Parish Notes - The Archive
Three Peaks Mountain Challenge On the 7th July 2007 Derek Constable ( a resident of Loddon for 30 years), together with his son Oliver, successfully completed this daunting challenge in the Yorkshire Dales; the aim - to raise substantial funds for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity which provides Marie Curie Nurses to care for terminally ill patients in their own homes.
Here's how they got on >>>>>>> |
You will be pleased to know that both myself and Oliver completed the Walk in a little over 10 hours.
The walk was a circuitous one of 26 miles incorporating the climbing of the three highest peaks in the Dales, each one over 2300 ft high.
it was something of an endurance trek; all the climbs were very difficult and the descents extremely dangerous and taxing and the conditions underfoot were either extremely boggy or very rocky. The weather was cool and sometimes wet which suited us as extremely hot and sunny weather would have been unbearable.
We were both extremely pleased to have completed the walk in one piece and are delighted that we managed to raise the sum of close to £2500 for the Marie Curie Cancer Care nurses.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who contributed to our effort to raise funds for this very worthwhile cause.
Derek & Oliver Constable.
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The flying Vicar triumphs!At the Bells Appeal event held on 7th May 2007 Revd. Nigel Evans took the plunge and abseiled off the top of Holy Trinity Church tower.
Despite being terrified of heights and using a somewhat unusual technique he made it safely to the ground! |
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Scarecrow Festival
15th & 16th July 2006
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A very successful Festival!
If you didn't get to visit then
click here to view some of these amazing figures
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New Playground opens Tuesday 11th April 2006
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Alan Denny, local fundraiser, cuts the ribbon to officially open the
new playground
The official opening was followed by an Easter egg hunt. |
David Whistlecraft from BIFFA, Derek Blake from WREN, Tony Swan (Parish
Councillor), Alan Denny (fundraiser), Jane Hale (Parish Councillor) and
Bruce Corke (Parish Councillor)check out the new equipment!.
Item dated 20/04/2006 |
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Our Tsunami Appeal
The recent St George's Day Toy Sale proved very successful, raising around £425.
This brings the total raised to nearly £6,000.
Item dated 30/04/2005
Loddon Buildings Preservation Trust
Newsletter- March 2004
The Holy Trinity Bells Appeal
Bells have been ringing out over Loddon for much longer than the 500 years that the present church has stood.
Over the centuries the bells have celebrated good news, warned of bad news and drawn the people of Loddon to worship.
This long tradition is now under threat because, although they are presently rung regularly, the bells and their fittings are in poor condition, and if nothing is done they will soon become
unsafe to ring and fall silent.
Item dated 24/08/2002
The Golden Jubilee in Loddon
From Street Parade to Sumo wrestling, Tea Dance to Tug o' War (and a good deal else besides!)
there was something for everyone on the day.
Item dated 8/07/2002
A 2-tonne oak block at Pye's Mill, Loddon, has been turned into a "story" sculpture by artist Mark Goldsworthy and will act to signpost
visitors to a town shopping trail
Item dated 1/2/2002
Loddon Parish Council decided to mark the beginning of the new millennium by making a record of daily life in Loddon during the year 2000, the results to be stored in a time capsule,buried in
Holy Trinity churchyard for 100 years.
Item dated 2/08/2001