Cycling out to Ingram yesterday, in the fields between the ‘whirlpool‘ on the River Breamish and the Ingram bridge, I saw my first skylark of the season. It was performing its typical display flight, climbing almost vertically up into the sky, all the time singing its elaborate and highly-distinctive song. Just makes you feel that Spring is on its way!
So pleased to have seen my first adder of the season today!
It’s been wet and very windy recently but a walk around Branton Lakes during a brief sunny spell showed up some beautiful scenes.
Well, we’ve had a few cold and frosty mornings recently: certainly enough to get me in the Christmas spirit, as they remind me of my favourite Christmas Carol, ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’. And we’ve only just passed the midwinter point of the shortest, and darkest day. Things can only get brighter!
Following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, King James I introduced the ‘Observance of 5th November Act’, an enforced annual public day of thanksgiving. Despite being repealed in 1859, the celebration has continued with enthusiasm throughout the UK. So last night – exactly 414 years after the failed plot – Ingram Village celebrated in its own community-centred style at Ingram Village Hall.
WELL DONE to everyone on the Powburn Show Comnmittee and to all the other people behind the scenes who have worked so hard over the past year to make create a Powburn Show 2019 success!
The weather was great, the people were fun, the food was delicious, the crafts were so skilful, the…well, the list goes on!
This is a bit overdue, as the poppies are beginning to fade now – but weren’t they beautiful along the Breamish Valley this year?
George Blyth was an enthusiastic photographer. He took numerous photographs of people, places and events in the Breamish Valley.
So, that’s almost another year completed. Phew! Where did it go? Did you manage to stay on top of your New Year resolutions (still a few weeks to go, of course). Or maybe you didn’t bother.
Anyway, whether you did or you didn’t, I hope you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018!
So much has happened in our local community over the past year. So much for us to be grateful for.
May Wilson (Hedgeley Parish Council) has sent the following information today.
No doubt you’ll have seen the wonderful Christmas Tree in the Powburn Community Garden (pictured above and below).
