Hi all Petanquers. I thought I would publish a set of rules to standardise our games. These from a French site. boules/la pétanque: The game is played between two teams of 1, 2 or 3 players – in singles or doubles each player uses 3 boules, in triples 2 boules per player. For leisure play … Continue reading Petanque rules for Shottisham Boulers
WI cake and plant sale raffle prizes. I have got my tickets, have you got yours?
Sometimes it is a little difficult not to think that when the bird outside my window stops me from getting that extra 30 minutes slumber. But then it is really so nice to hear. I was walking in an area near to this village and I heard a number of nightingales signing their little hearts … Continue reading Stop that Bird Singing!
After about three hours without power the trees around the electricity wires by the telephone box were gone and revealed a nice sign indicating that there is a public telephone. Good luck to anyone trying to find a working telephone in there. I must admit that it has spread a bit of light to that … Continue reading A Little News
We are heading for the low point in sunspot activity. Sunspot activity occurs in 11 year cycles (10.7 years) and we are now heading for the lowest point which will occur at some point between now and the end of 2020. The Maunder minimum period in which sunspots became very rare occurred from 1645 to … Continue reading Oops Where’s our Sunspots
Nice to see a posse of Villagers using the piste yesterday. It was interesting to see the different styles of boule throwing. Also they had a very impressive scoreboard designed and contructed by a Villager. It looked like a lot of fun.
A group of villagers were up at the church yard giving it its annual strim and mow. I counted 17 but I think it may have been more. Run out of counting fingers. Fortunately we were lucky with the weather and it is looking very much smarter. It is a very lovely and quiet space … Continue reading Church Yard Smarten Up
As if by magic the warm weather arrived on Thursday in time for the Easter Holiday. Still a bit of a cool easterly breeze and I think this will remain for the whole of the Easter break although not as strong as today. Managed to spook a herd of deer who took flight around the … Continue reading Maundy Thursday Sunshine
I think they have finished re-roofing and both sections. I think they may have had a false start on the front section but last time I looked it all looked good. I do hope they do something about the facing walls which are looking a little worse for wear.
I am getting better at cleaning up this site which is good using a lap top. I have taken off a lot of articles and left a few of my favourites. Just an update on statistics. This site has had over 500 vistors. Obviously a lot of those will be repeats. It has been viewed … Continue reading Site Back
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