Church magazine for Jan/Feb available here

Click here to find out about the many church based activities that are happening in Natland and Oxenholme over the festive period.

Monday Club Christmas lunch

Members will meet on Monday 7th December for the annual Christmas lunch followed by some entertainment.
The first meeting in the New Year will be on 18th January 2016 when Maurice Steel will once again delight us with his colourful presentation of photography, poetry and music entitled "It should have been stopped". New members are welcome to join us.

Last few days to support Oxenholme Play Area

The JustGiving page for the Oxenholme Play Area Development will expire at the end of this month.

If you’d like to support all the hard work that’s already gone in to providing a better play area for local children at Bolefoot, and haven’t done so yet, please go to https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/OPAD before the end of the month. Thank you.

November meeting of the Parish Council

The agenda and papers for the November meeting of the Parish Council are now available to read or download here.

The meeting will take place, as usual, at 7.30pm in the small hall at Natland & Oxenholme Village Hall on the last Monday of the month – 30 November. Anyone who wishes to attend and listen to the proceedings may do so. There is also an opportunity to speak at the beginning of the agenda (under ‘public participation’).

Busy November AGM for the WI

The November meeting of Natland and Oxenholme WI was well attended and preceded the AGM, at which Joan Airey and Margaret Lancaster stood down after many years of service on the committee, with two new members stepping into their shoes, and the evening concluded with a Jacob’s Join supper. You can read the full report of the meeting here.

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Wednesday 9 December when the talk will be on the subject of ‘The History of the Saxophone’.

The river in spate

From Hawes Bridge

Towards Sedgwick

Lighting up the Night - Natland style

There was a steady progression of really creative Alice in Wonderland themed lanterns through the streets of Natland this evening. Anyone glancing out might have been unnerved by an ethereal Cheshire cat before realising that the night had been taken over for a while by images from that story by the children of the primary school, Appletree School and Natland Pre-School.

Monday Club Meeting

The Monday Club will meet in the Village Hall on the 16th November at 2 pm when the speaker will be Dr. Stephen Caunce: "The Hiring Fairs of North-western England, 1890-1914; business and pleasure combined." Refreshments to follow.

Craft Fair and Exhibition - Result

Despite heavy rain showers and rival Craft Fairs, there was a good turnout for the Natland Craft Fair and Exhibition last Saturday. £700 was raised which will be used for the maintenance of Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall. There was a very wide range of stalls this year, with many newcomers as well as old favourites.

Many thanks to all the people who came and spent, and to those craftspeople who lent precious items for the exhibition. 

The winner of the favourite item in the exhibition competition was Julia Baker with her 12th scale market stall with hats, shoes and bags.

Ski touring talk in Natland next month

Lakeland Cross Country Ski Club member and experienced ski tourer, Tom Higgs, will be giving an illustrated talk on Saturday 12 December 2015 with the title: Ski touring and other experiences – don't be misled! – in Natland Village Hall, at 7.30pm. It is open to all and is being hosted by the Lakeland Cross Country Ski Club.

Refreshments and cakes will be available at a small cost but admission is free. Tom will draw on his experiences of leading ski tours in Norway and further afield.

Places for the talk are limited, so if you intend to come please leave a message on the home page message board of the Lakeland Cross Country Ski Club website www.lakelandxcski.org.uk giving your name and the number of people interested.

Coffee Morning on Thursday

There will be a Coffee Morning in St. Mark's Church Vestry at 10.30-12 midday on Thursday 12 November. It's on behalf of South Lakeland Carers and there will be a cake stall, a bring and buy and a raffle. £1.50 including coffee/tea and homemade biscuits.

Come and see plans for a new play area in Oxenholme

If you ever bring children to the play area or at Bolefoot in Oxenholme – or don’t but think you or your friends might if it were newer and better equipped – you are warmly invited to come along to Bolefoot next Saturday – 7 November – and view the plans that SLDC and local residents have come up with. We’d love to have your feedback. (You can download the invitation here and pass it on.)

Or, if you can’t come along, but would still like to support the project, please consider making a donation on the Oxenholme Play Area Development group’s new JustGiving page at https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/OPAD. Thank you.

A month of contrasting weather

2015		2014
Average temperatures
Temperature at 8am	7.7C		9.1C
Min temperature	6.6C		7.4C
Max temperature	11.0C		12.0C
Total rainfall	mm	in	mm	in
	83.5	3.3	184	7.4

We had long spells of dry weather in October with heavy rain on a few days, particularly at the end of the month. After a cool period, it was quite mild again at the end of the month.

John Dobson

Age UK events

Natland Young at Heart Social Group for older residents runs at Natland Village Hall. The group will next meet on Monday 9th November from 1.45-3.45pm.

On Monday 30th November 2pm-4pm, there will be a Seasonal Celebration at Natland Village Hall. There will be entertainment from the Lakes Handbell Ringers, refreshments, a raffle and a quiz, together with advice on how to save on your gas/electricity consumption if you bring along your latest bill. Booking is essential as places are limited. Ring Gateway Reception on 01539 792019 to book a place.

Craft Fair and Exhibition coming up

Raising money for the upkeep of Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall

 Annual

CRAFT FAIR and EXHIBITION

Saturday 7th November

10am—4pm in the Village Hall

We're up to year 16 of this popular event and there are loads of different sorts of stalls where you can buy original Christmas presents. There are woolly, wooden, glass, paper, stone and pottery items as well as jewellery, embroidery, plants, jams and baskets. Once you have bought what you want you can settle down to eat homemade cake, look at the exhibition and meet up with friends and neighbours. You might even win one of the many generous raffle prizes. It's Natland's own pop up shopping mall, and it's free to come in this year!

St. Mark's Church Parish News for November

There is a remembrance theme to the magazine this month as Remembrance Sunday approaches. There is an account of the life of Don Rimmer latterly of Town End Court, who died recently, and of his father Richard Rimmer, recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal for his actions in the First World War. Click here for the full articles and for reminders of the many things that are happening in our parish.