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Dear Reader,
Even if you don't like them, it's hard to deny that hornets are impressive creatures. This huge specimen, probably a queen I would guess, was stumbling about in our garden a few days ago. It took no notice of me as I put the camera about four inches away. It was impressively big, about 5cm long, and just sat there and gently throbbed! Eventually it got bored of my company and took off with the sort of noise made by an Apache helicopter and disappeared into the distance.

We had them nesting in our roof a couple of years ago; they are less aggressive than wasps, beneficial in the garden and, in the end, they are just another creature trying to survive, so we decided to leave them alone as long as they didn't bother us; they abided by the unwritten agreement, so it all went smoothly. It was a bit creepy though, putting a light on indoors at night and minutes later seeing the window crawling with hornets, even though it amused us to tap the window at which point they would immediately fall off it!.

I hope you enjoy this edition.

Neil
E: brunbynewsletter@gmail.com
T: 07710 154255

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Brundish's Amy Henchoz

Brundish girl Amy Henchoz (National Cross Country Marathon Mountainbike Champion) represented Great Britain in this year’s 4 Stage Mountain Bike Race in Lanzarote in January.

After 4 days of racing over the volcanic landscape, despite suffering a flat tyre, and over 20km without any gears on the big 82km race, she achieved 3rd overall in the Women’s Elite Category: 2nd (44km); 2nd (56km); 2nd (21km hillclimb); and 3rd (82km).

Follow her progress on Instagram, #amyhenchoz, in her bid to become World Champion as she works towards the event on everyone's cycling calendar - the 2023 UCI CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, in Scotland in August.

10:00am on Thursday, 2nd March

Join us on this lovely social occasion to catch up with neighbours and friends

As ever we will be serving Lane Farm's excellent bacon in baps along with home made cakes, coffees and teas all available at bargain prices!

Everyone is made very welcome, do come along - it's a great opportunity to meet others from Brundish and beyond.

We can now take card payments, including contactless, so now it's even easier to buy that essential slice of cake!

Brundish Parish Council is seeking a volunteer to become our footpath warden. If you like walking, keeping fit and enjoy the countryside then being a Footpath Warden is an excellent way to achieve this by ensuring our paths are open to villagers and visitors alike, with all the benefits that brings.

The role is very straightforward, simply requiring someone willing to walk the parish footpaths and report back on any issues found such as problems with bridges, impassable sections, fallen signpost and the like. Any such problems can be reported directly to Suffolk County Council using a smartphone app or an interactive map on their web site, or if preferred they may notified to the Parish Council.

If you are interested in this role please contact Amanda Austin, our parish clerk via brundishparishclerk@gmail.com

This month we are excited to be offering Pie & Peas again, but with a new and local pie supplier! Freshly hand made to order using locally sourced ingredients they are a treat, a real step up - and we know because we spent a

n evening testing them, just for you of course! Try one - you won't be disappointed!

*If you do plan to eat with us please let us know in advance, no later than Tuesday, 7th March - it helps us enormously with preparation and is the only way to ensure you get your preferred selection (or indeed, anything at all!).

For pub night food orders or any other enquiries contact us on brundishpubnight@outlook.com.

Don't miss it!
Brundish Village Hall Committee

Brundish Film Programme, Spring 2023

Thursday, 2 March

See How They Run – In the west end of 1950s London, plans for a film version of a smash hit play come to an abrupt halt when a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. The case is taken on by world weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) aided by an eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan), who are quickly immersed in a puzzling whodunnit, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril. Certificate 12A.

Thursday, 6 April

Living – a remake of the film Ikiru with a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, when Mr Williams (Bill Nighy), a buttoned up bureaucrat in 1950s London, is diagnosed as terminally ill, he decides to achieve something for once in his life and sets about supporting a group of ladies to create a children’s play area in their neighbourhood. Hailed as Bill Nighy’s perfect role at last by The Times. Certificate 12A.

For more information, or bookings, contact Priscilla Williamson on 01379 388034 or on priscillaawilliamson@gmail.com

As usual doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 pm start with payment at the door, cash or contactless (Still £5 for Adults and £4.50 for Under 18s).
The usual bar facilities offering wine or juice will be available.

Brundish Parish Council Update

Footpaths.

