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Plumpton & East Chiltington
News
October 2021Z. R. LANDSCAPES
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Your local village store is now open:
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7.00am to 7.30pm Saturday
7.00am to 1.00pm Sunday
01273 890229PLUMPTON & EAST CHILTINGTON NEWS
October 2021 Page POPPY APPEAL 2021
Plumpton Parish Council 2 I have been given the go ahead from
East Chiltington Parish Council 5 The Poppy Appeal that the House to
District Councillor Rob Banks 6 House collections in the Community
Country Councillor Sarah Osborne 6 will be able to take place this year.
MP Maria Caufield 9
Collection time is from October 30th
DR’s Diary 10
to November 13th.I trust my worthy
Rev. Anne Dunlop 12 collectors will be up to the challenge
All Saints Lych Gate Ceremony 14 again this year.
Church Services & News 15
Train Timetable 16 Is there anyone in East Chiltington
Events Calendar 18 who would be prepared to cover part
Harvest Festival 19 of this area?
Tennis Club 22 Jo Taylor
Poppy Appeal Organiser
The Group 22
01273 890450
Wildlife Photography Competition 22
Plumpton & East Chiltington
Wildlife 24
Footpath Detective 27
Birds 28
Chailey Commons Society 31
Citizens Advice 32
Clubs & Societies 33
Plumpton Apple Day 34 Church Coffee Mornings
Join us in the church annex on
Harvest Festival Service Saturday 4th December
3rd October, 5pm 10.30 - 12.30
St. Michael’s Church
There will be a Tombola to tempt
Afterwards Harvest Supper at you!!
Plumpton College
Plumpton Short Mat Bowls Club
Come and give short mat bowls a try. All ages Welcome
Meet members and enjoy a cup of coffee/tea (and biscuits). Bowls etc provided. You just need
flat shoes or slippers. Members will be only too pleased to show you the basic rules and let
you have a go.
We meet every Thursday evening at 7pm at Plumpton Village Hall. Mainly during the season
September ‘til April for club nights, play friendly matches, club competitions, play in the league
and have social events.
For information contact Malcolm Beard 01273 890826
1report and recommendations can be found
Plumpton Parish on the PC web site. The Transport and
www.plumptonpc.co.uk Environment committee with help from Rob
Banks has recommended two of the options
given in the study and are required now to
The Parish Council did not meet before the consult with the community to take this
copy deadline this month so please see the forward. We are therefore asking for
September minutes for updates. comments on the following proposals: -
Unfortunately, Councillor Peter Morgan has 1.To increase awareness of the pedestrian
had to tender his resignation for family crossing activities around the junction
reasons. We are very sorry to see Peter of Station Road/Southdowns, it is
leave and thank him for his service over the recommended to upgrade the first set
last few years. Peter was chair of the of the school warning sign at the
Playing Field committee and has handed this southbound approach with a yellow
responsibility over to Councillor Ron Jury. backing board and introduce “SLOW”
Peter also served on the Transport and road markings with red surfacing next
Environment committee and was our liaison to the schools warning signs.
with the school. If any resident is interested 2. The existing dropped kerb at the south of
in joining the council please contact the the Station Road/Southdowns junction
Clerk, Anita Emery. is not completed and lines up with the
car park entrance. It is recommended
Planning – At the time of writing we have no to relocate the dropped kerb southward
news of any decision regarding the and complete it with a dropped kerb on
application for development on the Nolands the opposite footway. To protect
Farm site. The council completed the work pedestrians at the crossing point, it is
on the response to the Lewes District Local recommended to install a bollard at the
Plan Issues and Options document. The final end of the layby and review the need of
response can be found on the Parish Council parking restriction at the mouth of the
web site. junction in preliminary design.
The Parish Council commissioned a If residents would like to comment on any
Feasibility Report from East Sussex Highways aspect of the feasibility study and/or the
to improve road safety around the recommendations please contact the Clerk,
Southdowns/Station Road junction Anita Emery, anita.emery@plumptonpc.co.uk
specifically with the school in mind. The full
East Chiltington Parish/Village Hall
We are trying to find out more information about the old Parish Hall, or Village Hall, which was
in Highbridge Lane, EC, near the Forge. We know it was an 'iron building' and was opened on
December 30th 1909 'with a bar and entertainment' . We know it held many events,
including dances, scouts, celebratory receptions, youth clubs and flower shows. It was even a
hospital briefly during the war. It was closed sometime in the early 1950's and subsequently
demolished. We have been very pleased to have some information from local sources but
would love more photographs and actual memories from those who visited it!
