Village Events
| Sun May 20 @ 2:00PM - 06:00PM Walcot Hall Open Day |
| Sun May 20 @ 4:30PM - All Age Praise Service |
| Mon May 21 @ 6:30PM - Southorpe Parish Council Meeting |
| Wed May 23 @ 2:00PM - Village Ladies Group Visit |
| Fri Jun 01 @ 7:30PM - Youth Club |
| Sat Jun 02 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations |
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Pause for Thought May 2012
2012 appears to be a year of significant ‘ill-fated’ centenaries, the sinking of the Titanic is one, Captain Scott’s expedition to the South Pole is another. It is likely that Captain Scott died within hours of making his last diary entry in late March 2012. For five months Scott and his companions had been battling against the harshest conditions on the planet –hauling their sledges and provisions for 1600 miles over the unforgiving frozen landscape of Antarctica, their goal - to become the first people to stand at the South Pole. History will forever record that in this race they were second but the nature of their struggle and the manner of their deaths has guaranteed that they will always be remembered.
News & Events for May 2012
A New Vicar ...
Now, we’ve got a new vicar,
We must mind our ‘P s’ and ‘Q s’
Get to church much quicker
Never fidget in the pews.
Put more in the collection,
Sing lustily and strong,
His sermon needs reflection,
Hope it’s not too long!
He’s from St. George’s, they say.
Likes music, plays a mean guitar,
Knows his chords - then ‘Let us play’
Rector Dave, you’re our new star!
C H-S.
Walcot Hall Open Day 20th May
Sunday 20th May 2012 the gardens at Walcot Hall
will be open from 2.00PM TO 6.00PM
in aid of the National Garden Scheme.
Barnack School Association will be running craft stalls and teas in the historic cobbled courtyard (with all money raised going to the BSA).
If you would be interested in having a craft stall the cost is £20 per table.
For further information and to book please contact Ray Major on either 07917801997 or 01780 740393.
(Sketch by kind permission of Mr Benson)
Pause for Thought April 2012
As a family we have now been living in Barnack for about six weeks and we are still getting to know our way around and meet people. Thank you for your warm welcome. Although it’s not far from Stamford where we lived before, it feels different living in a rural village.
One of the joys of living in the village, apart from the people, is seeing spring get underway in earnest in the surrounding countryside. Birds, flowering plants, trees are all busy. As a child I used to wonder how plants and bulbs knew when to emerge from their winter slumber. It is of course quite mechanistic – spring gets going in response to changes in daylight hours, temperature etc. There is no choosing by plants to ‘get going’ in the way we choose things.