Landowners have responsibilities concerning public footpaths and rights of way that cross their land, they are described on the Suffolk County Council website and include the following:

Do not obstruct public rights of way, or allow public rights of way to be obstructed. An obstruction can be anything that prevents convenient use of the route.
Ensure that the public are not deterred from using a public right of way, for example verbally or by misleading signs.

After many years of issues concerning accessibility with a couple of footpaths in Brundish we are delighted that some good progress has been made. Following escalation by the Parish Council of these long standing issues to Matthew Hicks our Suffolk County Councillor, footpath 12, a route from near Brundish Church towards The Street has had new bridges and signing installed and the route now runs correctly through previously inaccessible areas. This was achieved in cooperation with the landowners along the route, and we are very grateful for their help as well as to SCC for doing the work. The PC will continue to work on any remaining footpath issues within the parish.

Date of Next Meeting

March – Wednesday, 22nd at 7:30 in Brundish Village Hall. Members of the public are always welcome to attend.

Wednesday 15th March

10am - 11:00am

Do call in for coffee, cake and a chat
you will be very welcome

Wingfield & District Gardening Club

On Thursday 30 March our speaker will be Jude Law (probably not that one!) who will present 'Fullers Mill* - a Plantsman's Garden' which will include an introduction to the garden and its ambience today, together with a look at its development and the key plants that make it very much a plantsman's garden.

Our future events include:

27 April 2023 Helen Bynum Subject: The properties of plants and how they have been used.
25 May 2023 Anna Greenland Subject: To be confirmed
28 September Vicki Uff Subject: Organic and regenerative gardening
30 November Luci Skinner Subject: Salvias

New members and non-members are always welcome. Annual membership is £15 for an individual or £25 for a couple, for non-members it's £5.00 per event.

For more information contact Priscilla Williamson on 01379 388034 or on priscillaawilliamson@gmail.com

*Fullers Mill is an enchanting and tranquil waterside retreat spanning seven-acres. It combines light dappled woodland with a fabulous collection of rare and unusual shrubs

Poet's Corner

The winds of March are wild and strong,
They howl and whistle all day long;
They pull the hats from tall men's heads
And frighten children in their beds.

They brush the trees, they sweep the ground,
I'm glad no seedlings can be found,
For March would hurt each leaf and stem—
But April-time was made for them!

Annette Wynne

Annette Wynne was an American poet. Little is known about her life. Her literary career spanned from 1919 to 1922. She expressed her motivation behind writing children’s poetry:
"The aim of these verses is to please children and others. They were written, and arranged calendar-wise, for school children’s entertainments."

News from Wilby Coronation Hall (WCH)

News from Wilby Coronation Hall (WCH)
Thanks to everyone who came to our February Pizza Pub Night. By all accounts it was a very successful evening with a full bar and 46 pizzas sold! We really appreciate the support and hope that it will continue.

Our next Pizza Pub Night is on 17^th March and this is going to be an extra special celebration for St. Patrick’s Day as in addition to delicious wood-fired pizzas we are also going to have musical accompaniment provided by Bob who will be playing and singing music from the 60s to the 80s from 8.30pm!

Remember to pre-order your pizza by contacting Emma on 07921 512052 for collection between 6.30 and 8pm. Pizzas can either be eaten in (the hall) or taken away.

2023 Dates for Pub Nights at Wilby VH

17^th March	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
31^st March	Pub Night (Foodie Night)	Bar open 6.30 – 11pm
21^st April	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
19^th May	Pub night (No Pizza)	Bar open 7.30 – 11pm
16^th June	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
21^st July	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
18^th August	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
15^th September	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
20^th October	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
17^th November	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm
15^th December	Pub night (Pizza)	Bar open 6.30-9pm

‘Flavours of Asia’ – Foodie Night with Quiz on Friday 31^st March

On Friday 31st March we are delighted to be welcoming back Gary and his team from ‘The Coconut Monkey’ back to the hall for the first Foodie Night of 2023!

The menu for the ‘Flavours of Asia’ is below and bookings need to be made by Tuesday 28^th March by contacting Gary either by email or telephone (contact details below).

There is also going to be a Quiz on the night with Bob as Quiz Master and £20 worth of drinks vouchers as the prize for the winning team!

Please come along to support this community event and to sample what looks to be an interesting, tasty and well-priced range of dishes.  If you don’t want to eat, you are still welcome to come along for a drink at the bar and to join in with the quiz.

