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The Parish Council Report
Flooding investigations have been taking place with inspection of the water courses, and culverts affecting the village with a view to making sure flood water has an unimpeded route away from vulnerable properties. A sandbag store has been set up and Justin Parsons is now the village Flood Warden and the person to contact for sandbags. (Full details in the last Caundler edition.) Thanks are due to Jane Westbrook for her time arranging all this and Justin for taking on the Warden role. Highways have also done some associated work with ditches and culverts.
Grass Cutting: Quotes were obtained from three contractors ranging from over £3,500 to over £7,500, and it was agreed to accept the quote from Halcyon Landscapes who are the current contractors. Dorset Council have said they will be providing three free cuts in the churchyard during the year instead of paying for all the grass cutting there.
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The bridleway at the south end of Rowden Mill Lane is currently the subject of a consultation, widely advertised in the village, into the ‘believed drafting error’ on the definitive map.
Potentially, a 20m.p.h. speed limit could be applied for through the village. Councillor Carr-Jones warned it would be a long-drawn-out process requiring evidence from a community speed-watch and would have to be paid for by the Parish Council.
The next meeting will be held in January to discuss the annual budget and precept for 2023/24.
Sue Harris
The Caundler Team
Sadly, Sarah Kwiatkowski has decided to leave the ‘Stourton Caundler’ team after 7 years of loyal and inspiring service as co-editor (with Christine Peters), and latterly as our copy editor/sub editor. Sarah has decided to concentrate on other aspects of her very busy life. Sarah, please accept the team’s (and many other villagers’) heartfelt thanks and best wishes.
Might you (the reader) be interested in helping to keep our Village magazine flourishing? If so, the team would love to welcome you on board! Many of our very small team do more than one job for the Caundler and we would be glad of assistance in administrative, technical or creative areas, or, if you are not ready to take on a specific role, just having input from fresh eyes.
The Welcome Club are arranging its coach trip to Hestercombe Gardens, near Taunton on Thursday 11th May 2023.
Anyone wishing to go on this trip should enquire using the email below.
Cost for non-members is £27.50 welcomeclub@stourtoncaundle.org.uk
We will love you to join us.
Recycling, rubbish, food and garden waste
Rowden Mill Lane and Caundle Lane (Caundle Farm to Skylarks) also have their collections on Fridays but the dates are swapped for Rubbish and Recycling, but Garden Waste collections are the same. (Please put your containers out by 6am)
Feb-23
03-Feb
10-Feb
17-Feb
24-Feb
03-Mar
10-Mar
17-Mar
24-Mar
31-Mar
Mar-23
Garden Waste, Rubbish and Food
Recycling and Food
Garden Waste, Rubbish and Food
Recycling and Food
Garden Waste, Rubbish and Food
Recycling and Food
Garden Waste, Rubbish and Food
Recycling and Food
Garden Waste, Rubbish and Food
Garden Waste for Cat Lane and Little Hayfield is on Tuesday before recycling
Strange Faces
by Margaret Waddingham
Sophie, who was only six, thought it odd how God could mix the bits and pieces of our face and put them in their rightful place. “Wouldn’t it be strange,” she said “if he’d put hands upon our head or eyes in place of little toes and fingernails upon our nose. A good thing too,” young Sophie said, “he’d put a mouth upon our head for I might never eat my sweets if my mouth was on my feet. I wonder if he had some doubts before he really worked things out.
I hope that he won’t make a change, or else I think we’d look quite strange.
Footpaths Notice
For those of you who’ve noticed the stiles in need of repair, of which there are quite a few, they’ve all been reported and weather permitting they should be fixed soon.
J. Harris Footpath Rep
One Pot Wonders
Some of our readers have asked us to feature recipes again. Please do contribute your favourites, particularly if they’re fairly straightforward. Here’s one to get the pan boiling. It’s been a favourite in our family for years, and it’s also not too shabby to use for visitors!
(Creamy Sausage Pasta)
Penne pasta
8-12 good quality sausages
2 large onions
150 ml double cream
50g grated /shaved Parmesan
Medium glass of white wine
Black pepper, and salt for pasta
Olive Oil from the
Yandell kitchen!
Finely chop onions, fry gently in oil in a large pan - but do not brown.
Add sausages cut into bite-size chunks and continue to fry gently.
Boil kettle, begin to cook pasta in a large pan…okay, it’s 2 pots, but easy!
As the sausages and onions finish cooking through, add the wine and stir gently. Check pasta…you want it fairly soft, not al dente, but not over-cooked!
Slowly add the cream to the sausage mix, remove from heat to stir in, and avoid curdling.
Drain the cooked pasta, return to pan, add a little olive oil and gently fold in the sausage mix, along with the Parmesan. Season with black pepper and salt to taste, and enjoy with a glass or two of white wine.