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4upgrade some villages to service centres to
allow more housing even though there have
been no infrastructure changes and a member
of the public was concerned that developers
seem to renege on their promises once
The parish council - met on August 25th and planning consent has been given, leaving the
invited Leigh Palmer from LDC to join us. public with housing but without the promised
There was a lively discussion on the council community benefits.
response to the recent 'Issues and Options' The parish council agreed to send a full
consultation. This consultation should inform response to LDC and this can be found on our
the District Council of residents wishes for any website – www.eastchiltington.net
future development in the district, outside of
the National Park. Following correspondence Get together – Residents gathered on the
with Maria Caulfield MP, the council raised the Hollycroft field on September 4th to meet and
question of how changes planned by the enjoy a relaxed evening with music and
government might affect the Lewes Plan, since barbecues. Thanks go out to everyone who
a review of the housing figures and removal of helped to make this a success by erecting the
the need for a 5 year land supply might marquee, providing salads and manning the
significantly reduce the number of houses barbecues.
Lewes need to plan for. Unfortunately, Lewes
has to deal with finding space for the numbers Footpaths - The parish council are very
presently assessed (602 per year), although grateful to the Monday group of rights of way
that may reduce at a later stage. volunteers for all the work they have carried
Council expressed concerns that LDC would out in the parish clearing paths and installing
only rule out a site if it was small scale and new waymarker posts. These hardy
considered to be remote from services or if volunteers keep our paths and stiles in tip top
there were specific concerns such as flooding condition and are busier than ever at this time
or highway issues. Since no sites were of year.
specified in the consultation, these issues can
only be addressed once the public receive A sad loss - The council was saddened to
details of the sites put forward. Consultation hear of the sudden passing of long time
on actual sites and their suitability will likely resident John Anderson. John was chair of the
come forward in early October. LDC has a set parish council for a number of years and will
method for assessing sites but in the case of a be missed by a great many people. Council
large new settlement such as the North Barnes will look for a suitable site to plant a tree in
site they would likely assess that against a new his memory.
set of parameters. ECPC was concerned that
parameters should be decided upon prior to Finally, - “Our South Downs” is a South
any large sites being considered in order for Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA)
the process to be impartial. initiative to build a community of like-minded
Council asked if ESCC had been consulted micro and small businesses, who share the
regarding the problems in Lewes District with a same values around sustainability, into a local
lack of road capacity but were told that due to network group.
ESCC having to deal with several authorities it A new online platform will give access to
was unlikely that they would be able to business support, discussion forums, a smart
respond by October, so some sites may need directory and much more, all targeted to help
to drop out at a later stage. Cllr.Funnell asked your business reach its sustainable aspirations
if LDC had other consultees such as schools, and thrive at an extremely challenging time.
health, water and sewerage but was told LDC “Our South Downs” will be available to all
have to produce their plan by 2023 so there is businesses in and around the SDNP
not likely to be enough time for all consultees Best of all, membership is FREE for you and
to respond. your business for the first year. If you have
There was concern from ECPC about talk of any questions or queries, please ask at
LDC changing the settlement hierarchy to enterprise@southdowns.gov.uk
5Rob Banks, District Councillor
Lewes District Local Plan
I understand that over 2,500 replies were received by the District Council to the first stage of
consultation over the "Issues and Options" stage of its Local Plan. I also submitted a reply,
opposing the "single settlement in the low weald" option (this stage of the consultation didn't
name any site although my opposition to the proposed Eton new town site continues!). I also
said that full use should be made of brownfield sites, existing permissions and empty properties
as a priority, and that the Local Plan should recognise the importance of our countryside both
outside and inside the Park. I also urged the Council to challenge the government's 782 housing
figure for Lewes District, saying it should aim for a lower figure that reflects our actual need.
But government rules demand councils have to go through the lengthy Local Plan process first
and the council will have to argue the case with the government inspector. Thank You to all who
replied in support of our rural area.
New dual use recycling/litter bin
I am seeing if LDC can install another "dual use" bin like they have outside the village shop - the
pavilion car park has been suggested - and will let you know if any progress.
Bus services consultation
I replied to the recent County Council bus service survey, calling for an improvement to our
limited bus services and suggested in addition to our existing routes an "on demand" service
should be investigated for our area.
New parliamentary seat
Alongside East Chiltington and Plumpton parish councils, I wrote opposing the planned
boundaries for the proposed East Grinstead and Uckfield seat. The existing proposal would
remove our villages from the Lewes constituency but we have close ties with Lewes as this is
the main centre for shopping, leisure, surgeries and services including the 6th form college.
Areas like Plumpton and East Chiltington have very little involvement with East Grinstead and as
small settlements to the very south of the newly proposed seat, would I fear not get the same
level of attention as East Grinstead. We expect to hear further plans from the Boundary
Commission in the new year.
robert.banks@lewes.gov.uk
07986 755246
Sarah Osborne, County report September 2021
20MPH in residential areas
In 2019, according to police records in East Sussex there were 934 casualties on 30mph roads,
at a total cost of £63m. Given that reducing speeds to 20mph is recognised as one of the most
significant moves we can make to save lives I proposed the following at the July meeting of Full
Council;
“East Sussex County Council agrees to request the Cabinet to set an authority-wide default
20mph speed limit for urban and village roads and a costed plan for implementation, that would
enable immediate action as and when funds or opportunities to apply for funds become
available”.