Pool Nights
The bar is open to all every Wednesday evening from 6.45pm up until 3rd May as it’s the night when our village pool team play.  Why not come along for drinks and to enjoy the matches?  If you would like to find out more about joining our pool team, please contact Ian Taylor: iantaylor1961@hotmail.com.

Six Nations Rugby Screening
A big thanks to Ian and Alison for opening up the hall over the past few weekends to enable people to gather to watch the Six Nations rugby matches on the big screen in the hall.  There are just two dates left and food will be served between the games on the 18^th March.

11^th March - England vs France	Bar open from 4.30pm (kick off at 4.45pm)
18^th March - France vs Wales and Ireland vs England	Bar open from 2.30pm (kick off at 2.45pm and 5pm)

‘Ma Durga’ Yoga for your body and mind – Monday evenings 7- 8.15pm
‘Ma Durga Yoga’ sessions with Melanie Sharman continue to be well attended. The classes are a dynamic hatha yoga mix, take place on Monday evenings from 7-8.15pm and are suitable for all levels of experience and ability. Melanie always ends the class with a resting phase of at least 15 minutes and the cost is £10 per week or £6.40 per week for a block booking. Please book online: https://eequ.org/experience/1586 or contact Melanie (on 07527 850116) for further information.

Hall Hire
If you have a special event coming up you might want to consider hiring our attractive, well-maintained and competitively priced facility. There is a large ballroom, separate lounge area, a well-equipped kitchen and a bar that is well-stocked at club prices and staffed by friendly volunteers. For availability, prices and full details of facilities please visit:
https://www.hallshire.com/halls/view/2038/wilby-village-coronation-hall

With best wishes from

The Village Hall Committee

Church Services & News

Reverend Enid Pow appointed as Benefice Priest-in-Charge

Enid, previously a missionary priest in Northern Canada, was welcomed by parishioners at Wilby Coronation Hall after her licensing service by the Bishop of Dunwich in Wilby Church on 23rd February. Her appointment is a joint venture between the benefice and Lightwave, Suffolk's fresh expressions church organisation.

Letter from the Clergy

Change and Challenge
We are all very different in the way we experience change or life’s problems.  Some people experience it as exciting and challenging, whereas others are a bit warier, or even plain scared.  All these things are normal and even healthy as long as they don’t overwhelm us.  Coming back to England from Canada has been a very big change for me.  I am excited and happy to be here but know that a lot of things have changed in ten years and that I have a lot to learn (or relearn,) so please be patient with me!
Many of us are facing hard times right now with rising bills and all the stresses that brings with it. It can be all too easy to be overwhelmed and to forget how many blessings we have too.  For instance, I probably didn’t pay much attention to the seasons before I left England, but we do have distinct seasons which is certainly not the case everywhere. Coming to England in the spring has been a real joy for me simply because it is so beautiful with all the signs of new life all around us.  Whereas, spring in Canada is really just a continuation of winter with deep snow and deep freeze temperatures! Sometimes blessings are the simple things like having food to eat today and somewhere safe to sleep, or someone you care about.  It is not really about money or expensive possessions; In fact, they can be part of what causes us stress.

It is actually a very ancient spiritual discipline to count your blessings every day.  It is good for our mental, spiritual and even physical health to remind ourselves of the good things we do have.  When we develop the habit of reminding ourselves of how much good is already in our life, we can begin to deal more effectively with challenges, new things and even problems.
May God bless you with many good things.

Reverend Enid

Tel: 01986 743093
Email: revenid4rivers@gmail.com

News from St Mary's Wilby

Mothering Sunday. March 19th Service at 10.30am. Led by Revd Clive Mobbs, our new priest Revd Enid Pow will be preaching at this service.. Do please come and join us .

News from St Lawrence's Brundish

Holy Communion 10.30 Sunday 26th February with Reverend Enid
Reverend Enid will be preaching at St. Lawrence’s Sunday, with a chance for folk to say hi after the service as there will be tea, coffee and cake! Colin Hamilton will be on the organ and Chrissie Smart will be presiding! All are very welcome

Mothering Sunday Service. 10 a.m. 19th March.

Sandra Apps will be leading our annual Mothering Sunday service and it is hoped that we will be able to welcome as many families as possible for this much loved occasion. Please mark it down in your diaries.

Easter Services

Good Friday Liturgy.

