Beat the Bounds Walk and Tea

Rosie Birch (Margaret Gardner’s granddaughter) has offered to set up her Travelling Tea Room at Tresham Church on Saturday, 20 July, providing tea and cake at no cost (just donations to Tresham Church if desired). We thought we could tie it in with an idea, adopted by other villages, to ‘beat the bounds’, in other words to walk the boundary of the village, approximately 7-8 miles, shown below.

The walk will start at the top of Well Hill common and finish at Tresham Church where the Travelling Tea Room will be located. Tresham musicians will also provide entertainment.

We would like to attract not just villagers but others who visit Tresham such as walkers and cyclists.

The Full Walk follows the boundary as near as we can manage and will be marked with blue ribbons. There are then shorter versions to cater for as many people as possible – the shortcuts back to Tresham will be signed. Full details below.

: Actual ‘Boundary’

: Route 4, Full walk 4hrs

: Route 1, 1 hr walk

: Route 2, 2 hrs walk

: Route 3, 3 hrs walk

Please note we have obtained permission from the landowners involved where the route does not use public rights of way. Dogs must be kept on the lead and ‘poop scooped’!

If you are coming by car we have limited parking at the top of Well Hill. Please park at a right angle to the highway.

The Full Walk will start from the bench at the top of Well Hill at 10:30 aiming to be back at the church at around 14:30. The Travelling Tea Room will open at the church at 14:00 so those doing the shorter walk(s) may wish to set off later in order to arrive in time for tea! The walks have differing degrees of difficulty:

Route 1 – Easy – 2.6 miles
Route 2 – Easy – 3.8 miles
Route 3 – Moderate – 5.0 miles
Route 4 – Difficult with some steep grassy slopes, walking stick/pole recommended – 7.4 miles

Hope to see you on the 20th! Any queries just post a Comment below.

Daffodil Garden Visit

A visit has been arranged to see the daffodils at the garden of Trench Hill, which is less than a mile north east of Sheepscombe. From the Butcher’s Arms in Sheepscombe (with it on your right) leave the village and take the lane signed for Cranham.

Admission is £5 and there is a further charge of £5 for afternoon tea.

It is suggested we share cars as much as possible so listed below are all those who have registered their interest so that you can make your own travel arrangements.

Philippa Ellis, Diana Railton, Julie Rowley, Alma Larrieu, Richard & Francesca Goodenough, Sue and Robert Whitfield, Janet Bradbury, Hannah Bence, Simon & Sally Lee, Carol Pursey, Ann Stevenson

If you would like to come and are not listed above please register your interest in the Comment box and you will be added to the list. We would also like to extend the invitation to our neighbours in Alderley and Wortley. Numbers limited to 35.

(Please note the above photo is of the Weir Gardens, Herefordshire)

Tresham Fireworks Night 2023

This year’s Tresham Fireworks night will be on Friday 3rd November, starting at 6pm at the top of Well Hill as usual.

If material for the bonfire is left too early there is a risk of hedgehogs and the like making nests in it so it should be left from the weekend prior, i.e. Saturday, 28 Oct. – but please only garden waste that is going to burn well.

We need to meet the fireworks budget so if you plan to enjoy them please consider making a donation via our Fundraising for Fireworks page. If you make your donation by bank transfer rather than using a credit card then we save the credit card fee of some 40-70p. Bank details are given as part of the payment process; they are also repeated on the confirmation of order email and on the Fundraising Page. Alternatively, you can give a cash donation to Old Plough House.

Looking forward to seeing you then.
Simon Lee

Tresham Fireworks Night 2022

This year’s Tresham Fireworks night will be on Friday 4th November, starting at 6pm at the top of Well Hill as usual.

If material for the bonfire is left too early there is a risk of hedgehogs and the like making nests in it so it should be left from the weekend prior, i.e. Saturday, 29 Oct. – but please only garden waste that is going to burn well.

Looking forward to seeing you then.
Simon Lee

Halloween Festivities

If you want to participate please put a pumpkin out. Treats don’t need to be sweats. The trick or treating walk to be between 4 and 5:30 pm.

