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the next Councillor's Surgery will be held in the Methodist Church, Chapel Street on Saturday 16th July at 10.00am. Two Parish Councillors will be available to hear your views on Village activities.

Grant application forms are now available from The Clerk. Please contact him for details. It is planned for grants to be paid in September.

The path through Candys Field is to be widened and extended. There will be a wider footpath from School Hill to the Youth Club and to the Play Area. There will also be a path through the Play Area. Work is due to start on 21st July 2008. The contractor is Kennford Tarmac. There will be some disruption whilst the works are carried out but the end result will be worthwhile. Thanks go to County Councillor Bernard Hughes for providing some of the funding for this work.

Many people are concerned about safety on the roads through the village from the Exe Estuary Cycle Way. This is not only the safety of cyclist but pedestrians and motorists too. DCC officers are very reluctant to put any extra safety measures in place without evidence of the problems. If you can supply any evidence to support the need for safety measures please contact Cllr Simon Friend via the Post Office

Clerk to the Council: A J Le Riche, DMS, 43 Salisbury Road, Exmouth, EX8 1SL, Tel 279665/ 07866 535580 lympstonepc@leriche6.wanadoo.co.uk

FROM THE EDITOR

Herald Advertisers please note-

That, as usual, there will be no Lympstone Herald in August
That ALL adverts that are to continue in September must be renewed (with a cheque to Lympstone Parish Council) before September.
Next Parish Council 8^th September

2008 EXE Regatta

At the end of June, two tents, two bars and up to three hundred sailors made a wonderful gathering at Lympstone Sailing Club when all four Exe clubs got together to race and have fun.

Planning had started the year before but the main action began the preceding week when half of Lympstone’s ladies started cooking cakes. On Thursday and Friday marquees were hoisted on the slipway and boat park whilst cruisers got into deep water ready for races. Saturday saw the serious racing start.

While the grown-ups and bigger kids were out racing, the little ones had an afternoon of fun, including raft building and crabbing, organised by Mike and Abbie Gall and supported by Lympstone Sea Scouts. The Starcross YC youngsters arrived in a large fleet of Optimist dinghies (above). In the evening 250 ate bangers and mash before a fireworks show followed by dancing to a hot band. The following morning racing started again and in late afternoon more than 350 people arrived (many by bike) to enjoy a jazz band whilst they consumed thousands of sandwiches and dozens of cakes followed by prize giving (orchestrated by Commodore, Rosemary Maltby).

When darkness fell all slipped quietly away too tired to do any more.

More than 70 Lympstone Sailing Club members had helped with the organisation and had set the standard for future Regattas

Editor: Chris Carter, Hillcrest, Greenhill Ave, Tel 274104. Copy editor – P Acca

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