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Emily Wilsher reports: 14th October 2024 – We made it! Actually did 4 mountains, including the 3 in the challenge, Mulhacen (3482m), Veleta (3394m) and Alcazaba (3371m) over 3 days. We walked nearly 50k in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with the highest peak at 11,400 feet. We felt the altitude and the wind. After two …
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Nice May Day evening weather was welcomed, and allowed the traditional May Queen award presentation to proceed without thick coats or umbrellas this year. The PennyRoyal Garland Dancers joined the Packington Morris Men and their music-makers in a display after the award, and then in a parade round the village, progressing up High Street, left …
Village Meeting Report – Thursday 16th November 2023 Our Traffic Calming meeting at the village hall was attended by: A presentation by the Chairman of the Packington Traffic Calming Group, Jonathan Alexander, described the work and research carried out over the past year with Automatic Traffic Counters (ATCs) to show the problem our village has …
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In the early hours of 18th September 2023 an intense series of rain storms affected Ashby de la Zouch and the surrounding areas. The huge volume of water that fell quickly saturated open ground areas and began a rapid run off, through rain water gullies and drainage systems, into the Gilwiskaw Brook towards Packington. Unfortunately …
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Our village Horticultural Society PHS held it’s annual September first-Saturday Show again this year on 2nd September. This was the 80th year since the first show in 1943 held to support village members serving the armed forces in wartime. The pictures try to give a flavour of the enthusiasm of the village to support this …
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Packington Duck Races – Bank Holiday Monday 28th August from 5:30pm at Lower Mill Street. Huge excitement, especially for youngsters.. Post-Event photos are here on our Packington Post Facebook page, by our Packington Post Photographer, Karn Turnbull : A series of Duck Races, from 5:30pm, with Grand Prizes. See the ducks flowing down the Gilwiskaw …
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Some 30 village folk were present at the 7:30pm start on Tuesday 27th June for the guided walk of our village High Street, led by our History Group PVHG More joined a little later, keen to hear Robin speak: Robin Boucher is the eminent chair of our village History Group PVHG, and he gave an …
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For more information on some of the groups who attended this event take a look at the Packington Memorial Hall Facebook Page. A big “thank you” goes to the Memorial Hall trustees and committee for organising this event.
May 2023 – Our newly formed community choir is enjoying welcoming new participants each week, and with around 30 attending, looks set to stay! So far, we’ve had an awful lot of fun and lots of laughter whilst learning a wide range of pieces – from popular classics, gospel, and traditional tunes. Despite being a …
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FREE hot drink or glass of Prosecco.. Pop in for 5 minutes, or stay for longer. Our Bar will be Open! Information on Village Groups, Clubs, Societies, events, and activities will be on display at Memorial Hall starting at 2pm on Saturday 17th June 2023. Plus you can MEET the PEOPLE behind all these ! …
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There were only 5 applicants to be Councillors in the new Parish Council in April, and all 5 were elected uncontested. Our council really needs 6, not just 5 – they need one more, and YOU can be that one, NOW, without any fuss of election, using the official “Co-Option” mechanism. To apply, just write …
1500 Runners ‘Spring Forward ‘ – March 26th, 2023 With a spring in their step, 1500 runners descended upon Ashby to take part in the annual Aldi Ashby 20. This 20-mile ‘BARR Gold’ road race is organised by runners, for runners. After 12 months preparation by Ivanhoe Runners, the ‘not for profit’ event took place …
Our village special 2023 Big Breakfast charity event this year followed the familiar pattern of previous years. Organiser Debbie Hamilton supported teams of volunteers, mainly from our village but also welcoming some from Ashby and surrounding areas. A fuller set of images by our Packington Post photographer are here on Facebook From 9am to 1pm …
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Thanks to Packington Post photographer Karn Turnbull for these dramatic images of our Bonfire Night Saturday 5th November 2022 celebration at the Recreation Ground:
Our village Open Gardens has been running for 30 years, and this year was led by High Street residents Nick and Joy Gravestock – who also provided live music for much of the afternoon at their venue, as seen below with Joy on violin and Nick on guitar: Again this year our Open Gardens was …
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