The July family service will be a pet service with blessing of animals. People are invited to bring their well-behaved pets (must be on leads or in secure carriers) or, if the heat or unfamiliar surroundings would make pets uncomfortable, they can bring a photo of the pet they want blessed.

Thank you to everyone for entering!

The total amount raised by you all was fantastic and will be summarised in the Parish Magazine. Well done to you all!

The final results are:-

1st:  

Perseus, Medusa and Pegasus by the Manor Farm Laners

2nd:

The Gruffalo by Paul, Nikki, Archie & Stevie Godding

Tied 3rd:

The Howlin Wolf by The Howlin Family

The Headless Horseman by The Lloyd Family

A Blessing of Unicorns by Rowan, Cecily & Theodora Smith

The Hagbourne Summer Fete – Saturday, 23rd June 1pm at Hagbourne Recreation Ground and Pavilion. Fun Dog Show and Fancy Dress Parade. Decorated stalls and Blewbury Brass Band. Theme: Myths and Legends. Grand Draw with Williams Formula 1 Amazing Prize.

NEW to the Village shop! East Hagbourne mugs are made of bone china & are  dishwasher safe.  A bargain at £6.50 each, or two for £12.00

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The 14th Annual East Hagbourne Scarecrow Trail is on!

It will take place from 26 May to 10 June. This year’s theme is Myths and Legends, and will feature 33 scarecrows.

Maps are available for £1 from the East Hagbourne Community Shop and The Fleur de Lys Pub. You can follow the trail around the village and vote for your favourite scarecrow.

Tea and cakes will be served in St Andrew’s Church on two Sundays: 27 May and 3 June, from 3 to 5 PM, with maps available. Money raised goes to St Anne’s Hospital, in Liuli, Tanzania, which our village has supported for many years. Do come along and enjoy the fun!

This year’s fun run was blessed with beautiful weather. Despite the heat runners (and walkers) achieved some very good times. Jack Shayler picked up first prize in the men’s race for an formidable third year on the row. Vicki Cronin (pictured) was the impressive winner of the women’s race.

See the main Fun Run and Walk page for full results.

There’s some snaps of the event on the Gallery Page.

Thanks to the event organisers for a great day.

The Parish Council held it’s Annual Parish Council Meeting on the 3rd of May.  David Rickeard stepped down as Chairman and the council unanimously voted to elect Iain Duff as the new Chairman and Derek Button as the Vice Chair.

Iain thanked David for his 9 years of service as Chairman and was very pleased that David has agreed to remain on the council as a Parish Councillor for 2018/2019.

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Thank you to everyone who turned out to help litter pickers today (Sat 28th). More folk arrived after this pic was taken, so we actually had 22 helpers in total – 1 chap came from Wallingford with his daughter!  A special thank you Crispin Topping, who litter picks every day – the lack of litter this year was remarkable!!

The Poet’s Trail – Walk and Teas

Sunday 29th April 2018
Meet outside St Andrew’s Church, East Hagbourne at 2pm and return to the church for teas at around 3:30pm
Come on a guided walk of the Hagbourne Poet’s Trail with Roger the Poet and Linda Benton the Artist. Hear some of the poems and find out more about the illustrations and how they were developed together.

Everyone welcome to the afternoon teas. Donations in aid of St Andrews.
Further information:
Linda Benton 01235 817891 Linda.Benton@live.co.uk