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Reported sightings – Safari Supper

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Safari meaning to journey in Swahili

On Saturday 20th September, the now re-branded Safari Supper set off from the Red Lion watering hole as it turned dusk. Clutching their guide slips , all thirty-six villagers ventured to their first hosts house, meeting many of their fellow explorers on the way.

The first course is always an orderly affair, with the hosts holding back on the wine to ensure they can stay on top of the strict timings. This year was no exception, as all thirty-six villagers were promptly turned out at 8:30. Then the hosts beat a hasty retreat to get ready for the next guests, who arrived straight away, as this years hosts were all in close proximity to each other ; 1 in Little Lane, 2 in Wroxton Lane, 1 in Gulivers Close and 2 in Lower Hornton  Lane.

Once dinner is served the hosts can also relax a little and so do their guests. So much so, that some hosts reported and I personally witnessed a reluctance of some of the guests to move on to their next hosts.

red lionDespite this everyone eventually arrived at their third and final host. This is where many of them remained until way past Dave and Natasha’s bedtime, before returning to the Red Lion.

This year we had some new hosts, new guests and some relatively new guests, so seeing the supper through their eyes reminded me of what a great social event this is.

To top it all we raised over £720 for our church.

As for reported sightings, so far there hasn’t been any, however the jungle drums are sometimes slow to start…………..

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On Walking: Thursday 18th September

Now a not so secret path…..

mrscarlielee's avatarCarlie Lee

Today, walking down the Banbury Road, I notice the leaves on the limes are curling and starting to drop. The heavy green boskiness of late summer is beginning to lighten; the trees are beginning to draw into themselves. The banked lushness of comfrey has withered, the plants collapsing inwards, and the nettles have never been more beautiful. The smaller, higher leaves are a splotched bright green; the larger leaves are a peachy-pink, their veins and edges black, as if  inked in by a child.

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I can see through the verge now, to the secrets held in the wide, sandy-earthed ditch behind. The orange pixie-posts of Lords and Ladies stand beside the re-emerging crowns of primulas. Puff ball fungi swells in the dampest hollows beneath the trees.

It’s hot; the Indian summer warmth has amplified the smells of Autumn; leaf-litter, sheep-shit, elderberries, tarmac. I practically skip down the Banbury Road, it makes…

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Cricket closing season update

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What a great summer for cricket, we have lost hardly any matches to the weather – a vast improvement on last year!

The season is now drawing to a close, junior cricket is finished with all teams playing well and winning most of their matches, as anyone who passes our ground on a Tuesday evening will have noticed we have about 70 juniors attending our coaching and the talent and enthusiasm amongst them is a joy to watch.

Ladies cricket has also continued this season with some of the juniors now eligible to play our numbers are increasing and should continue over the next few years which is good for the club.

Senior cricket – the first team have won promotion to Division 3 of the Cherwell League and may yet go up as Champions. The second team are also on course to win promotion for the third season in a row and will hopefully play in Division 6 next year. All our senior teams consist of local players – in fact the majority of both teams have come through our junior coaching which is something we are proud of. We have now agreed a sponsorship deal with Plus-One Personnel who are sponsoring the shirts for the first team. We are also in discussions regarding sponsorship for the second team for next season.

We wrote in the summer issue about the improvements to the ground and we now have new fencing on two boundaries, and a notice board at the entrance to the ground. Our plans for the new pavilion are continuing, we have now been assessed for ClubMark and will find out in the next few weeks if we have achieved it- fingers crossed as this will help the club in finding funding streams to build the pavilion.

The Cricket Club is a thriving part of the village and we are happy to share it however we have had a lot of issues this year with dog pooh on the cricket field – an area is that is regularly used by all including children. This has become such an issue that whilst we do not particularly want to, if we see anyone not clearing up after their dog we shall have to report the owners to the Dog Warden. Please if you wish to walk your dog on our field ensure you pick up after it, there is a dog pooh bin near the entrance.

It has been a good year for the Club, lots of cricket, improvements to the ground, our Annual Dinner Dance is a sell out with over 100 attending, but let’s not forget the people who come along to watch our matches or to have a drink, we thank them for their continued support.

All our events and fixtures re on our website www.horleycc.co.uk or log on via the village website and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Kind regards

David and Judith

 

On Walking: Thursday 11th September

take a walk on the wild side, with our resident blogger

mrscarlielee's avatarCarlie Lee

God, I love September.

Hawthorn berries, rosehips and honeysuckle in North Oxon Hawthorn berries, rosehips and honeysuckle

The dogs and I are over Bramshill, listening to the ducks telling each other off on the carp ponds. I’m sat on the stile, and I can smell great wafts of wild honeysuckle and sweet grass. I’m eating sun-warmed elderberries, pips and all, and watching a small brown bird inspect the rash of berries on the hawthorn bushes.

It’s almost six in the evening, golden time, and I’ve abandoned the washing up from the children’s tea to run away, up the hill.

As I watch, a fat Bumble Bee arrives to harvest the honeysuckle, and I creep up to take a photograph. Pants comes to see what I’m doing, then barks hysterically at the bee.

I laugh and  the bee retracts and reverses, louder than ever. Pants jumps away, then sits down as if in great trouble. The bee visits another flower…

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Sponship deal for Horley Cricket Club

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In the Banbury Guardian on Thursday 21st August 2014, for further news go to Horley’s Cricket Club website www.horleycc.co.uk and also at http://horleycc.co.uk/new-sponsorship-agreement/

Ironstone Chamber Music Festival – Horley 27th September

There’s still time to book tickets for the Ironstone Chamber Music Festival at Deddington, Kings Sutton or right here in Horley.

Come and hear Internationally Famous Musicians play for you at one or more of the above venues.

  • Friday September 26th 7:30 pm at Deddington
  • Saturday September 27th 12:30 pm at Kings Sutton
  • Saturday September 27th 6:30 pm at Horley

Mozart, Janacek, Brahms, Beethoven, Glazunov and Dvorak – all for your delight!

Tickets £15 per concert (£35 for all three) and Horley children go free thanks to Michael Hardinge Trust!

email : howelltessa@ hotmail.co.uk           Ironstone Concert A5 Leaflet 20142

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And There Was A Secret Horley Fest

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Horley Fest 2014 …………….who knew we had such a event going on in our mist.

Live music and disco from the pop up frog stage, beach bar and BBQ hut, Games, 140ft water slide, sumo suit wrestling, camping, camp fire and all happening in a field in Wroxton Lane!

Also see Carlie’s post from last year……

mrscarlielee's avatarCarlie Lee

It’s already raining as we bounce down the Wroxton Road. Fine, misty stuff that makes crystal beads in the children’s hair. The tarmac gleams blackly-slick, and the chestnut on the corner of Little Lane totters beneath its weight of sodden leaves. It’s nearly eight o’clock, but feels later, darkness sneaking in on the rolling waves of a rain-grey sky.

We’re singing 1Direction ‘You don’t know you’re beautiful’ – the same line over and again -Oh, oh-oh, because none of us know the proper words. There’s me and four children, singing, screeching and twirling through Horley, party nerves sending us hyper. I’m the only one with gin in one pocket, and tonic in the other. I have a blue plastic beaker forced into the back pocket of my skinny jeans. I am wearing six earrings in my ears for the first time in fifteen years, and I feel as if I’m…

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