12 noon, Friday, 7th April at St Lawrence’s Church, Brundish.
A solemn but enlightening service to mark this sacred day in the Christian church.

Easter Sunday Family Communion Service.

10.30 a.m. Sunday, 9th April at St Lawrence’s Church, Brundish.

The best and most vibrant service of the year. Our church will be alive and buoyant with sound and colour to celebrate Easter with all of its poignant meaning. We will have refreshments afterwards and an egg hunt for, what we hope to be loads of children! Why not wear an Easter Bonnet! It’s not to be missed and you will be very welcome.

New Social Media Accounts for St Lawrence’s.

The church has two new social media accounts. One with Facebook and the other with Instagram. Both are entitled Brundish: St Lawrence’s Church. Many thanks to Joanna Taylor of Crown Corner and her son, Daniel for setting these up. Also to Catherine Bacon for volunteering to administer the accounts. Why not add them to your list of correspondents and keep up to date with every piece of news which will be regularly updated?

David Mulrenan.

News from Brundish Village Hall

Our project to update the kitchen to better equip it for events such as pub nights has been moving along. We have now installed a commercial dishwasher, (it does a complete wash in two minutes) and replaced the range cooker with a commercial model that is much better suited to catering for a crowd. Both systems needed installing electrically and the dishwasher needed to be plumbed in too. On top of that our electrician has provided the new storage shed with lighting and power and we have completed a full electrical safety test of the building and its appliances. Finally, we have replaced our intruder alarm with a new wireless 'smart' system, supplied and fitted by excellent local firm AR Systems; it gives better coverage and is easily remotely monitored and managed. The new alarm system will quickly repay its installation cost by saving on maintenance (no contract required) and by the fact we can now cease the landline used by the previous system.

We were delighted to received support from SCC via our County Councillor, Matthew Hicks, for the electrical work, from MSDC via Julie Flatman our District councillor for purchasing the new storage shed and also to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding the new kitchen equipment.

Wilby & Brundish WI

Wilby WI held it’s February Meeting with guest speaker: Jill Bussein from British Sign Language.
A very informative presentation was given initially on how deafness can occur, how to identify deafness and aids to help clearer hearing.
We also participated in Learning the Alphabet using Sign Language... which is not as easy as it looks!
Our thanks to Jill for her professional presentation.

Our March Meeting on Thursday 16th, 7.15pm at Wilby Coronation Hall – we will be making Seed Bombs.
This will be a ‘hands-on’ craft session and an education into the many grasses that can be scattered amongst hedgerows using the Seed Bomb technique.
Guests are welcome to come along at a visit charge of £4.00, refreshments included.

Breeding Like Rabbits...
Wilby WI are working on an Easter Bunnies/Ducklings project to aid the Wilby Primary School’s Easter Fair on Friday 31st March.
There will be many of these cute knitted animals at the Fair... don’t miss out on giving one a new home!

My employer asked me to work some extra hours lately, but I don’t appear to have received the extra pay. I asked my boss about it and they said they would look into it, but I don’t seem to be getting anywhere. What should I do?

If you think your pay is wrong, or you haven’t been paid for extra hours worked, the best thing you can do is talk to your employer and find out what’s going on. If you and your employer can’t agree on how much you should have been paid, you can challenge them. You should act quickly though – it’ll be harder to get your money after 3 months from the date the problem arose.

You should start by checking your payslip if you’ve got one. This will help you see how your pay has been worked out. Check things like:

Whether you’ve been paid for the number of hours you’ve actually worked
If you’ve been paid at the correct rate
If you’ve been paid overtime, a commission or a bonus
Whether you’ve been paid any sick pay
If your employer has deducted any money that you weren’t expecting

Ask your employer to explain anything you don’t understand on your payslip or why you haven’t been paid what you believe you are owed. If you disagree with anything, explain why. If your employer has made a genuine mistake, ask them to pay you the money you’re owed straight away – you should not have to wait until your next pay day.

If you need more help, you can contact Citizens Advice Mid Suffolk to get advice on the next steps.

Citizens Advice Mid Suffolk can provide advice on this and other issues, including debt, employment, benefits and family law. You can contact them on 01449 676060 or use the contact form at midsuffolkcab.org.uk/contact-us . More information and our opening hours can also be found at midsuffolkcab.org.uk/contact-us .

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