London Trip

Star Dogs.

Hullavington Dog Show, a new venture linked to the Village Show, attracted over 30 dogs and around 50 people last Saturday at the Star Inn, despite the weather. The event was sponsored by the Star Inn and by Robin Chiang who runs the dog training classes at Hullavington Village Hall on Saturday mornings.

Cameron Scott at the Star Inn provided three special trophies for Hullavington based entrants.  The winner of the Star Dog Trophy was Jackie Henson’s rescue dog, Sky, who helps to deliver the papers round Hullavington in the mornings. The Star Dog Handler was Phil Neal, who entered 5 beautifully behaved Japanese fighting dogs, which have been trained to pull sledges as each dog is capable of pulling four times its own weight.  The Star Junior Dog Handler was James Lamont with Saffron.
 

The Hullavington Village show

Local residents crowded Hullavington Village Hall for the 32^nd Annual Show. Despite the inclement gardening weather there were plenty of entries, with flowers, fruit, vegetables, craft and culinary skill. The HEA Shield for floral entries was won by Eileen Gough, who also won the Carpenter Rose Bowl and the Cliff Heath prize for the best floral exhibit. The Vic Rawlings prize, Walker Challenge Trophy, and most points in show were presented to Daphne Howlett, who achieved best exhibit in show for her splendid vegetables. Grace Jones was awarded the Margaret Showring Trophy for the most points for floral arrangements. Elisabeth Cheshire was the best new entrant. In the children’s classes, the Reynolds cup for 9 to14-year-olds was shared by Owen Jones and Katie Greenman, whilst the Rylands Shield for under nines went to William Collet. Louis Ayliffe won the Hullavington Garage and Village Store cup for under 14s.
 

Hullavington Ramblers Walk

A morning walk around Castle Combe is planned by Hullavington Ramblers for 14 September. Meet at the top car park (National Trust) for a 10:30am start. Paul Hadley, (01666) 837096 can give you more details of the new route, which the ramblers planned for March but were thwarted by bad weather.
 

WI Cake Sale

Poetry Group

This month’s poet at Hullavington Poetry group was Ted Hughes. Members enjoyed his vivid and concise descriptions. Despite the challenging theme, several members were inspired to write poems about the demon within ourselves. The next meeting of the group will be on September 1, when the poet will be Keates and the theme will be Autumn.
 

Harfest Arts Festival. Tickets have sold like hot-cakes for Hullavington’s Harfest Arts Festival. Just a few remain for the Chausettes and Village Voices choirs on 13 September, so don’t delay in contacting  John and Carolyne Samuel (01666) 837605 to book a seat
 

Morris Dance and Music

The free Morris Dancing Workshop is at the Star Inn tonight. The Hawds will be playing at The Star on Saturday from 9p , as part of the Harfest.