The Narth Garden Club will be holding a Plant Sale at the Village Hall on Saturday 26th June between 10am and noon.
This will be an outside event, and subject to Covid regulations at the time. Sadly no refreshments this year, but there will be a great selection of plants, as usual.
For more information contact the Club Chairman Graham Agg (01600 861951)
Wye Valley Women once again invite you to their meeting on Tuesday May 18th at 2.15pm with a talk on
Wild Bees in the Garden
With George Pilkington of Nurturing Nature
George is an ecologist, educationalist and researcher. Concerned by the dramatic decline in wild bee populations, he has focussed on researching the nesting behaviour of wild bees, in gardens and in the wider countryside. He will talk about how and why we should attract wild solitary bees into our gardens, and explain about their ecology, nests and pests.
‘Doors’ open 2.15pm, talk starts 2.30.
To join, please contact the Wye Valley Women on wyevalleywomen1@gmail.com. A link will be sent to you to join the event. (Members will receive the link in their normal news mail so do not need to book in advance.) There is no charge but a donation is appreciated.
On Tuesday 20th April in the afternoon there is another ‘Virtual Village Hall’ event as the Wye Valley Women invite others to join their online talk on The Art of Sourdough with Guy Stafford.
During the talk, Guy hopes to be able to demonstrate the whole process, resulting in a baked loaf, and will share lots of helpful tips along the way. That’s on Tuesday, 20th April – doors open 2.15pm, talk starts 2.30. To join, please contact the Wye Valley Women wyevalleywomen1@gmail.com. A link will be sent to you to join the event. (Members will receive the link in their normal news mail so do not need to book in advance.) There is no charge but a donation is appreciated.
If you have a question you would like to ask it helps to let them know in advance.
May’s talk will be about why solitary bees are important creatures to attract into your garden, with speaker George Pilkington showing some of his innovative solutions for attracting and keeping solitary bees happy.
The latest village newsletter is ready and will be delivered door to door soon.
If you prefer to just have the digital copy of the newsletter, make sure you are on the village email list and it will be sent to you, or you can download it from this web site.
Download the March 2021 newsletter (pdf)
If you want to add your household to the list of people just getting the digital copy, please let us know using the Contact Us form here.
The editor is the Village Hall secretary, Maria Ricketts. If you have something you would like to publicise, get in touch with Maria on 01600 869171 or use the Contact form linked above.
Previous newsletters can be viewed here.
The new 65 Bus timetable commenced on Monday 22nd March 2021. This improved the service to The Narth as, until now, the Chepstow to Monmouth services starting at 7am and 3.30pm both bypassed our village, as did the Monmouth to Chepstow service starting at 7.45am.
The Narth now has three additional services Monday to Friday at the following times from our village:
This good news follows discussions between Friends of the 65 Bus and Monmouthshire County Council.
The full timetables are available on the Friends of the 65 Bus web site www.friendsofthe65bus.org.uk
Tuesday 16th February, in the afternoon. Wye Valley Women’s online event this month features a talk by award winning wildlife cameraman and director of photography Robin Smith, who will be presenting Paradise Found, featuring pictures from his film about birds of paradise. (This was originally scheduled for a live meeting last March.)
The meeting is open to all, and there’s no charge, although donations to Wye Valley Women are appreciated from non-members (£2 is suggested).
The session will begin at 2.15pm to give time to chat and socialise before the talk begins at 2.30pm.
To book contact Wye Valley Women on wyevalleywomen1@gmail.com. A link will be sent to you to join the event. (Wye Valley members will receive the link in their normal news mail so do not need to book in advance.)
For a taster see Robin’s website – robinsmith.tv
A message from Help on The Narth as vaccinations start to be rolled out.
Several people have asked about arrangements for getting to a vaccination clinic for those unable to drive. We have received the following advice from Trellech Surgery: –
Wye Valley Women are hosting an online talk, via the Village Hall’s Zoom account, by zoologist and wildlife photographer Victoria Hillman, who will be telling us about her ongoing long term project, Forgotten Little Creatures. Victoria brings together photography and science to celebrate plants, invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles in a fascinating and inaccessible way.
