Quiz Night Success
The second CDCA village quiz night was a roaring success with eight teams and some interesting topics. Excellent fish and chips and good company.
The winners were The Bar Team, closely followed by Dottbyeggs Team and then the Artefacts. The poor losers were The Nutty Farmers! But they assured me that they enjoyed themselves.
Already looking forward to next year’s quiz.
Quiz tables are nearly all booked
If you want a table at Quiz Night Sat 19 Nov contact 490800
See the events page for more information.
Compton Dando 2017 Village Calendars are Here
The 2017 Village Calendar is now available at £5 – a steal if ever I knew one!
Full of lovely pictures taken around our beautiful village, contact 01761490445 to purchase.
See the website History page for all 13 pictures.
2017 Calendars by the Community Association
Big Draw Festival at Youth Club
Loads of our village kids turned up to draw pictures of buildings, objects, trees, and other things in our village.
Here is one example. This is a picture of the bridge by Maisie Rose Wall.
The Big Draw Festival is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can’t! It is an opportunity to join a global community in celebration of the universal language of drawing.
Super successful Village Fete
A big thank you to everyone for coming along and for those who helped make the day such a success. The weather was kind and everyone had a superb time and we raised lots of dosh for the village. Well done.
View from St Marys Tower
Fete Day
Two Munchkins on the tower
A new band?
Village Picnic
Thanks also to everyone who worked so hard on putting up marquees and bunting for our village picnic; to the supplier of the cake (Hannah, please thank your wonderful lady who made the cake) and to all those who turned up and shared their lovely food.
A really good opportunity for residents of Compton and our local villages to hang out in perfect surroundings. I bet the little ones slept well!
String Orienteering
5 Villages Youth Group – String Orienteering in May
A band of village children had a great time following a string course through fields and woodland to test their mapping skills at the May, 5 Villages Youth Group. They were given a coloured map of the course, with the topographical features marked, and a key to the icons. The kids had to orientate themselves on the ground to the printed map, and then set off on the string course.
Beacon for the Queen
The Beacon to celebrate the Queen’s birthday was a roaring success. A clear, if a bit chilly, evening was perfect for the bonfire on Telegraph Hill, or Salmon’s Sideland, which is its old name. A small group of villagers congregated around the fire and enjoyed the views across the valley. Sadly we could not see another beacon from our viewpoint.
Youth Group April Activity
The 5 Villages Youth Group had a fantastic time at their April meeting, when the kids produced home-made bird feeders. They threaded circular shaped breakfast cereal onto pre-shaped garden wire and also included some blueberries amongst the cereal, to produce some lovely shapes: hearts, spirals, twists, apples, triangles; completely filled with food for the wild birds.