So on the third (and the first, incidentally) Sunday of the month (that would be today), Rev. Jon Russell, the rector of the Allendale with Ninebanks and Whitfield Anglican churches holds the 9:30am communion service at St. Mark’s of Ninebanks,…
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Higher Ground for all . . .
I was right about the provenance of the name of this exciting Social Enterprise (it comes from a song) — just wrong about which one! Not Joe Cocker’s ‘Lord lift us up where we belong’ from ‘An Officer and a…
The golden heart of the village . . .
‘Coeur de lion’ was the given title of King Richard I, while in exile in Brittany, France, after his escapades in the Crusades, or as he became known later throughout the British Isles, Richard the Lion-Hearted. Intriguing, then, that The…
AGM season: Catton VillageHall tonight
Just a lovely dusting of fresh snow on the high fells this morning — makes everything look fine, and doubtless will be gone by later today after the sun warms us up. But just to say we’re trying to keep…
Pocket Directory 3.1
It’s newly printed as of yesterday, and out in the shops and other special places today . . . the third yearly edition of the handy little Allendale and Allen Valleys Pocket Directory. Invented in 2017, this directory is unique…
Allendale area notices
I’m impressed! With over 1000 members, this friendly Facebook group under the unprepossessing name of Allendale area notices, features a running set of updates, queries, answers and information on things going on in Allendale and environs. I didn’t know about…