The Walking Group met last week for an evening walk from Foxton to Gumley. Close encounters with the local wildlife in the form of rams, dogs, cows and horses necessitated a certain amount of flexibility in the route to be followed…

But it was a lovely evening and everyone made it safely to the refreshments at the end.

The next walk will be on the 8th September at 10am at Burton Overy – please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com if you would like to join the group!

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Our July Social Event was a visit to The Market Harborough Theatre to see a production of Hayfever by Noel Coward.

The story was a whirlwind of misunderstandings caused by the unconventional family’s comedic and chaotic interactions during a weekend when each of them had separately invited a guest. Twelve of our MHWI members attended this fun evening and enjoyed the play in our lovely local theatre.

Our next social event will be in September for a Castel and Roses Tour and a meal. Details will be posted here soon.

Note from the Editor: A mistake sneaked into the last ‘Dates for the Diary’ post – the Monthly Meeting is of course on the 28th of August, not July. Thank you for spotting it and alerting us. The post has now been corrected.

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It is the Summer Break (what summer???) in the MHWI calendar, but just so that you can plan ahead, here are the August dates for your diaries:

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Allotment – Every Monday

Just a reminder that The Gardening Girls are meeting every Monday (weather permitting) from 2pm (until we run out of steam…) at the allotment in Stevens Street. Please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com for the code to the gate if you would like to come and have a look. Our plots are right at the bottom of the main road down towards the cricket field. Hope to see you there soon! 

Craft Club – No Meeting

The Craft Club is having their summer break in August – so the next meeting will be on the 5th September.

Walking Group – 7th August

The Walking Group will meet for an evening walk from Foxton to Gumley. Please contact Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com if you would like to join the group.

Book Angels – 21st August

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. This month’s book is a Holiday Read of Choice. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

August Bank Holiday – 26th August

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 28th August

Susan Drage will be joining us at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road at 7.30pm for the August Monthly Meeting to demonstrate upcycling ideas for everyday items. 

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After the popularity of Fiona’s introduction to embroidery stitches in March the Craft Club met last Thursday to put concept into practice making a glasses case.

The session was planned and held by Lesley who did a great job of explaining what to do. She provided us with lots of threads and different embellishments to use and even gave us printed instructions!

It was a lovely calm evening of sewing and chatting. Very mindful!

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Just a quick reminder that the Craft Club will be meeting this Thursday at 7pm at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane, upstairs in the Langton Room.

After the popularity of Fiona’s introduction to embroidery stitches in March, Lesley and Mags have been working on a glasses case project for us, so we can try some of the stitches again.

Pre-cut felt, embroidery threads and embellishments will be provided (seed beads, buttons, sequins, etc) and written instructions so you can finish if needed at home. The cost will be £2 payable on the night and £3 for room hire. You will need to bring pins, sewing needle, scissors, needle threader and – if you like to – any of your own embellishments.

If you have not already let us know that you will be joining this session, please get in touch with Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com as soon as possible.

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At our June meeting on Wed 26th June we look forward to welcoming professional make up artist Lucy Swales who will be sharing her experience of working within Madame Tussards and how wax work models are made.

The meeting will start at 7.30 pm and is held at Our Lady of Victories Catholic church hall. We look forward to welcoming both our existing and new members.

What great fun we had last Wednesday night at our May meeting. Both a physical and a mental workout was had at our line dancing class. It was brilliant and we all enjoyed strutting our stuff – no one cared whether we were all in time or even facing the right way as we all had smiles on our faces.

Many thanks to Yvonne Anderson for her patient instruction and for making the evening great fun.

We have our monthly meetings on the fourth Wednesday of every month (except July) and we welcome anyone along to come and see what its all about.

The Eco Village Garden is looking amazing thanks to the many ladies of the WI who are using their green fingers to grow a variety of plants such as sweetcorn, beans and lettuce, to name but a few.

Massive thanks to the head gardener Carl for his generosity in donating many plants etc to the Eco Village.

There will be a Midsummer fair at the Eco Village on 26th June which will be selling plants/seedlings etc and also a stall on the day of Harborough Carnival on 8th June.

Any donations of seeds, cuttings and plants would be much appreciated and can be brought along to Wednesday’s meeting or our June meeting or direct to the Eco Village.

Last month we welcomed Colin Cohen who provided an informative talk on the development of social housing in the UK. Colin kindly donated his speaker’s fee to the Jubilee foodbank. We also had a collection from our members for the foodbank. Many thanks to everyone for your generosity.

We had a social visit to the Plant Man at Braybrooke. We learnt which plants would make ideal plants for a colourful all year round border and the best way to plant them. Refreshments were provided and we also had the chance to ask for advice and shop without without the garden centre being open. Many thanks for a very informative evening.

Our craft club enjoyed making coiled baskets and coasters at our May get together. Many thanks to Fiona for demonstrating and helping us master this somewhat fiddly craft!! We were all very pleased with our results.