This Saturday - The Music of John Denver for one night only in Natland

After a two year gap, Saturday 22nd April sees the reappearance in Natland of Chris Bannister performing the songs of John Denver. Chris has performed all over the UK and in the USA.  He will be performing at St. Mark's Church when he comes to Natland. Starts at 7.30.

Tickets from Natland Post Office or trybooking.co.uk/953

Here are just some quotes about his performances 
‘I love the way Chris captures the true spirit of John’s songs, yet delivers them in his own powerful, well-honed style.’
Steve Weisberg
(John Denver’s guitarist 1972-78).    

‘When Chris sings it’s almost like John is back with us again.’
Peter Plantec, Snowmass, Colorado
Friend of John’s for over 20 years

Thanks Everyone. It was a lovely evening. Chris was able to sing without amplification because of the superb acoustics of the church. Over £1,000 was raised towards the running costs of the church.

Natland Parish Council - Agenda

The Agenda for the Parish Council Meeting on the 1st May is available by clicking here.

Monday Club Meeting

Club members will meet, as usual, in the Village Hall at 2pm, on 24th April when Pat Ascroft will speak on "Arctic dog-sledding".
Refreshments and Bookstall to follow.

The Parish Council is objecting to "short-sighted folly"

The Parish Council is objecting to a proposed new development off Longmeadow Lane by Oakmere Homes. Their objections can be boiled down to the need to maintain separation between Natland and Oxenholme, the adverse visual impact on the landscape, the inability of the narrow village lanes to accept any more traffic, and the distance from the village centre – it’s the wrong direction in which to expand this settlement

In addition the proposed ‘amenity space’ is not needed in a rural village .

Another objection is the uncertainty about what lies beneath this site – limestone with caves – and where the water off The Helm goes. Click here to read the full letter of objection

An Appeal from the Natland and Oxenholme Village Hall Committee

YOUR VILLAGE – YOUR COMMUNITY.  CAN YOU HELP?
Your Village hall is a vitally important facility for the whole community and all age groups, providing a safe and reliable venue for many activities and events.
The Management Committee needs more volunteer members to help run and maintain the Hall to ensure it remains sustainable.
No specific previous experience is required – everyone has knowledge or skills that might help the team to make good decisions in managing the use and upkeep of this valued facility.
If you’re interested, please contact the Secretary, Rhian Peters on 015395 60671, for more information.

Parish Council Minutes

The Parish Council met as usual at the end of March and reported on various events like the litter pick and and planning matters. Click here for the full minutes. If you notice this Easter how well the public footpaths in the village are signposted credit should be given to Ian Ellison and Sue Ashton who have tramped in the cold and through the mud to survey the paths and erect new yellow signs.

Debit card found on the Green

Found today on the Green this morning when walking dogs at Natland a NatWest Visa debit card in the name of Miss Nicole Blackwell. If anyone knows her, please ask her to get in touch with me, Heather Moore, on moore.679@btinternet.com.

Tea room planning application for the post office

Cllr David Peters has drawn our attention to the ‘change of use’ planning application that has appeared on the planning register on SLDC’s website relating to the establishment of a tea room at the post office.

It’s easily found on the register using ref no CU/2017/0002 or postcode LA9 7QQ.

Plans and documents can be viewed and comments (which would be made public) can be submitted online.

It really was a wet March

WEATHER STATISTICS MARCH
                                                      2017 2016
Temperature at 8 am                        5.4c 4.1c
Minimum Temperature (average)    3.9c 2.8c
Maximum Temperature (average)    9.2c 7.7c
                                                      mm in mm in
Rainfall                                       156.5 6.3 92 3.7
March was milder than usual : there were no temperatures below zero.
It was also much wetter than the average of 85.6 mm. Apart from a dry
spell towards the end of the month, we had rain nearly every day.

Church Magazine available

The April edition of the Parish Magazine is available here.  There is plenty going on in St. Mark's Church and in the village, and there are also plenty of opportunities to  'make space for God's grace and mercy' during services over Easter, or in times of quietness in the lovely church building. The church is open all day.