BATCOMBE
REP & DISTRIBUTOR: Johnny Gibbs jg@intramar.co.uk 83187
Batcombe Church There is very little to report this month as the pace of village life has been slowed by Covid 19 restrictions. We have had to lock the church for safety reasons as the whole of the inside of the nave is encased in scaffolding so that the church architect and a structural engineer can assess the death watch beetle damage to the roof timbers and can determine the best way of repairing them. We had a very cheerful churchyard maintenance day late in August with coffee and biscuits provided. It was a great help to have several youngsters there. This enabled us not only to spruce the church up, cut back the hedges, and mow & strim the grass but also to do some of the housekeeping repairs identified in the recent Quinquennial Report.
Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must Duke of Wellington
Johnny Gibbs 7