At the same time there will be some Halloween games along The Furlongs, however if it is raining these games will take place in the Goodenough’s Barn.

Games, to name a few: Apple Bobbing (in separate bowls), pin the spider on the web, rummage through worms for treasure (spaghetti hunt). Sanitiser and wipes available to follow COVID guidelines.

Tresham Fireworks Night

Material for the bonfire can be left from this weekend but please only dry wood rather than damp garden waste. We need more donations to meet the fireworks budget, so if you plan to enjoy them please consider making a donation here.

Ring Out for Climate

There is a movement to get all the bells of churches and cathedrals in the country (and some groups internationally are planning to do it too) to ring for 30 minutes at 6pm on Saturday October 30th, on the eve of the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

Come along to Tresham Church and have a go at ringing the bell for a minute.

Harvest Festival 2020

Tresham Harvest thanksgiving service

We are restarting our monthly services on Sunday September 6^th after what is probably the longest break since the current church was built in the 1850s. We are combining our harvest thanksgiving with a village picnic in the churchyard, in order to be able to welcome as many people as possible who might wish to come. Harvest is something we are fortunate in being able to take for granted but having the good fortune to live in such an agricultural community, it is something which in Tresham we know well is the result of a lot of hard work as well as the wonders of life and growth, so we remember we should not really take it for granted. Holding it outside makes it weather-dependent, so if it rains we’ll delay it by a week.

Since we may not be able to hold the carol service in its usual wonderful form at Christmas, this may be the last time the village can come together like this in 2020. Everyone is warmly invited to join us for both the service and the picnic, or just one or other of them.

In order to comply with government covid-19 regulations, there will be the necessary social distancing. Unfortunately at present congregations are still not able to sing – even outside – but at least we shall not have to wear masks, and we can enjoy our lovely setting during the event.

The Rev. Peter Marsh has kindly agreed to take the service. Arrival time is from about 11 am, warmly dressed, with an official start at 11.15 (to allow him time to be here after the North Nibley service). It will be a harvest-themed non-communion service, and David has kindly offered to play his keyboard from the porch; Peter may bring his guitar. Picnics will start immediately afterwards and everyone is invited to the service and/or the picnic, which will probably start at about 11.45-12. Please bring your own with a rug or chairs, although there will be some chairs there for those who cannot bring them. I’m sorry we cannot offer refreshments to others, for covid reasons.

As usual, we ask that if you would like to, you bring some suitable donations for the food bank, and for those who prefer it there will also be the opportunity to donate cash for items needed which are not normally donated. Janet tells me that there is no particular shortage of actual food in store at the moment apart from tinned and instant mashed potatoes, but toiletries (eg toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving gel, soap) and cleaning products are especially welcome. They have more pasta than needed at the moment. There will be a separate opportunity to contribute to our church collection too.

We hope to see you there! If you have any queries, please give me a ring (338).

Best wishes, Sue

Fireworks Night

Another date to look forward to is the annual Tresham fireworks night. This year it will be on Friday 6th November, starting at 6pm at the top of Well Hill as usual.

Material for the bonfire should be left from the weekend prior and of course financial contributions towards the cost of the fireworks can be taken anytime! The recent website upgrade included better support for on-line donations, coupled with Gift Aid, via the Fundraising page. From 1 October donations will be directed to the firework fund.

The more donations, the bigger and better the fireworks! Simon Ellis will be in touch with details nearer the time.

Simon Lee

Summer Social

It has been a very unusual and in some cases a tough few months for us in Tresham. However, we have rallied round as a community and helped each other where possible.

I would like to propose a little light relief and that we plan to have an informal village gathering on Saturday 1st August. Weather permitting, let’s meet at Well Hill with camping chairs, a few bottles of beer and wine, together with a BBQ or two. Of course it might not just be the weather that prevents this, there may be the existing or new government restrictions in place. Social distancing may still have to be respected and there may be villagers who would prefer to continue laying low until a better time. We can use the interim period to assess the possibilities and decide on the format. Either way, it would be good to put a date in the diary and have something to look forward to. How about gathering at 5pm and light BBQs at 6pm?

Please post any ideas, thoughts or comments……..