No Mow May

Sarah Roberts draws our attention to this initiative to try and rescue some of the wildflowers and wildlife which have been disappearing over the last few decades. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/wildlife-gardening/no-mow-may/

Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall; booking opportunities.

 Charges (from 1st August 2018)

• Standard hourly rates, including use of the kitchen for preparing refreshments:

Large hall	£12.00
Small hall	£7.60
Both halls	£17.60

• Discount of 25% on total hourly charges applies for multiple bookings (4 or more sessions).

• Special sessional rates for community or charity fundraising events, giving exclusive use of the premises for up to 8 hours, £65 (£45 for local causes).

• Specialist or other activity outside the above, on application to the Booking Secretary.

 

Booking

For enquiries and bookings contact the Bookings Secretary (Sarah Roberts) natland.villagehall@yahoo.co.uk

 

Availability

• Currently there is availability on a regular basis in both large and small halls each weekday morning and Thursday & Friday afternoons.  In addition the large hall is available from 7pm on Thursdays, the small hall on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday afternoons and 3 evenings per month on both Monday & Tuesday evenings.  

From September until April, regular activity groups currently make substantial weekday use of the premises during other afternoons and evenings.  So from April until August there is additional scope for weekday bookings.

• On Saturday afternoons and on Sundays the hall is available for hire to community groups or for private functions.

W.I. News.

 Natland and Oxenholme WI enjoyed a morning walk from Hawes Bridge to Sedgwick along the west side of the river admiring the bluebells. The return journey via Larkrigg wood involved a detour due to some very frisky bullocks !!

St. Mark’s Church Parish News for May

 The Parish News has a spring theme, with news of a Walk and Talk event (3rd May, 10.30), the setting up of an Eco Church (18th May, 7.30), and the annual Christian Aid Week door to door delivery of envelopes and Coffee Morning (Thursday the 19th May, 10.30). 

There is also advance notice of all the things that are planned for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration at the start of June. 

Click on this link for all the details.

Agenda for the Natland Parish Council Meeting

 Here is the Agenda for the last Natland Parish Council Meeting before the local elections. It’s on the 25th April in the Village Hall at 7pm.

Annual Parish Meeting (Civil Parish)

Here are the Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting of 2019, which was the last time we were able to meet at an A.P.M. and here are the Annual Report and accounts for the year just gone. 

Everyone is welcome to the Annual Parish Meeting on the 28th April at 7.30, when it is hoped that representatives of local groups, societies and organisations will give talks about their activities. Here is the agenda.

Minutes of Natland Parish Council.

 Click here to read the Minutes of Monday the 28th March.

A time of change is rapidly approaching for Natland Parish Council, with elections coming for new councillors in May. David and Rhian Peters will be standing down as Parish Councillors at that time.

Natland Weather Report for March

                                                                            MARCH 2022      MARCH AVERAGE

                                                                                     C                         C

TEMPERATURE AT 8am                                           5.4.                      4.4

AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     3.8                       2.9

         "        MAXIMUM           "                                 10.7                       8.5

RAINFALL                                                                  50MM                    104MM                                                                                                                                                                                                            4                                                                                  2INS                        4.1INS

We had very little rain from the middle of the month onwards. This was the period

when it was warm and springlike. Then there was a big drop in temperature at the 

end of the month.   John Dobson.