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 Alison
Author Archive: Alison ter Haar
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
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
