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Don’t forget to put your clock back by one hour tonight!

At 0200hrs (or 2am BST) on Sunday 26th October 2008 the clocks go back one hour, as we return from British Summer Time to God’s Time (at least nearly God’s Time, as the correct local time should be a little later than GMT).

To find out more about why this happens see these two links:

National Maritime Museum
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.344

British Summer Time.co.uk
http://wwp.britishsummertime.co.uk/

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When we first moved to the village we were intrigued by the swan that always was present on the water on the left-hand side of the B5056   between the Bentley Brook & Bradbourne Mill.  It obviously didn’t take us that long to suss out that it was plastic, albeit pretty realistic looking.  Visitors who came to stay often would remark on it.  But when did it disappear?  Was it the recent flood-waters that washed it away?  If so, where is it now?

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At this time of the year some of you may have surplus vegetables growing in your garden.  So if you have any good recipes that you are willing to pass on, please email them into parwich@hotmail.co.uk  

If you have more ideas for courgettes you could  add them to the comment box below. 

So if you have lots of courgettes and fed up with eating them as ordinary vegetables, here are a few ideas.  These recipes have been tested and only the successful ones appear!

1. Courgette Cake (will freeze)
2. Courgette Savoury Bake
3. Courgette Base which is ideal for soups or pasta (will freeze)

(I’d like to try some beetroot or runner bean recipes next time so do send in your ideas)

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Thank you to Chris E. for forwarding the following grant opportunity.  Is it something that local groups could consider (e.g. The Memorial Hall for its work in developing the new Hall plans out of lextensive local consultation; the Village Action Group, perhaps to strengthen aspects of the Village Plan; or even the Parish Council to explore use of PARWICH.ORG to increase local involvement)?

Grants for new ideas to get people involved in democracy

Fresh ideas for encouraging people to become involved in democracy will be rewarded with grants under a £150,000 government scheme aimed at charities, community groups and non-government organisations. The Innovation Fund, launched by the Ministry of Justice, will support projects developing new ways to help people participate in public discussions and influence government policy. Grants of up to £15,000 will be available for up to 10 of the best proposals for using online tools, face-to-face events or a combination of approaches. Previous winners have included Speakers’ Corner Trust, which established a speakers’ corner and held a day of debate in Nottingham, and the English Secondary Students’ Association, which developed a training programme and supporting materials to help young people aged 11-19 learn how to campaign on issues important to them.

Applications close on 26 September 2008. Decisions will be announced in October 2008.  For more details see http://www.buildingdemocracy.co.uk/

This was circulated by Paul Dixon, Regional Network Officer, ACRE, http://www.acre.org.uk/events_index.html

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Thanks to Colin B for writing in. Colin says:

Here is the view looking west from the top of Parwich Hill, where the mobile reception is splendid.

I have marked the location of the phone mast. So whenever you need to make a call, just run up the hill.

If you cannot be bothered to do that, I suspect that the call wasnt all that important anyway.

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I’ve been toying with whether or not to put this blog on our website because it really is beyond our area, but hey if you don’t want to read it just keep scrolling.  If however you fancy a few days away keep reading.

We have just come back from a long weekend in Carcassonne in Southern France.  The reason I am sharing our trip with you is because it was fabulous, easy and refreshing and you might fancy doing the same trip.  (more…)

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Don’t forget to put your clock forward by one hour tonight!

At 0100hrs or 1am on Sunday 30th March 2008 the clocks go forward one hour ‘as civil time moves from Coordinated Univeral Time (almost identical to Greenwich Mean Time) to British Summer Time (BST)‘.  To find out more about why this happens see these two links:

National Maritime Museum
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.344

British Summer Time.co.uk
 http://wwp.britishsummertime.co.uk/

Personally I don’t see why the clocks need to change at all, why not stick to what the Irish call ‘God’s Time’.

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