This does not mean ‘every road’, but that 20mph speed limits should be the norm and higher
limits should be exceptions only where there is evidence that such a higher limit will be safe for
pedestrians and cyclists. This is as recommended by the World Health Organisation and was
recently committed to by UK government in the 2020 Stockholm Declaration signed by the UK
and 129 other global road safety ministers.
Using the cost calculator on the 20’s Plenty website, implementing 20mph on most 30mph roads
in East Sussex for a one-off cost of £2.2m could have saved 149 casualties and £10.1m each
year.
Unfortunately, all the Conservative councillors voted against this motion and so it was lost.
Cont. on page 9
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I am pleased to see that East Sussex County Council are currently running a
consultation on their Bus Service Improvement Plan as part of the Government’s
£3 billion ‘Bus Back Better’ scheme which launched in March 2021. The National
Bus Strategy aims to get more people travelling by bus, making these buses a
practical and attractive alternative to private cars.
We know locally that being in such a rural part of the country that often bus routes are not
commercially viable and need significant subsidies to survive. It’s why we are so dependent on
community bus routes provided by groups such as Cuckmere Buses and CTLA.
The Governments’ Bus Back Better strategy wants bus services to be faster, more reliable, and
more frequent and recognises that to make bus routes viable they have to address the needs
of the community but also may need subsidies to succeed. With the East Sussex County
Council consultation, it is imperative that the public’s views are heard regarding the proposals.
Increasing bus travel may also play an important part in the Covid-19 recovery as bus travel
has held up more strongly than rail services. Bus services are also central to the Government’s
‘levelling up’ plan, which I know will bring benefits to people across the Country.
In addition, I welcome this Improvement Plan as it will play an integral part in achieving the
Government’s ambitious net zero target by 2050. The introduction of 4000 battery or hydrogen
powered zero-emission buses, provided by £120 million in government funding, will play a key
role in the road to the decarbonisation of transport. Each zero-emission bus saves around 46
tonnes of CO2 and can take 75 cars off the road, making a clear contribution towards tackling
climate change.
Efforts are already underway locally to build an environmentally friendly transport network,
with a hydrogen hub planned in Newhaven being funded by the Government through the Town
Deal Fund. Work is ongoing with Brighton & Hove buses which has created an innovative and
green fleet that has led to the highest bus use per head in England outside of London. I am
keen that we improve our bus services locally to connect up our towns and villages and that a
more reliable service will be possible.
Sarah Osborne cont. from page 6
Climate Change
At the meeting of the County Council on the 15th October 2019, East Sussex County Council
declared a Climate Emergency and set a target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.However
Lib Dem councillors at the recent council meeting proposed that in light of increased evidence of
the impact of global warming and the urgency required in order to address this, East Sussex
County Council should revise that target to 2030 and with immediate effect establish a plan of
actions in order to deliver on this target.
Unfortunately, all the Conservative councillors rejected our proposal and so our motion was
defeated.
‘PITIFUL’ FUNDING FOR EAST SUSSEX ROADS
ESCC only received £250,000 extra in funding recently announced for East Sussex roads. Whilst
any money at the moment is welcomed, this works out at around £1.25p per mile of
roads. Just doing half the Newhaven ring road cost a lot more than £250,000. It is frankly
pitiful and will do nothing to repair the decade’s worth of neglect and potholes that we all have
to put up with.
Sarah
07986 776 105
9DR’s Diary sculptures, water features, art works,
etc..), swap tips and may have plants
A Piece of Cake! for sale. In extreme heat, the plants
After last years lockdown, I think its may wilt, but its unlikely you'll see a
fair to say many of us are making the gardener getting hot under the collar.
most of it as restrictions have eased. If you're lucky, you may even come
A trip to a (quiet) beach is always away with the recipe for that delicious
good. We strolled from Climping to cake you've just demolished!
Littlehampton, had a picnic en route
and remembered just how invigorating
a paddle and a bit of sea air can be.
We took a look at Littlehampton
Happy Circle Christmas
Redoubt (aka: Littlehampton Fort ),
built in 1854 to protect the entrance to
Party
the river Arun from the threat of a will be held on 18th December
French attack. It never came, instead (Thursday)
Napoleon III opted to take on
Bismarck's Prussian army. Sadly for the 2- 4pm
French, they only came away from the Our Ukelelle band and the
Franco-Prussian War with a 'silver' and Plumpton School; children will sing
Napoleon was left to rue on what
might have been in exile in leafy We have missed you and all look
Chislehurst , Kent. Ironically, his son forward to seeing you soon
died in the Boer War as a soldier in the Cherie, The Happy Circle
British Army.
The fort is looking very sad and sand 01273 891592
has filled the moat. Hopefully, some
funds will be forthcoming to restore
this important building.
Another thing we've been able to do is
to visit open gardens as part of The
National Garden Scheme . This raises
much needed funds for lots of worthy
charities. LITE BITES
The pandemic has highlighted just
LITE BITES will be starting up again
how important open spaces are for our
on Tuesday 12th October 2021 at 12
mental health and general wellbeing.
for 12:30 in the Church Annex. Then
Having said that, the NGS booklet
on the second Tuesday in the month.
should maybe include a Government
health warning , ' Visiting our gardens Please join us for a chat and a bite to
may not only increase your well being eat.
but also your waistline!'
