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CAROL SINGING ON THE GREEN - Lower Green 10th December 6.30pm
Join us for Carol singing on the Green at Lower Green on
December 10th at 6.30pm. Mulled wine and alcohol-free hot toddy to
keep throats lubricated. We'll collect in aid of Inkpen School's
Outdoor Play Area project. Look forward to seeing you on the 10th.
Inkpen History Society Meeting
We held a limited dowsing day on Saturday 16th. The site
chosen was an unused and rather overgrown site with only a very
distant history of buildings.
Two things come out of the dowsing survey. Firstly different
dowsers get similar responses at very close GPS points. Secondly,
whatever you think of dowsing, the results suggest that it works,
however weird that may seem.
For the history group, the technique offers a cheap way of
searching for hidden underground structures. Since we don’t have
access to expensive and technically demanding ground based
geophysics equipment this might be an alternative. Our next move
is to carry out excavation of the site of some of the stronger
dowsing responses to see what that reveals. Volunteers are most
welcome! Please contact us at david@inkpenhistory.uk if you’d like
to have a go at digging up the past. Our next meeting will be in
the New Year and announced on the Inkpen History Society website,
inkpenhistory.uk (not .co.uk). Keep an eye out – the announcement
will be at least a fortnight before the date of the meeting.
Happy Christmas and New Year.
November Pop-In Café
We know how expensive heating is and the price of everything is
going up … except at the Pop-In cafe. So come and get warm, have
some tea or coffee and cake. You can sit on your own or join in
one of the many conversations. The cafe is open from 10 till
12:30 giving most of us plenty of time to put the world to
rights. There’s loads of off road parking and if you’re out for
a walk you’ll be able to find a route that intersects with the
Inkpen playing field pavilion.
Remember, the cafe is on the first and third Thursday’s of each
month EXCEPT FOR THIS COMING JANUARY. Because the first Thursday
in January is on the 2nd, the day after New Year’s Day, we will
skip the 2nd and start again on the 16th. There after it’s back
to the first and third Thursday’s of each month.
We will try and make the cafe as festive as possible for the two
December meetings. You can do the same. Bring some sparkle.
We’re open on the 5th an 19th of December, the 16th of January
and the 6th and 20th February. Make a date, come and join us.
STARGAZERS
We are into that period of the year when it’s easier to see
things in the night sky, particularly when the moon is new and
the sky seems almost completely black. Sadly the weather often
doesn’t help much, with cloudy or rainy nights just at the time
when there should be something worthwhile to see. So, we have a
group app that helps us keep in touch, ready to rush out away
from the cosy log fire and into the cold outside, all at a
moments notice (in theory).
If you would like to actively join in, email us at
inkpen.climate@outlook.com. Our next Stargazers meeting will be
in the New Year, so keep an eye on the village website:
inkpenvillage.co.uk for dates and times. Happy Christmas and New
Year.
Going for a walk
If you want a breath of fresh air
and some exercise, check out the Inkpen
walks, but keep your
distance from others, that's at least 6 feet apart in old money.
If you feel that you should wear a face mask when outdoors, then
checkout the design given on the
News page.
On the news page this month there are a number of updates
including from the Inkpen Primary School and pre-school, from
the Playing field trust and Village Hall, and there's this
months Police Report .
Climate change issues.
The IMPFT, the playing field trust, is in the process
of installing solar panels and a key entry system. The trust,
chaired by Brian Cox, is aware of the need to reduce its carbon
footprint and is making what progress it can. The solar panels
are clearly there to reduce the trust's reliance on fossil fuel
energy, and to feed whatever extra is generated back into the
grid. The key entry system is there to make sure energy is only
consumed when the facilities are in use. Many of you are
choosing to adopt private energy saving measures - the trust is
focused on trying and do the same.
We are depending on renewables to help us get to net-zero carbon
emissions. If you'd like to see what contribution renewables are
making on a daily basis, have a look
here.
Please give us a hand – Oak Trees in Inkpen
We need
your help to measure oak trees. Measuring tree
girths helps us to evaluate changes that have taken place in
Inkpen and enable future researchers to
evaluate the effect
of climate change on tree growth and distribution. This is
work of real value, be part of it. Go to
inkpenhistory.uk to find out more.
