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Regular activities (Village Hall unless stated).

Monday	Pilates 1 Pilates 2	5.30 -6.30pm 6.45 – 7.45pm
Tuesday	Upholstery	10.30am
	Badminton	8 pm
Wednesday	Free
Thursday	Art	10am
Friday	Art	10am
Saturday	Free

Other activities

Mon 3rd	Ladies Lunch Group. Three Horseshoes, Batcombe	Lunch
Wed 5th	Music Night, Half Moon Inn	8.30pm
Thurs 13th	Annual Parish meeting and Parish Council Meeting	7.30pm
Wed 19th – Sat 22nd	Milborne Port Opera Into the Woods Milborne Port Village Hall	7.30pm
Wed 19th	W.I – Teaching in Kathmandu. North Cheriton Village Hall	7.30pm
Fri 28th	Wincanton History Society – Sailing a Brixham Trawler from Cape Town to Acapulco. Memorial Hall, Wincanton	7.30pm
Sat 29th	Moviola A United Kingdom Milborne Port Village Hall	7.30pm
St John’s Church	Services
2nd April	Holy Communion with Sunday School	9.15am
9th April	Morning Prayer	11 am
16th April	Easter Sunday – Holy Communion	9.15am
23rd April	Holy Communion BCP	8.30am
Churchwardens	Anne Jones 370626 Rosemarie Wigley 371478

Prepare yourselves for an evening of music, laughter and pathos as familiar and new faces from Shaftesbury Arts Centre portray the ghoulish, scabrous humour and eroticism of Dylan Thomas’s radio play. The Rabelaisian romp will be fully staged and costumed and runs nightly at 7.30pm from 25^th-29^th April. There is a well stocked licensed bar and drinks can be taken into the auditorium in plastic containers. Hot drinks and ice creams are also for sale.

See Horsington’s own Chris Bailward multi-tasking as love-lorn draper Mog Edwards, serial spouse Mr Waldo and PC Attila Rees.

Don’t miss it.

Book now at http://shaftesburyartscentre.savoysystems.co.uk/ or telephone the Box Office 01747 854321

Blog readers can win a free drink of Gin or Cider at the screening of “Withnail & I” at Wincanton Town hall on Saturday 8th April. The film is accompanied by a talk by the Actor Scott Handy (who also doubles as head of drama at Eton). Oooh- Ed

He will talk about how “Withnail & I” is a peculiarly British film that has shadowed his professional life, from encounters with “I” and “Uncle Monty” to his choice of drama school, and working with the original “Withnail” who inspired writer and director Bruce Robinson.

The lucky winner of the competition gets a pair of free gin and ciders (ice in the cider optional) at the screening to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Withnail & I on at Wincanton Town Hall (First Floor) on Saturday 8 April at 6.30pm.  

In order you win, you have to

Buy a pair of tickets to the screening at http://wherewestbegins.org.uk £8.00 (or £4.00 concessions)
Email  us with your nomination for the film you’d like to see again at Wincanton Town Hall best film of all time.

There are many other exciting events on offer at local venues – Wincanton Town Hall, Hauser & Wirth, Bruton, and the newly re-developed Westlands Centre in Yeovil See the website for details.

Penny Nagle reports: We have lost five sheep overnight – 3 black face, 2 white face from Felthams Farm on Horsington Marsh.  If anyone finds them please text Penny on 07768 832954.  Thank you!

We hope this is nothing more sinister than a combination of adventurous sheep and insecure fencing -Ed

The Blog’s exclusive racing correspondent Winterbourne Longjohns writes…

Final day and having missed LL ROCKERFELLER (2nd @33-1 -Ed) by concentrating on his guests at lunch,  today Winterborne will be again entertaining three distinguished racing enthusiasts , one of whom has flown over for Cheltenham Week from the Argentine.

He hopes to be lucky with WINTERS ESCAPE each way in the 2.10, WORLDS END in the 2.50, DJACKADAM, and MORE OF THAT in the Gold Cup, SWEET AS A NUT or possibly ASK DADDY in the 4.10 and finally DADS IN TROUBLE in the 4.50. So enjoy yourselves and be lucky !

The Blog’s exclusive racing correspendent Winterborne Longjohns has sent us a late wire from his London HQ:

After Cause of Causes’ spectatular win, Douvan’s downfall and four agonisingly close seconds,  Winterbourne is backing Top Notch, Jury Duty Uxiandre and Let’s Dance to give Ruby and Willie a much needed winner. Good Luck !

Your editor is also on Jury Duty.

Winterbournes’s Cheltenham selections

As from the 6^th April 2017 The Half Moon Inn will be open for lunch on Thursdays and Fridays from 12.00 – 2 pm.

Sunday lunch, with delicious roasts, continue as usual.

Winterborne Longjohns, the Blog’s exclusive racing correspondent, has emerged from a long silence to favour us with his Cheltenham thoughts. Get your Visa cards out. Good luck everyone -ED

Winterborne has had a holiday away from the horses for the last three months following a financially disastrous eight weeks following a self created and totally deranged betting system which saw him lose a years winnings in but nine weeks. However a visit in the sunshine to Sandown Park on Saturday and the victory of  MINELLA  AWARDS at   8/1 encouraged him to tentatively take up arms again at Cheltenham.

His Old Mucker the one time owner of BARACCUDA, has backed APPLE JADE in Tuesdays Mares Hurdle and the well supported CAUSE OF CAUSES in Wednesdays Cross Country event. Other advised bets are LETS DANCE each way in Thursday’s opener, YANWORTH in the Champion Hurdle. PROJECT BLUEBOOK e.w. at 16/1 in Wednesday’s Fred Winter and DEBUCHET in the same days Bumper while fearing the Milbourne Port pair in the Gold Cup DJACKADAM may still do the business on Friday. Although MORE OF THAT may still spring a big priced surprise here.

Finally for those intrepid punters whose approach to following this four day meeting is more akin to that of a Building Society, Bank or Mortgage Broker ALTIOR, DOUVAN and UKNOWHATIMEANHARRY should all win their respective races and pay rather more than even money to a £25.00 Treble.

Thanks Winterborne. Your editor is on Colin Tizzard’s Native River in the Gold Cup, which he managed to secure at 16/1 some weeks ago.