Victoria’s description of the talk: “Forgotten Little Creatures is an exciting project that celebrates all the smaller things that we have around us with creative photography, interesting scientific and historical facts, the stories behind the images and how we can help the wildlife around us. By encouraging others to find and understand the importance of these smaller species I hope that they will help protect them and their habitats for future generations to enjoy and the health of our local ecosystem.”
The meeting is open to all, and there’s no charge, although donations to Wye Valley Women are appreciated (£2 is suggested).
The session will begin at 2.15pm so that you have plenty of time to work out how to do things before the talk begins at 2.30pm, or have a quick chat with people you haven’t seen for a while.
To book contact Wye Valley Women on wyevalleywomen1@gmail.com. A link will be sent to you to join the event.
More information about Victoria and the project can be found here on her web site vikspics.com
UPDATE: 23rd March 2021
Following discussions with our volunteers and with Trellech Surgery, Help on the Narth has decided to cease the prescription and delivery service after Easter. The last collection will be on Thursday 1st April. We will continue to collect prescriptions in an emergency where the patient or carer is unable to get to the surgery in person. In this case, please get in touch via helponthenarth@gmail.com or ring 861974.
Like everyone else, we hope the service won’t be required again but be assured that we will leave all the systems in place so we can pick it up again quickly, should the need arise.
Thank you to everyone for working with us and the surgery to make things as easy as possible during this last lockdown. We all appreciate the support you’ve given us.
To assist the surgery while we are in Level 4 lockdown, Help on The Narth is resuming the prescription collection service. The practice staff prefer people to use this service as it reduces the number of people visiting the surgery – which helps to protect us, to protect our wonderful NHS staff and to protect the wider community. So even if you are not isolating, please allow our volunteers to collect your prescriptions for you.
Continue readingUPDATE: The photo competition has been suspended for 2021 but we hope to return in 2022.
Following the success of last year’s competition and the resulting calendar, we are once again holding a competition to find 12 pictures suitable for a 2022 calendar. This time the theme is:
You can interpret this as widely as you wish: a photograph of your Christmas tree, a birthday party, celebrating the dawn, the winter solstice or the first day of spring. As long as the picture is taken locally, and it has a celebratory theme.
If your talent lies in pencil, charcoal, or oils, you can photograph your masterpieces and submit an entry.
Note that the pictures should be jpegs, landscape to fit the calendar format and should be a reasonable resolution for printing (around 300 dpi or more). Other points are given in the competition rules (below).
It will also help if your picture fits appropriately into a season, to match the months of the calendar. The deadline for Winter photos is Friday 19th March 2021 but you can submit Spring photos up to the end of June.
The overall winner will be chosen from the final 12 images and voted by residents at the Village Hall AGM in October.
1. Photographs must be taken on or around The Narth – a reasonably wide area – or include activities like the Raft Race with which the village is involved.
2. Give a title and name the area in which the image was taken.
3. No photos of children will be accepted unless accompanied by confirmation of permission from their parents or guardians.
4. Maximum number of entries for each person is 2 per season (a total of 8 overall).
5. Only landscape JPEGs will be accepted, to fit the calendar format.
6. Photos must be high enough resolution to print, ideally 300 dpi. If in doubt check the file size – if it is less than 2 MB it may not be suitable.
7. There will be 3 deadlines through the year. Details will appear in the newsletter, village emails and on this website.
8. Finalists will be chosen by a group of judges selected by the Hall Committee, except for the cover photograph which will be voted on by attendees at the Hall Annual General Meeting in October.
9. By submitting an entry you are confirming the following:
Send photos as landscape JPEGs to: mariarick10@gmail.com
Your covering message must state the following:
Have fun and get snapping!
The Narth Village Hall 