Fun

The Hodnet & District Garden Club Annual Horticultural Show

Saturday 20th August – open to the public at 2pm

Lyon Hall, Hodnet
Entry: £1.00 includes refreshments
Details are available on the club’s website: www.hodnetanddistrictgardenclub.co.uk
For a PDF copy of the show schedule & entry form please click here. For just the entry form in MS Word format click here.
Other enquirers: contact Kathryn Sutherland on 01952 550869 or email

Maynards Farmers Market and Festival Fun Day

Saturday 17th September 10am – 4pm
Maynards Farm Shop, Hough Farm, Weston-Under-Redcastle, SY4 5LR

•    Beer festival
•    Owl display
•    Farmers market
•    Donkeys
•    Dog agility
•    Face painting
•    Village show
Please visit the shop for entry forms & more information
Tel: 01948-840252 email  

Hodnet School Summer Fete

Saturday 16 July, 11 am – 2 pm

Hodnet Summer Fete 2011

BBQ , Bar, Stalls, Teas and Cakes, Ice Cream
Prize raffle.
Fair opens with children’s dances on Best of British theme.
Come and see the Helicopter land and take off during the event and have a look around the Hodnet fire engine!
Enter the competitions: Bring along a Best of British Flag, A4 size; enter your ‘Best Dressed Cupcake,’ or a photo/picture of ‘Me and My Pet.’
Entry by donation. All proceeds to Hodnet PTA, including outdoor learning project.
Please come and support your local school.
Contact;

Headteacher
Mrs C Gardner

Address
Shrewsbury Street, Hodnet
Market Drayton
TF9 3NS

Tel.
01630 685300

Weston under Redcastle Village Show

Sunday 7th August 2011 from 11.30am

At The Citadel Show Ground SY4 5JY
Adults £4 Children free
Opened by Shirley Tart MBE

“A real country show”

Some of this year’s attractions: Flower and Vegetable Show Tent, Companion Dog Show, Vintage tractors, classic cars, carriage driving, pony club games, Shire horse parade, North Shropshire horses and hounds, Agri games, plant and cake stalls, and many side shows and exhibitions.

Especially for the children: Pinxton puppets, bale assault course, face painting, children’s races, children’s tug of war, animal corner, fire engine, archery, games of skill, tractor trailer rides, sit in the 2 seater cockpit of a Buccaneer Bomber used in the Falkland Island War
A grand parade!
BBQ, Refreshment Tent, Pimms, Local Beer, Wine, Farm House Ice Cream
Proceeds to St Luke’s Church, The Village Hall, Help for Heroes and Multiple Sclerosis

Schedules for flower and produce show 01939 200220
Entries to be delivered/reg between 11.30am-3.30pm Saturday 6th august
Dog show entries at 12 noon Sunday 7th August, for info. 01939 200656
All other enquiries 01939 200637 or 01630 685204

Footpath Group Walk

Have you ever wanted to explore some of the beautiful countryside that surrounds where we live, but never got around to it? Well the next Hodnet Footpath Group’s ‘group walk’ provides such an opportunity!
Non-members are invited to join our friendly group for a walk in the area to the North of Wollerton to Marchamley; returning via Hodnet and the old railway line. We will be leaving from Wollerton Social Club (Mill Road) at 10.30 AM, with an expected duration of around 2  1/2 hours – bring a snack/lunch, to suit.
For further details call Bruce Risdon on 01630 685630 or Mary Hardy on 01952 540970.

Children's Fancy Dress and Fun Dog Show.

Charity Fun day on Easter Saturday, 23rd April 2011, 12 Noon, At The Bear of Hodnet.

  • Children’s fancy dress
  • Fun dog show
  • Spot prize for best Easter Bonnet
  • Cream teas with homemade scones
  • Soft play area for small children
  • Craft stalls
  • Raffle

Contact The Bear Inn for further details: Tel 01630 685 214.

All proceeds to Dog’s Trust, Roden and Hodnet Primary School.

The Citadel Open Garden and Coffee Morning

The Citadel near Weston under Redcastle is opening its 3 acres of gardens on Saturday 14th May between 10.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. Take a relaxing wander through the extensive mature gardens, marvel at the incredibly pristinely maintained vegetable garden, enjoy the breath taking views across the rolling fields of the Hawkestone countryside. Then take a break, sit back and have a coffee and a cake. 
Every one is welcome,  £3.00 Entrance fee, payable on arrival. All profits in aid of Hodnet 2000 charitable trust.