October Blog 2016
Flowers and garden produce once again decorated St. Nicholas’ in all its splendour for the Harvest Festival on Sunday 25th Sept. The delicious lunch that followed was held in the marquee next to the church. A very jolly time was had by all to celebrate this special time of the year. The auction of the…
June Blog 2016
Back to the morning of Saturday 25th June which started off an amazing weekend in Steventon. Café’ Breakfast kicked off at 8.45a.m. with delicious croissants & bacon butties, followed with the children acting out a Bible story of the Good Samaritan in modern day, skate boarder included!! Excellent. Later that evening Matt’s 50th B’day celebrations…
May Blog 2016
A quick refresher of March, due to unforeseen circumstances of no Steventon Update last month. March flew by, rehearsals took up a lot of any spare time that seemed to be available! Worth it though. Mike and I actually went aboard the bus from the village hall on the 9th to Basingstoke, first time for…
February Blog 2016
On the evening of Saturday 30th January, 5 teams made their way to the village hall for Charlie’s Quiz night. Refreshments of all sorts were soon laid out upon the tables and the clinking of glasses could soon be heard! Our team had decided to have supper by candle light, a real treat. There were…
January Blog 2016
Just a quick mention about the Rolling Supper on 21st Nov. Fabulous once again, well done Charlie. Great food, great company, all proceeds to a charity to be announced. For the first time coffee was held in the village hall where we could all have a good catch up. This worked perfectly and a big…
December Blog 2015
October certainly went out with a bang! Bonfire night on Saturday 31st was spectacular. Great fireworks, fabulous bonfire and the Guy Fawkes the children had made, which were brilliant, added the final touches. Delicious nibbles and mulled wine were ongoing for the evening. Thank you to everyone who had helped in any way and of…
November Blog 2015
St. Nicholas’ Church looked and smelt beautiful with all the flowers and greenery for the Family Harvest Festival on Sunday 26th. It was such a fun service with the children bringing the story of Giving & Sharing to life. Sam, Martha, George and Hector were brilliant, Emma, the story teller, Georgie the old lady and…
October Blog 2015
Thursday 20th August was once again a showery day. However, we did manage to collect the straw bales in the evening and get them into the barn before the heavens opened up once more! The following morning Tim arrived, bless his cotton socks. He spent the whole day wiring up the lighting system, which included…
September Blog 2015
It seems a long time ago since Sunday 21st June, when the village fete was held in the beautiful grounds of Oakdown House. Blessed once more with fabulous weather, stalls fully laden, all the favourite games, plus the tennis court in action with Manydown tennis club, with the help of Tom the parrot in full…
July Blog 2015
As the mass of elderflowers take over this month with their glorious cream scented flowers, along with the beautiful blush of the dog rose, it feels as though summer is really here. The bright red of the poppies gradually making their appearance, spurred on by the warmth of the sun. Best of all those very…