Looking forward to seeing you.
Some of the best cake I've tasted has
been on a garden visit. There's Enquiries to Cherie on 01273 891592
something quintessentially English or Jean on 01273 890547
about 'doing' open gardens. The hosts
are usually only too pleased to discuss
their garden ( this may include;
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11Rev. Anne Dunlop
September seems to have come around so quickly, this year seems to have sped
past. Perhaps it seems this way because we were always looking forward,
anticipating getting back to a ‘normal’ and out of restrictions. But here we are and
there is an Autumnal feel in the air.
The last few weeks have given us some gloriously sunny days and some happy
events. Last weekend was the Beechwood Picnic at Cooksbridge, and St Peter
Church Offham were ‘on the teas and cakes’. Looking at the two tables laden with
cakes of every kind, I wondered if we would ever dispose of so many. But as the
afternoon wore on, they gradually disappeared leaving only a few ends and crumbs
to go in the bin. It was a happy afternoon with families and friends meeting up,
children running about and at one point there seemed to be a dog everywhere you
looked.
The day before I had taken a wedding at East Chiltington, a charming country church
decorated with flowers in jam jars and milk bottles carefully arranged and looking
just right. A highlight was a solo by a friend of the couple who came to the front
and sang the English folk song, Linden Lee. It was one of those moments where
everything seems to come together and you want to capture it, hold and store in
your memory. A quintessential English country wedding, simple, gentle, and full of
love. A moment of happiness or rather joy, for they are different.
Psychologists tell us that we have to deliberately choose to hold onto positive
thoughts so that they can “imprint.” You must savour it consciously for at least
fifteen seconds before it can fix and store itself in your “implicit memory;” otherwise
it doesn’t stick.
Neuroscience can demonstrate that the brain has a negative bias; it prefers to
cluster around fearful, negative, or problematic situations. Our negative and critical
thoughts are like Velcro, they stick and hold; whereas our positive and joyful
thoughts are like Teflon, they slide away. Consciously choosing to not let them slide
away can help us significantly change our regular attitudes and moods.
The scripture tells us that a key to this is thankfulness. Thankfulness is like a
medicine, so much negative ‘Velcro’ can be brushed away with a good dose of
thankfulness. It is not easy to do, for we hold tenaciously to the ‘Velcro’ bits and
can rehearse them for hours. But we cannot be angry, frustrated, frightened, or
sorrowful - and thankful at the same time. Thankfulness will displace the negative.
St Ignatius of Loyola taught his followers to use a practice he called Examen. The
Examen is an ancient practice; it’s a technique of prayerful reflection on the events
of the day that can help us see God’s hand at work in our whole experience.
This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced.
1. Become aware of God’s presence.
2. Review the day with thankfulness.
3. Pay attention to your emotions.
4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it.
5. Look toward tomorrow.
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13All Saints Lych-gate Ceremony 9 September 2021
The Lych-gate was restored for it’s centenary over the Winter of 2019/2020 and due
to Covid 19 restrictions, only two individuals were able to be at the rededication by
Revd Godfrey Broster in March 2020.
The Lych-gate was built in 1920 in memory of local nurseryman Richard J Blackman
by his wife Elizabeth Blackman. Descendants of Richard Blackman visited Plumpton
on Thursday 9 September and this opportunity was taken to have a small gathering of
some of those who had donated monies towards the restoration and to have a
ceremony of thanksgiving.
Representatives of the Parochial Church Council, the Parish Council, together with
Richard Wells who had researched the history of the Lych-gate and Lee Stevens who
secured a grant for the restoration work from Historic England through the War
Memorials Trust, also attended. A detailed book of the history of the Lych-gate and
restoration pictures will be placed in the Church for anyone to read and a
commemorative brass plaque will be put up in the Church porch.
Revd Anne Dunlop blessed the structure which is also a Peace Memorial from WW1,
and she kindly provided afternoon tea in the church Annexe afterwards.
14Church Services for October
Sunday 3rd October Trinity 18 Animal Welfare Grandparents’ Day
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
St Michael’s 5.00pm Harvest Festival*
Sunday 10th October Trinity 19 Safeguarding
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion/Harvest Festival
th
Sunday 17 October Trinity 20 Healthcare Sunday
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
th
Sunday 24 October Trinity 21 Bible Sunday, United Nations Day
East Chiltington 11.00am Family Communion
Sunday 31st October 4 Before Advent
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
th
Sunday 7 November Third Sunday before Advent
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
Please note that beginning in September we have resumed services at East
Chiltington church on the Fourth Sunday of each month at 11.00am. St Michael’s
church will continue to be used on special occasions such as for Harvest festival (see
above)
There will be a Carol service at St Michael’s church on Wednesday 15th December at
6pm followed also by refreshments in the college.
