Compton Dando News

Report from January Craft Day

We had a lovely day with about 20 visitors for lunch.  Eillen from Chelwood brought her beautiful needle felted owl, foxes and other animals and several people enjoyed learning how to do them: for the book follow this link (http://www.coriandr.com/item/15758/needle-felting-book.  Jenny Smart showed us how to make braided bracelets, Steve Rendell brought his stained glass windows to putty up and Harriette and Kay (from Wedmore) did some spinning on their wheels, Marge brought her cards and there were also people knitting, crocheting, and quilting.  Rosemary Graham came back to the village with her book group for lunch and all seven of them enjoyed seeing all the variety of crafts and having a go at some of them.  Soups were carrot and leek and potato, breads were wholemeal and half white/half wholemeal with sunflower seeds (all homemade by Harriette) A small profit of £15 was raised for the CDCA.

The next day is 15th February – please let Harriette know if you want to come along so that she can cater for you.

Harriette Dottridge

01761 490445

We met an amateur mycologist

Whilst walking our dog today we met an amateur mycologist in one of the village fields who told us that he had found 43 different varieties of fungi during a couple of hours walking in the valley. It is amazing to learn things like this. I know that I occasionally see fungi on my walks, but was fascinated to discover that there were so many more. We just have to look a bit harder. Barend and Alisonthumbcrop (1)

Village Quiz Night a Roaring Success

The village quiz, held on Sat 7th Nov, was an all round success. We eventually had eight teams, ranging from a small, but determined group of 3, to several full houses of 6.

The evening got off to an appetite tempting start with a round on Food & Drink, which left the organisers table with only 1 point!

Other rounds included Sport, Religion, General Knowledge, Pop Music, Literature, Film, and finishing off with Geography. We also had a Bird Picture round and some challenging Dingbats to add to the fun.

The evening was billed as a fun event, without the need to turn a profit, but, largely due to Alice’s raffle [a must at any Compton event] we made a profit of £150.

Youth Group gets coverage in Mendip Times

The Edupet visit to the Youth Group in October has been covered by the Mendip Times, see page 85 of the November issue.

http://www.mendiptimes.co.uk/magazine.html

 

The 2016 Compton Dando Village Calendar is now available

We have produced a village calendar featuring local photographs taken by villagers. Above is a sneak preview

Calendars are A4 wall hanging, month to a view, and cost £5 each

Contact: Alison 490903

Youth Group has visit from Edupet

Wendy Palmer from Edupet came to Youth Group on Friday 4th September bringing with her:

A ball python, cornsnakes, a tarantula, an iguana, bearded dragons, giant snails, giant stick insects, and giant centipedes, baby giant tortoises, a hedgehog, guinea pigs, rabbits, a duck, mice and assorted hamsters.

The kids were able to hold all of the above, if they wanted to, and so were some of the parents. Wendy gave the kids lots of information about the animals and a wonderful time was had by all.

Jacob with tarantula

Jacob with tarantula

 

Compton Dando Village Day

Compton Dando put on a Village Day on the 4th of July. I had a chance to go down and have a look and take some photos. I particularly enjoyed the trip up the church tower, seeing the bells, the clock mechanism and the stunning view from the top.

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Pop Up Museum

Pop Up Museum

There is a Pop Up Museum every Sunday 2-5 over the summer months in St Mary's Church Compton Dando. Come along to view the changing items and have a cup of tea and a piece of cake as well. If you would like to, please bring an item of interest, that fits into a shoe box, and we will put it on display.

Tea Dance

A successful Tea Dance was held in the Parish Hall on Saturday 11th April. The event was hosted by ladies of the Compton Dando Community Association who served  traditional cakes and sandwiches.
Dance music was selected and recorded which added to the flavour of the afternoon. £155 was raised towards CDCA funds.  Thank you to everyone who supported this event.
A good time was had by all!

Very enjoyable Craft Day

Monday 16th March saw another craft day, organised by Harriette Dottridge. 17 crafters and visitors came for the day to demonstrate or have a go at some of the following: spinning, weaving, bead work, Dorset buttons, embossing, soft toy making, crochet, felt making and glass work. A small profit of £25 was made which will go to CDCA funds.