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Every 2nd Monday of the month at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall,

Leigh on Mendip

Visitors welcome!

For more details contact Caroline Dove
01373 812889

Wednesday 18 March 2020

Litter Pick


Not the prettiest of photos!!

But thank you all so much for helping with our village Spring Clean this year.

Over 30 people were involved in picking, collecting, baking and serving refreshments afterwards.  This resulted in this pile of bags and a few items to be collected by Mendip.

Many thanks for your support with this venture.

Coronavirus upate for WI Members

Please note that due to the current situation with Coronavirus, we have cancelled all WI events for March and April.

We will keep in touch with members by email and telephone and let you know as soon as we can safely resume meetings and events.

In the meantime, stay safe and DO ask others for any help when needed.

Mary Mears

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Meeting 9 March 2020


There were so many forthcoming events to note at our March meeting we had a slip attached to our WI Life listing them all! Mary thanked everyone who had completed the questionnaire in February and said she was pleased how positive most of the answers were. She had spoken to most people about the possible name change of the Institute and as no one was completely against the idea it had been decided we would investigate this further. So if you haven’t already done so, put your thinking caps on and send any name suggestions to Mary, either by e mail, a note or bring to the next meeting. 

Members had enjoyed the outing to Camerton Court, an extensive garden with so much more than just the snowdrops we went to see. It would be beautiful at any time of the year but unfortunately is not open to the public on a continuous basis for security reasons. They do open for guided walks on various specific dates during the year so worth checking their website if you are interested.

Mary and Caroline had recently been to Denman and Mary brought along a very impressive wicker pig she had made to show us. We can look forward to seeing Caroline’s “modular knitting” from her course at the April meeting. Mary once again urged us to consider a Denman course, especially if we have never been. A bursary is available.

Our speaker was Christine Clinch from the Ammerdown Centre near Radstock. This is situated in the stable block of Ammerdown House which is owned by Lord and Lady Hilton. There are a huge variety of courses available plus the chance for personal retreats all for very reasonable fees. There are both residential and day sessions which all include meals.Their mission is stated as Hospitality, Peace and Reconciliation with the courses falling into three categories, spiritual, handicrafts and inter-faith. We had the opportunity to take away a course brochure and there is more information on their website www.ammerdown.org