Author: Mervyn Mugford

Although this is the first edition of 2014, to wish you a happy New Year hardly seems appropriate, having just said goodbye to another two stalwarts of the parish. Bill and Mary met when both working in the nursing profession and moved to North Devon, variously serving at the North Devon Infirmary, the Alexandra Hospital…

The Harvest Festival and Celebration of Farming event was, by all accounts, a big success, with some people even finding forgotten scenes and stories from their own family history among the exhibits. I must confess to not actually managing to get there myself, but if, like me, you missed it and have access to the…

I missed the Beacon Bonfire this year. Daughter and son-in-law were arriving imminently and I thought it inhospitable to expect them to let themselves into an empty house. However just at 6.30, I was reminded of that scene from Close Encounters,  you know, the bit where everyone is assembled in the arena, full of expectation…