Village Quiz 2019

17 Teams entered the now annual Village Quiz held in the Village Hall on Wed 16th October.

Here are the teams and scores

NB: Next year it will be held in the Spring - watch this space.

The winning team

Happy Wanderers Take on Coombe Hill - pictures.

Coombe Hill at 852 feet above sea level is the highest viewpoint in the Chiltern Hills providing extensive views over the Aylesbury Vale all the way to the Cotswolds, weathe permitting.

The hill once belonged to the Chequers Estate. In 1918 Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham gave it to the Country, the larger part to the National Trust with Chequers House handed to the Government as a country retreat for the serving prime minister.

The view point has a monument dedicated to the men from Buckinghamshire who gave their lives in the Boer War and a obelisk directing your attention to the landmarks. This obelisk was recently destroyed by vandals.

Although a daunting ascent for many of the Happy Wanderers, all those who started reached the top, the evidence in the pictures below.

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The Lacey Green and Loosley Row Litter Pick.

This was organised by the Parish Council and supported by the WI who provided teas coffees and cakes to all the volunteers and the school who provided the hi-vis jackets for the children.

Wycombe Council provided the pickers and bags and are collecting the rubbish from the village hall.

We had about 30 plus people and the sun shone for us which was great. A huge haul of litter from the verges around the village - from the more usual cans, crisp packets, wing mirrors and hub cabs, to the more unusual, a plastic Christmas tree and an American Civil war re-enactment photo album.

A huge thank you to everyone for their support.

Liz Patient - Parish Councillor

47 entries were from 11 ?6 and Under entrants?
81 entries were from 18 ?7 to 10 entrants?
5 entries were from 2 ?11-16 entrants?
77 entries were from 26 Adult entrants?

Youth Club provided the pumpkins and the tools, the kids did the rest. Some quite interesting designs.

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21 Nov. 18

The heating had to be turned up because the front door was open more than closed as all day a steady stream of friends turned up to wish Bette a Happpy Birthday.

That evening the Horticultural Society were having their Pumpkin Supper and had baked a cake for Bette

This years exhibition on Rememberance Weekend had three subjects -

1. The End of the First World War - 100 years exactly on Remberance Sunday
2. The Royal Air Force was created 100 years ago
3. Suffragettes - its 70 years since Women won the right to Vote

Most of the display was in the form of text and pictures but there were many replica airoplanes and a 'Tommy' hat not to mention some real suffragettes that terrified everyone in the vacinity.

A pig Roast at the Village Hall including quizzes, recitals, a band and vegetable carving competition

It was probably about fifteen years ago that a few of us "Happy
Wanderers" found the Sunday walks (last one of the month) too long.
We decided to start a mid-week shorter and slower ramble.
We meet 10am 2nd Wed of month at the Village Hall, but often drive
a short distance from there and then enjoy a leisurely stroll,
with pauses to absorb the beauty of the countryside and,
of course, the pleasure of others' company.

We are a small group and are always pleased to see new faces.

If you are interested in playing, the club meets at 2pm every Monday afternoon at the Village Hall. Just come along.

Membership is £20 (once only) which is what we all paid to buy the mats to start us off. It's then £2 per session but only if you are there. If you just want to try it out first, its £2.

Please bring indoor flat shoes (or just your socks) to protect the mats.