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We are rattling along with the frame and rafters for the new wood-house opposite the cafe – nearly ready to start using all those chestnut shingles that many of you have helped us make. Two more weddings on September 8th and 15th when the wood is closed to all other visitors and members – but open again on the Sundays at 9am. Continue reading “News and what’s on at Wilderness Wood”
Story from the Eastbourne Herald
A road casualty duck had to be admitted earlier this week from Curtain Hill Hadlow Down. The poor creature was found around midnight so rescuers attended and found the duck had some road burn and a few puncture wounds which were cleaned up back at WRAS’s hospital. Continue reading “Duck Road Casualty”
Wildlife rescuers save deer whose antlers were attached to barbed wire fence
The distressed animal was found in a field off Stonehurst Lane in Hadlow Down, Uckfield, on Thursday. It was struggling frantically before a team from the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance (WRAS) arrived.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-G4IiUl_As
Chris and Anne Yarrow have created a 125 square metre natural swimming pond in their garden at Huggetts Furnace Mill, Stonehurst Lane. They are opening it up for Hadlow Down residents in return for a small contribution to their daughter’s charity Doctors for Nepal. Free soft drinks if you walk or cycle from home.
The pond is about 20m long and about 1.2 metres /4 ft. deep (max.1.4 m. /4ft 8”). It is kept pure by circulating the water through gravel beds and by pond plants, so you won’t go home smelling of chlorine! Heated by solar panels, it usually has a temperature of about 21C to 25C(70F to 77F).
Rules: Use by prior arrangement only; all children to be accompanied and supervised by a responsible adult at all times; no dogs; civilised behaviour requested, and we reserve the right to ask visitors to leave.
Available for use between 10am and 6pm from 26th July until mid August To arrange a swim and get location instructions, please phone Chris and Anne on 01825 831972, or email yarrow@hmill.plus.com.
Wealden District Council has brought in a temporary contractor to clear a number of recycling Bring Sites in the community this week.
“The Service we are receiving for Kier at the moment is appalling and there is no immediate prospect of that getting significantly better. The problems are extended through-out Wealden,” Councillor Roy Galley, Cabinet member for Waste and Recycling told Cabinet (Wednesday).
Op Crackdown has recently added a new reporting category – “Close pass of a horse” to look to evidence an increasing amount of near miss reports that are received. This category is in addition to the “Close pass of a Cyclist” which has been in place for a year now. As with all reports to Op Crackdown – you will need the registration number of the vehicle concerned and ideally some form of corroborative evidence such as helmet cam.
www.operationcrackdown.org
If you saw or heard anything, or have any information about an incident pleasecontact us online, email us at 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101.
Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Friday 22nd June at the Village Hall from 7.30pm
The Variety Club would like to invite members and interested friends to join us for a fun filled sing-along with live music.
We will be joined by pianist Dom Hartley. Favourite songs and popular numbers over the decades are on the menu together with Carol’s legendary chilli. (Vegetarian option will be available on request.) Bring a bottle with you or soft drinks will be available at the hall.
Entry is free to all, but donations to the cost of the food would be most welcome at the event.
The Playing Field Committee are pleased to announce that the first of this years Pop Up Suppers will be a Polish themed menu. In fact you might say we are “supper” excited!
Please join us at the Playing Field Pavilion from 7pm on Friday 15th June. A three course meal will be served for £15 per person. Bring your own wine and beer.
The Pavilion is a lovely setting especially when it is transformed for the evening into a convivial pop up restaurant.
Book early to avoid disappointment. Call Glenys on 01825 830857.
EAT WELL. RAISE A GLASS. MAKE FRIENDS
Please join us on Saturday 16th June 12:00pm – 5:00pm
After the successful launch of the Open Gardens Project last year during the Celebrate Festival its back! With even more gardens for you to view. Teas will be served all afternoon at both Hadlow Lodge, Wilderness Lane and Springwell Cottage, Hall Lane.
The Gardens
The Corner Cottage, Wilderness Lane
Hardly Beacon, Wilderness Lane
Hadlow Lodge, Wilderness Lane
Gyll Hope Farm, Wilderness Lane
Rose Cottage, Hall Lane
Springwell Cottage, Hall Lane
Hastingford Lodge, Hastingford Lane
Entry is £5 per person, payable at the first garden you visit. Children under 16 free. Look out for the balloons at the entrance to each garden.
All proceeds will go to the Alzheimers Society and Engage Charity.