Portesham C of E Primary School has certainly had its share of very exciting events recently.

My friend Liz was lucky enough to have an offer to join the children on their trip to Salisbury Cathedral, an event that happens every four years to ensure that at some point every child visits the Cathedral during their time at the school.

Liz reports that the children, teachers and other passengers set off in two large coaches and a minibus, over 100 people in all, arriving mid morning in Salisbury.

They walked through the Cathedral Close to the Cathedral itself and all were in awe of the size and proportions of this impressive building.

The new font designed by William Pye took 10 years to create and was installed in 2008 for the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral and proved of great interest to everyone, especially the amount of water recirculated from the reservoir holding 1700 litres to the three metre wide font itself which holds 1300 litres (3000 litres in all).

The surface of the water is perfectly still and flows from the four corners, reflecting the roof and windows on the surface, which is stunning.

The children were all very well behaved throughout the trip and very interested in their surroundings and seemed to be really enjoying their day out.

They also enjoyed a picnic lunch outside on the grass and played happily until it was time to return to the coaches.

It was a pleasure to share the day with the children who were all a credit to the school, teachers and parents.

  • THE WI are once again running their Cake Stall on the village green, Portesham on Saturday, August 7 from 10-12noon.

There will be cakes, produce, jams, etc. for sale, so come along and give your support to their hard work.

If the morning is wet the cake stall will be held in the Village Hall.

  • PORTESHAM VILLAGE CAFÉ are organising a Produce Market on Saturday, August 28 from 10-12noon.

If you grow/make your own cakes, jams, chutneys or other edible produce, why not book a table to sell off any surplus, sorry no traders.

So whether you want to sell your own produce, buy fresh local foods or just come along for a bacon roll, coffee and a chat, you will be made very welcome.

To add to the assets in our Village Hall we now have a table tennis table which will be available for anyone to have a go and try it out at this Village Cafe so don’t miss this exciting and different event.

For table bookings and details, please contact David McKinna on 871392.

  • AS FROM the beginning of August, the Coffee Shop adjoining the Post Office will now be open on a Tuesday morning 10-12noon instead of Thursdays commencing on Tuesday, August 3, so come along and enjoy a cuppa and chat when you call at the Post Office.
  • THE WALKING GROUP walk for August takes place on Thursday, August 5 when the plan is to walk near Eggardon Hill, which was thwarted by road works in June so plans had to be changed Please meet up at 10am in Winters Close to share cars.

There will also be a short walk on Thursday, August 19 meeting as before in Winters Close at 10am to share cars - any queries or further details, please ring Mary Robins on 871408.