From Ben Willcocks: Encouraged by the news that a significant grant has been secured from the National Lottery, I will be doing a 100 mile sponsored cycle ride on Sunday 21st July to raise further funds for the playground project. If anyone felt able to provide sponsorship, it would be greatly appreciated:  https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bens100miler

From Phil Tempest (01223 290060): The best price for July’s oil delivery is from BoilerJuice at 45.00 p per litre (ex VAT).  Delivery is expected on or before 23 July.  BoilerJuice should be in contact with you shortly but they have requested that you contact them as all orders need to be placed today.

Phil Tempest has kindly taken on this role. Oil orders can be placed through WestWrattingOil@gmail.com putting your surname in the Subject box or by phoning The Chestnut Tree as before.

To help parish councils there is information on what steps you can take to protect your land, and how you can choose to take action if necessary if there is an illegal encampment. Click here.

West Wratting Parish Council meets every two months, typically on the 2nd Monday of the month, at 8.00 pm in the Village Hall. The next meeting is, unusually,  on Monday 15 July 2019.

From Richard Holness: Boilerjuice won the May fill up for 17 households with a price of 45.39 ppl + VAT. Richard and his wife are moving to St Ives in mid July. This means that, unless somebody volunteers to take over from him, the May order will be the last one for the West Wratting Syndicate. “It really is pretty simple to manage with orders in Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept and Oct, taking about 3 to 4 hours in total each time – and there’s the bonus of collecting the ‘phone orders from the pub!” Should you like to take over operating the WW Oil Syndicate, please contact Richard by emailing richardholness023@btinternet.com or ‘phoning 290404.

For details and registration see https://www.bartlow3countieswalk.co.uk Last year the walk attracted 977 walkers and raised over £18,000.