For general church matters please contact one of the Churchwardens
East Chiltington - Amanda Inglis 07941 241148
Plumpton - Howard Wood 07794484373 David Dawson 01273 890134
Volunteers requested for churchyard clear up
Now the wild flowers have set their seed in All Saints churchyard we will be
mowing and raking up in accordance with our management plan on Saturday 16th
October.
If you are able to bring along a strimmer, rake, builders bag, bow saw, secateurs
or just yourself then you will be made very welcome.
We will meet by the annex at All Saints at 10.00am with a lunch at 1pm and
teas and coffees provided. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 16th
October.
Howard Wood
1516
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VILLAGE EVENTS CALENDAR
VH = Village Hall HQ = Scout HQ TC = Tennis Club
StM = St Michael’s ANX = Church Annex PAV = Pavilion
ECC = East Chiltington Church Sch = Plumpton School ALC= All Saints Church
2021
2nd October - Plumpton Apple Pressing VH
10th October - Harvest Festival Buffet Lunch ANX
12th October - Lite Bites 12pm ANX
16th October - PlumptonFest VH
20th October - Flower Club AGM, 7.30pm VH
27th October - Sussex Bonsai Group 7.30 to 10pm VH
17th November - Flower Club, 7.30pm VH
26th November - Horticultural Society AGM VH
27th November - St. P & St. J Festive Fair VH
27th November to 3rd December - Christmas tree festival ALC
4th December - Church coffee morning 10.30 - 12.30 ANX
4th December - Scouts Over 60’s Christmas Party 2.15pm - 6pm VH
18th December - Happy Circle Christmas Lunch 2 - 4pm ANX
BOOKINGS
Village Hall & Pavilion: Jane Donovan 07747 050903 or 01273 891036
Church Annex Howard Wood 07794484373
COPY DEADLINES
17th October for November
15th November for December
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18HARVEST FESTIVAL – WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?
As summer draws to a close and the fields are cleared of crops, we turn our thoughts to
the many ways that the harvest season has traditionally been marked across the
country. Many harvest customs are connected with bringing in corn or other cereal
crops. The final handful of corn stalks might then have been woven into a ‘corn
dolly’. This represented the spirit of the corn and was kept until the following spring
to ensure a good harvest next year.
Harvest time involves a whole array of other crops too, including apples, cherries,
hops and potatoes. For families living in polluted parts of London in the early half of
the 20th century, an annual September trip to the hop fields of Kent provided a
breath of fresh air. This was hardly Butlins; these were working holidays, and
accommodation was cramped and unhygienic. But for many children, it was a rare
chance to see the countryside, encountering their first cows and running free around
the woods and fields.
Apples are picked a little later in the year, usually October. Over 2,500 varieties of
these popular fruits were developed in the UK but nowadays it’s hard to find more
than a couple of types in supermarkets that have been grown here.
Naturally, a celebration of the harvesting of food often involves special feasts or
dishes. Bread often featured. A loaf might be baked into the shape of a wheatsheaf,
and on Lammas Day, the first of August, bread baked with freshly picked corn was
taken into the local church to be blessed.
Harvest suppers, were traditionally hosted by the farmer. They brought together the
community of people who’d helped bring in the crops as a way of saying thank you
and celebrating a successful growing year.
As a species, have we lost touch with the seasons? Has globalisation meant that we
can eat whatever we want, whenever we want? Have we lost the link with growing
local, sustainable, flavoursome food?
The Covid-19 pandemic has perhaps taught us that community and our local
environment are important and that the traditional ways are worth remembering.
Let’s come together and celebrate the 2021 Harvest.
PLUMPTON & EAST CHILTINGTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS
The Good Neighbours have worked throughout the villages during the lockdowns
and continue to operate to help improve people’s lives. We have been transporting people to
hospitals, doctors, opticians, dentists, vaccination appointments, collecting and delivering
prescriptions, shopping, posting letters and parcels, taking pets to the vets with their owner,
making regular telephone calls offering reassurance and friendship and visiting people.
We have a number of dedicated volunteers willing to assist in many ways.
If we can help, please call one of our Coordinators on
07478524152 or 07786152215
19HARVEST FESTIVAL IN 2021
Date for your diary:
Harvest Festival
Buffet Lunch
12.30 to 2.30pm
Sunday 10th October
Church Annex
Let’s bring tradition back to Plumpton & East Chiltington.
The corn is in. The apples have been picked. The excess fruits and vegetables
have been bottled or frozen.
Join Rev Anne at All Saints Church on Sunday 10th October at 11am for a
Harvest Festival service which will celebrate our local produce and give thanks
for the food that will sustain us all through winter. It will be a truly joyous
occasion.
_________________________
Everyone is invited to a Harvest Festival Buffet Lunch in the Church
Annex at 12.30 on Sunday 10th October. (You don’t have to have been to the
church service)
Come to lunch, if possible ‘bring and share’ food you have made, using produce
from your own garden or from local sources.
If you are planning to come to the lunch, it would help if you could let us know so
we can make sure we have enough food and drink for everyone.
