Hello and welcome to the June/July edition of the Heron. By the time you read this our Chief Executive Lorna Kirk will have married Andrew Sparrow (Chair of the Parish Council) – we all hope you had a fantastic day and wish you both a long and happy life together.

Unfortunately, we also have to announce the recent passing of Neville Chamberlain, a resident of the village for many years, and there is a piece on page 15 about Neville.

Helen Chappell has appealed on a number of occasions for help with the Breakfast Club on Fridays (which on the one occasion I was able to go, was excellent) – if you have any time free on a Friday morning, either every week or just occasionally, please contact Helen to volunteer, it will be much appreciated by her and, of course, those partaking.

I would like to welcome Kay Miller back to the Heron, I think she is going to be a great addition to the team, and would like to thank Wendy Yates and Liz Scott for their help in the past, both of whom have stepped down from the team.

I know many have wondered, and a few have used this, but the enclosed dog walking area in the Community Field next to the Community Centre is now available for use by the public. Please, please, pick up your dog’s poo and take it with you – hopefully in the future there will be a poo bin on site.

And finally, I attended the PCC annual meeting and would like to add my thanks to all concerned, including representatives from the Police and the Fire Service, who gave very informative talks. I also attended (briefly) the Church meeting which was well attended by villagers, and is nice to see people getting involved.

Clive