five years and under: 1st Minnie Mouse - Alice Carthew; 2nd Clown - Edward Davy; 3rd Princess Elsa - Charley Patterson.

Ten years and under: 1st - Pink Rabbit - Merryn Davy; 2nd Clown - Harry Davy; 3rd Dog Man - Ruben Davy.

Best teenager - Ruby Gilbert. Best adult - Mel Kilby. Best group - Little Links.

Best decorated property - Kevin and Kim Gilbert.

Duck race winners:

1st prize (£100) - Julia Bath; 2nd prize (£50) - Jill Goody; 3rd prize (£25) - Georgia Reid; 4th prize (£10) - Phil Watson; £5 winners - Joss (Manor House Inn), Joe Scarott, Danny Crewe, Terry Northey, William Brent, Ella Drewe and James, Marita Wotton, Joel Mallin, Sharon, Jack Davy, Linda and Steve Leaming, Bruce Milburn, Spencer Ham, Any Potts, Abi Davy, Deb Lewis, Mel Kilby, Lucinda Grimshaw, C Piper and Abi Davy.

Model raft winners:

Best: 1st Alexandra Towers, 2nd Alice Carthew, 3rd Eliza Lethbridge.

Fastest: 1st Edie Lethbridge, 2nd Maxwell Oxenham, 3rd Ruby Gilbert.

Welly Wanging results:

Under 12 - Peter Carthew (9.85 metres); Adult - Philip Watson (37 metres — the longest throw ever recorded at a Rilla Mill event)

The village hall chairman wishes to thank everyone who helped in any way to make it such a successful event once again, especially those who attended to help raise funds for the upkeep of the village hall and Parson’s Meadow. Total raised in due course.

Chairman Andrew Davy extends grateful thanks to everyone who helped in any way with setting up and running the event, and the carnival judges, Peter and Debby Sharp. Also to everyone who attended once again.

The next committee meeting will be held on Thursday, July 24, at 7pm.

Next event - Murder Mystery (“Midsummer Murder“) by Callington Amateur Drama Society written by Allana Hansell to take place in the village hall on Saturday 26th July from 7pm. Tickets £12 (including pasty) from [email protected] or telephone Piers on 01759 363748. Optional fancy dress, licensed bar.

Meet the suspects, listen to the evidence and assist Inspector Cluedo and Miss Purple with their enquiries to discover — whodunit!

Planning applications discussed during the North Hill Parish Council meeting included:

PA25/02956 – 3 Mill Lane, Bathpool, PL15 7NW – Demolition of attached existing extension and reconstruction to form two storey extension with associated alterations – a site visit took place on the 18th June 2025 where all Councillors who had been present confirmed they had no objection. A discussion was held regarding building regulations which would enforce appropriate boundaries.

Resolved that it was proposed Cllr H Budge and seconded Cllr C Dennis that there was no objection to the application. Cllr A Parsons abstained.

PA25/04372 – The Bull Pen, Tolcarne Road, North Hill – Change of use from redundant agricultural barn to dwelling – a site meeting was considered to be not needed due to Full Council having recently visited the site on two occasions. The clerk confirmed that the site owner had clarified that the previous applications of PA21/06576 and PA24/00688 had expired thus the latest application to extend.

Resolved that it was proposed by Cllr R Randall and seconded by Cllr H Budge with all in favour that there was no objections.

Other matters discussed included an update on the community emergency plan. A list of contacts was now being compiled to add to the plan. Parking at North Hill Village Hall was again discussed in detail as this is an ongoing problem for the village hall. North Hill Village Hall holds a variety of different activities on a regular basis, often attended by members of the community who may have limited physical ability to walk any distance. Parking in the village hall was primarily for users of the village hall, who were frequently attending to find they cannot park due to the number of local parishioners already using the car park from the village. It was resolved that signage would be put in the car park to kindly request that spaces are left for the patrons of the village hall. It was agreed that if this does not solve the problem, discussion would need to be held regarding alternative options. Also debated was the frequent speeding through Coads Green, given the local primary school. Highways had been contacted about this and were looking to complete radarclass monitoring, speeding vehicles would be reported to the police.

The next meeting is due to take place on August 4 at North Hill Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting, alternatively, should any members of the public wish to add any issues to the agenda for discussion, do email the clerk on [email protected]

Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Bude met at the Falcon Hotel on Monday, July 14, for their annual ‘Changeover Dinner’.

The evening started with the outgoing president, Di McDougall, presenting cheques to representatives of her chosen charities, Bude Sea Pool, Exercising for Mobility and Young Lives v Cancer.

Bude Parkinson’s Society will also benefit but were unable to attend. Di thanked everyone for their support over the past year and then handed over the chain of office to the incoming president, Mandy Hambly who introduced her committee and outlined her programme of fundraising and fellowship events for the coming year. It promises to be a year packed with ideas old and new so watch this space.

Members then enjoyed a delicious meal and lots of opportunity to chat. If anyone would like to know more about Bude Inner Wheel, our exhibition is on at the Castle until September 19 or you could contact us at [email protected]

Launceston Choral Society (LCS) invited Launceston Male Voice Choir (LVMC) to join them for their summer concert given in Central Methodist Church recently. As Jonathan Mann, musical director of both choirs, remarked the programme was a journey between Radio 2 and Classic FM and so it proved.

LCS began with classical favourites: Handel’s Zadok the Priest and the popular chorus The heavens are telling from Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” , the latter featuring a semi-chorus sung by voices from the choir. Accompanied on the piano by Lis Mann, LMVC got the audience almost joining in with It’s a grand night for singing and Charles Aznavour’s She, retuned to Classic FM for two splendid opera choruses: Speed your journey from Verdi’s “Nabucco” and Nessun dorma from Puccini’s “Turandot”. LMVC’S next set continued to show the breadth of their repertoire featuring music by Paul Simon, a spiritual, a hymn and finishing with Goff Richards’ setting of the Proper Job which was just that – proper!

LCS were pleased to welcome Tavistock composer, Andrew Wilson and his wife, Sally, for a 20th anniversary performance of his sparkly setting of Charles Causley’s Singing Game which they first performed with the Dante Quartet in 2005. They were accompanied on the piano by regular favourite, Mary Mazur-Park who is LCS’ rehearsal pianist. She moved to the organ for the final item while Lis Mann played the piano for a stirring joint performance of Emrys Jones’ male voice choir favourite Morte Christe specially arranged by Jonathan Mann for the joint choirs. This was followed by Parry’s Jerusalem in which the audience was invited to join.

The evening concluded with a presentation to Jonathan Mann to celebrate his 40 years of superb music making in Launceston as organist and musical director first at St Mary Magdalene church and then as MD of LCS and LMVC.

The two choirs chose Children’s Hospice SW as the recipient of the retiring collection and a magnificent sum of £1,020 was raised. It is understood that LMVC have arranged for this sum to be match-funded up to £500 so it is hoped to donate £1,520 to this much loved local charity.

The choral society’s next concert will be on Saturday, November 15, when they will be performing Mozart’s Requiem. Their usual Christmas carol concert will be on Saturday, December 13.