Does anyone have some trestle tables we can use for the Street Party on 11th June - next Saturday?

June 4th - helpers for Street Party meeting 10.30am in the Reading Room - all welcome.
June 11th 3pm - Street Tea Party to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday 3pm.
June 12th 4pm - Stonevale concert - see our Concerts page.
June 12th 7.30pm - Live at the Tithe SHOW OF HANDS concert at the Great/Tithe Barn.

Queen’s Birthday Celebrations in the Village, Saturday June 11th, 3 - 6pm.

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CAR: 1pm - 6.30pm On Saturday 11th June the main village road between the junction with Puddleduck Lane to the north and the Reading Room to the south will be closed to all traffic for a street party.  We hope you’ll be there – please come!  But just in case you can’t be, or an emergency arises, please read this carefully and keep it handy until the 11th June.  If you live between or opposite the crossroads and the War Memorial Please help clear the street by putting your car(s) in the garage or drive, by asking any guests or visitors to park north of the village crossroads, and by parking your own car north of Puddleduck Lane if you think you may need it for any reason between 1pm and 6.30pm.  If you live south of the War Memorial, your normal parking arrangements won’t be affected, but any guests, visitors or contractors will not be able to reach you, so please warn them to park north of the village crossroads.  And please leave your own car north of the crossroads if you think there is any likelihood of you needing it.  If you live north of the village crossroads, you’ve guessed it – other villagers will need to leave their cars in the main village road north of the crossroads and probably also in Cherry Orchard, between 1pm and 6.30pm.  Thank you in advance for putting up with this, and please look on the bright side - it’s going to be a terrific tea party and at least you and your visitors will not be otherwise inconvenienced!  If it is raining, the event will be held in the Great Barn and the road will not be closed!  If you need advice or think you will need help regarding the road closure between 1pm and 6.30pm on Saturday 11th June, please contact the Neighbourhood Watch Councillor on [email protected]

Short let required for a couple, around approx. 15th June for approx. 6 weeks.  Please contact ([email protected]).

Villa Es Coster de na Llusia (photos and info: http://www.pollensabayvillas.com/en/rent-villas-pollensa/coster/photos/) in Alcudia is available for the week 4-11 June 2016.  The normal price of this week is 2.400 Euros for a maximum of 8 people, but now it is last minute and we would be happy to rent it for 1.600 Euros.  If you have any questions or if I can be of any further assistance then please do not hesitate to let me know and I will be happy to help.  Kind regards, Salvador Bartra Owner Calle Formentor nº46 B 07470 Puerto de Pollensa (0034) 616659106 www.pollensabayvillas.com

June 11th 3pm - Street Tea Party to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday 3pm. See below and our Street Party Page
June 12th 7.30pm - Live at the Tithe SHOW OF HANDS concert at the Great Barn.

Street Party tickets are selling fast.  If you would like to come and have not got tickets yet PLEASE will you get them before this Saturday 4th so we have an idea about numbers.  The price of the tickets includes a delicious traditional English tea - selection of sandwiches and savoury delicacies, and slices of Victoria sponge cake filled with cream and summer fruits.  Tea and squash.  Live music!  Fancy dress and going home presents for all the children.  We really hope you will all come and join us for this special celebration in the village.  If you would like to help on the day please come along to Reading Room on Saturday 4th at 10.30am to finalise jobs.  It will be a quick meeting.

I am proposing to host a paramotoring event at Colleymore over four days: 25 - 28 June, which runs over a weekend.  The event is the British Open Paramotoring Championship and the expectation is that around 30 competitors will take part over the weekend.  The most appropriate field for the event is shown on the attached document. 
It is around 1/2 kilometre from the nearest house at Great Coxwell and the only impact that the event is likely to have on the village is from the noise of the paramotors as they take off and return.  I have been learning to paramotor for a couple of years and you may have heard my paramotor in that field when I have been practising. > > The organisers will make sure that the competitors do not fly over the village, so there should not be any impact from that, and there will be no crowds or extra vehicle movements as it isn’t a spectator sport, but I am sure that the noise of the paramotors as they take off and land will be audible – I guess a paramotor engine noise is not dissimilar to a chainsaw over that distance.  Various studies have been conducted on noise levels from Paramotors.  They tested a range of engines and found them to be in the range of up to 100-120db at the pilots' heads (right next to the engine) and 85-105db at their feet.  It did not study the dropoff at further distances, but use of an online calculator such as http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-distance.htm suggests that a 110db noise measured at 1m from the source will drop to 63db at 200m distance - within the realms of normal conversational volume, and even lower 56db at 500m - the approximate distance to the village.  Please do come back to the Parish Council with any queries, or concerns that you would like addressed.  I am sure that weather permitting we could do a take off and landing from the field so that you could assess the likely impact of the noise from the village if you were concerned about it.  For full details please click here.

June 11th 3pm - Street Tea Party to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday 3pm.  See our Street Party page.
June 12th 7.30pm - Live at the Tithe SHOW OF HANDS concert at the Great Barn