Local Lynx No.136 - February/March 2021
The community newspaper for 10 North Norfolk villages.
The community newspaper for 10 North Norfolk villages.
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Current schedules for vaccination are a bit vague datewise<br />
but there is now the possibility that the group<br />
might be able to start again in April/May <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
The painting group are sharing pictures of the art<br />
they are creating, albeit in smaller numbers than when<br />
the group met in person. The weekly meet is a great<br />
stimulus to actually put pen/pencil/brush to paper and<br />
create an image.<br />
TV still provides inspiration in programmes such as<br />
‘Joy of Painting’ with Bob Ross (BBC 4). Sky Arts on<br />
Freeserve channel 11 is always worth checking out, too.<br />
Some well-known materials suppliers, such as Jacksons,<br />
have on-line sessions and MoMA, New York, is<br />
screening online art history (moma.org).<br />
If in doubt, keep painting!<br />
Peter Jones<br />
BALE VILLAGE HALL NEWS<br />
Writing this at the beginning of <strong>2021</strong>, it is time to<br />
reflect on the past year in the life of the village hall.<br />
And what a year it was! New Year 2020 was welcomed<br />
in in traditional Bale style with the Old Year’s Night<br />
party, featuring Alastair’s gourmet feast with fun and<br />
games, a fair few glasses of wine and a rousing chorus<br />
of Auld Lang Syne. We were then ready to embark on<br />
our usual social calendar.<br />
In <strong>March</strong>, the monthly fish and chip night went<br />
ahead as usual on the second Friday.<br />
The Annual General Meeting was held on the<br />
following Sunday when Maggie Thomas was<br />
unanimously elected to the Village Hall Committee. She<br />
had already been very involved in events but will now<br />
help the other trustees to steer the village hall in <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Then disaster struck.<br />
In May we were unable to repeat our very popular<br />
‘Tea at the Ritz’, the classy festival of carbohydrates<br />
that raised so much money for charity in 2019.<br />
In June there was no ‘Midsummer Pizza’ in the style<br />
of the hall’s reopening party of the previous year.<br />
In July the vintage tractors remained in their barns<br />
rather than coming to enjoy Bale hospitality at the<br />
Tractor Run.<br />
On August Bank Holiday Saturday the barbecue<br />
remained unlit.<br />
On the first Saturday in October we were unable to<br />
celebrate a fruitful year at the Harvest Supper.<br />
In November our brains were given a rest as there<br />
was no Quiz Night.<br />
Last but not least, the hall was eerily quiet on Old<br />
Year’s Night when we should have been together<br />
wishing a less-than-fond farewell to 2020.<br />
Very soon we will all have been vaccinated and<br />
these village get-togethers can resume. We are lucky to<br />
have some new neighbours this year and it will be<br />
lovely for us all to introduce them to the weird and<br />
wonderful goings-on in our beautifully refurbished<br />
village hall.<br />
Paula Moore<br />
BINHAM<br />
Contact: Liz Brady 01328 830830<br />
lizsdavenport@gmail.com<br />
BINHAM PARISH COUNCIL<br />
First of all, we wish you all a successful and calmer<br />
<strong>2021</strong>. This wish will depend on controlling the virus<br />
from getting the upper hand within North Norfolk, and<br />
indeed elsewhere in the country.<br />
The Covid-19 increased infection rate and variant<br />
has meant changes at short notice to the guidelines and<br />
restrictions such as those imposed in November,<br />
alterations to our Christmas activities, moving from Tier<br />
2 to 4 restrictions and the third National Lockdown<br />
which commenced on 6 th January. The dos and don’ts<br />
are clearly outlined on the government website<br />
(www.gov.uk/guidedance/national-lockdown-stay-athome).<br />
There is a notable difference in the tone from<br />
guidance to rules which will be enforced by law.<br />
Therefore, we would be advised to think carefully about<br />
what it is we must do and take responsibility to ensure<br />
that we can as individuals contribute to controlling the<br />
virus, to protect the NHS and save lives. The virus is<br />
only spread by human interaction hence a third<br />
lockdown to reduce unnecessary contacts between<br />
people. However, the decision-making process is<br />
compounded by the variant’s escalating spread around<br />
the UK and here in North Norfolk. So, vigilance<br />
remains uppermost to curtail the virus spreading further.<br />
We must take responsibility and follow the rules by<br />
staying at home and not leave or be outside our homes<br />
except where necessary. The lockdown is likely to be in<br />
force until <strong>March</strong>.<br />
The wonderful news is of course two vaccines have<br />
been approved for use in the UK. The vaccination<br />
programme is being offered in hospitals and local<br />
vaccination centres according to those most at risk from<br />
coronavirus. One very clear message is that we must<br />
wait to be contacted by the NHS to let us know when<br />
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