Booking is now open for the Salopian Sleepover weekend. If you are interested please send an email to salopiansleepover24@gmail.com You will then be sent a booking form to complete and once that is received you will be asked to pay a deposit to secure your place. The cost per person for the weekend is either £55 for campers or £65 for indoor bunks.

There are a few people from MH WI going to go so if you would like to join in please email. Spaces do go quickly so you need to send the form asap.

Our next meeting this Wednesday will be our AGM.

Together with the usual voting formalities we have a fun evening planned including complimentary refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.

Our next meeting on Wednesday 27th Sept will be our AGM.

This will be a fun evening and will include complimentary refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.

Book Club

The current book is The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. The Bookclub will be meeting at 2.30pm on 20th Sept at the Three Swans.

Craft Club

Craft Club will be meeting at 7pm on 7th September at the Methodist Church Hall. The planned activity is to knit or crochet a beanie hat. These will be used by Home start for the children.

Walking Club

The next walk is on the 10th Sept at 10am and will meet at 10am at the Sports Pavilion , Hallaton Road, Medbourne, LE16 8DR. The route will be approx. 4-5 miles undulating through fields and country roads.

Gardening Club

The Gardening Club meet every Monday (weather permitting) at the Steven St allotment. All green fingered members are very welcome.

What an interesting evening we had last Wednesday. Our speaker, Andrew Sutton, shared with us the inspiration for his love of art and various artists based on such things as his upbringing, his holidays and his experiences in life. He showed us some of the well known artists who have influenced him and shared with us some of his absolutely fantastic art work.

Thank you Andrew for a really informative evening.

We have arranged a visit to the Plant Man on Tuesday 5th September at 6pm. We will have the run of the nursery and the tills will be open if anyone would like to purchase anything. Tea and coffee will be served free of charge and we will hear about what the Plant Man has been doing and plans for the future. He will show us how to do a planting display in the form of a hanging basket with trailing pansies and there will be the chance for a gardeners question time.

We look forward to seeing you there

(The Plant man is situated at The Hawthorns, Park Hill, Braybrooke, LE16 8LP)

Our August Meeting will be held on Wednesday 23rd August. We look forward to welcoming Andrew Sutton, a retired teacher and practising painter. Andrew will be chatting to us about his love of still life painting and his inspiration. The meeting will be in the Catholic Church hall at 7.30pm

Two of our WI members, Lesley and Jane, have been praised by the Eco Village for all of their efforts in bringing to life and maintaining the Eco village community garden and also for their colourful garden bunting.

Thanks to their efforts the garden is now thriving and has so far provided rhubarb, raspberries, kales and much more for the community fridge and community cafe.

Jane and Lesley offered their services to the Eco Village after our meeting there in May and it looks like they have done an amazing job. Well done ladies x

A date for your diary – Craft club will be hosting a wreath making evening on Thursday 30th Nov from 6.30-9.30pm. Further details to follow nearer the time.

The craft club enjoyed an evening at The Paint Pottle in July. They decorated some plates – some following the proforma drawn by Claire the Paint Pottle owner and some doing their own designs. A great evening was had by all with some wonderful creations made

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Our meeting on Wednesday 28th June will have a visit from Roxanne Dinsdale. Roxanne will share some of her stories as a belly dancer especially those involving snakes and fire! There will be a little class afterwards for us to have a go! Any donations for the raffle would be much appreciated. We look forward to seeing you there.

The social in July will be Alpaca walking and afternoon tea. This will be on Wed 5th July at 6pm. The cost is £35 for both. We need to confirm numbers by 29th June so please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com to confirm your attendance and pay the £35 into the WI account. Please confirm also if you have any dietary requirements. You will have the chance to meet and learn about your alpaca followed by a walk and then afternoon tea. The walk is fairly flat but sturdy shoes will need to be worn. There is a maximum number so please advise your attendance asap to secure a place. The walk will be held at Buttercups Tea Room, Tilton Road, Billesdon. LE7 9FE.

The WI craft club are organising a session at the Paint Pottle on Thursday 6th July from 7-9pm. They will be decorating a 12 x 20cm rectangular dish. Cost £15. If you would like to come please sign up at Wednesday’s meeting and pay the £15 in cash. Alternatively you can email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com and pay £15 into the WI account. Confirmation of your attendance needs to be by 1st July.