February 2004  - Edition No.88

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and my best wishes for a happy and, hopefully, peaceful new year.

After such a lovely summer, I think we all hoped for a colder, crisper winter. Not to be! Since Christmas, we seem to have had rain and wind in abundance, and talking of water, we are now well into the works of relining and replacing the mains water system in the village - chaos!

However, we are now becoming accustomed to early magnolia buds and daffodils virtually out in January. Certainly the snowdrops are here again, mornings are getting lighter and the evenings drawing out.

Sincere thanks to our artists and regular contributors for coming up trumps, once again, and to everyone who has sent in something for this issue.

Easter and April will be next, with issue No. 89, and it would be very much appreciated if items and articles could be in at Chicane or the Post Office as soon as possible and by Monday, 15th March, at the latest. Thanks.

Ed.