Jean Eagle 01273 890547 n.eagle@btopenworld.com
Carole Nicholson 01273 891722 carolenicholson3@outlook.com
Howard Wood 07794 484373 hawood167@hotmail.com
OPEN TO ALL
We hope to see you there!
Plumptonfest 2021
Saturday, 16 October, Plumpton Village Hall
A celebration of local musical talent
Box office now open!
Get your wristbands from the village shop or contact Eamonn, as below
Individual: £7 each
Family ticket: £20 (2 adults, plus up to 2 under 16’s)
It’s BYO: Bring your own drinks, glasses and snacks. There is no bar
Last few slots still available for performers. To take part, please contact:
Eamonn Murphy plumptonmusic@gmail.com 01273 890150 07946 518420
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21DID YOU SEE THAT!?
As we put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, for this month’s tennis club update the tennis
world is marvelling at the tremendous achievements of Emma Raducanu. What a talent and an
inspiration! Congratulations to Emma.
Congratulations as well to our head coach Ian Lilly who raised over £12656 by running the
Brighton marathon. Intended to be a half marathon for Ian, some administrative mayhem
beyond his control meant he ended up running a full marathon instead with only a days’
notice! Another great achievement
If Emma and Ian have inspired you to pick up a racquet please get in touch with us.
Unseasonal though it might seem, tennis can be your chosen sport and route to fitness for the
autumn and winter with floodlit courts and opportunities to play continuing right through the
year….and part year membership discounts now kicking in!
If you want to find out more, get involved or even come down to the club for a try out, then
contact Lesley Satchell on 07590 354420, e-mail info@plumptontc.org.uk or go to
www.plumptontc.org.uk
….and remember, if you aspire to play like Emma or just play at all, we have a full range of
coaching available for all age groups and abilities to help you step onto the court.
We hope to see you soon.
Plumpton Tennis Club Play | Enjoy | Improve
The Group
There are plenty of things to do in Sussex. It’s just a matter of knowing where to find them – so
says the founder of a Sussex club for unattached people. The Group was started in 2006 and
has welcomed single people, aged 50 plus, ever since. Well, until Covid changed everything.
In March 2020, like many clubs, The Group stopped meeting. But now that regulations have
been relaxed, The Group’s social diary is already filling up. And in October it opens its doors
again to new members.
Tricia Bentley explains how The Group operates. “We have venues in five Sussex towns;
Worthing, Burgess Hill, Brighton, Horsham and Lewes, and each of those venues hosts a club
night every month”.
There are hundreds of events every year, each one arranged by The Group’s own members.
“That way we get loads of variety in the things we do. We have three holidays coming up,
restaurant meals, theatre and walks but an event can be as simple as making new friends by
meeting in a coffee shop. It’s all about getting out, being with people, and having fun. We are
definitely not a dating organisation. Some members have got together of course, and some
have married, but our target is just to help people kickstart their social lives”.
The Group has a website, www.thegroup.org.uk, and there’s loads of information there.
Annual Photography competition
Have you taken any photos of birds, butterflies, bluebells, bugs or other wildlife that you are
particularly proud of? We’d also love to see images of the different wildlife habitats –
woodlands, hedgerows, unimproved calcareous grassland, marshy grassland, semi-improved
grassland, ponds and streams - found in our parishes. You may enter up to three images.
Photos must have been taken in Plumpton or East Chiltington parishes. The winning entry will
be announced at our AGM on Nov 8th. Email your photos to plumptonwildlifephotos@gmail.com
by 31st October 2021.
Browse previous year’s entries here: https://plumptonwildlifegroup.weebly.com/annual-photo-
competition.html
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23current numbers are much lower than the
“thousands of plants” recorded in the 1950s.
Plumpton & East Without grazing, Purple Moor-grass (Molinia
Chiltington Wildlife caerulea) tends to take over, crowding out the
Gentians. The last extensive survey, in 2000,
Blue Gems: in search of Marsh recorded around 700 flowering spikes across 13
locations in the Forest.
Gentians
The Sussex Botanical Recording Society has set
up a small project to ascertain the current
“Found one!” I shouted to status of Marsh Gentian in Sussex, as a
the small team of baseline for long-term monitoring and
volunteer botanists observing the impact of management
scouting the Airman’s changes.
Grave area of Ashdown Teams of volunteer botanists, including Jacqui
Forest. We were looking Hutson and myself, will survey all the sites
for the vivid blue flowers where Marsh Gentians have been recorded
of Marsh Gentian since 1992. At each site, we will record
(Gentiana pneumonanthe) whether we find any gentians, the number of
and I had just spotted the plants and the extent of the area they occupy,
first one of the day. We habitat details, particularly the presence of
carefully recorded the areas of bare open ground where seedlings
exact location, how many might establish, and associated species.
flowers were on the stem Next year, we hope to revisit sites where they
and looked around for were found prior to 1992. Even if we don’t
other plants nearby. That find any Marsh Gentians at these historical
first plant was a lonesome outlier but we soon sites, we may find some clues as to why they
found a small clump some 100m away, and were lost from locations where they previously
then several more. We crossed a wide, open thrived.
ride and found a few more plants, typically
tucked away in small open areas between Conservation
Bracken, Gorse and Cross-leaved Heath. Across their distribution range, Marsh Gentian
They’d be impossible to spot were it not for populations are threatened by habitat
the unmistakable bright blue flowers. The destruction (e.g. by ploughing, drainage or
flowers close overnight and in cold and cloudy afforestation) and by the reduction of grazing
weather. Ideal Marsh Gentian spotting or of other physical disturbance. Uncontrolled
conditions are sunny days in late August and and excessive burning is also a threat.
