After the blistering heat of May we have been enjoying a complete turn of weather in June with much needed rain and unusually strong winds which may or may not have made the insects happy. Some thunderstorms did reach us but fortunately weren’t serious enough to badly
Read more →Great & Little Gidding Parish Council NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020 Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27 The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) The
Read more →GREAT & LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of Great and Little Gidding Parish Council Meeting Held on Tuesday 21st April 2020 online via ZOOM, due to COVID 19 restrictions PRESENT: Cllrs Hill, Hodson, and Pudney, District Councillor Alban and Parish Clerk. *** Please note Clerk error in
Read more →John Clare, the poet, knew what he was talking about when describing his nineteenth century rural world, although even then he was concerned about the changes taking place. I wonder what he would have made of the present ‘lockdown’ and the restrictions that have been placed on
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Himesh featured in this Sunday’s Observer Magazine – The former EastEnders actor talks about shooting a pilot on a deadly virus, telling British stories with a difference – and how playing a bit part as a pigeon changed his career
Read more →What’s happening in the Wood? The Jubilee Wood continues to show signs of bursting into life, with green shoots emerging on the hawthorn trees and brambles, and one of the crab apples around the central area is already flowering, if somewhat half heartedly at the moment. The
Read more →GREAT & LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of Great and Little Gidding Parish Council Meeting Held on Tuesday 18th February 2020 at Great Gidding Village Hall PRESENT: Cllrs Hodson, Dear and Pudney, County Councillor Gardener and Parish Clerk 146.19 Chairman’s Welcome – Cllr Hodson welcomed
Read more →GREAT & LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of Great and Little Gidding Parish Council Meeting Held on Tuesday 19th November 2019 at Great Gidding Village Hall PRESENT: Cllrs Hill, Hodson, Hebb, Dear, Page, County Councillor Gardener and 1 member of the public 99.19 Chairman’s Welcome
Read more →December is traditionally the time for looking back over the year before looking ahead to the new one, which will undoubtedly be better and shinier with all the New Year’s resolutions we’ve so carefully made. The effects of too much eating and drinking can easily fool us
Read more →Winter maintenance work continues in the wood by hard working volunteers, with strimming around the pond and other areas, tidying up around the paths and hedges, and general clearing up where necessary. All these jobs improve the access and quality of the wood, and to help those
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