Overbury's Winter Wonderland

As temperatures have dropped this week the whole of the Vale of Evesham has been shrouded in a cloak of freezing fog. The sun did creep out this evening on the top of Bredon Hill and the following pictures were sent to us by Ben Holland Martin - many thanks.

Alexandra Churchill's Christmas Show and Sale

Alexandra Churchill invites you to her Christmas Show and Sale at home in Overbury.





The new studio will be open on Sat 4th & Sun 5th Dec and also on Sat 11th & Sun 12th Dec between the hours of 11am and 4pm.


Guest artists: Danek Piechowiak (custom engraved glass), Fiona Cameron (hand made silver jewellery) and Toff Milway (renowned ceramic artist) will also be exhibiting and selling their wares.


For further information and contact details please visit http://www.alexandrachurchill.co.uk/

Planking our own timber

It was all hands on deck yesterday, as Mark, Alun, Simon and Martyn loaded more than a dozen oak trees onto the huge Hudson saw that Charles and William Vernon-Miller supplied and operated for us.

Martyn had already stripped the bark off the trunks and the timber was cut into planks and will be stored and dried for 3 or 4 years or more before it can be used in some of our houses and cottages.

We also had to use the fork lift and Martyn's crane to manhandle the timber; which was pretty weighty!

The timber will be stored under cover and raised off the ground with small chocs separating each layer - at some stage it will be turned to prevent the wood warping in one direction or the other to keep it as straight as possible.

Overbury Fireworks and Bonfire Night

A big thank you to everyone who helped make the Overbury Fireworks and Bonfire Night on Sunday evening such a success.

Our special thanks to Bruce for the fireworks, Martyn and the Overbury Farms team for building the bonfire, Tod, Harry and James Philips for assisting with the lighting and setting up all the tables for the food, David, Toff and John for collecting over £500 for the Village Hall in their bucket collection and the Friends of Overbury School for providing refreshments (they sold out after the 250th hot dog).

The fireworks were outstanding (the photos from Ant Sanger-Davies - tiny image files so only give a little of their impact) and the hotdogs and mulled wine really hit the spot on such a chilly night, although the fire also gave off quite a bit of heat!

Thank you also to the children from Overbury First School who carved a row of beautiful pumpkins to help light the way down School Lane.


And of course, our congratulations to Frazer Loveday, who won the competition for the best guy and whose prize was to light the bonfire !

The Race to Infinity has begun...

Please help keep our villages connected to fast internet services:

Over the next 5 years BT is rolling out superfast fibre optic broadband across the UK. The Overbury/Kemerton exchange is not currently included in the rollout plan, however, BT have pledged that if 75% of the users on the exchange register their interest on BT's 'Race to Infinity' website http://www.racetoinfinity.bt.com/ they will engage with our community to see what they can do in our area.

We are urging everyone in the Overbury, Kemerton and Conderton areas to vote; you don't need a telephone number to do this; the votes are counted for each relevant property/postcode address. Please let us know when you have voted (and your vote number) so we can keep track.

If you do not have an internet connection or need any help in order to vote, please do contact the Estate Office on 01386 725111 and speak to Clemmie or Suzie who will be pleased to assist or you can email us on infinity@bredonhillbroadband.co.uk

Overbury Cricket Club - Awards Night & President's Match

Overbury Cricket Club annual Awards Night was held on Friday 17th September, followed by The Presidents Match on Saturday afternoon. After a closely fought game with plenty of entertaining moments, the President's XI (Captained by Ben Holland-Martin)were bowled out still some 20 runs short of their target. Congratulations to the Overbury XI (captained by Adam Brookes) - victorious again!



The cricket club is a great way to get to know people in the village and the pavilion bar is open throughout the cricket season - May to September; annual social membership for a couple costs £20 per annum, but this is now free to new Overbury Estate tenants for the first year of membership and the atmosphere is friendly and informal; do come and join us for a drink or visit the club website at http://overbury.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

Beckford Barn Dance

Our congratulations to the Evesham Round Table who hosted the Beckford Barn Dance last weekend. The evening was organised in memory of Rupert Ellis and they raised over £1500 towards a disabled hide for the Beckford Nature Reserve nearby.

If you would like to find out more about the local Round Table and what they get up to, do take a look at their website for further info: http://www.evesham295.com/




Sue Corbin and Nicky Griffiths from Overbury






David Broadie and his team spent quite a bit of time polishing up the old barn at Beckford Court Farm, with a sit-down hog roast before the dancing commenced.





Richard Ellis (Rupert's son) and his wife Tabitha








Richard Smith from Evesham Round Table handing out raffle
prizes

Iain McWilliams, Jonathan Peterson Jones (known as JP-J!) John Ward, Ali (from Overbury), Stewart Beach, and Glenn Lyons