September. Marsh Gentian plants are long-lived perennials,
The native range of Marsh Gentians includes with a mean life expectancy of about 20 years,
much of Europe, from southern Scandinavia but individual plants may not flower every year,
to the mountains of Spain, Italy and the with plants in more open areas flowering more
Balkans, and extends eastwards into central regularly than those that are shaded. Similarly,
Asia. In the UK it is Nationally Scarce, with seedling establishment is poor in dense
good populations only in the New Forest. vegetation. Previous observations have shown
Marsh Gentians grow in damp acid grassland that plant numbers increase in sites where
and heathland, now an extremely scarce associated vegetation is low and non-shading,
habitat. The plants don’t like very wet places, and where there is bare ground for seedling
but they need damp locations. They were first establishment. The ideal management for
recorded in West Sussex in 1791 in St. conservation of Marsh Gentians is thus thought
Leonard’s forest, but are now locally extinct in to be a combination of light grazing, to reduce
West Sussex and found only on Ashdown competition from vigorous plants such as
Forest and Chailey Common in East Sussex. purple moor-grass, and small-scale turf-cutting
or controlled winter burning, to remove the
The survey and monitoring project surface vegetation around the plants and
Marsh Gentians have been known on provide sites for germination.
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Footpath on open moorland where to the stranger there
Detective’s is little discernable difference. I hadn’t taken a
map but I was reasonably familiar with the
Diary: moor and had in sight a couple of features like
a distinctive cow house and a dry stone stock
A Footpath Detective’s Diary enclosure that I knew to head for or turn by.
October 2021 As I crossed between Boos Moor and
Morning Glory
Threshfield Moor I kept north using a footpath
I’ll not make excuse for writing about a to link me to another clear bridleway. I was
Yorkshire route again, there are just so many making my way across High Moss on a lovely
and the weather has been so good up there path of close nibbled grass. Ahead I could see
this year and I have been so lucky to have the cow house I had my eye on as an ideal bolt
had another week there, this time camping hole just for me to escape to, such are my
just west of Threshfield in Wharfedale. dreams. Just by my dream hideaway is a
My starting point for this early crossing of paths that involves a descent to a
morning trot was Wood Nook. As I barn and a bit of a wiggle through some gates
descended Wood Lane the morning before ascending ahead still heading north. On
September sunlight glinted through the trees both left and right are rock outcrops where
onto large brown cows enjoying lush pasture. once were ancient settlements and on the hills
At the first cross roads (tracks) I went are clear field system marks that stand out in
straight ahead onto Grysedale Lane passing a the low sunlight.
few dwellings and then began to ascend to I crossed Malham Moor Lane and
meet the junction with Moor Track. A right continued north towards Kilnsey and Green
turn took me onto one of the many green Haw Hill. I could see Kilnsey Crag, possibly the
lanes. most spectacular limestone cliff in Wharfedale.
As the path ascended, first between It is 40m high and its overhang projects about
the dry stone walls and then on open moor 10m making it a favourite challenge for
the sun was behind me and the contours of experienced rock climbers. It is a creation of
the land and its vegetation stood out so the glacial action of the Wharfedale glacier that
clear. Heathers in bloom, grouse making an formed this wonderful dale. My view of the
appearance, lovely Swaledale sheep turning crag from the moor was side on and with the
to stare and I alone with no other humans in less often viewed scar of the quarry behind.
sight able to run free and enjoy wherever my My destination was not Kilnsey and
feet chose to wander. before reaching Green Haw Hill I spotted the
My ascent continued between dry stone stock enclosure that I needed to turn
Dolmire Hill and Hamerton Hill along right by onto the thin path rising between two
Backstone Edge and onto Boss Moor. A look hills with stone cairns. Over the rise and
back (always worth doing) revealed a picking my way along the thin path I arrived at
fantastic view to Grassington and the hills the now decommissioned Threshfield Quarry.
above. I crossed Hamerton Hill Syke, one of This is a big quarry site that has been
the tiny moorland streams whose water will thoughtfully decommissioned to enable nature
tumble into the main dale in due course. to reclaim it and people to walk among it.
Then another rise to reveal a wonderful view There are clear footpath signs through it and
of Flasby Fell, where I walked last around its top. Bunds of stone have been laid
September, and below me the glinting waters to trap rain water making ponds. Jackdaws and
of Winterburn Reservoir. I stood on the edge Martens are nesting on the stone ledges and in
of a small old disused quarry site to take in crevasses. Plants are beginning to take hold.
the wonders of the 360 degree view before There are even three ponds set aside for
changing direction to head north on a clear native crayfish. It is a wonderful site and I
track across the moor. enjoyed taking the high view path around it
The signage in this area is good with before traversing a field of sheep back to
paths marked with either FP for footpath or Wood Lane.
