You may remember that last summer the willow walk in the play park was a no-go area for several weeks because it was attracting wasps. The pest control officer visited, but there was nothing he could do – there was no wasps nest, but aphids…
COUNCILLOR VACANCY We are short of a full council! We have vacancies for parish councillors and we invite applications from interested people. Aveton Gifford Parish Council is active and forward-looking and works hard to maintain and improve the parish for everyone. If you think…
HOSTS FOR FRENCH STUDENTS We urgently need to find homely people who enjoy the company of young teenagers. The students are learning English Language in the European course at College. They are aged between 12-16 years and boys and girls. They visit Kingsbridge with their…
THE ANNUAL ST ANDREW’S CHURCH FETE. AVETON GIFFORD. SATURDAY JULY 8th 2.PM Come, preferably with a collection of friends and relations, and enjoy all the traditional fun of this ever popular village event . Try your throwing skills on Hoopla, Coconut shy and the Tombola….
The long expected hot weather still hasn’t arrived as we’d hoped, but the pool is open and already being well used. We are delighted that everyone is already enjoying it so much, but there are just a couple of polite requests now from the pool…
‘TIDAL ROAD’ – Aveton Gifford’s Own Wine Label Aveton Gifford now has it’s own unique wine label, created for us by our wine merchant using artwork by John Ashton. There are three French wines selected from the vineyards of Puicheric 15 km north east…
Some exciting news this week about the Community Swimming Pool! It seems that the pool will soon be open for business this month, very much earlier than usual! The water has been checked out and tested, and the water temperature last week has been an…
THE POOL IS NOW OPEN! All the water samples tested recently by Harris Pools have come back today clear, and the water temperature is now up to 20′, so the pool is all ready for use! We have this message from the pool committee –…