The resurrection of the Annual Village Fair was a great success. All the comments have been very favourable and it appears that everybody enjoyed themselves. There was a grand turnout of Snarestonians and lots of visitors. So far, we have made around £1500, with more to come from the auction that we are planning to hold in The Globe. The profits will be used to improve the Conery by (a) contributing to the rebuilding the path and (b) to go towards connecting electricity and water to the pavilion, so that everybody will have access for events, small parties, etc. Lastly, a really big thank you to all the people who gave so much time and energy to making it all work. Special thanks to Chris Greene, who persuaded so many companies to present such excellent raffle and auction items; to The Globe for their support; and to James Hunt for manning the microphone and holding everything together. We look forward to repeating the event next year.

Phase I has now been completed and the results are as follows:-
Week 1: 21 speeding cars (top speed 40mph)
Week 2: 45 speeding cars (top speed 47mph)
Week 3: 30 speeding cars (top speed 47mph)
Week 4: 19 speeding cars (top speed 56mph)

We used various locations along Main Street; as you can see, there is a problem (including one person, who clearly needs psychiatric help, doing 56mph!). No doubt, the actual number would have been more; but most drivers did slow down when they saw us. The full results are on the village website. We are waiting for data from telegraph pole mounted cameras, which recorded speeds during two 24-hour periods and will also post the results on the website. Thanks to Jim and Sue Kendrick, who got it started, and to all the volunteers who helped to make this happen. We’ll be back for a week sometime in January; then we look to a decision on some form of speed restriction device.

Next year’s production will start rehearsing within the next couple of months. Any new people who want to join in the madness are very welcome. Contact Simon Hiorns if you want to know when the first meeting will be; otherwise, the usual grapevine will operate among the regulars.