BW for bridleway and then usually where
they are pointed to and often the EJH
27Bird Watch they were sound asleep remaining still for
ringing and measuring. One of the older
We duly completed our young had already fledged and left the
breeding bird surveys last nest while the other two were fully
month. A total of twenty-one House feathered, as large as an adult and would
martins was confirmed on the college, soon go.
markedly down on previous years but in The fallen box I referred to last
line with many national figures. Several month, will be, I hope replaced by the
pairs were still busily feeding young well time you read this. It is important that,
into September. If each pair managed to when putting large boxes on to trees no
rear two broods of an average four damage occurs. For this reason, the Barn
young, a healthy number should leave Owl Trust provides tough nylon screws.
our shores for Africa and so long as This ensures no metal spoils the
wintering food supplies and next spring’s commercial value of the tree if it is later
return migration conditions are in their taken for timber or no damage is done to
favour, let’s hope for an increased machinery or injury to the person cutting
number next year. It has been calculated through wood.
that the annual mortality, to keep the
population stable, is fifty percent in As the light was failing one
adults and seven out of eight juveniles. It evening last month, a sharp-eyed young
needs only a small variation one way or friend noticed a Blue tit fly under a
the other to make a marked difference. hanging tile on a nearby building to roost
The few Swallows that have bred locally safely for the night. Once having seen
have also had more than one brood, but this it became clear, by the droppings
whereas in previous years in late summer beneath, that this was its regular place of
they would have been plentiful, this year safety even though we could see its tail
it has been an occasion to remark upon protrude. Roosting is a part of bird study
when one is seen. One theory for their that is overlooked but so important for
poor numbers this year was the result of survival. Well-known are the large
unusually heavy storms across the murmurations of Starlings as they gather
Mediterranean at spring migration time communally to find shelter and the large
when many perished and were seen numbers of Jackdaws each night going to
washed up on the seashore. local woods but with most birds, as night
falls, they are just not there.
Returning to the last Barn owl
nest box to check progress was very Just confirming the importance of
successful. This box is in a low open- keeping records for future comparison, I
fronted horse shelter and previously recently received a message from the
contained five chicks. Two of them were British Trust for Ornithology asking me to
too small to ring at the time so we check on details of a 2001 visit during the
delayed in doing so, half expecting that Constant Effort Study I used to do in
they would not have survived competing Brock’s Wood. The were studying trends
for food with their older siblings or of the Nightingale population and at that
indeed becoming food for them if prey time, twenty years ago, there were
was scarce. Happily, they had both several pairs breeding there. We didn’t
grown on well with the wing feathers consider that by now they would no
already showing the comb-like leading longer do so even though the habitat is
edge that will enable them to fly silently just as good, if not better than it was
while hunting. As it was early evening, then. R.J.L.
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Thank you if you have been walking
Society your dog and picking up any droppings
to the bins provided. This does mean
w ww .cha ile yc ommo ns.o rg.u k that the commons are a more pleasant
and cleaner place to walk. We have
As Summer turned to Autumn it brought been regularly cleaning the drinking
with it the brown and gold hues that troughs as well and ask that they are
lovers of Autumn look forward to. The keep clean for the animals only to
bracken has collapsed again, and the drink from.
spaces and tracks have opened once
more. The cattle which had started Our activities continue in October with
grazing on Red House Common have an indoor meeting on Thursday
been spreading themselves across the October 14th at 7.30.p.m. in the
three lower commons and the four Chailey Village Hall near the Five Bells
Exmoor ponies have Red House Common pub with a Talk on Butterflies of
to themselves again. Grazing is an Sussex by Ian Seccombe. Those of you
important part of the management of the who have seen Ian’s pictures of these
heathland and natural trimming of the amazing creatures will know that we
birch and bramble for example can are in for a treat. We shall still be
effectively control their spreading. observing any current regulations for
space and cleaning requirements, but
During the summer, the Society held it will be great to meet in person once
some events for younger people, and again.
these included a ‘Young Ecologist’
session and our popular Bug Hunt. For details visit our website –
Despite the cooler and showery weather www.chaileycommons.org.uk or our
at the time, we recorded a good range of Facebook page www.facebook.com/
insects and butterflies such as the Small chaileycommons/
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Brimstone and Ringlet. The most popular
insects seemed to be the Grasshoppers
and Crickets that the young eyes keenly
spotted together with several other
smaller species.
Our Late Summer Walk was well
attended, and we all enjoyed the lovely
display of the widespread pale heather,
Calluna vulgaris, known as Ling and the
darker Erica cinerea, the bell heather.
The third heather Erica tetralix, the Cross
leaved heath, flowers earlier in the
wetter areas of the heathland. JoJo Way
introduced us to surveys and quadrats
and included a practical session looking
at the plants and flying insects.
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