Local News about Greater Pinhoe
Thanks to Clyst Valley Trees for a lovely afternoon celebration at Poltimore House and for this fabulous book, which is now available for anyone to borrow.
Walking among the trees in the steady rain, learning so much from this experienced group, was a great pleasure. With all the latest studies emphasizing the importance of getting outside and engaging with nature, I’m delighted we can support their work and really hope their funding bid is successful / Kate
Following an inspiring presentation by Jon Freeman from the Great Trees in the Clyst Valley project, any disappointment at not being included in Exeter’s Valley Parks initiative has been replaced by an exciting view of Pinhoe at the city-fringe of a fantastic 25 year vision for the Clyst Valley Regional Park.
Here’s our letter of support for their latest project:
“As a community-led organisation, Pinhoe Village is committed to celebrating the people, place and natural environment of Pinhoe. We very much hope to work with Routes for Roots and have identified great enthusiasm amongst our local residents to connect to the Clyst Valley vision, wholeheartedly supporting the ambition to connect our growing community to the wildlife-rich countryside on our doorstep.
We are keen to encourage all age groups into the natural environment, as many in our community are struggling with the scale and pace of local developments.
An increasingly urbanised part of the city, the sense of connection to Pinhoe’s heritage and local distinctiveness remains key for residents. The “Story is in the Map” workshops would bring an invaluable set of skills and support for our many local history enthusiasts, as would the opportunity to explore, protect and develop local knowledge of and access to footpaths across Pinhoe – routes which are being completely disorientated by new developments.
We hope to learn how to record, replant and protect our greatly valued trees and hedgerows and to build on our association with such an inspiring vision. The Routes for Roots initiatives would transform our ability to develop local knowledge of and access to our natural environment and would offer huge expertise, valued advocacy and powerful network connections.”
Here’s a useful thought from Shane O’Mara’s new book In Praise of Walking:
“Walking is good for our muscles and posture; it helps to protect & repair organs, and can slow or turn back the ageing of our brains. With our minds in motion we think more creatively, our mood improves and stress levels fall”
22 July 2019: Yet another interesting week at Monday’s coffee morning!
Lynda brought her Dad’s amazing collection of photographs of old Pinhoe and we were delighted that her Mum, Beryl Hitchcock, was able to join us too. There is such a resource of interest and local knowledge in this lovely group and it’s a pleasure to be able to join their meetings.
We loved the artwork on Hitchcock & Son’s invoices!
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Thanks to an invitation from Margaret, I’ve joined a couple of Monday coffee mornings in the Church Hall. These fabulous ladies are a mine of information and I’ve been making loads of notes each time. They’ve put me right on several points and identified so many people in photographs from Chips Barber’s books. Also, there were THREE dairies in Pinhoe! More as soon as I can write up my notes // Kate
Thank you to Ebbie for organising our table at the Fete. It was a lovely day and great to meet so many people. The strawberries and cherries on our stall went down well on such a hot day and several people joined our contact list.
We are beginning to map the scope of our project by the treescape – it seems a good way to identify the edges of the village since the electoral map is such a huge area.
We also asked everyone to help us identify any local trees which need looking after – whether it’s protection or maintenance. Thanks for all the suggestions on the day and please keep the ideas coming in!