BATCOMBE
REP & DISTRIBUTOR: Johnny Gibbs jg@intramar.co.uk 83187
Batcombe church in snow
Photo: J Gibbs
Batcombe Church When the snow came, the church looked at its best framed against the snowy landscape. We have not been able to hold any services so far this calendar year due to the lockdown, but we are hoping for some encouragement on services as the vaccination programme gallops ahead.
Fantastic load of rubbish We had our annual litter pick in the village. Fifteen of us were organised with martial precision so that we kept socially distanced and we covered the whole village and the road along Batcombe Down from the Hilfield Nature Reserve almost to the Clay Pigeon Raceway – march divided and fight concentrated! The village areas were not too bad now that our serial bottle chucker has departed but there were still one or two bottles missed from last year. 6
Max Brimble
Photo: Carole Potter
Batcombe Ridge road was much worse with a lot of rubbish but, at least, we were supported by grateful remarks from passers-by. In total we collected about 15 black bags of rubbish. The village looks sparklingly litter-free.
