The Net - Embleton Churches Together bulletin

The Net Embleton Churches Together bulletin

DIARY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUGUST 2002 3rd Embleton Golden Jubilee Walk inaugural walk. Meet at Pant at 2pm. Bring your picnic tea. 3rd Coffee Morning in Rennington Village Hall. 10am-noon, cakes, raffle and tips on making scarecrows. 7th Embleton Church GARDEN FETE at the tower, 2pm, all usual stalls and sideshows. We would appreciate offers of cakes, bottles, etc.; books and bric-a-brac which should be left in the porch of the Parish Church Room, which will be checked each day. 7th Craster W.I. Teas in the Boathouse from 10.30am. 9th Embleton Mother's Union Mary Sumner Day. 10am. Prayers in Embleton church followed by coffee. 18th Five-a-side football competition 10.30am followed by village BBQ, everyone welcome. BBQ packs need to be ordered, £3 (P.O.). Salads and refreshments in the Creighton Hall 12 noon onwards. Embleton Cricket XI Vs Presidents Cricket XI at 2.30pm. Quoits competition after football. Entries on the day or to Eric Davison, 576342. 20th Trinity Club Coffee Morning Parish Church Rock. 24th-26th SCARECROW WEEKEND at Rennington. Something happening every day, teas, stalls, sausage sizzle, raffle etc. 25th Teas at Newton Rocket House (from Midday). For St. Mary's church funds. White elephant stall. 26th Coffee Morning on Village Green. 10am to raise funds for Junior Cricketers. 30th BBQ and entertainment by Piddler's Pot. To mark the end of Scarecrow Week. Fires lit 7pm. Music from 8pm - late bar. Tickets 7pm. Tel. 577535. Advance Notices 7th Sept Table Top Sale. 10-11.30am Craster Memorial Hall. Ring Pat Wadds, 576336 for table.	LOCAL NEWS Falloden Garden Open raised a record £1329 for the British Red Cross. Many thanks to all who came and supported the afternoon. Churchyard Thanks To all who laboured in the churchyard to tame the jungle at Rennington recently. Many hands make light work! (and not a few machines) and yours were appreciated. We also thank Ken Beattie for keeping the "in by" part of the churchyard neat all through the year. At Rock we have Bill Devonshire and Ian Sutherland to thank for keeping the churchyards tidy there. Wanted - Creighton Hall Manager Is there anyone out there that would be willing to sit on the Creighton Hall Committee to help with the management of the Hall? Enquiries to Jayne Imeson, Sec., Tel 576658. Junior Football and Cricket Training Up to 14 years. Cricket - Wednesdays 6pm, Football - Saturdays 10am. The Grange Residential Care Home, Rennington. We offer a high standard of 24-hour care, cater ing for short and long stay. Lovely rooms with en-suite facilities. Our carers are highly trained and the atmosphere is warm and friendly. Details from our Care Manager on 577602. Advance notice - Music on a Summer's Eve Comes to Rock once more with Mouthful (a vocal ensemble) on Thursday, September 12th. 7.30pm; refreshments as usual. Tickets £6, concessions £5, children £3, from Alnwick Playhouse or at the door. From the Parish Registers Holy Baptism Jack Peter Dransfield, Rennington, July 7th. Scott Harry Dransfield, Rennington, July 7th. Lucy Jackman, Newton, St. Mary, July 14th. R.I.P. Catherine Webb, June 12th, Cowpen. Nan Riddell, June 30th, Spitalford.	World Ringing Record by Europa! Our "challenge" was to ring Quarter Peals at the most Northerly, Easterly, Westerly and Southerly towers in England in the day. Our target time was 12 hours. Between towers we were to fly in my homebuilt Europa aircraft which took over 8 years to build, flying for the first time last July. As a ringer at Bamburgh and a professional aviator, to try and and combine both to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis seemed a good idea. This disease is, at present, without a cure. My 6 year old granddaughter suffers from CF as do many others. Mark Philipson, my ringing colleague who would travel with me, arrived late on Friday. Sleep was difficult - had I forgotten anything? Will I wake to bad weather? Will all the ringers turn up? Will the plane be OK? The list seemed endless. My morning started at 4.30am checking the computer for route weather. First stop Berwick where the Mayor, Liz Breckons, granddaughter Courtney and the local press photographer were arranged for 7.30am. All in order and ringing commenced at 7.44am. 49 minutes later the first quarter peal was over and Mark and I drove to Brunton where my Europa, G-BVLH, was sitting at the end of the runway. Gordon Beal, a fellow aviator, had done everything and a large crowd saw us off at 9.09am. A speedy journey to Beccles in Suffolk helped by tailwinds we arrived at 11.08am. At St. Margaret's in Lowestoft the tower was locked and we were 1 ringer short. Time for coffee and sandwich. The Vicar arrived with the last ringer and we were into our second quarter at 11.54am finishing 43 mins later. 2 down and 2 to go. We were airborne again at 1.07pm. The weather deteriorated after St. Mawgan and it was with great relief I saw the flashing strobe at Lands End and we landed at 4.24pm. We rang our 3rd quarter peal at Sennen and were then driven through Penzance and down to the lizard taking in a little more of the countryside than planned for our last quarter on the Southern tip of England at Landewednack. We finished the quickest QP I have ever rung in 36 mins at 7.52pm, setting a new record for someone else to try and beat of 12 hours and 8 minutes. Both exhausted but overjoyed at completing our challenge, we still managed to find some energy to raise our arms a few times more, this time holding some well earned pints at the Top Inn, Lizard. My grateful thanks to all who have sponsored the event so far and if anyone else would like to contribute please contact me at 4 Grange Park, Rennington, NE66 3QZ. Over £4000 has been raised so far and it's still rising. David Barraclough.